"The Hobbit is shot at 48 frames per second – twice as many frames as standard films. The studio claims this gives it an unparalleled fluidity. The viewers complained it was too smooth – like raw video. Some said it looked like daytime TV. What they meant, I guess, is that it seemed too "real", and therefore inherently underwhelming. The traditional cinematic frame rate lends everything a comforting, unreal and faintly velvety feel, whereas the crisper motion of video seems closer to reality, and therefore intrinsically more harsh and pedestrian. Therefore watching The Hobbit at 48 frames per second might feel like watching an edition of Homes Under the Hammer starring Bilbo Baggins (admittedly, every edition of Homes Under the Hammer features someone who looks like Bilbo Baggins, but you get my drift).
All of which means we may be nearing a frankly baffling position where TV news reports look more like traditional movies, and movies look more like traditional TV news reports."
By Charlie Brooker / more
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