By In between his herping and derping, James Cameron occasionally gives an interview. While doing press for his latest production Sanctum, ol’ Jimmy gave the skinny on his long awaited adaptation of Battle Angel, and managed to find time to talk about Avatar 2 and 3.
“…the Motorball from books three and four, and parts of the story of one and two will all be in the movie.” said the arrogant director. And in regards to the Avatar sequels? “For Avatar 2, what I’m most interested in is getting theaters to up their light level, and we want to shoot the movie at 48 or maybe even 60 frames a second, and display it at that speed, which will eliminate a lot of the motion artifacts that I think are causing some people problems.â€
Now, I’m all for upping the brightness for 3D movies (when you put those glasses on, you’re dimming the light from the projector by a few stops, resulting in a dimmer picture). But shooting 48 or 60fps? That just doesn’t make a lick of sense. Smooth video just doesn’t look right, unless you’re watching a football game. 24fps is the standard for a…
In between his herping and derping, James Cameron occasionally gives an interview. While doing press for his latest production Sanctum, ol’ Jimmy gave the skinny on his long awaited adaptation of Battle Angel, and managed to find time to talk about Avatar 2 and 3.
“…the Motorball from books three and four, and parts of the story of one and two will all be in the movie." said the arrogant director. And in regards to the Avatar sequels? “For Avatar 2, what I’m most interested in is getting theaters to up their light level, and we want to shoot the movie at 48 or maybe even 60 frames a second, and display it at that speed, which will eliminate a lot of the motion artifacts that I think are causing some people problems.”
Now, I’m all for upping the brightness for 3D movies (when you put those glasses on, you’re dimming the light from the projector by a few stops, resulting in a dimmer picture). But shooting 48 or 60fps? That just doesn’t make a lick of sense. Smooth video just doesn’t look right, unless you’re watching a football game. 24fps is the standard for a reason, Jimbo, stick with it.
[Via Dark Horizons]