Matrix Freeze Shot

simosh sunuwar

simosh sunuwar

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Currently I m working in small movie project. I have to do matrix freeze shot using 50 frame. we dont have 50 same movie camera & dont have 50 same model still camera which can be attached with remote control clicker. So do u have any idea to do so using pc????
thanks
 
Well, what's the action you need to be covered? Is it possible to do it on a dolly moving very quickly?
 
To acheive the full effect that was done in the Matrix would be a hard shot.... but a tool I know of that can be used to help with Slo-Mo FX is Twixtor, however I am not too sure if they have it on any PC NLE's...

also, check around on the forums and use the search tool.... A while ago I had stumbled upon a rig (abit too large and expensive to own) that is being used today for rigs of that nature... I think it was called "Big Shot" or something like that.

peace,
Elijah
 
Twixtor is for super slow motion...and u can get same effect using time (time strech) in AE7 pro. I ve already done this effect using 18 cameras and using sticher to tween and add fake frames in between and I wanted to use real 50 frames... not using movie camera or still camera ...directly capturing frames in pc using usb .
 
Rent this : http://www.whites.com/heads_cranes/big_freeze.asp
it is what its built to do.

The dolly method never works unless you are moving around inanimate objects. People move enough while trying to stand still that it will show up. I once saw a low budget short that you could tell there was only 10 tween frames in the bullet time and it totally felt cheap.

Plus without the sense of frozen movement with things that are hard to freeze in time and space like water, mud , falling papers, snow etc etc the look is just a chuggy pan around the subject.

Ive heard of people faking it cheaply with an array of pinhole cameras made from PVC tubing and a frame of 16mm or 35mm film in the bottom of each one. It saves you buying a camera for each shot, but I'm sure having no lens will limit the quality and clarity of the image you get.
 
Still, the pinhole idea is darned creative. And the look is probably very distinctive, too...

What about putting together an array of the dirt-cheepiest consumer digital still cameras you can find?
 
you could probably make an array of disposable 35mm still cameras for less than $50. You get the dynamic range and resoution of (cheap) 35mm film (no decent lens though) Now a days you often get a CD with the images on it as well as a set of prints.

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What was the name of that low budget film a few years ago that faked it pretty well? The moment featured was the impact of a bullet into a man's head. They went the "dolly around the subject" route and just faked the erupting blood spatter from the man's head. I think it was made of clay and painted red and attached to the man's head. Everyone else just stood very still...and I gotta tell ya - in that case it worked.

(Addendum 10 minutes later...) I just remember the title: BUFFALO '66.
 
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Arson said:
you could probably make an array of disposable 35mm still cameras for less than $50. You get the dynamic range and resoution of (cheap) 35mm film (no decent lens though) Now a days you often get a CD with the images on it as well as a set of prints.

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Trigger them with solenoids?
 
The buttons on those disposable cameras are hard to get to, sometimes, but if you could you could make a hard-wired array to fire them in sequence. You'd need a computer to get the timing spot on, but you could rough it with a nailboard.

Wire the shutters into a parallel circuit, with one lead from each connected to a single nail that you can hold. Then the other lead from each camera is connected to its own nail. Hammer all these nails in a row on a board. Then to set off the cameras, run the first lead from the common nail across the board, striking each camera in sequence. (You did wire them in sequence, right?)

You'd be on your own to set the timing. Decide how many frames you want to shoot and how long you want the final duration to be. Then you'll know how long you have from first nail to last.

Ghetto, but you could probably make it work. I'd plan on being able to use each cell for 2 final frames (12 fps in a 24p timeline, 15 fps in a 30p timeline). But that might be too jumpy for some.
 
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