15 frames per second. That’s 900 a minute. Your brain doesn’t like it, not at all, it has been trained to need 9 frames more per second to be happy.

What does it take to make 15fps something you can enjoy? color grade? camera movement? composition? vfx? music? location? Can interesting and beautiful imagery be made with cameras meant only for utility?

Let’s find out shall we:

(click images to watch)

[15fps_0001 – 297frames] | prores | iphone | 2010.3.24

Music by Max Richter

[15fps_0002 – 239frames] | prores | iphone | 2010.3.27

Music by Ennio Morricone

[15fps_0003 – 330frames] | prores | iphone | 2010.5.22

Music by Ekahwerdna

[15fps_0004 – 536frames] | prores | iphone 3GS | 2010.9.11

Music by Rebecca Pan

[15fps_0005 – 408frames] | prores | iphone 3GS | 2011.02.01

Music by Billie Holiday

A project without a timeframe, 15fps is an experiment in plastic cinema. . .

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