Re:Pain of the New: The Hobbit at 48 fps
by superdude on Wednesday January 09, 2013 @08:07PM
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48fps was chosen because it was a direct multiple of 24. You can cut the framerate in half and project it in all the old 24fps projectors.
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More importantly you have an entire video and audio editing/production pipeline built for the timings of 24 fps. If your going to increase the rate of all those systems, its far easier to double the rate than increase by some arbitrary fractional amount.