Interesting idea, reducing quality as an artistic effect. I suppose some people indeed might want it, so we could make it an option. Not for me though.
On 25/08/07, Derek McTavish Mounce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm know, I'm brining this thread monstrously off topic, but there are a > few more things I need to respond to... :) > > > > To me, the "distance" theory sounds too much like rationalisation. > > Think about it this way: The smooth motion of 50hz and 60hz is far closer > to what our eyes see in reality, so when we see that smooth video on > screen, our minds bring us more directly and literally into what we see; > we are the camera. Artistically, as a director, you don't want that most > often. Proper camera shots are always symbolic and meaningful, and > truthfully, quite far from reality. The audience isn't literally directly > above the action, looking down in a constrained and ordered view, but > constrained and ordered --that's what the audience is supposed to feel > about what they're seeing. When the smooth motion brings the audience > into the lens --oops, no, stop flying. > > > > For decades, smooth motion and low production values went hand in hand. > > True true, the inexpensiveness of video allowed many people who shouldn't > be behind a camera to be, and the efforts they created were horrifying. > Are still horrifying. But have you ever seen a something done with high > production values shot on video --even just one shot or two out of many > 24p? It's a very strange moment when that smooth motion kicks in. More > than just the sudden contrast from the 24p, that literalness of "you are > the lens" is aesthetically inappropriate in almost all cases. > > > Again, I'm not at all arguing that Cinelerra needs to work well with > interlaced video; it does indeed. I'm just, at this point, trying to > stress the validity of 24p. > > And, by the way, that's a very interesting though about the > split-the-fields-into-frames-apply-fx-then-back (errh?) you had. I've > thought of splitting the fields into frames for slow motion purposes, but > never going back to interlaced. In fact, I've never seen this technique > in any existing editor, no matter the level of professionalism or cost. > > 'twould be an interesting and notable contribution to Cinelerra. > > > -=Derek > > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > [email protected] > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > -- Regards, Martin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IT: http://methodsupport.com Personal: http://thereisnoend.org
