If you guys haven't shot a slow-mo commercial for Jell-O I'd be surprised, that stuff looked alive! You've got some really interesting content on your channel too, subbed.
Did you wax the top of the table and the bottoms of all the stuff on top of the cloth? TR-104 Hi-Temp Mold Release wax dries and polishes to a hard and slick surface. It's not sticky, doesn't transfer. It's made for use on fiberglass molds with polyester and epoxy resins.
The best part of this is how much everyone involved clearly loves what they're doing. Listening to Gav, Steve, Dan, and Matthew geek out over the cool camera setups is a joy. Special mention to the rest of the crew, and to the brilliant custom-designed liquid cooled leds and, namely, the big floating lobsters in the cooling tank
This is definitely one of the best Slow Mo Guys I've seen, if not _the_ best. I much prefer when there's more in-depth stuff - more than just pretty pictures and reactions, like a lot of the videos are.
@@Peterscraps also, I'm just guessing, but there might even be a whole other department for the editing, so they probably just record and send what they got to the editors, unless these guys do that too.
I honestly thought a lot of those TV food commercials were CGI; it is SUPER cool to see that these ones at least are done by robots and high speed cameras! I like Gav and Dan's subject matter a lot more than this studio's, but it's still an insane setup!
I met a guy that took pictures of food for menus, and he told me that a lot of the time, the food is inedible. Because they spray it with a bunch of stuff to make it look perfect and pristine for the camera.
@@sliceofsparta8985 The one I always think of is ice cream - balls of tin foil with ice cream carefully spread around them and then freeze dried (I think?) to last long enough under studio lights.
What I appreciate very much even after all this time is your style of introduction and video structure. A quick hello, and then straight to the point. No annoying channel meta, no unnecessarily long intro, no begging for interaction before the actual content. Well balanced pace, nice editing, always professional. Very much appreciated!
haha its always annoying when people ask for a subs and likes and whatnot before the actual video. How about waiting til we actually have something to base that decision on? :D
Oh my god I love this Dan guy That slow walk and "wanna see a funny tiktok" was just perfect. Also Steve seems like an incredibly smart man. I'd love to work with these guys.
and those are "small", you should see the monsters swinging around in car manufacturing plants and foundries. Makes you really appreciate the multiple layers of barriers, tags and smart geofencing stopping you from walking into a death ballet.
@@noemierollindedebeaumont1130 Having spent a bit of time as their choreographer, I'm very fond of the metaphor. It's a special feeling to see tons of metal gracefully following your every command after hours of fiddling with that one clumsy dancer somehow always ending up out of step.
I hoesntly can't imagine this as a main channel vid. As cool as the actual slo mo was, the entire rest of the video really made it with all the behind the scenes and chatting.
Oh I can. Not sure when the main channel lost the 'discovery' feel, but in some ways its gotten rather formulaic. Time to change things up a bit, and more behind the scenes could help.
I think this is the "boon and curse" of having second channel - their profiles get much more narrow and the main one usually ends up being more *flashy* and *showy*, while the secondary becomes more causal, relaxed but at the same time more in-depth. I don't think it is a mistake on the creators' part, they just needs to understand this will inevitably happen when they start the second channel and be cool with it.
@@shoop91lee maybe it's just a question of "if you love your job" etc. Many people thrive on and seek the exhaustion and struggle for art which gives immense satisfaction when finished. On any film production, everything takes at least 20% more time than anticipated, so one must let go of micromanaging and such, which, I'm assuming, results in more fulfilling life overall.
Slow Mo Guys videos are just one of those things I never get tired of. There's never too much. It's entertaining and educational (to some degree). Love it.
More like this please!!! Long format, behind the scenes stuff is almost always just as good as the polished finished article... And we get even more banter and screw-ups! Even if you just have some static potato cameras around the set/garden/garage, it'll be just fine. Same with editing. We see the pukka footage from the phantoms later anyhoo. More, more, more, longer, longer, longer!
In the age of dead attention spans I for one am ridiculously happy any time _anyone_ does a deeper dive, of any sort, into any damn thing. Thanks! Post-viewing edit: Fork vs. jello might be one of the best things I've ever seen.
