Frame Rates

What are Frame Rates?

- This is each individual image and or picture which is in an animation referred to as a frame. The more frames which are utilised the slower the overall action will appear, using fewers frame will create a faster action. Small movements tend to be somewhat smooth, when compared to large amounts of movement as it would either be jerky to some extent or the overall animation won't take place. Typically, smooth actions are slow and use a ton of frames.

The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey:

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Within traditional films, the frame rates tend to be around 24 fps, whereas with digital frame rates they are 30 fps. We can see moving images from as little as 16 fps however with the frame rate being higher, this would mean more frames would be needed therefore making the overall process more costly for filmmakers. 

Peter Jackson, who directed the Hobbit, shot the film with 48 fps which is the twice the normal speed (24fps.) Although this made the process more costly, this allowed the finished production to come out clearer as well as offering a much more detailed picture as opposed to containing motion blur. 

Listing of frames per second/s, minutes (Amount of time)

24 Frames - 1 Second
240 Frames - 10 Seconds
720 Frames - 30 Seconds (Which could be an animated advert)
1,440 Frames - 1 minute (60 Seconds)
14,400 Frames - 10 minutes (600 Seconds) - this would be the average length of a children's animated TV Programme
43,200 Frames - 30 minutes (1800 Seconds) And this would generally be an animated TV programme. 
129,600 Frames - 90 minutes (5400 Seconds) this would be the amount within an animated feature film