Chalif: A Poorly Framed Hobbit
Sound was introduced to cinema in the 1920s, issuing in the era of "talkies." Color arrived a decade later, memorialized when Dorothy stepped into Oz and exclaimed, "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." And now, film director Peter Jackson is hoping to make high frame rates the next revolution in filmmaking. "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" (2012) is the first feature film to be shot entirely in 48 frames per second, doubling the industry standard.