I *love* Steve & crew's work, I've been watching their stuff for a while now, was waiting for a Collab like this - their studio is nuts, and their shots look ridiculously good. Also really cool to see all the self-enginerred solutions to all the things, like the lights.
A truly excellent look behind the scenes and it's also nice that in terms of knowledge, you were on par at a technical level; they're seemed to be some true respect there. Lovely video and damn, that DOF for the lens on the intro and outro ☺️
Man, what a cool job getting to play with high-speed robots and cameras. I love seeing behind the scenes. The final shot was incredible, but then you see what goes into a shot like that and it's just as equally impressive, if not more so, than the shot itself.
It would have been fun to do that stuff with cameras instead. Worked with robots in the industry, I also have photography as a hobby so it could have been fun to combine the two.
This is so freaking cool! I love that they're using cutting edge technology and practical effects to do this stuff instead of CGI, it looks so much better!
This was extra cool. Also, definitely going to be using "made a bit of a dog's dinner of things" to reference food hitting the ground from now on. I had never heard that before.
@@huffmyshorts Yes. It just means to make a mess or generally ruin something. It's normally made as a comment to judge someone's actions. Ie a bystander could say it as they watch someone fail to parallel parking correctly. "Oooh, they've made a right dogs dinner out of that"
The correct term would be gelatin. Jelly is a slightly less solidified fruit flavored gelatin that you put on toast or a sandwich. Jello is a brand name. A testament to the staying power and wide spread use of that brand name that it became a common term for anything made with gelatin formed into a flavored solidified shape that is used as a food item.
These guys are super geniuses but forgot something fairly simple like taking into account the additional weight of the food. Proves we are all human. Great video!
Also proves that no matter how often you do your job, complacency is what leads to error. I'm sure they've weighed food a dozen times before, just a slip up.
Oh man, thank you for this. I've weirdly wanted to know how those shots are done for quite a while. Edit: SUPER glad you made this a "behind-the-scenes" vid. There's a lot of great stuff there for a maker nerd such as myself.
that movement at 5:09 is uncannily fast like holy shit the precision at speed is literally too good for my brain to believe its not sped up, it activates that same sort of slight anxiousness sped up footage does and its real, thank god its only used for cameras so far
You mean the original ouchie video (th-cam.com/video/yqJPavtUKFs/w-d-xo.html) or the new Dan’s reaction/Tony Hawk version? I had no problem finding them both 🤷♀️
The liquid-cooled lights might be the coolest thing If ever had to deal with downtime on a set waiting for the lights to cool down so can relight them.
One of the things that's stuck with me most about this team is their unashamed love for what they're doing. They're all just fully committed and loving their craft, plain and simple. It reminds me of the intuitive hands-on MacGyver approach of Jaws or Star Wars - just a bunch of nerds loving what they're doing and wanting to make it as best as it can be. Thanks for bringing this awesome team of genuine engineer-artists to our attention Gav!
Idea: launch something small and interestingly textured (like cereal, or a marble), with accuracy, and track the movement with the Bolt camera to capture the whole trajectory!
A close up of a bullet traveling would be insanely cool. The tranectory wouldn't be that impressive I think, but the movement of the bullet could be interesting.
Rival Dan #2. Gav just slowly accumulating an army of Dans PS, this video is sick! So fascinating! I wish all your videos were long ones to be fair, even the main channel ones.
I really love the fact that you stuck with the longer behind the scenes format on this one. Made it even more interesting to watch and the people there look like friendly balls of fun!
Fun video! I am surprised they didn't pull the table cloth directly down (using a smooth bar that it could slide around) the way people do it with manual pulls. That prevents the table cloth from billowing the way it does here.
In the end, the trick failed because the knife fell. A downwards pull would have saved that knife, but I suppose having a robot pulling that close is also disastrous.
I've always thought it was amazing that Gav had the equipment he has, but the difference between "entertaining TH-cam" money and "commercials for food companies" money is pretty dramatic.
