Has anyone else noticed this? It feels like any old film from the past, everyone is walking just a little too quick, things are moving just a bit too fast. Is there a reason for this?
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For really old films from the WWI and postwar era it’s because a lot of the cameras were hand-cranked and so the resulting film had a stuttery and variable framerate.
They’d play it back at a fixed and slightly too fast framerate to smooth it out, but it’s also sped up now.
To save money most silent films were filmed around 16-18 frames per second (fps), then projected closer to 20-24 fps. This is why motion in those old silent films is so comical, the film is sped up: Charlie Chaplin.
beside what has been mentioned here already regarding really old films theres also the same effect when you watch TV recordings especially older stuff.
the reason why TV recordings are faster than they should be is that they play movies at 110% speed so they have more time to play ads.
on a standard 90 minute movie this little trick saves them 9 minutes which is just enough for an entire ad segment.
this can be more noticeable in older recordings because they would sometimes play back the movies even faster to test out the limit when people would complain.
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Yes, this annoys the fuck out of me!
Is it not possible, with all our modern technology, to change the frame rate to match the recorded frame rate?
It has to do with frames per second. There weren’t any standards back then and the numbers of frames per second were less and in many cases, variable because they were filed by a hand cranked camera. Because of this, films varied from around 12 fps to 16 fps.
When sound was added, they standardized on 24 fps. Since things were now mechanically locked to 24 fps, when playing older film on the same this equipment, everything is sped up by 8 to 12 fps making everything move faster.
It it possible to adjust the fps to make them look more natural if wanted but it’s generally not worth the extra effort.
Is it possible you are in the UK (50Hz PAL standard) and watching tapes or DVDs of American shows and movies (60Hz NTSC standard)?
If you’re watching old movies or tv shows on cable television channels, they often run it 10% faster than originally filmed to sneak in more ads.
Some television channels also slightly speed up the films and videos, it helps them to keep their schedules (shows will start and end on the hour) but also to fit in a little more room for commercials.
always make sure that your tv’s cinemotion/motionflow/whatever the hell else they call it in your settings is turned off.
been noticing 4k AI fan-reissues being ripped at 60fps lately as well, absolutely batshit decision to make. looks horrible.
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