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Behind the scenes: How does a slow-motion camera work?

October 08, 2015 / 01:28

This episode features a gun demonstration with Drew Lowour from Hollywood Special Ops, showcasing the Phantom Flex 4K camera. Key topics include slow-motion filming techniques and the impact of high frame rates on visual storytelling.

Josh Parr from CBS News 48 Hours introduces the segment, highlighting the capabilities of the Phantom Flex 4K camera. Drew explains how this camera can shoot up to a thousand frames per second, allowing for ultra slow-motion footage that captures details invisible to the naked eye.

The demonstration includes shooting bullets at a mirror of an alarm clock, resulting in dramatic slow-motion footage of the glass shattering. Drew emphasizes the excitement of working with such high-speed technology and the visual effects it creates.

TLDR

Drew Lowour demonstrates the Phantom Flex 4K camera's slow-motion capabilities during a gun demonstration.

Episode

1:28

00:00:00

Hi, I'm Josh Parr with CBS News 48 hours. We're here on set in LA doing a gun demonstration. Drew Lowour of

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Hollywood Special Ops is here. He's our Phantom camera operator. Drew, tell me a

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little bit about your camera. I'm shooting with a really fun camera today. Uh, it's one of my favorites, Phantom

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Flex 4K. Your average motion picture camera, you shoot 24 still frames every second and almost like a flip book, you

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can see that play back and makes a movie. Well, this one records instead of 24 up to a thousand frames a second in

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one second. And that's what creates ultra slow motion. So you catch time in between where human eyes can't even see.

00:00:40

Hey Nick, how you doing? Here we go. Action. Ready. Action. [Applause] Just got done making a real mess over

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here. Thankfully, this is what I do every day. So, we set the camera for this shot

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at,000 frames per second. All right, Nick, you ready? Took the lens really close to it and shot bullets all over

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the scene into the mirror of the alarm clock and caused them to shatter just all over the place, which looks

00:01:18

so so great in slow motion.

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Episode Highlights

Ultra Slow Motion Magic
Drew showcases the Phantom Flex 4K camera, capturing up to a thousand frames per second for stunning slow-motion effects.
“You catch time in between where human eyes can't even see.”
@ 00m 33s
October 08, 2015
Making a Mess
Josh humorously comments on the chaos created during the gun demonstration.
“Just got done making a real mess over here.”
@ 00m 55s
October 08, 2015

Episode Quotes

You catch time in between where human eyes can't even see.
Behind the scenes: How does a slow-motion camera work?
Just got done making a real mess over here.
Behind the scenes: How does a slow-motion camera work?

Key Moments

Camera Introduction00:13
Slow Motion Explanation00:33
Demonstration Chaos00:55