Jith Paul

● filmmaker ● content curator ● software engineer
"Every great design begins with an even better story."

[Jith Paul @JithPaul]

Hi everyone.

I’m exploring new opportunities and would appreciate your support. If you hear of a role that’s a fit, or just want to reconnect, I’d love to hear from you. #OpenToWork

My recent professional adventures are detailed on my website: https://t.co/gX3BhI5868

[Rich Luchette @richluchette]

The thing about watching the West Wing today isn’t that it’s aged poorly (it hasn’t).

It’s that it takes you back to a time when many still believed that public service could be a noble calling.

An entire generation has now grown up without that feeling.

[Jith Paul @JithPaul]

A thought-provoking read.

Kass contends that AI should function as a tool for addressing complex human challenges, while elevating distinctly human capabilities such as empathy, strategic vision, & storytelling, making them even more central & valuable in an AI-augmented world.

[Treepot Media @TreepotMedia]

“WHEN IT RAINS is a beautifully shot poetic short film that shows that deep human connection is always possible, transcending barriers like location and time.” - Jith Paul

https://t.co/WSyZogZOl3

#review | @film613ca

[Jith Paul @JithPaul]

News: CBC to inject $ into new documentary FAST channel, shuttering specialty documentary channel August 31, a move necessitated by "shifts in linear television consumption habits and declining subscribers."

https://t.co/2NhzLzdqSl

[Treepot Media @TreepotMedia]

"BON COP, BAD COP: THE SERIES mixes action and humour in the context of a clash between the English, French, and Mi’kmaq languages and culture." - Jith Paul

https://t.co/3q5aCnPLTg

#review | @film613ca | @CraveCanada | @CMF_FMC

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

The new trailer for Christopher Nolan's ‘THE ODYSSEY’ has been released.

In theaters on July 17.

[Jith Paul @JithPaul]

🇨🇦📺 @CraveCanada

[Mike Commito @mikecommito]

Full clip of Jon Hamm waxing poetic about Shoresy

[no context the west wing @LemonLymancom]

Nothing hits like President showing off his Latin

[Jith Paul @JithPaul]

A mentor once told me, “The only constant in life is change.” I still cherish this 2013 interview and photo shoot with Jamie Kronick at the vintage Camera Trading Company on Bank Street. Kyle Brown’s article is reprinted on his blog: https://t.co/REh1k8uJLZ

[Jith Paul @JithPaul]

New from me...

[Treepot Media @TreepotMedia]

“Thinking like a filmmaker has helped to shift my engineering perspective from ‘How can we build this?’ to ‘How will people experience this?’” - @JithPaul

https://t.co/Lvf9DhX4sn

#filmmaking | #engineering | #perspective | #HCDE

[Treepot Media @TreepotMedia]

"We interviewed Kelly Neall, managing director for IFFO about the event, the challenges of organizing it, and what it means for the local film community." - Matthew Grieve & Alejandro Gonzales

https://t.co/yWMhTse0dq

@IFFOttawa | #filmfestival | #interview

[Daniel Pemberton (also on BluSky same name) @DANIELPEMBERTON]

Here’s a little video from the #ProjectHailMary soundtrack sessions with London Voices recording the choral part to GOODBYE MY FRIEND at @AIRstudios.. one of my fav moments in the score..

Enjoy!

[Treepot Media @TreepotMedia]

Wednesday April 15, 2026 is National Canadian Film Day (NCFD). @film613ca is pleased to participate in this year’s celebration with a curated list you should check out!

https://t.co/Yr23EaO5B6

#cdnfilmlove | @REELCANADA | @CanFilmDay | @JithPaul | @ZachChabotURL

[Zachary @ZachChabotURL]

Did you miss Bytowne on the festival circuit? Ever wonder how francophones and anglophones manage to have a conversation? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, you can now watch Bytowne on TFO!

[Treepot Media @TreepotMedia]

PRESS RELEASE
Wednesday April 15, 2026 is National Canadian Film Day (NCFD). Treepot Media and film613 are pleased to participate in this year’s celebration. 🇨🇦🎬

https://t.co/e4Gvlnnj2V

@film613ca | #cdnfilmlove | @REELCANADA | @JithPaul | @ZachChabotURL

[Treepot Media @TreepotMedia]

"PERFECT is an incredible short film that touches you deeply and forces you to converse with yourself over what you think you know about others." - Alvin Tsang

https://t.co/GeA7yZEh2x

#review | @film613ca | @cbcshortfilm | @alvinwct

[Treepot Media @TreepotMedia]

"In Ottawa, the Mayfair Theater and ByTowne Cinema are proving that cinema isn’t just about movies, but about community, connection, and supporting local culture." - Matthew Grieve

https://t.co/hCDIaHlJXR

@film613ca | @ByTowne | @mayfairtheatre | #sparkforward

[Jith Paul @JithPaul]

Unforgettable

https://t.co/XfuezcxiZK

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Your Netflix "4K" stream and a 4K disc put the same number of pixels on your screen. But the disc version of a two-hour movie is about 70 gigabytes. The stream is about 14. Same pixels, roughly five times less data filling them.

You see it first in dark scenes. The stream doesn't have enough data to tell dark grey from black, so your TV just mashes it all into chunky blocks. Then you notice sunsets looking like a paint-by-numbers, with visible stripes where smooth color should be. Film grain is probably the biggest casualty. Directors add that slightly textured look on purpose to make movies feel cinematic. Streaming compression reads it as noise and wipes it. That's where the weirdly plastic, waxy look on a good OLED comes from.

One comparison I can't stop thinking about. A regular 1080p Blu-ray (the older HD format, not even 4K) pushes about 40 megabits of data per second to fill 2 million pixels. A 4K stream pushes 15-25 to fill 8 million pixels. Four times the pixels. Less data. A plain HD disc from 2008 can look sharper than a brand new 4K stream.

Sound is worse. Netflix sends "Dolby Atmos" audio at about 768 kilobits per second, compressed, with parts of the original permanently deleted. A disc sends TrueHD Atmos at up to 18,000, lossless, nothing removed. Up to 23x more sound data. If dialogue sounds flat when you're streaming, that's not your speakers.

Netflix is getting better at this. As of late 2025, 30% of their streaming runs on a newer compression method called AV1, the same picture at a third less data. They also strip film grain out before compressing, then rebuild it on your TV during playback. Saves over a third on file size for most content, and up to two-thirds for really grainy movies. The rebuilt grain looks solid.

The tradeoff won't go away, though. Netflix has to deliver a file that works over spotty rural Wi-Fi and gigabit fiber, adjusting quality frame by frame to whatever your connection can handle. A disc reads plastic. Same quality every time.