A method for controlling a video data to enter a film mode for processing is disclosed, the video data including a plurality of target fields, the method including: determining whether a target field of the target fields is capable of being merged with a first neighboring field of the target field; if the target field can be merged with the first neighboring field, adding one to a merging number; and repeating the above steps until the merging number is determined to be not less than N, and then entering the film mode to process the video data; wherein N is a positive integer not less than two.