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Re:The Hobbit: Why 48FPS Makes Film Less Magical by blots on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @04:49AM (#4941890)
I suppose you could use that for stylistic effect. Like a change of mood in the story, or a changed attitude of the character.
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Re:The Hobbit: Why 48FPS Makes Film Less Magical by arethuza on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @06:23AM (#4942121)
That's exactly the approach that Douglas Trumbull wanted to use in Brainstorm where the replayed experiences of others would have been displayed using his 60fps Showscan techbology:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorm_%281983_film%29

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Re:The Hobbit: Why 48FPS Makes Film Less Magical by rangibaby on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @05:21AM (#4941970)
The Wizard of Oz did this with black and white / color.
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Re:The Hobbit: Why 48FPS Makes Film Less Magical by ianstormtaylor on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @05:40AM (#4942015)
That would be really interesting. I could imagine that being used in something like Requiem for a Dream to make things feel slightly off.
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