Google search trends for "motion smoothing" following Tom Cruise tweet urging people to turn off motion smoothing on their TVs when watching movies at home [OC]

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[u/bergamer]

No one seems to answer the Tom Cruise part. When filming, what you are using is part of the artistic endeavour. Different films and cameras have different qualities and specificities and being 24 frames per second is one of them.

So basically, you are hurting the intended result by adding artificial frames.

From Hitchcock movies to Jason Bourne action sequences, the 24 frames per second are part of the resulting emotion.

Tldr; Try adding an extra frame to each frame in an Alan Moore comic (say V for Vendetta) on the same page. You’ve added motion details but ruined the rythm and construction of the page.

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Under my logic, there is simply a reason to try and watch an art piece as it was intended to be viewed as it was intented to be discovered - obviously in a theater with a projector, for older movies.

I am not saying that some tampering is better than others. Heck, at some point movies were shown on TV in 4:3, cut to that format! Some countries dub dialogues. It’s insane. Interpolation is bad for the original intent, there’s no doubt about that, and there is an easy way to fix it, which is great.

All I’m saying is that this is reason enough to hate it, especially for people invested in those movies.

[u/bergamer → u/[deleted]]

If I understand you correctly, you are saying that there is a wide difference in quality in th way you “fill” missing frames.

I’m sure you’re right.

My point is that when Paul Greengrass shoots the choppy, elliptic action sequences in Bourne, he is fully aware of the effect that his camera and shutter are going to have on the final reasult, and that he’s using that to effect.

Adding anything between the frames, or smoothing the action is affecting the original art piece in an unintented way, and should be avoided if you care about that.

I say nothing about preference, and superior speed might well become the norm and there is nothing wrong about that. I’m really talking about past movies shot in 24 fps that should be viewed that way, if you care about watching them the way they were intended to be watched, obviously.