As fun as it is, I've worked as a key grip on many projects. One of the big challenges is to come up with solutions that are not only repeatable, but as simple as possible. When I saw the pneumatic cylinder I got a bit angry because it was over complicated. You can tell it's not great because they had to add linear rails to keep it from binding up. My solution? Again, ropes and pulleys are great. That was my first instinct. But I would've had a large weight drop from the ceiling to give the pull. I also would've set it up so the point it is pulled from is exactly level with the table. This solution could easily be triggered electronically, be quicker to build, be quieter and use less energy. However, the old saying "get the shot" applies. Did the shot get achieved? Yes. So their solution is perfectly acceptable. But if they wish to hire me for future endeavors, I'm around. 😂 Keep up the great work all!
It always blows my mind when I see so much effort put into a scene which is just one or two seconds in the final cut. No wonder movie production is so expensive.
To allow the puller to pick up speed, bridge a section of the rope with a weak rubber band. The band will keep it tensioned. If it transfers too much movement before the rope is tight, you can use a sliding lock instead. Simplest is to split the rope into two, have a loop in one half and a stopper that's bigger than the loop in the other. This, however, needs more planning and some supports to keep the rope to the table tensioned with the rope's weight. Also, some teflon tape under the heavy objects can help with the load on the cloth. It also allows those objects to slide on the bare table after the cloth is gone, so it's a bit of a balancing act. For a perfect result you may need to cheat. Teflon tape to reduce friction to the cloth and magnets under the table top to keep objects in place...
That last shot in particular was amazing! Like I know that was the "muck about at the end" shot, but the way the food hovered over a phantom table, and then came crashing down on the diagonal, just brilliant!
I remember seeing a brief behind-the-scenes of that s’mores video, but getting to see much, much more detail of the robots that made it happen was amazing.
Thanks for coming by and making a slow-motion mess with us! It was a blast!
If you guys haven't shot a slow-mo commercial for Jell-O I'd be surprised, that stuff looked alive! You've got some really interesting content on your channel too, subbed.
Thank you so much! This was such a joy to watch and your channel is (pardon my french) dope!
why aren't you guys uploading more learning videos on channel. It's such a valuable content. I jst saw some of your videos... I learnt a lot!
Thanks for the access 🙏
Did you wax the top of the table and the bottoms of all the stuff on top of the cloth? TR-104 Hi-Temp Mold Release wax dries and polishes to a hard and slick surface. It's not sticky, doesn't transfer. It's made for use on fiberglass molds with polyester and epoxy resins.
When your set has water-cooled lighting you know something cinematic is going down
diy water cooled lighting at that
I saw the fake lobsters in the tank, for cool factor.
Or someone is growing a massive marijuana system 😂
@@shable1436 But isn't the idea to keep the cannabis warm?
@@ixcutamp8059 they can burn up the plants
I like that Gav goes to a new place and needs to find a Dan to bond with
Too bad they didn't remake the usual "Hello I'm Gav", "And I'm Dan" line.
@@GameSpirit1 Yea what a missed opportunity :(
A Gav always needs a Dan
Inside of you there are two wolves: One's a Gav, one's a Dan.
Multiverse
The best part of this is how much everyone involved clearly loves what they're doing. Listening to Gav, Steve, Dan, and Matthew geek out over the cool camera setups is a joy. Special mention to the rest of the crew, and to the brilliant custom-designed liquid cooled leds and, namely, the big floating lobsters in the cooling tank
smart people having a great time, a nice antidote to the dumpsters full of stupid that is the news all day every day
I would have been more than happy with an hour-long version of this. That was the fastest 17 minutes of my day lol
I agree!
Yea, fastest slowmo video in while!
Absolutely agree. Was a little disappointed when "longer" turned out to be 17 minutes.
fast 17min slow-mo
This is definitely one of the best Slow Mo Guys I've seen, if not _the_ best. I much prefer when there's more in-depth stuff - more than just pretty pictures and reactions, like a lot of the videos are.
Dude how cool would it be to have a job where your objective is to engineer the coolest shots without doing anything in post.
#noedit
Nothing in post? hahahaha
@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n Okay fairs a lot of editing and maybe colour correction but nothing "added" like in after-effects.
