Ang Lee's new film shows the peril and incredible promise of high-frame rate movies
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Filmmaker Ang Lee previewed footage from his upcoming film Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk in Las Vegas on Saturday, but it wasn't to highlight the characters or the storytelling. Instead, it was to show off his use of bleeding-edge high frame rate photography and projection, something the director sees as the first step towards the future of digital filmmaking — though audiences may need some serious convincing first.
As part of the National Association of Broadcasters trade show, Lee showed off around 11 minutes of 3D footage, which was presented using twin laser projectors that delivered 4K images at an astounding 120 frames per second, per eye. That's five times the frame rate that movies traditionally use, a change that Lee said...
