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9 Nov 2016
Bullet Time - Techniques
The matrix - Bullet time
https://youtu.be/6UgiRr-6CfI
https://youtu.be/6UgiRr-6CfI
Bullet-Time is a relatively new technique used in film-making. It was first used in the 1999 film 'The Matrix'. The video above shows Bullet Time in action
What happens?
What happens?
In the film, after the Agents have captured Morpheus who is the leader of the group fighting against the Agents, Neo and Trinity try to get him back in a suicidal escape plan against a military building where Morpheus is being held.
After working their way through wave after wave of soldiers who are protecting the building, they finally run into an Agent who is a computerised program that is made to kill anything that doesn't follow the ways of the make believe world.
Neo tries to shoot at the Agent, but the Agent is programmed to be fast enough to dodge bullets. Then the Agent fires back at Neo and is surprised to see that Neo displays the same supernatural ability to avoid bullets. As Neo is dodging the bullets, the camera pans around him in a 360 degree motion that shows everything in the slow motion whilst it is happening.
The techniques uses many, many cameras situated around the actor in a circle. Frames from each camera are used in a sequence to give the impression that the camera is rotating around the actor. When Bullet-Time was first seen in The Matrix it was seen as a pioneering new film technique as it had not been used before.
After working their way through wave after wave of soldiers who are protecting the building, they finally run into an Agent who is a computerised program that is made to kill anything that doesn't follow the ways of the make believe world.
Neo tries to shoot at the Agent, but the Agent is programmed to be fast enough to dodge bullets. Then the Agent fires back at Neo and is surprised to see that Neo displays the same supernatural ability to avoid bullets. As Neo is dodging the bullets, the camera pans around him in a 360 degree motion that shows everything in the slow motion whilst it is happening.
The techniques uses many, many cameras situated around the actor in a circle. Frames from each camera are used in a sequence to give the impression that the camera is rotating around the actor. When Bullet-Time was first seen in The Matrix it was seen as a pioneering new film technique as it had not been used before.
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