Question? How do they do that "moving around paused video picture on those tv adds?"
r...@roib.co.uk
The effect is to freeze the motion on screen but then the camera pans
around the object how do they do this?
1 scene is man jumping in to a swimming poll and as he makes the
splash it paused then the camera moves around him .
its like a 3d film?
rob
R. Alan Monroe
>1 scene is man jumping in to a swimming poll and as he makes the
>splash it paused then the camera moves around him .
geoff
It's done using a special stills camera setup which has multiple lenses
arranged along a rail, which is set up around the subject.
imagine a camera with a roll of film 80 frames long and all of these frames
are shot at the same instant, via 80 lenses arranged around the subject,
then you have 80 different angles at the same instant in time, these are
then assembled as video frames and .... need I say more?
?Geoff
>Hi
>The effect is to freeze the motion on screen but then the camera pans
>around the object how do they do this?
>1 scene is man jumping in to a swimming poll and as he makes the
>splash it paused then the camera moves around him .
Rick Johnston
"Matrix" was done with 180 Cannon EOS still cameras, covered with
green-screen material, in a circular array around the subject. The cameras
were triggered sequentially via computer, and could simulate any speed. They
were also in a spiral-downward pattern to give the shot some vertical
movement.
In post, the holes for the lenses in the green screen were garbage-matted or
painted out. The subject was composited with CGI scenes which matched the
motion-control movement of the still cameras. The effect is called "Flo-mo".
The now-ancient Gap commercials were done with two 35mm motion picture
cameras at opposite ends of a 135-degree arc filled with 35mm still cameras.
As the cameras at each end rolled, all of the still cameras fired off a
single frame the same time. Each camera's lens picked up where the other
left off. The resulting pix were manipulated in a computer, and those images
were inserted between the matching frames on the motion picture cameras.
One regional spot in upstate New York was shot by a brilliant local director
named Paul Souter. The client was the regional electric utility. Paul used
an extremely overcranked camera on an extremely fast-moving dolly to achieve
the 3D-still look. The premise was, "without electricity, nothing moves" or
somesuch. A CD in mid air on its way to the CD player. A man's hand had just
released the CD. A piece of broccoli in mid-air heading toward the pan on
the stove. Mom's hand had just released it. A kid's remote-control car in
the middle of the jump. Kid frozen in the background. The props were held in
place with monofilament. The talent were told to hold still. The overcranked
camera helped us to believe the talent was still, when in actuality there
are telltale signs of movement. Brilliant, nonetheless.
As you can see, there are a number of ways to achieve this effect.
Regards,
Rick Johnston
Ent/Gates Productions
http://www.entgates.com
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Mike Shivas
be found at www.whatisthematrix.com.
The FX section of their site includes stills and quicktime footage of the
green-screen set used to create the effect.
Enjoy
bobman
great responses, the best place to look I found was
www.virtualcamera.com. Check out the 'Supernatural' wildlife show on BBC1
as they are also using the effect
je...@accessone.comspamnot
frozen EXCEPT one woman wh is walking thru the shot?
Mike Shivas wrote:
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> More details on how this "Bullet-Time" effect was produced for "The Matrix" can
> be found at www.whatisthematrix.com.
>
> The FX section of their site includes stills and quicktime footage of the
> green-screen set used to create the effect.
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