Slow Motion Experiments

This was a whole class project in which we all filmed different things that we could slow down and practice with slow motion. To film in slow motion you need to increase the frames per second (FPS). FPS is the amount of frames (still images) the camera takes a second, most cameras film at 25 FPS. The reason why you need to increase the FPS is because when you slow footage down in the editing process if you slow it down any more than 25 FPS, so it shows 10 frames every second for example, the footage will look jumpy and shaky. So if you film with more FPS then you can slow it down more and it will still look smooth. Every filmed their 'scenes' at 50 FPS and slowed it down by 50% so the footage is being played at 25 FPS. However the higher the FPS the lesser the quality, this is because the camera has to take more frames a second so the quality is not as important.

Here's an example of FPS in action:

I also found some really amazing videos from The Slo Mo Guys who film with incredibly expensive cameras that film with frame rates that go into the thousands. They have filmed tons of videos, all in slow motion which include a wide range of subjects, such as fire, balloons, animals, paint, fruit, ink, jelly, tasers... the list goes on.

(The Balloon pops at 4.13 if you want to skip ahead)

(This one pops at 3.34)