MovieChat Forums > Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016) Discussion > So only 11 minutes of 120FPS footage?

So only 11 minutes of 120FPS footage?

posted 8 years ago by Oliver-in-Wonderland
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Thats not very much lol

However, if it's only being used for the cameras the soldiers have on their helmets then I can see the purpose of it. Should work well. I like that all of the film is being finished in 4K

Would also have been interesting if the entire film was shot in 120FPS. While I dig that Ang Lee uses different formats in his films and the fact that Nolan is making a WWII epic entirely shot with 65mm and IMAX camera's, I would really like a War film shot entirely in 120FPS. It makes it hyper real and digital has a very different look to it than film. Even though I still prefer film over digital we've yet to see a War epic shot entirely in HFR (or entirely in 65mm ánd IMAX for that matter ;))

War, what is it good for?

[–] Caols 8 years ago

11 minutes of footage is only what they showed to people at NAB. The entire film was shot in 120fps indeed.

[–] whiskeyTango-06 8 years ago

neither format nor frame rate can improve a story

[–] DesterWallaboo 8 years ago

BTW... your brain cannot see in 120fps.... what 120fps does is make each frame sharper overall as there is less motion blur. Personally I shoot in 60p/120p/240p regularly... but my final output is always 24p as high frame rates destroy cinematic feel and take the user out of the moment emotionally.