From the course: Creating a Short Film: 07 Cinematography
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Shooting slow motion footage
From the course: Creating a Short Film: 07 Cinematography
Shooting slow motion footage
- There are few things in life more beautiful than slow motion footage. Maybe the sound of children laughing or whatever, but there aren't many things. Of course, there are tools to slow down footage in post-production, but no computational algorithm in any software package can truly emulate the look of actual slow motion footage. In order to do this correctly, slow motion footage must be created in camera. We do this by increasing the frame rate which allows us to capture more frames per second. This is also referred to as overcranking. Let's say we increase the frame rate from 24 frames per second, to 60 frames per second for a shot. When we put that clip into our project that's 24 frames per second, it will take almost three seconds to play back what actually happened in just one second. The result is buttery, filmic goodness. Slow motion even smooths out imperfections in camera movement. It's great! But, of course, when dealing with the gods of cinematography, there are always…
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