After some searching, or Google, I came across the name James McQuivey of Forrester Research. He did indeed say it: ' Video is worth 1.8 million words per minute '.
I search further at Forrester Research, but I can't find anything about it. And I think that's a shame, so I decide to ask via Twitter. The man is also active there, so within a day I get the substantiation I was looking for. It was less profound and scientific than I had hoped. I quote: “”A picture is worth a thousand words” 1000 words x 30 frames per second x 60 seconds per min = 1.8 million words/min of video”
He simply multiplied a metaphor and it is being copied without question by filmmakers all over the world. I also found a filmmaker who can tell buy bosnia and herzegovina whatsapp number database with a gleam that a person has to talk for an average of 120 hours to reach the same number of words (that would be a sign of exaggeration!). In that respect, the internet remains an echo chamber: even figures deposited without explanation are copied.
Metaphor
Everyone knows the expression a picture says more than a thousand words. Although this obviously does not apply to every photo (unless you meticulously try to describe every detail to death), everyone understands what it means. Just take a look at some of the winning iconic worldpress photos. In a single image they manage to penetrate to the core of wars, political conflicts and natural disasters.
Multiplying this by the number of frames per second and multiplying that by 60 gives us some remarkable conclusions: in the United States (and other NTSC countries with a 60Hz power grid) 1 minute of video is 1.8 million words. In Europe (and other PAL countries) there are only 25 frames per second: the 'information value' would then be only 1.5 million words. In the cinema the frame rate is only 24. (Okay, sometimes 48, like in Imax with The Hobbi.
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