Slow Motion Explained - The Ultimate Guide to Slow Motion Cinematography
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- How to Make Slow Motion Videos - We break down what makes slomo so powerful, and how filmmakers can use the tool in a wide array of genres.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction to Slow Motion in Film and TV
01:06 - What is Slow Motion?
02:20 - Chapter 1 - Slow Motion in Action
07:00 - Chapter 2 - Dramatic Moments Enhanced
09:34 - Chapter 3 - Surrealism and Slow Motion
12:47 - Takeaways
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SLOW MOTION CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sometimes, you need to take things slow. Filmmakers have been employing this piece of wisdom throughout cinema’s history with slow motion. In this video, we look at the myriad of applications slow motion can have. Slow motion shots in movies don’t have to be hyper-stylized or distracting- they can subtly enhance the quality of a story, and evoke a specific mood.
HOW TO MAKE SLOW MOTION VIDEO
Before we delve into its uses, it’s important to know how slow motion is achieved. Typically, a cinematographer will get a slow mo shot by “overcranking”- shooting at a frame rate above the base frame rate of the movie. Most films have a baseline frame rate of 24 frames per second, so to achieve a slow motion shot, a filmmaker will have to film at a rate above 24 fps. This means that when the footage is played back at 24 fps, the action will appear to move more slowly. The higher the frame rate, the slower the playback (120 will look slower than 96, for example).
SLOW MOTION IN CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR ACTION
Perhaps the most popular approach to slow motion cinematography is in action movies. A slomo shot can make an action sequence more digestible. If we look at the use of slow motion in Untouchables, we can see that it allows Brian DePalma to show us what is happening in a complex, and brief, sequence that he is able to stretch out. Of course, slow motion video can also heighten the spectacle of an action scene. This is the preferred method of filmmakers like Zack Snyder and John Woo.
SLOW MOTION VIDEO FOR DRAMA
Slomo can also emphasize a dramatic moment. Wes Anderson, about as far from Snyder or Woo as you can get, uses slow motion frequently to emphasize a feeling. This can be particularly affecting when paired with the perfect song, as Anderson has shown us time and time again. Similarly, slow motion can be great for portraying an actor in a flattering light. Think about how many times we’ve seen a character’s love interest shown in slow motion to represent their infatuation.
EXPERIMENTAL SLOW MOTION VISUAL STORYTELLING
Slow motion comes from filmmakers experimenting with the form. So it should come as no surprise that many avant garde filmmakers use the tool. Surrealists like Jean Vigo and Jean Cocteau would use slomo frequently to create worlds that feel far separated from our own. Today’s most famous surrealist David Lynch also uses slow motion, typically to emphasize the unsettling and/or uncanny qualities in his images.
As our video illustrates, slow motion cinematography is chameleonic, fitting for movies across all genres. The key is to use it with purpose.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction to Slow Motion in Film and TV
01:06 - What is Slow Motion?
02:20 - Chapter 1 - Slow Motion in Action
07:00 - Chapter 2 - Dramatic Moments Enhanced
09:34 - Chapter 3 - Surrealism and Slow Motion
12:47 - Takeaways
Another use of slow motion cinematography is when you use scale models, and want liquids, explosions and gravity to look like natural speed at full scale. That's a technical rather than narrative use of slow motion.
Good point!
Dredd (2012) has some of the BEST Slo-mo scenes and the Soundtrack that accompanies it
Great application!
If your are talking Slo-Mo, you can't help but talk John Woo. Another nice video from the house of StudioBinder.
He's one of the best at it!
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows has my favorite slow mo scene! The running through the woods scene is so epic!!
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The slow mo explosion walk away shot is always a classic
Action classic
When I think of slomo I think of zack❤
One of the most well-known filmmakers for it!
There's a great slow-normal-slow motion shot in Le Mans with Steve McQueen, and also a lot of great slo mo in Ron Howard's Backdraft. The fire combined with lighting, sound, and filming techniques becomes a character. One of the greatest uses of slo mo in recent years is in Killing Me Softly. Perhaps it is not an "action" film but the Brad Pitt/Ray Liotta shooting in the rain is as good as any film ever made. It's interesting too that the song Love Letters In The Sand made for just the right music and was in fact used before Killing Me Softly years before by David Lynch in the shoot-out scene in Blue Velvet, also employing slow motion, particularly with window glass. Great video StudioBinder!
Great examples!