It’s called special effects
@@Peterscraps also, I'm just guessing, but there might even be a whole other department for the editing, so they probably just record and send what they got to the editors, unless these guys do that too.
I honestly thought a lot of those TV food commercials were CGI; it is SUPER cool to see that these ones at least are done by robots and high speed cameras! I like Gav and Dan's subject matter a lot more than this studio's, but it's still an insane setup!
if i recall its some sort of law that requires it to be real food. That they make it inedible does not matter.
I met a guy that took pictures of food for menus, and he told me that a lot of the time, the food is inedible. Because they spray it with a bunch of stuff to make it look perfect and pristine for the camera.
GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! I want to cut my toenails... NEVER! I am the feet TH-camr. Thanks for being a fan, dear sile
@@ZackRToler Yeah, I've definitely heard of grapes being dipped in oil to make them shiny and stuff. Lot of weird stuff goes on in show biz lol
@@sliceofsparta8985 The one I always think of is ice cream - balls of tin foil with ice cream carefully spread around them and then freeze dried (I think?) to last long enough under studio lights.
What I appreciate very much even after all this time is your style of introduction and video structure. A quick hello, and then straight to the point. No annoying channel meta, no unnecessarily long intro, no begging for interaction before the actual content. Well balanced pace, nice editing, always professional. Very much appreciated!
haha its always annoying when people ask for a subs and likes and whatnot before the actual video. How about waiting til we actually have something to base that decision on? :D
A rare, “professional” youtuber where youtube isn’t their job, and they let their art speak for itself
loved the look at that camera standing still with the robot moving, it looks so unreal
Look up Smarter Every Day's video on chicken head stability, forgot what he called it, but it is just like the robot--nody moves, head stays put.
@@RICDirector already seen it, is it great :)
@@juulmorten You can also do it.
I have a powerful urge to set up a dial indicator to measure how little the camera moves.
Makes you feel very scared when thinking of a situation where artificial intelligence is coupled to these types of robots for military purposes.
Oh my god I love this Dan guy That slow walk and "wanna see a funny tiktok" was just perfect. Also Steve seems like an incredibly smart man. I'd love to work with these guys.
terrifying watching those robots move. That's a scary amount of mass moving very quickly and very expensively
And very body part crushing capable
Even more so when it's a 200lb welding gun or a giant fixture holding a car body panel.
and those are "small", you should see the monsters swinging around in car manufacturing plants and foundries.
Makes you really appreciate the multiple layers of barriers, tags and smart geofencing stopping you from walking into a death ballet.
@@Soken50
Death ballet 😂😂
Weirdly accurate description 🤔😅
@@noemierollindedebeaumont1130
Having spent a bit of time as their choreographer, I'm very fond of the metaphor.
It's a special feeling to see tons of metal gracefully following your every command after hours of fiddling with that one clumsy dancer somehow always ending up out of step.
I hoesntly can't imagine this as a main channel vid. As cool as the actual slo mo was, the entire rest of the video really made it with all the behind the scenes and chatting.
Oh I can. Not sure when the main channel lost the 'discovery' feel, but in some ways its gotten rather formulaic. Time to change things up a bit, and more behind the scenes could help.
I think this is the "boon and curse" of having second channel - their profiles get much more narrow and the main one usually ends up being more *flashy* and *showy*, while the secondary becomes more causal, relaxed but at the same time more in-depth. I don't think it is a mistake on the creators' part, they just needs to understand this will inevitably happen when they start the second channel and be cool with it.
Everyone looked like they were having so much fun "working". The joy was contagious. Thank you.
There something very satisfying about seeing highly accomplished people doing their jobs well. Great video.
And also just having an amazing time while doing it. I'm sure it's not always laughs and excitement, but it's still amazing to see when it is.
@@shoop91lee maybe it's just a question of "if you love your job" etc. Many people thrive on and seek the exhaustion and struggle for art which gives immense satisfaction when finished. On any film production, everything takes at least 20% more time than anticipated, so one must let go of micromanaging and such, which, I'm assuming, results in more fulfilling life overall.
And then once the job is done, saying "now let's make a big old mess for fun".
