James Cameron’s Avatar returned for a second outing with the sequel “The Way of Water,” and just like the first one, it has breathtaking visuals. Some people in Japan missed out on the epic, as a number of theatre projectors crashed in the country.
Bloomberg reports that several theatres in Japan faced breakdowns during the run, while one theatre was forced to tone down the refresh rate to 24fps down 48fps in order to play it smoothly.
Why Avatar’s sequel crashed movie projectors in theatres
Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water is one of the few films to come in 48fps 3D format, and it requires the latest projectors or often upgrades to older models, which offers the processing prowess required to play high frame rate format.
Even though the whole movie is not shot at the high refresh, some action scenes play at 48fps. And Japan’s slowly moving cinema industry fell prey to the sequel’s 48fps scenes, breaking down the projectors and turning away the moviegoers.
What is the high frame rate format
HFR, or High Frame Rate format, is the content that refreshes faster than 24 frame rate per second, which is the standard and minimum frame rate for movies released in theatres. As for what fps is, it is the number of individual images displayed every second. You may ask, what is the benefit of HFR? Basically, the content feels smoother, and greater details are shown.
The United Cinemas Co, Toho Co, and Tokyu Corp are some of the theatre chains that the audiences complained about on social media.
Avatar: The Way of Water, released on December 16, is shown in multiple formats, one being the 48fps 3D, and there is also a 2D 48fps. The movie is also shown in the standard 24fps print in both 2D and 3D.
Bloomberg reports that several theatres in Japan faced breakdowns during the run, while one theatre was forced to tone down the refresh rate to 24fps down 48fps in order to play it smoothly.
Why Avatar’s sequel crashed movie projectors in theatres
Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water is one of the few films to come in 48fps 3D format, and it requires the latest projectors or often upgrades to older models, which offers the processing prowess required to play high frame rate format.
Even though the whole movie is not shot at the high refresh, some action scenes play at 48fps. And Japan’s slowly moving cinema industry fell prey to the sequel’s 48fps scenes, breaking down the projectors and turning away the moviegoers.
What is the high frame rate format
HFR, or High Frame Rate format, is the content that refreshes faster than 24 frame rate per second, which is the standard and minimum frame rate for movies released in theatres. As for what fps is, it is the number of individual images displayed every second. You may ask, what is the benefit of HFR? Basically, the content feels smoother, and greater details are shown.
The United Cinemas Co, Toho Co, and Tokyu Corp are some of the theatre chains that the audiences complained about on social media.
Avatar: The Way of Water, released on December 16, is shown in multiple formats, one being the 48fps 3D, and there is also a 2D 48fps. The movie is also shown in the standard 24fps print in both 2D and 3D.
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