Question

Discontinuity of images of a movie can be identified by the brain when:

• A. Frame rate < 16
• B. Frame rate = 16
• C. Frame rate > 16
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A Frame rate < 16

The image of an object persists on the retina for nearly 1/16th of a second after the removal of the object. Due to the persistence of vision, we are unable to detect discontinuity between the frames of movie’s pictures in the cinema hall as the frame rate is 24 frames/second which is greater than 16. For the frame rate less than 16, discontinuity between frames can be observed.