slow motion filming

Temporal stretching technique

Slow motion filming is a cinematographic technique that captures footage at a higher frame rate than normal playback speed, so when projected at standard speed, the action appears slowed down.

The technique reveals details invisible at real-time speed—a balloon bursting, a hummingbird's wings, an athlete's form.

The slow motion filming of the crash test showed exactly how the airbag deployed.

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bullet time · bullet drop · cinematic · dramatic · dramatic effect · beauty shot · graceful · suspended · fluid · ethereal · capture · droplets · water splash · explosion · shatter · glass breaking · feathers · falling

Opposites
temporal capture speed

slow motion filmingtime-lapse photography

Frames captured slowly, played quickly

timelapse · hyperlapse

temporal representation

slow motion filmingtime-lapse

Filming at intervals, playing fast

live recording

temporal fidelity

slow motion filminglive action

Real filmed performance

1 · playback

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