LFeinberg.es@PARC-GW.ARPA (03/27/84)
"They said that the more you increase the number of frames per second the more reaction and emotion the audience feels." Begin Flame Here. What kind of ridiculous nonsense is this? When will people realize that any kind of technical resource will not get you reaction and emotion from anyone? These are simply not replacements for high quality scripting, acting, and directing. Witness the emotional connections that come the great silent films -- with less frames per second and terrible film. Black-and-white, too. Even if you are just talking about sheer visual impact, it is not the technical quality of the photographic process which makes the differrence. Again, look at the silents to see this.... The the creation of the robot in Fritz Lang's Metropolis, the carridge bumping down the steps in Sergei Eisenstein's Potempkin, the stirring march of the French army at the end of Abel Glance's "Napoleon". Your gimmicks may be fine, and Lucas and Speilberg may be the right sort to use them. But don't confuse that with great film-making. The great film-makers need a lot less to get their "reaction and emotion". End Flame Here. Lawrence <LFeinberg.es@PARC-MAXC>