They Shall Not Grow Old: film restoration, persistance of vision, and vfx
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Well, we don\u2019t normally do this sorta thing, but oh man this was so good! What the film is about, how it is about, and why it was so special. Appreciating those who do the best work of making history relatable (cough Dan Carlin cough).
\n\n Restoration \n\nFilm degradation. Scratching, exposure, shrinkage, physical tearing. The crapshoot that is video frame rates in early 20th century film footage. Crank cameras and gearing and compressed-air constant-framerate cameras. Correcting for all of this and the challenge of bringing it all up to a standard 24 fps.
\n\n Film is an illusion \n\nThe optical illusion that we perceive as movement on a screen. Persistence of vision. Video framerates and the \u201crefresh rate\u201d of the human eye. Motion interpolation as an offense against art and all things good. Tom Cruise fighting the good fight. Motion interpolation as a really neato technology which is actually really cool when not on by default on new televisions. Motion interpolation in VR or video games.
\n\n Academic controversy \n\nHistorian types and objections to the \u201cenhancements\u201d introduced by the filmmakers. Art vs education and the importance of relatability. Modernizing history. Colorization. 3d-ification. Finding it hard to complain about digital enhancement and remastering which leaves the original materials untouched.
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- \n\t\t\t\t"YOU WONT BELIEVE YOUR EYES!" by Smarter Every Day: YouTube\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\n\t