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MattholomewCup  ·  4341 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pain of the New: The Hobbit at 48 fps

I don't know the order the film was produced in, and I know nothing about the filmmaking process. But I'm glad it was done. We can be aware of the medium now, and keep working with it. A few years ago there were no 3D movies, now, it seems, every big film gets a 3D version, even if it's ill-advised. We're getting the the point where it's no longer a novelty and is just a fact of the matter. HFR might soon get there, too, and I welcome adding another tool to the creative toolbox. Won't be right for everything, but used well, it could be a big, positive change.

As for the kind of media you listen to something on, I agree that there is some value in appreciating how things were done and novel ways of observing it. But that's just it - as new, higher-fidelity, lower-loss mediums are perfected, the old ones will become novelties. Record players are one thing, but would anyone really choose to listen to music on a gramophone, except to listen to the sound of the gramophone? What I mean is, I don't think enjoying lossy, dated mediums is about enjoying the music or the movie. I think it's about enjoying the medium. You're listening to that vinyl record not because you want the music but because you want the framing for the music which produces a novel experience. At least, that's my perspective. Perhaps to some people it really doesn't sound right without the grain. But I really do have think that is a kind of nostalgia or novelty.