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The Matrix - Bullet Time Documentary

How they produced the effects of 'bullet time' in The Matrix - a ground breaking special effect that is now part of the industry's standard practise.

  • skilless
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  • Date 1/1/2009 3:05:34 PM
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Alileighju : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

Alileighju

13 votes NegativePositive

325 days ago...

Wow awesome first upload Skilless!
Never thought the Matrix environments were all green screened!
Those wires look fun! haha

Gimli000 : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Gimli000

8 votes NegativePositive

324 days 11 hours ago...

This was ground breaking stuff ten years ago and rightly goes down in history for these techniques but also spawned a plethora of bad spoofs and rip-offs. The next step is to use two cameras for each shot, one for each eye to produce a stereoscopic picture:

http://www.videosift.com/video/James-Cameron-Stereoscopic-3D-Ca
mera

1og0s : LVL 16: VP 2.5: said:

1og0s

9 votes NegativePositive

324 days 7 hours ago...

ahh The Matrix, think I`ve seen the movie about 30 times and it never gets old. A classic for the ages.

Loops101 : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Loops101

7 votes NegativePositive

324 days 7 hours ago...

half the time i had no clue what he was saying but i love the matrix

darkfeather : LVL 28: VP 3.7: said:

darkfeather

4 votes NegativePositive

324 days 5 hours ago...

Loops101, u stole my comment! No idea what the hell the dude is talking about but he deserves a blondie for making such an epic movie. Sadly, 2nd and 3rd couldn`t live up to our expectations like how Batman did

eNigma333 : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

eNigma333

4 votes NegativePositive

324 days 4 hours ago...

He needs to get laid...

TMAXXPUNISHER : LVL 7: VP 1.6: said:

TMAXXPUNISHER

-7 votes NegativePositive

324 days 4 hours ago...

Grats for using an idea that was being done in anime for decades.

razorfane : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

razorfane

5 votes NegativePositive

324 days 4 hours ago...

holy shit, it`s a fucking science! I appreciate the film a lot more now.

1og0s : LVL 16: VP 2.5: said:

1og0s

7 votes NegativePositive

324 days 2 hours ago...

TMAXXPUNISHER, even if the idea was taken somehow from anime, what does that prove? If you did a little research you would find that Bullet-time was actually invented in 1961 by Eadweard Muybridge using still cameras placed along a racetrack to take pictures of a galloping horse. So did an anime production team steal it from him? Really it doesn`t matter, everything is based off of something else in the end.

What the Matrix did with the concept was a visual, and graphic revolution as far as I`m concerned. Whatever had been seen before, whether it be in anime or not, the Matrix took it to a whole new level(And on top of that the movie itself was awesome).

DalyK : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

DalyK

0 votes NegativePositive

323 days 21 hours ago...

It`s 5:30 in the morning. I`m taking a crap, watching spiked on my laptop still drunk from the bar...
what could be better...

Urban Bob : LVL 18: VP 2.7: said:

Urban Bob

3 votes NegativePositive

323 days 19 hours ago...

It`s time to combine this with the high fps cameras that are all the rage at the moment.

TMAXXPUNISHER : LVL 7: VP 1.6: said:

TMAXXPUNISHER

0 votes NegativePositive

323 days 17 hours ago...

Logos, the movie was also largely inspired by "Ghost in the Shell" the movie. The only thing original about "The Matrix" was the fact that it was live action. Don`t get me wrong though, I enjoyed the movie and the sequels.

steve3757 : LVL 13: VP 2.2: said:

steve3757

8 votes NegativePositive

323 days 17 hours ago...

I wonder when this will be used in porn?

saltesc : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

saltesc

3 votes NegativePositive

323 days 16 hours ago...

Best "bullet time" scene is the explosion with the ball bearings in Swordfish.

napipomen : LVL 3: VP 1.2: said:

napipomen

1 votes NegativePositive

323 days 12 hours ago...

nice upload
great..
it real action
such as power hero
good job

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