motion pictures are typically shot on film at 24 frames per second. when telecined and played back at pal's standard of 25 frames per second, films run about 4% faster. this also applies to most tv series that are shot on film or digital 24p. unlike ntsc's telecine system, which uses to convert the 24 frames per second to the 30 fps frame rate, pal speed-up results in the telecined video running 4% shorter than the original film as well as the equivalent ntsc telecined video.