Cover Image via\u00a0Jacob + Katie Schwarz<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n When\u00a0The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/a><\/em>\u00a0premiered several years ago, many cinemagoers noted that the film felt “different”: “It’s like being on a film set in person: all of the magic is lost. You get to see behind the curtain, and you’re no longer under a spell,\u2026<\/a>”\u00a0 “It looked too real,” and so on. These reactions are due to\u00a0The Hobbit<\/em>‘s frame rate of\u00a048fps<\/strong> instead of the industry standard of 24fps<\/strong>. Filming at a high fps is also known as a high frame rate<\/strong> or HFR for short.<\/p>\n The reason HFR looks more real comes down to motion blur \u2014 more precisely, the lack of it. The images, especially those with fast movement, look a lot\u00a0sharper. Peter Jackson\u00a0noted that he wanted an immersive experience<\/strong>, and many found the experience too<\/em> immersive. It was almost as if the film disallowed suspension of disbelief<\/strong>. As James Cameron<\/a>\u00a0said, “3D shows you a window into reality; the higher frame rate takes the glass out of the window.”<\/p>\n