Glad you like them! I really think they are as memorable as the other great choices in the video. Since exactly the same music was used in the two films I mentioned, I would love to see them played side-by-side. It would be remarkable. There are probably other movies with an interesting take on the same song too. Well, not to sound sappy but it's just wonderful to see the various subjects showcased here and to see the discussions afterwards by so many people knowledgeable about movies. It's kind of amazing how those memorable scenes from movies stay with us. @@StudioBinder
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Happy New Year!
Jean Luc Godard's Everyman for Himself contains the weirdest slow-motion scenes ever, i don't get the point of using it there, thanks for covering it a bit 👍
Glad you liked it!
I love the way Martin scorsese does his slow motion scenes. They always feel epic and like a true painting come to life.
One of the best ever users of it!
Happy new years to me, studiobindee Monday!
Happy New Years!
@StudioBinder - I'm loving your videos & have learned so much from them. Any chance you could make a video on how to include/write subplots? Especially relating to your video on the 3 Act structure? Thanks!
It's possible!
Happy New Year to all of you movie lovers. Shoulders back and own it. Rock this year!!! And thanks to StudioBinder for this great content.
Happy New Year!
Could you please explain the process of shooting the fight sequence in the clip from 'Immortals', where there is a mixture of slow motion and actual pace. Have always been curious about such a shot.
If the different speeds were in one shot then that's a speed ramp
Taking it nice n slow learning more film making in 2024 thanks SB crew 🎬🎬🎬
New year, still learning!
Zack Snyder is the GOAT of slow motion shots. Always so beautiful to look at. A truly visual master.
No one does slo-mo like him 😃
My Favorite Slow Motion Shots in Cinema History are :
-Inception (2010)
-Zack Snyder's Movies
-The Matrix (1999)
-Judge Dredd (2012)
-Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003)
-The Usual Suspects (1995)
-A Clockwork Orange (1971)
-Reservoir Dogs (1992)
-Melancholia (2011)
-The Shinning (1980)
-Beauty and the Beast (1946)
-Lost Highway (1997)
-Die Hard (1988)
-True Lies (1994)
-Inglorious Basterds (2009)
And many other Great Movies.
I especially like the beginning of Melancholia and shots from A Clockwork Orange.
Love (2020) Malayalam movie
The Chaser 2008 korean
*Happy New Year Team Studiobinder* ❤🤝🏻✝️☮️
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Very valuable Emotional lesson. thank u studio binder.❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for watching!
Thats cheeky showing a clip from Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist" to accompany your 'romance' example.. ..tsk tsk.. fantastic.. 👏 🔥 💯
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please make videos on voice modulation of actors, sound editing in cinema, practical effect techniques...etc.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Sir add the subtitle
Updated!
It's a complete audiovisual encyclopedia about Slow Motion aesthetic in Filmmaking. Ultimate Guide like you call it. Thousand Thanks StudioBinder for this Inspiring video. Happy New Year 2024!
Happy New Year!
would like a video about gimbal settings and movements
I would like if you cover hand combat fight sequences
and how to shot them
Thanks for the suggestion!
ive always looked at the slow motion as a tool
or to make something look really cool, especially in action movies
or to grab the attention of the viewer to something specific, and important moment.
It's a great tool for it!
Here once again to ask you to make a Directors video on Yorgos Lanthimos because this is his time and he deserves to shine
Thanks for the suggestion!
Please,Can you make a Full Explanation Video Essay about Robert Mckee's Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting Theory
we might!
I will be glad you consider kuleshov effect in your next series of video
Thanks for the suggestion!
Hi bro, what about FIFA football matches' goal or other tactical slow-motion review?? they are shot on usual cameras..
I'm sure they're shot on higher frame rates too
So which is better? Slo mo during filming or in Post?
During. It's better to shoot at the frame rate your trying to aim for. Using 24fps and slowing it down makes your footage jittery.
You'd have to set the higher frame rate during shooting so you have enough frame for a smooth slow motion in post
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@@StudioBinder Thank you for this
This is what I call quality content as always from Studio Binder ❤
Cheers!
sometimes I notice there's a little slow-motion effect used at the end of films, like Arrival. At what frames such scenes are shot?
Film director here. Depends a lot on the director's intention.
In my case, I like shooting slow-motion in 48fps, so the shots can look as great as possible easily.
@@RodrickMarsMoon Thanks, I'm also in the film school and directed the script that I have written.
