Why film in 60p

These days, cameras can offer an impressive range of frame rates. Films recorded at higher speeds can still be displayed at 24fps.

With just six more frames per second, 30fps is similar to 24fps but records more detail in scenes with lots of action or movement. Just beware, this additional detail may start to make the footage look unrealistic. High-speed frame rates of 60fps and above are also commonly used to record footage for slow motion because they can capture far more detail in greater clarity. Just remember that the higher the frame rate, the slower the motion will be.

Higher frame rates also record more data, which leads to bigger files and longer export and uploading times. There are plenty of cameras out there — and even some smartphones — that are capable of recording 60fps or even higher. This unique high speed camera can capture footage at up to fps in high definition. This camera is for serious video producers who want the best quality content. Want to watch the strobe lights in a recored concert? How about debris falling around in an explosion?

With 60 fps, you can. Every device you own that has a screen, with the exception of TVs, has a fixed refresh rate of 60 Hz with the exception of some gaming monitors. That includes your tablets, cellphones, computer screens. Basically everything you watch YouTube on.

What does it mean? A camera pan that was smooth in a movie theater will thus look super choppy on your screen. As it turns out, the only two formats that qualify are 30 fps and 60 fps not Read all about it here. In fact, those two are not only compatible, but highly recommended together. Why is it better? Well, here is my answer, there is no right or wrong frame rate.

One framerate is not suitable for all applications or projects. Nobody wants to watch sport in 24p, and conversely, no one wants to watch a movie at 60p. The reason we find 24fps so visually appeasing when watching movies is that it is what we have always seen and our brains are accustomed to dealing with. You will often hear cinematographers talking about the magic of 24fps. One of the main reasons we have 24fps is that it was needed to capture sound!

Why 16fps? Well, that was the minimum number of frames that were required to create the illusion of a moving image. This was fine in the early days when there were silent films, but what about when sound came along? So instead of having 48fps 16fps shown 3 times with a three-bladed shutter , they ended up with 24fps with a 2-bladed shutter. This is how 24fps was born.

As you are probably well aware, video can either be interlaced or progressive. So how do they differ? With progressive, each refresh period updates all of the scan lines in each frame in sequence. When displaying a natively progressive broadcast or recorded signal, the result is optimum spatial resolution of both the stationary and moving parts of the image. Interlaced, on the other hand, was primarily invented as a way to reduce the flicker you would see on CRT video displays without increasing the number of frames per second.

Interlacing also retains detail while requiring lower bandwidth compared to progressive scanning. So, how does interlaced video actually work?

The horizontal scan lines of each complete frame are treated as if they are numbered consecutively and captured as two fields. These two fields consist of an odd field upper field consisting of the odd-numbered lines and an even field lower field consisting of the even-numbered lines. On analog display devices such as CRT monitors interlaced footage effectively doubles the frame rate as far as perceptible flicker is concerned. Hence the reason it was and is still widely used for broadcast television.

Almost all modern-day viewing is done on progressive displays. Your TV at home, your computer screen, your iPhone, they are all progressive devices. If you try and display a natively interlaced signal on a progressive display, the overall spatial resolution of the image is degraded by the line doubling. This is why you will see flickering artifacts and why native interlaced material looks horrible on modern-day viewing devices. To counteract this we need to use a process referred to as deinterlacing so that interlaced material can be optimized to look a lot better on modern-day viewing platforms that are all progressive.