such an original idea
i expect to see it being used in hollywood action films sometime soon
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mutated monty, Tue 4 Jun 2013, 15:54,
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and hnag on, i've just noticed the inherent sarchasm there.
The originality for me is using a conventionally still format, 35mm film and pinhole cameras, to convey movement in what is essentially a still image.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_time
®Warner Brothers 2005
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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 4 Jun 2013, 16:18,
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Yeah I know, I know...
But in that, they were using a coupla hundred digital stills cameras, timed to fire at a slight delay, then they used a BUCKLOAD of digital post-processing to produce the final image, which was a moving image.
In this, they've used standard 35mm film, about 600 pinhole cameras (notoriously unpredictable to make, and DAMN hard to light correctly) fired all at the same time, to create an illusion of movement, whereas the actual subject is frozen in mid-shot.
Also, NO post-processing, just developed, as you would a normal 35mm roll.
The apparent simplicity, when you understand how many variables are involved, is amazing.
IMHO
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I took a shit in a urinal once
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gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Tue 4 Jun 2013, 16:20,
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This sounds like a job for the hardly boys !!
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gardenclaw mac fuckes your gradeds balls!, Tue 4 Jun 2013, 21:12,
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here you go, from 1993
using exactly the same technique
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIpmUi8HI1k
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mutated monty, Tue 4 Jun 2013, 17:20,
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and adverts
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Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Tue 4 Jun 2013, 16:25,
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And then someone on Instructables will show us how to make a rig like this out of mobile phones.
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Which part is the original idea?
Using home-made pinhole cameras for that low-fi effect?
Time-slice photography aka "Bullet time" has been pretty mainstream since it was used in The Matrix.
Fair play for building their own rig though. A lot cheaper than getting a load of still cameras together at the same time!
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aMac updated his sig, Tue 4 Jun 2013, 16:38,
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yeah, using 35mm film and pinhole cameras.
I know time-slice and bullet-time are old hat, but to my knowledge they've only been done using digital cameras and digital post-processing.
To be able to use 35mm film and create that effect, straight out of the camera, is remarkable.
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Couldn't they have put it on 35mm film after?
There's a couple of shops round my way that'll do that for you easy, straight from the SD card.
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It's pretty damn clever how they've gone about it, you're right
But you've met a barrage of b3ta hostility by saying it's original and genius.
It's very clever and impressive though.
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Yeah silly me, I hadn't posted for a while and forgot how peculiar board behaviour can be sometimes.
To be honest time-slice and bullet-time are simply extensions of the zoetrope principle, which has been around since about 200AD.
I found it interesting that the idea has been built upon, as well as taken back a few steps, using analog techniques.
Oh well, I'll toddle off back to where I came from then.
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No hostility intended!
I'm just a jaded arsehole sometimes.
I am genuinely impressed by them building the thing from scratch.
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aMac updated his sig, Tue 4 Jun 2013, 16:59,
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Oh dude, I was just playing. I'm very bored today.
Can we hug it out?
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