Slow Mo Guys videos are just one of those things I never get tired of. There's never too much. It's entertaining and educational (to some degree). Love it.
Love the fascinating mixture of engineering and problem solving and creative camera and robots = magic!
More like this please!!!
Long format, behind the scenes stuff is almost always just as good as the polished finished article...
And we get even more banter and screw-ups!
Even if you just have some static potato cameras around the set/garden/garage, it'll be just fine. Same with editing. We see the pukka footage from the phantoms later anyhoo.
More, more, more, longer, longer, longer!
YES. YT shorts are the end of humanity 😆
Yes! The behind the scenes stuff helps us appreciate the fancy shots even more, knowing how much effort and skill they require to set up.
I love to see so many passionate men together, great video!
4:35 "wanna see a funny tiktok" that was so wholesome
In the age of dead attention spans I for one am ridiculously happy any time _anyone_ does a deeper dive, of any sort, into any damn thing. Thanks!
Post-viewing edit: Fork vs. jello might be one of the best things I've ever seen.
Thanks so much for making this! Incredibly interesting and fun behind the scenes to make thoes shots happen. What a cool company!
Steve Giralt is such a legend, big props to him and all of his crew! They are all big big legends!! 🔥🔥
I love how you bring this main-channel quality content to your second channel!
I'm glad you did this as a full thing, watching this was delightful.
the pure Joy from the guys at the end really makes the video totally golden
4:17 The amount of engineering required in the sensors, and the entire circuitry too, to get that level of precision... blows my mind
ikr
Glad to see the Slow MoCo guys back in business.
I *love* Steve & crew's work, I've been watching their stuff for a while now, was waiting for a Collab like this - their studio is nuts, and their shots look ridiculously good. Also really cool to see all the self-enginerred solutions to all the things, like the lights.
The editing between the top down and side view was really well done!
A truly excellent look behind the scenes and it's also nice that in terms of knowledge, you were on par at a technical level; they're seemed to be some true respect there. Lovely video and damn, that DOF for the lens on the intro and outro ☺️
Man, what a cool job getting to play with high-speed robots and cameras. I love seeing behind the scenes. The final shot was incredible, but then you see what goes into a shot like that and it's just as equally impressive, if not more so, than the shot itself.
so much knowledge and gear and extremely expensive hi-tech equipment in that room!
It would have been fun to do that stuff with cameras instead. Worked with robots in the industry, I also have photography as a hobby so it could have been fun to combine the two.
What an amazing team of passionate and fun people. Must be a total blast at work for all of them.
This feels like a Smarter Every Day video and I'm lovin' it.
Really does, and me too! Reminds me of the chicken one when they show off the camera stability.
I’m amazed how well you did.
I had a smile from ear to ear this WHOLE episode..... I very much enjoyed this.... Thank you to all involved 👍👍
Great job. !
This is so freaking cool! I love that they're using cutting edge technology and practical effects to do this stuff instead of CGI, it looks so much better!
Holy crap this is incredible!
Just absolutely incredible work from both teams
I used to produce local commercials for cable 20 years ago and this is absolutely amazing to me!
This was extra cool. Also, definitely going to be using "made a bit of a dog's dinner of things" to reference food hitting the ground from now on. I had never heard that before.
Coincidentally it works in reference to food on the floor, but the expression typically just means "a mess".
@@rade-blunner7824 oh, so I guess it just happened to fit particularly well for the situation
@@huffmyshorts Yes. It just means to make a mess or generally ruin something. It's normally made as a comment to judge someone's actions. Ie a bystander could say it as they watch someone fail to parallel parking correctly.
"Oooh, they've made a right dogs dinner out of that"
Hence the phrase, "a dog's breakfast."
steve giralt is a magician and the garage is his magic shop
god this is insane I'd love to just spend a week there watching them work on various things throughout
I’d just watch these ads all day.
More people should see this! I would actually have loved to see this on the main channel even if it was shorter than usual.
Really enjoyed this one.
hey Gav thanks for making this a longer one!
Dude has a Hasselblad shirt, that's freaking awesome. Old school
The most shocking thing about this video is Gav calling Jelly “Jello”
REMEMBER YOUR ROOTS MR FREE
I would like this, but you’re on 69!