Really depends on the filmmaker, there's no set rule on the frame rate
One of the few things that hasn't stood the test of time from Lord of the Rings is the "Not filmed for slow motion, but presented in slow motion" sequences. Thankfully they're few and far between. (We won't mention the GoPro footage in The Hobbit. Or The Hobbit in general)
I’m not slow but I love motion😎
Please consider that when replying to me
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Do a video on the smash zoom
You can find it on our camera movement video! th-cam.com/video/IiyBo-qLDeM/w-d-xo.html
Happy New Year!! Filmmakers!!!
Happy New Year!
Best slow mo..( Phebe Cates.pool scene in fast times at Ridgemont high )
Genuine question:
Why film in higher frame rate and then slow the footage down? Why not just film at 24 fps and then slow the footage down?
Producer: how much of slow motion that.....
Zack Snyder: Yes
Producer:......
Zack Snyder: Yes
That's his fetish
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Darren Aronofsky and PT Anderson come to mind..
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Was slow motion used in Bruce Lee films? I can't think of any, although it's said they slowed down Bruce's scenes to make them easier to see.
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*Zack Snyder has entered the chat*
He made it haha
please make a new video on Indian Film Garuda Gamana Vrishaba Vahana of same topic
Awesome videos 🌍🌟
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Please explain types of monologue
Thanks for the suggestion!
@@StudioBinder sorry for spelling mistake😁 it's monologue
when will I get my graduation certificate studiobinder?
Hey, I wanted to know where you get all those movie clips to use in your videos? great video!
Zack Snyder’s favorite video of yours😊
haha hope he watches this!
Django unchained is the epitome of slow motion in action purely cinematic.
Please update the subtitles...
updated!
Could do a video on JJ Abrams?
A director's style?
@@StudioBinder Yeah I’d like that
I'd love to see a vid on speed ramping.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Make video of step printing...
Thanks for the suggestion!
@@StudioBinder lot of confusion out there how they do it in post.. but you know what I mean, wong kar wai effect chungking express running scene. Can't wait for video.. many thanks!
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Subtitles, please¡¡¡¡
Should be up!
Please turn subtitles ON
Updated!
RRR has a ton of these slowmos & they are cool
Lot of cool shots with it!
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Welcome!
Explain this to Indian south movie directors.
Kubrick.
One of the best to do it!
I have a gopro that shoots at 64fps. average digital size of a 1 minute 4k footage is around 250mb. How massive would a 4000fps camera digital file be?! you'd need a terabyte drive for a couple minutes of footage. jesus.
*"How to shoot with multiple cameras?" Kindly choose this as your next topic.* "Do all big directors use multiple cameras (criss-cross/3 cameras) for shooting a shot?"
Thanks for the suggestion!
India🇮🇳 where?
What about India?
@@StudioBinder I just thought the slow-motion in Indian action movies would've its own section.😅
10:35 the flicker distracts, imo.
Fair enough!
Didn't Kurosawa do it first?
Probably wasn't the first
I was expecting Hard Target to be on the list but hey that's alright.
where is old man (Voice over) ?
Working on other vids with us!
But where is subtitles :(
Your pronunciation is perfect but my english not
It's up!
Enable subtitles for this video. Tanks
They're up!
I was expecting a clarification between proper slow motion (filming at higher frame rate), and Optical Slow Motion as shown with the Goddard shot (with that Blur effect), a visual style I've always disliked.
hmm maybe in a future video!
slow motion means Zack Snyder. Can't wait to watch The Scargiver.
Have to include him
Zack Snyder master of slow mo
More like master of overusing it
@@ArchyBaldooverusing and downright abusing
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Amal neerad
Rebel Moon is ruined with cheese 🧀 slow motion. It's absolute garbage and makes repeat viewings cringey 😢
Thank you 🙏 I used slowmotion a lot for my last holiday video: th-cam.com/video/WopnKPK4DpQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=s6VCGWolQq2Z3iAK
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Someone show this video to Zack Snyder hahaha
Would be cool if he saw it 👀
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Welcome!
South Indian Directors be like: 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I hope you guys relaize that your channel is mainly a succes due to the narrators voice? I hope not this video is a new permanent narrator change. Otherwise I have a tip for you: Do not (over)estimate what you yourself think that makes your channel successful. It could be something different.
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The narration of this episode sounds a bit artificial. Speechify?
All natural
In honor or Zach Snyder's new dumpster fire...
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The weirder you can make it the better
Amen to that
Definitely would appreciate a fresh take on it!
“The Zack Snyder Explained”
Or the Bay Phenomenon