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shoot in 60 FPS what's so funny what's so funny what's up guys Ron Purdy here from TechnoBuffalo and over the last couple of months you guys have been leaving us a lot of comments saying we should shoot in 60fps or that are asking why we don't shoot in 60fps so I wanted to make this video today just to talk a little bit about that some of the technicals from the creative and some of the intention as to why you may or may not shooting 60fps let's go ahead and get started when film was first invented just over a hundred years ago 16 frames per second was dictated as to be the minimum number of frames needed to make something look like video rather than a series of still images when optical audio came along I'd say about twenty to thirty years later they decided had to go up to 24 frames per second and it kind of just stayed there the reason they wanted to keep the number minimum frames per second is because film was expensive back then obviously it's not now but they were trying to keep production budgets down so why is it that 60fps or higher frame rates and general just don't seem to work well it's a couple different reasons and the first one being is just what we're conditioned for so as mentioned promised 100 years we have been watching videos in film in 24 FPS so our brains have gotten used to processing the images we're looking at in a certain way and the second you changed it to a higher frame right the style of motion change is complete and it becomes very jarring very abrasive to the viewer what ends up happening is a lot of the time we end up getting pulled out of the experience we pay less attention to the story and the characters and instead we're just wondering why does this film look this way one of the first times we saw high frame rates make their way to big motion picture screens was with the Hobbit directed by Peter Jackson this decision was influenced sort of twofold Peter Jackson is part of the school of thought that higher frame rates make a more immersive experience it was also because when shooting 3d when she was stereoscopically you need more light you lose about 65% of light with the stereoscopic rig as well as the 3d glasses so it's a an attempt to make the experience more smooth and more fluid in 3d for the viewer so while the Hobbit was an attempt to bring 48 frames per second to mainstream it was a pretty big failure in the eyes of most reason being just higher frame rates made the experience very jarring and really pull the audience out of what they were watching this is often referred to as the uncanny valley we've seen this in graphic design and 3d animation the idea is that the closer you bring something a character or to reality the more the audience will pick up on the imperfection I know it sounds a little counterintuitive but as mentioned this is a trend we've seen in graphic design and 3d animation and now we're seeing with higher framers in film so it sound like I'm bashing on higher frame rates period I do think they're good for certain things they're supposed to make the experience more immersive and if that's the case then it's great for video games things like sports I just don't think it's that great for film or video because these are passive viewing experiences it might be great for something like VR as well it's really hard to say what's sort of the right in the wrong a lot of this boils down to taste and for us as a YouTube channel to answer your guys's comment we prefer 24 FPS we like to create a relaxed cinematic viewing experience for you guys that's why we stick to 24 but for other channels it might be cool to use higher frame rates if we're trying to create more of a broad caste feel and that kind of thing it's also gonna be really interesting to see how this pans out in the industry as a whole but I'm really curious to hear what you guys have to say let us know in the comments below whether you like higher frame rates or not what you would like to see it in more of or less of give thumbs up you liked this video hit that subscribe button if you want to see more content like this thank for watching