The correct term would be gelatin. Jelly is a slightly less solidified fruit flavored gelatin that you put on toast or a sandwich. Jello is a brand name. A testament to the staying power and wide spread use of that brand name that it became a common term for anything made with gelatin formed into a flavored solidified shape that is used as a food item.
@@sparkeyjames that’s jam
You can hear the hesitation in his voice after he says it. He's still got some good in him. He can be saved.
@@Xenthio Jam and Jelly are different. Jam is made with fruit pulp, while Jelly is made with fruit juice.
Yeah I could watch Videos about Steves Studio all day, just doesn't get boring.. What these guys are doing there is wizardry.
“I have 5 robots.”
But is number 5, alive? :D
Interesting video, great to see the reality of these things.
This is why people need to be subbed to all the channels. I’m sure a bunch are missing out on this video.
This was super dope. Love behind the scenes stuff.
8:45 Snatch Block! I'm so glad I knew how awesome those things are through Smarter Everyday
These guys are super geniuses but forgot something fairly simple like taking into account the additional weight of the food. Proves we are all human. Great video!
Also proves that no matter how often you do your job, complacency is what leads to error. I'm sure they've weighed food a dozen times before, just a slip up.
The top-down shot was GORGEOUS!
Oh man, thank you for this. I've weirdly wanted to know how those shots are done for quite a while.
Edit: SUPER glad you made this a "behind-the-scenes" vid. There's a lot of great stuff there for a maker nerd such as myself.
I am actually very impressed with the killer bokeh on that lens in intro 0:01. Must be a noct f/0.9 or faster!!
dude has an aluminum extrusion tattoo on his forearm.
That's dedication.
that movement at 5:09 is uncannily fast
like holy shit the precision at speed is literally too good for my brain to believe its not sped up, it activates that same sort of slight anxiousness sped up footage does
and its real,
thank god its only used for cameras so far
We need to get Linus out there to see that water cooling loop, he loves whole room water cooling
Hey Gav, what happened to the video about how Dan hurt his hand?
I was looking for that same vid the other day!
Yeah I noticed that gone too
Do you mean this one? th-cam.com/video/yqJPavtUKFs/w-d-xo.html
You mean the original ouchie video (th-cam.com/video/yqJPavtUKFs/w-d-xo.html) or the new Dan’s reaction/Tony Hawk version? I had no problem finding them both 🤷♀️
@@anna-kaisataipale6206 no the one from about 10 year ago when he burnt his hand with boiling oil
Please make a video everyday please!!
slow mo guys I acknowledge your time ⏲️ an hard work but we want to see you guys more .
The liquid-cooled lights might be the coolest thing If ever had to deal with downtime on a set waiting for the lights to cool down so can relight them.
One of the things that's stuck with me most about this team is their unashamed love for what they're doing. They're all just fully committed and loving their craft, plain and simple. It reminds me of the intuitive hands-on MacGyver approach of Jaws or Star Wars - just a bunch of nerds loving what they're doing and wanting to make it as best as it can be. Thanks for bringing this awesome team of genuine engineer-artists to our attention Gav!
Idea: launch something small and interestingly textured (like cereal, or a marble), with accuracy, and track the movement with the Bolt camera to capture the whole trajectory!
A close up of a bullet traveling would be insanely cool. The tranectory wouldn't be that impressive I think, but the movement of the bullet could be interesting.
@@woroGaming it has no where near that speed but it would be cool indeed.
The precision and power of that robot arm is downright frightening.
Rival Dan #2. Gav just slowly accumulating an army of Dans
PS, this video is sick! So fascinating! I wish all your videos were long ones to be fair, even the main channel ones.
I remember he had another Dan in an video, I just don't remember which one
there was the robot hand, then there's this guy, and then there was some other guy named Dan in a video I just can't remember??
@@flooferfox2407 there was another Dan in the Taser video, and he also appeared in the massive explosions video 😊
that last shot of the table being thrown up filmed from above would be epic
the shot at 5:59 looks like straight up animation
I really love the fact that you stuck with the longer behind the scenes format on this one. Made it even more interesting to watch and the people there look like friendly balls of fun!
