{"id":963,"date":"2012-11-17T09:35:53","date_gmt":"2012-11-17T09:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/?p=963"},"modified":"2012-11-17T09:35:53","modified_gmt":"2012-11-17T09:35:53","slug":"the-next-big-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/2012\/11\/17\/the-next-big-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Big Thing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In roughly a month (12\/14), movie going will experience what could prove to be the \u201cnext big thing\u201d, as \u201cThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey\u201d is shown in high frame rate, at select theatres. For those unfamiliar with high frame rate; this advancement involves a movie being shot and playing at forty-eight frames per second, as opposed to the traditional twenty-four, the end result being a higher definition picture. While that may not sound like a game changer, the visual difference between 24fps and 48fps is quite dramatic. I had the opportunity to see some clips of \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d in 48fps this past year and the picture quality was startling (almost too real).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/The-HobbitHFR.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-964\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"The Hobbit HFR\" src=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/The-HobbitHFR-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/The-HobbitHFR-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/The-HobbitHFR-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/The-HobbitHFR.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Being a cutting edge technology, only 400 to 450 screens will be showing \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d in 48fps domestically. Fortunately, Orange County will be well represented in this limited roll out, with six locations already on board (likely more to be announced soon):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/29\/aliso-viejo-20\/\" target=\"_blank\">Edwards Aliso Viejo Stadium 20<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/brea-east\/\" target=\"_blank\">Edwards\u00a0Brea Stadium East 12<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/foothill-ranch-22\/\" target=\"_blank\">Regal Foothill Towne Center Stadium 22<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/bella-terra\/\" target=\"_blank\">Century Huntington Beach Bella Terra 20<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/irvine-spectrum\/\" target=\"_blank\">Edwards\u00a0Irvine Spectrum 21<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/occinema.com\/2007\/08\/30\/stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\">Century Orange Stadium 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether this technology is the future of movies or not remains a matter of great debate, but high frame rate is definitely worth checking out. A new era for movies or just another <a href=\"http:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/2010\/12\/14\/showmanship-gimmick-redux\/\" target=\"_blank\">dead end gimmick<\/a>? Find out for yourself on 12\/14.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In roughly a month (12\/14), movie going will experience what could prove to be the \u201cnext big thing\u201d, as \u201cThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey\u201d is shown in high frame rate, at select theatres. For those unfamiliar with high frame rate; this advancement involves a movie being shot and playing at forty-eight frames per second, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":965,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions\/965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinelog.org\/cinelog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}