The Hobbit

[Hammock Parties]

Mother of pearl

[sd4chiefs]

70 things to know about yhe Hobbit.


http://collider.com/the-hobbit-set-v...05464/?_r=true

[RustShack]

interesting read.

[JD10367]

So... Sony came to my theater the other night and modified one of our 3D projectors to run at 48FPS. Yesterday they sent some test footage to look at: a one-minute piece to make sure the 48FPS was working correctly, and then a 20-minute piece of "Hobbit". The other projectionist was going to run it last night and see if it worked. I'm going to take a look at it this morning. I'll report back as to whether the 48FPS looks much different.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by JD10367

So... Sony came to my theater the other night and modified one of our 3D projectors to run at 48FPS. Yesterday they sent some test footage to look at: a one-minute piece to make sure the 48FPS was working correctly, and then a 20-minute piece of "Hobbit". The other projectionist was going to run it last night and see if it worked. I'm going to take a look at it this morning. I'll report back as to whether the 48FPS looks much different.

Yes, please do. Im very curious about 48FPS.

[JD10367]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Yes, please do. Im very curious about 48FPS.

So, the test didn't work last night, and after some talking with Sony I got it working today, but I literally only had two minutes in between films to make sure it actually worked. The curtain masking was half on the screen (set for Flat, and the Hobbit stuff is in Scope), the theater lights were on, and I didn't have the sound on. But I could definitely tell the machine was working correctly and running 48FPS because the footage looked sharper and smoother than anything I've seen before. Yeah, it did have a bit of hyperrealism to it, giving it a bit of a "videotapey" quality, but it didn't look as obnoxious as I thought it would. Now that I know it works, I'll have to run it again and see it from the theater. The 20-minute piece started with a static image of a little Asian girl. (No, this isn't part of the film; it was just something they put in there to check color balance, focus, etc.,.) Then it seemed to go into the standard trailer that has been showing. I will assume that, after the trailer, there is raw footage from the film, since they did specify 20 minutes of footage.

Another projectionist told me that he heard they were scaling back the HFR (High Frame Rate) presentations, and were probably only running it in 450 theaters. So chances are there will only be a few places to see it in your area. I think it'll be worth seeing the film twice, once in traditional 24FPS and the second time in 48FPS.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by JD10367

Another projectionist told me that he heard they were scaling back the HFR (High Frame Rate) presentations, and were probably only running it in 450 theaters. So chances are there will only be a few places to see it in your area. I think it'll be worth seeing the film twice, once in traditional 24FPS and the second time in 48FPS.

yea, what i read was that they showed a test reel at one of the comic cons and the audience reaction was negative. SO WB got scared and are scaling back the number of theaters that will show 48FPS. Guess its just something most viewers would have to adjust too.


It sounds a little like the "Soap Opera effect" you get with the modern HDTVs with the auto motion technology.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

yea, what i read was that they showed a test reel at one of the comic cons and the audience reaction was negative. SO WB got scared and are scaling back the number of theaters that will show 48FPS. Guess its just something most viewers would have to adjust too.


It sounds a little like the "Soap Opera effect" you get with the modern HDTVs with the auto motion technology.

No, it's not like that, at all.

UnderEJ can explain it far better than me but it's like going from 8 track to 16 bit CD for the first time: It looks better and sounds better but your senses don't have time to adjust and can't comprehend immediately what they're hearing/seeing.

48 is the future.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by JD10367

So... Sony came to my theater the other night and modified one of our 3D projectors to run at 48FPS. Yesterday they sent some test footage to look at: a one-minute piece to make sure the 48FPS was working correctly, and then a 20-minute piece of "Hobbit". The other projectionist was going to run it last night and see if it worked. I'm going to take a look at it this morning. I'll report back as to whether the 48FPS looks much different.

REPORT BACK ON THE ****ING 20 MINUTES.

[L.A. Chieffan]

Just thought I'd put this in here. Lego LOTR kicks ass

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by L.A. Chieffan

Just thought I'd put this in here. Lego LOTR kicks ass

Is that out already?

[Hammock Parties]

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[Hammock Parties]

Download the soundtrack.

http://www.mirrorupload.net/file/1N2...0-%20OMPSt.zip

[Urc Burry]

Don't know if I've ever been this excited for a movie to come out...can't wait

[htismaqe]

Here's an interesting blurb from this months "Timeline" column in GameInformer magazine...

5.14 - A Weird Return to the Shire
Another Lord of the Rings trilogy begins today with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. From what we hear, this film started as a reunion party for the original cast, but then Peter Jackson started filming. Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, and Cate Blanchett all reprise their roles - even if it doesn't make sense (many of their characters weren't even in the book). Maybe the audience will be so star-struck that they won't notice. Lord of the Rings fans don't pay attention to details anyway.