Slow-Motion (300 style)

[Joshua Hoareau]

Hi everyone. I'm shooting a promo for an upcoming film on my Epic in 2 weeks and am looking to do the same slow-motion then speed up style as 300 (as depicted here from 00:12 onwards) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCfdyroV7kc
Does anyone know how I can achieve this on the Epic?

Thanks.

 

[ericyoung]

Shoot it all at high framerate (test shoot to determine optimal slow down required for your shots - don't shoot 300fps at 2K if 100fps at 4K will do, as you want to keep resolution as high as possible) and ramp it in postproduction.

You'll also need more light the higher your framerate.

 

[Hurcan Yilmazer]

This video is the start point of the time ramping fenomenon. It is much older than 300
https://vimeo.com/21050859

 

[Stefan Scherperel]

300 also used a technique where they were shooting two cameras at once, both lined up next to eachoter, almost in a 3D configuration, however one camera had a wider lens, the other was more telephoto. They shot both cameras at the high frame rate and then were able to slow down/ speed up shots in post as well as zoom from one camera to the other (pushing in on the wide frame until it matched the telephoto frame and then switching cameras). Using this technique they were able to zoom and ramp speed exactly where it needed to be, instead of trying to do that all on set. The speed of the zooms would have been impossible to do at the frame rates they were shooting.

 

[Shawn Seifert]

I believe (and this came from a guy who worked on several of Snyder's sets) that to achieve the extrem slow motion look, they paired over cranking cameras with actors moving slowly. Thus they could make 300 fps look like 1000 fps.

 

[ericyoung]

I believe (and this came from a guy who worked on several of Snyder's sets) that to achieve the extrem slow motion look, they paired over cranking cameras with actors moving slowly. Thus they could make 300 fps look like 1000 fps.

It's a great technique - works really well in the right situation, and good actors/stuntmen to sell the effect!

 

[ericyoung]

This video is the start point of the time ramping fenomenon. It is much older than 300
https://vimeo.com/21050859

That video was fun - slightly less impressive than the first time I saw it, now that time remapping is everywhere, but still love the concept.

 

[Joshua Hoareau]

Yeah I've got my actor's training in slow motion already for the shoot. I figured it might have been 2 cams...hmmm....is there a way I could achieve this from 1 EPIC? Also the final product will be web/TV based so could I technically shoot it at like 4k, then just crop in for zoom without loosing noticeable res?