Professional Article Review

In his article 'There'sA Giant Problem That The Animation Industry Will Have To Deal With', Mike Reyes talks about how filmmakers are pushing for higher resolution, higher frame rate films, and how that can be a problem. The article states that "state of the art" for animation currently is 2k resolution at 24 frames per second. What some people want is double that: 4k at 48fps. The reason that would be a problem is that it would require many more stronger computers than most studios have. According to Bruno Mahe, technical head at an Illumination Entertainment studio, this higher resolution would require 2.5 times the rendering strength they have. The author argues that making a large and expensive upgrade would be worth it, due to the massive amounts of money animated films are grossing in recent times. I agree with this, because if you can do something to make more money and you'll make back the money you spent upgrading, why not do it. The evidence presented is that an upgrade would be estimated at about $190 million and a film, Despicable Me 2 for example, grossed $295 million. In conclusion, many animation studios will have to upgrade their technology fairly soon to keep up with the rising demand.