For me, the most impressive thing would be finding out how much that entire studio setup cost!
I LOVE behind-the-scenes and making-of stuff, thanks for sharing :D
I like the lobsters in the water cooling chamber 🦞
I'm glad that you've uploaded the full video. VERY COOL.
Fun video! I am surprised they didn't pull the table cloth directly down (using a smooth bar that it could slide around) the way people do it with manual pulls. That prevents the table cloth from billowing the way it does here.
In the end, the trick failed because the knife fell. A downwards pull would have saved that knife, but I suppose having a robot pulling that close is also disastrous.
THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!! my face hurts from smiling!
As Destin would say, "SNATCH BLOCK!"
I clicked on this with zero intention of watching the full length then all of the sudden came the outro and 17 min had flown by. very well made video.
I’m just surprised Gav said “Jello” 🤣
These guys look like they love their jobs and seem like such awesome people!!!!
I've always thought it was amazing that Gav had the equipment he has, but the difference between "entertaining TH-cam" money and "commercials for food companies" money is pretty dramatic.
To be fair, Gav has worked on films and his cameras are used for films
Watching camera people being put on the other side of the video always crack me up. Love it.
Geez what F-Stop is that in the first shot? Looks like F1.0 or less!
F0.95 🤣
This was awesome. I enjoy the slo-mo parts, but the bits and getting everything together to make it all work is fascinating.
As fun as it is, I've worked as a key grip on many projects. One of the big challenges is to come up with solutions that are not only repeatable, but as simple as possible. When I saw the pneumatic cylinder I got a bit angry because it was over complicated. You can tell it's not great because they had to add linear rails to keep it from binding up. My solution? Again, ropes and pulleys are great. That was my first instinct. But I would've had a large weight drop from the ceiling to give the pull. I also would've set it up so the point it is pulled from is exactly level with the table. This solution could easily be triggered electronically, be quicker to build, be quieter and use less energy. However, the old saying "get the shot" applies. Did the shot get achieved? Yes. So their solution is perfectly acceptable. But if they wish to hire me for future endeavors, I'm around. 😂 Keep up the great work all!
It always blows my mind when I see so much effort put into a scene which is just one or two seconds in the final cut. No wonder movie production is so expensive.
To allow the puller to pick up speed, bridge a section of the rope with a weak rubber band. The band will keep it tensioned. If it transfers too much movement before the rope is tight, you can use a sliding lock instead. Simplest is to split the rope into two, have a loop in one half and a stopper that's bigger than the loop in the other. This, however, needs more planning and some supports to keep the rope to the table tensioned with the rope's weight.
Also, some teflon tape under the heavy objects can help with the load on the cloth. It also allows those objects to slide on the bare table after the cloth is gone, so it's a bit of a balancing act. For a perfect result you may need to cheat. Teflon tape to reduce friction to the cloth and magnets under the table top to keep objects in place...
So happy this was done as a longer video. Super interesting!
I wanted to see the funny TikToc
Great video! Glad you made it a longer one with lots of behind the scenes.
Thank you so much for making this an extended cut, really cool to get a BTS look at this stuff
I love how that plate vibrates like crazy, while you can't even move it an inch with your hands.. amazing
what an awesome place to work. the satisfaction when you get the shot must be insane.
That last shot in particular was amazing! Like I know that was the "muck about at the end" shot, but the way the food hovered over a phantom table, and then came crashing down on the diagonal, just brilliant!
Very cool. I think you should show more of the behind the scene's work that goes into the making of commercial cinematography.
I remember seeing a brief behind-the-scenes of that s’mores video, but getting to see much, much more detail of the robots that made it happen was amazing.
The careers officer at school never mentioned anything like this! Mesmerizing!
One of my favorite videos ever. Crazy robots and awesome shots, and a bunch a guys being dudes what more can you want
Phenomenal video! Shared on social media. It is wonderful being in a room full of top-notch creatives.
I think it was a wonderful decision doing a longer behind the stuff video, super interesting, thanks for sharing
16:57 I love that they sound like they are having a genuinely fun time =)