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BWO wrote on 6/18/2003, 4:36 PM
Strobe effect is made with high shutter speed.
There's less motion blur and frames look sharp.

Check this article about Saving Private Ryan from American Cinematographer:
http://www.theasc.com/magazine/aug98/saving/pg1.htm

BWO
Spot|DSE wrote on 6/18/2003, 4:36 PM
Without seeing it, it's most likely undersampled, perhaps with a strobe on it. There is an article coming out today from DMN with a tip in there on how to do exactly this sort of thing. L. Disney on the DMN forums has done an amazing video with this sort of effect.
JonnyMac wrote on 6/18/2003, 5:41 PM
I read somewhere that the desire was to duplicate images from hand-wound cameras that typcially ran between 16 and 18 fps. Between undersampling and some of playing with the film-effect plugin, one could probably get close.
vitalforce2 wrote on 6/18/2003, 7:01 PM
Dare I say it? Except for the lighting--bet Vegas can do that.
ZippyGaloo wrote on 6/19/2003, 2:11 AM
It's actually acheived by decreasing the shutter angle on a motion picture camera. Most motion picture cameras utilize a 180 degree shutter or 172.8 degree shutter at 24 fps. Panavision cameras can go down to 1 degree, if that is ever desired. The effect in Saving Private Ryan was done this way. Not sure of the exact shutter angle used, but obviously tighter than 172.8.
RexA wrote on 6/19/2003, 4:14 AM
That's quite an interesting article. Thanks.

Not much left to wonder about after reading that.

-Rex