The Hobbit at 48fps

Frames per second or FPS is the frequency rate t which an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called frames. Basically, each frame is a still image and displaying frames in quick succession creates the illusion of motion. The more frames per second (fps), the smoother the motion appears. Films have been shot at 24 fps since the late 1920s. But Peter Jackson's The Hobbit will be the first major motion picture to be made using 48 frames-per-second.

48 fps is actually closer to the way the human eye views the world as Peter Jackson explained during the screening of a 10-minute footage of the Hobbit at CinemaCon.  Shooting at 48 fps gives a heightened sense of reality and reduced flicker. The Hobbit hits the theaters on December 14, 2012

Director James Cameron stated his intention to film the two sequels to his film Avatar at a higher frame rate than 24 frames per second, in order to add a heightened sense of reality.


Click on the links below to check out the 2 videos and see the difference between 24 fps and 48 fps. There really is a remarkable difference.

Video shot at 24 fps

Video shot at 48 fps

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