{"id":5388,"date":"2010-12-20T20:45:03","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T01:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/?p=5388"},"modified":"2023-10-05T17:44:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T22:44:43","slug":"super-slow-motion-footage-from-footage-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/super-slow-motion-footage-from-footage-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Fantastic Slow Motion Video Footage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1jntr-E3IzA\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Take a gander at this video full of the incredible super slow motion footage. \u00a0It was produced and released by Footage Firm, a royalty free video clip supplier I enjoy using.<\/p>\n<p>Slow motions shots can grab a viewer&#8217;s attention in a way standard video can not.\u00a0 Slow motion is a great effect that can be used creatively in multiple ways.\u00a0 Problem is, high-quality slow motion is NOT that easy to get.\u00a0 That&#8217;s why buying royalty free stuff is such a great deal for the small budget video maker such as myself.<\/p>\n<p>Footage Firm used the incredible Phantom HD Gold, a high-end video camera so sophisticated and expensive there are only 150 in the world!\u00a0 It costs about $150,000.\u00a0 Needless to say, getting the slo-mo footage from Footage firm is quite a bargain compared to that!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7521\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/HD_GOLD-Phantom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7521\" title=\"HD_GOLD-Phantom\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/HD_GOLD-Phantom-300x289.jpg?resize=300%2C289\" alt=\"Gold Phantom high end video camera\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phantom HD Gold High-End Video Camera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Getting a good slow motion shot takes sophisticated equipment plus really good lighting<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re trying to shoot slow-mo on your own, you don&#8217;t necessarily need something as high-end as the Phantom Gold, but don&#8217;t bother wasting your time trying to get good slow mo with your basic cheap model camcorder.\u00a0 It won&#8217;t happen.\u00a0 Here is why.<\/p>\n<p>Standard video records at 30 frames per second.\u00a0 Standard motion picture film records at 24 frames per second.\u00a0 Virtually everything that moves\u00a0 goes WAAAAY too fast for that.\u00a0 If you look at standard 30-frame-per-second video of a moving object, each individual frame will look blurry.\u00a0 There is no way to get rid of this blur once it has been recorded.\u00a0 Especially in a lower light situation, a standard model camcorder will record blurry individual frames of anything moving .\u00a0 It looks OK played back at regular speed, but if you slow it down the blur becomes real obvious and even overwhelming.<\/p>\n<p>To get great slow motion video, you have to record at a rate MUCH faster than 30-frames-per-second. Inexpensive camcorders simply will not do this, more expensive ones will.<\/p>\n<p>The Phantom HD Gold is the best of the best.\u00a0 They tout it as &#8220;not just a high-speed camera.&#8221;\u00a0 The sales literature describes it as, &#8220;an instrument that gives the cinematographer 35mm depth of field either at HD or 2K resolutions with stunning results. The Phantom HD GOLD combines the visual quality of high-definition imaging with the high frame rates of specialty cameras.<\/p>\n<p>This kind of camera is meant for high-budget productions.\u00a0 Videos like TV commercials, music videos, or motion pictures.\u00a0 Let Footage Firm spend the money on this camera, you can just buy their video clips.<\/p>\n<p>The Phantom HD GOLD allows you to select any frame rate from 1 to 1,000 fps in increments of one frame-per-second at HD resolution. Shift the frame rate a little and move the scene to a slightly future viewpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Shift the frame rate a lot and move the scene to some long passing moment in time. With the Phantom HD GOLD camera&#8217;s shutter, variable to 1\/500,000 second, and radically adjustable framing rates, you have seamless control of the duration, speed and time of a story element.<\/p>\n<p>Short of using a camera like the Phantom Gold, most video cameras in the $1,000 and up range do allow you to vary the shutter speed.\u00a0 Make sure and shoot with PLENTY OF LIGHT. \u00a0 You need more light with a fast shutter.<\/p>\n<p>To get exceptionally good slow-mo, recording at 1,000 frames a second or even higher is recommended.\u00a0 How high can you go?<\/p>\n<p>The high-speed photography pioneer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harold_Eugene_Edgerton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harold Edgerton<\/a> of M.I.T. shot his famous pictures at speeds of up to several million frames a second.\u00a0 He used the highest speeds for his atomic bomb shots.\u00a0 Other shots like this bullet-through-the-apple below were done at a mere hundred thousand frames per second.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"harold edgerton photo apple bullet\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/images\/30_bullet_apple.jpg?resize=336%2C273\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"273\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can get reasonable quality slow-mo without going to those extremes.\u00a0 If you record at 1,000 frames a second and then play it back at the standard film rate of 24 frames per second, or video rate of 30fps, you get a fantastic looking slow motion effect.\u00a0\u00a0 Each frame is crisp and clean with little blur, unless your subject is moving AWFULLY FAST.<\/p>\n<p>On all the video cameras I have ever used, controlling the shutter was a simple matter of flipping a switch.\u00a0\u00a0 These cameras allowed you to set the shutter at any one of about ten different speeds, up to a pace of 5,000 times per second.\u00a0 These were $10,000 dollar or higher video cameras.<\/p>\n<p>As technology improves, this feature is coming to less expensive cameras.\u00a0 The Casio Ex-F1, retailing for just $1,000, was touted as the &#8220;world&#8217;s fastest camera.&#8221;\u00a0 They, of course, mean for the price range.\u00a0 It made a splash on the market over a decade ago. \u00a0 You can check out the quality by watching the bird video below.\u00a0 Obviously not as good as the Phantom gold, but it&#8217;s $149,000 cheaper too! <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FicoGjryzvA?si=kmpC08AXl5p-vK-A\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For still shots, the EX-F1 records 60 frames a second. When shooting video, you can set it to 300, 600, or 1,200 frames per second.\u00a0 For the price, this is a remarkable achievement.\u00a0 You will get smooth slow-mo video of most moving objects at these speeds.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, for the absolute EASIEST and LEAST EXPENSIVE way to get high quality slow motion footage is to order it from Footage Firm.\u00a0 They have glass breaking explosions, water dripping, and other liquids, like paint splattering.\u00a0 It&#8217;s fantastic video.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading Video Production Tips.<\/p>\n<p>Lorraine Grula<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re looking for slow-motion video, you can&#8217;t beat this collection by Footage Firm for both quality and affordability.  Incredible super slow motion video footage of glass breaking, liquids dripping, fires burning, explosions plus a whole lot more.  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