Something is keeping movie star Tom Cruise up at night: motion smoothing.<\/p>\n
In an impassioned video posted to Twitter on Tuesday, the Mission Impossible star warned that a default setting on many high-end televisions “makes most movies look like they were shot on high-speed video instead of film”.<\/p>\n
Taking a break from filming the new Top Gun film, he appeared alongside director Christopher McQuarrie, who pleads with viewers to do a quick internet search and find out how to change the correct settings.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you own a modern high-definition television,” he said, “there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019re not watching movies the way the filmmakers intended, and the ability for you to do so is not simple to access.”<\/p>\n
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\nMotion smoothing, or interpolation, is a technique that artificially adds additional frames to the moving image in order to prevent blurring – most effective when watching sport.<\/p>\n
But many in the film industry hate it, however, as it can degrade the image quality of the original film, and alter colouring.<\/p>\n
“It takes the cinematic look out of any image and makes it look like soap opera shot on a cheap video camera,\u201d wrote American director Reed Morano, who started a petition calling for TV makers to turn the setting off.<\/p>\n
“It is unbelievable that this is a default setting on all HDTVs because essentially what it is doing, is taking the artistic intention away from filmmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n
She suggested manufacturers could work with broadcasters to detect when sports coverage was being watched, and change the TV settings accordingly.<\/p>\n
In the video posted on Tuesday, Mr Cruise added: \u201cFilmmakers are working with manufacturers to change the way video interpolation is activated on your television, giving you easier access and greater choice on when to use this feature.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr McQuarrie, who directed the most recent Mission Impossible film, said in the meantime people should search \u201cTurn off motion smoothing [your TV brand here]\u201d.<\/p>\n