Today we take a look at another amazing video, this one created for the Sundance film festival. Lucid Movement had nothing to do with this video but since I love both slow motion and slapstick comedy I cannot resist posting it. This was sent to us by one of our readers, thanks!! This is another great example of what can be done with these high-speed cameras. This is an excellent study in bio-mechanics as well as humor. Enjoy!!
But it might just be another Butterfly. I can’t tell for certain. So again with the Butterfly/moth thingy.
Observations
I like this video because we actually get to see the proboscis rolling up on itself as the moth/butterfly takes flight. It is also interesting to watch how the moth achieves vertical flight with those wings. Those are my favorite parts, the rest I leave to you.
Today we look at another Butterfly taking flight from a Lantana bloom.
Observations
This is an interesting look at how the Butterfly feeds. In this video you can see it moving from one bloom to another. What I like in particular about this video is the chance to see the Butterfly turning around mid-air. I’m still trying to figure out how exactly that happened, I wish I had a better view of it. If you step through frame by frame on the take-off you can see why a Butterfly has a set of split wings. Apparently they move them independently of one another.
Today we look at a Butterfly taking flight from a Lantana bloom.
Observations
Watching the Butterfly walk across the Lantana is interesting to watch, it is neat to see how carefully it plucks its way across. If you look closely you can see the proboscis pulling out of the flower and going into the next bloom as it walks along. The wing motion as it takes off is interesting to me because ordinarily when you watch a Butterfly in flight the wings look rigid, however as we can see here they are quite flexible.
I had absolutely nothing to do with this shot but I couldn’t resist posting it as it was such an amazing use of slow motion.
Materials
Lots of little pies and lots of little flies (perhaps its only bees either way its cool!)
A tiny catapult.
Procedure
Bombs away! (Since I can’t even hazard a guess as to how this was done!)
Observations
I love this video, this is truly some of the most amazing slow motion work I’ve had the pleasure of seeing. The picture quality is amazing, I’m rather curious as to their camera and lens setup. For something like this I would have assumed 3d but the quality of the fluids really make me doubt the use of CG. You can get nice looking fluids with CG but generally not this good. In the first few seconds of the video you get a glance at the camera and if I am not mistaken that looks like a Vision Research Phantom V Series camera.
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Today I finally get to show you the project I was referencing with the flaming window shots. This is the video for “The arms of sorrow” by Killswitch Engage. The flames were used in that little segment with the firefighter. That was our only part in this video, but the rest of the video is a good showcase of slow motion footage. Special thanks to Eric, Nick, Brandon, and Matt for their assistance with the shots.
Video Direction: Aggressive
VFX/Compositing: Aggressive
Production Company: RefusedTV
Record Label: Roadrunner Records
Materials
A wood framework window.
Black tin-foil (from FilmTools)
Gun powder
Kerosene
Procedure
This was a fun shot to make. We first built the framework and the flu to guide the fire. We then filled a small metal bowl (about 12″ in diameter) with 1/2lb of gun powder and misted it with kerosene to slow the reaction down. We also sprayed the sides of the enclosure with kerosene to leave give the impression that the fire was burning the wood frame.
Observations
This was an absolute blast for us to film. We don’t often get people asking us to do specific shots for them so this was especially fun for us, not only did we get to make something for a really nice music video but we got a chance to do a bit nicer setup than we ordinarily do (this happens when you have a budget). This video is a prime example of what slow motion filming is good for as it pertains to entertainment. Most of this video was filmed with a Phantom high-speed camera. Sadly, I myself have not yet had the opportunity to film with a Phantom camera but I hope that will eventually change. There are so many things that can be observed in this video that I will leave it up to the viewer to decide what is worth observing.
I was watching some birds happily pecking away in my neighbors yard and I was hoping one of the birds would take off. As my luck would have it a neighborhood kid rode their bike by at that moment and spooked all of them. Turned out to be a neat shot.
Materials
Two Neighbors. One to have a yard with birds and the other to ride by on a bike.
Pack of birds.
Procedure
Allow birds to randomly distribute themselves on a neighbors yard, then by chance a neighbor should ride by on a bike.
Result
It is believed by some that the bike is the natural predator of the bird, as such the birds will take flight immediately upon sighting this loathsome predator. Ok, so perhaps that isn’t exactly why the bird spook, sounds good though. The lighting on this particular shot showing through the wings of all of the birds is particularly cool. It is neat to watch all of the birds in flight, how they coordinate and manage to avoid one another without the aid of radar or radio is spectacular. Actually for an interesting article on how birds flock and swarm, read this.
