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Is it CGI or somethine else?
A certain effect that has grown in popularity is depicted in the film THE MATRIX. It`s used to give viewers a god-like, spiritual sense of presence. When the screen is frozen and Keanu Reeves floats in mid-air about to shoot Smith, the camera seems to make a round-about path giving the impression that Neo is suspended with wires and keeping motionless while the camera rides a circular rail. Does this special effect have a SPECIAL term other than "it`s all done with CGI"?
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[nq:1]A certain effect that has grown in popularity is depicted in the film THE MATRIX. It`s used to give viewers ... camera rides a circular rail.
- [nq:1]A certain effect that has grown in popularity is depicted in the film THE MATRIX.
- It`s used to give viewers ...
- camera rides a circular rail.
- [/nq] It wasn't done with CGI.
- It was done (if I remember right) with a whole crapload of still cameras, in a circle, with sychronized shooting.
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[nq:1]A certain effect that has grown in popularity is depicted in the film THE MATRIX. It`s used to give viewers ... camera rides a circular rail. Does this special effect have a SPECIAL term other than "it`s all done with CGI"?[/nq]
It wasn't done with CGI. It was done (if I remember right) with a whole crapload of still cameras, in a circle, with sychronized shooting.
It's been awhile b
It wasn't done with CGI. It was done (if I remember right) with a whole crapload of still cameras, in a circle, with sychronized shooting.
It's been awhile b
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[nq:1]A certain effect that has grown in popularity is depicted in the film THE MATRIX. It`s used to give viewers ... camera rides a circular rail. Does this special effect have a SPECIAL term other than "it`s all done with CGI"?[/nq]
It was first done on a GAP commercial.
Just put 360 cameras in a 360-degree circle... and splice the 24 fps frames one from each camera in sequence...
It was first done on a GAP commercial.
Just put 360 cameras in a 360-degree circle... and splice the 24 fps frames one from each camera in sequence...
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[nq:1]Neo is suspended with wires and keeping motionless while the camera rides a circular rail. Does this special effect have a SPECIAL term other than "it`s all done with CGI"?[/nq]
"Bullet-time photography," it's called. Coined, I believe, by the Wachowskis themselves. Makes sense, considering Neo's evading bullets in many of those shots. A huge bank of cameras, all computer controlled, non
"Bullet-time photography," it's called. Coined, I believe, by the Wachowskis themselves. Makes sense, considering Neo's evading bullets in many of those shots. A huge bank of cameras, all computer controlled, non
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[nq:1]Neo is suspended with wires and keeping motionless while the camera rides a circular rail. Does this special effect have a SPECIAL term other than "it`s all done with CGI"?[/nq]
"Bullet-time photography," it's called. Coined, I believe, by the Wachowskis themselves. Makes sense, considering Neo's evading bullets in many of those shots. A huge bank of cameras, all computer controlled, non
"Bullet-time photography," it's called. Coined, I believe, by the Wachowskis themselves. Makes sense, considering Neo's evading bullets in many of those shots. A huge bank of cameras, all computer controlled, non
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[nq:1]A certain effect that has grown in popularity is depicted in the film THE MATRIX. It`s used to give viewers ... camera rides a circular rail. Does this special effect have a SPECIAL term other than "it`s all done with CGI"?[/nq]
It's just a cameraman on a dolly travelling fourteen thousand miles per hour in a semicircle, that's all.
It's just a cameraman on a dolly travelling fourteen thousand miles per hour in a semicircle, that's all.
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[nq:1]"Bullet-time photography," it's called. Coined, I believe, by the Wachowskis themselves. Makes sense, considering Neo's evading bullets in many of ... removals, backgrounds, bullet effects... oh, wait, there's a lot of CG. Still, the effect itself is just heavy, rapid-fire photography.[/nq]
Didn't you use a similar procedure for your wife's anniversary DVD? ;-)
jaybee
Didn't you use a similar procedure for your wife's anniversary DVD? ;-)
jaybee
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[nq:2]A certain effect that has grown in popularity is depicted ... a SPECIAL term other than "it`s all done with CGI"?[/nq]
[nq:1]It's just a cameraman on a dolly travelling fourteen thousand miles per hour in a semicircle, that's all.[/nq]
! And here I thought Keanu Reeves had major $cientololgy powerz like Tommy Cruise. After all, Keanu sorta rhymes with Xenu, the evil galactic emeperor
[nq:1]It's just a cameraman on a dolly travelling fourteen thousand miles per hour in a semicircle, that's all.[/nq]
! And here I thought Keanu Reeves had major $cientololgy powerz like Tommy Cruise. After all, Keanu sorta rhymes with Xenu, the evil galactic emeperor
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[nq:2]"Bullet-time photography," it's called. Coined, I believe, by the Wachowskis ... CG. Still, the effect itself is just heavy, rapid-fire photography.[/nq]
[nq:1]Didn't you use a similar procedure for your wife's anniversary DVD? ;-)[/nq]
Actually, that was the honeymoon night.
And how'd you get a copy? I never received my $14.95 from you.
emg
[nq:1]Didn't you use a similar procedure for your wife's anniversary DVD? ;-)[/nq]
Actually, that was the honeymoon night.
And how'd you get a copy? I never received my $14.95 from you.
emg
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This is old fangled technology... dating back to the "first movie" (that horse race finishing line thing - wasn't Stanford involved in that?). You can see how it's done on the MATRIX DVD - a zillion cameras in a circle each takes one frame. Those frames are added up into a single piece of film, that is projected to show the "bullet time" effect.
- Bill
- Bill
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[nq:1]This is old fangled technology... dating back to the "first movie" (that horse race finishing line thing - wasn't Stanford ... Those frames are added up into a single piece of film, that is projected to show the "bullet time" effect.[/nq]
That was Eadweard Muybridge who came up with a way to settle Stanford's bet that all 4 of a horse's feet are off the ground at the one point when the c
That was Eadweard Muybridge who came up with a way to settle Stanford's bet that all 4 of a horse's feet are off the ground at the one point when the c
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