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A Looks At The TimeSlice Rig Used in “Imagination”

Oct 6, 2015 by Udi Tirosh 1 Comment

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When we featured Imagination we were intrigued by the bullet time sequences that the short movie featured. I asked Marc Donahue from PermaGrin how those shots were accomplished and luckily for us, Marc shared this info.

The magic behind those timeslice sequences was a combination of using 20 Gopros mounted on a curved rail, some special triggering cable from Cam-do and levitation post production techniques

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Here is how Marc describes it:

As I mapped out the shots for “Imagination,” I knew that I wanted to implement our GoPro Array Curved Rail mk II system in some way. I thought the best way to show off what it could do would be with balloons. Using the 20 GoPro Hero 3 Black Editions, our 6 foot version of the Curved Rail mk II, and a sync cable provided by our partners at Cam-Do, we shot the star of our production, Kai Burich, standing on top of a chair holding the balloons. Once we were happy with shots we got, we removed Kai and the chair to shoot a clean slate where we could then paint out the chair in post.

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testing

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The actual shots were taken with the star standing on a chair that was later removed in post

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This is not the first time Marc (or Permagrin) use this technique to create awesome work.

Check out Loud and Breaking Gravity blow for some more timeslice action:

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.net

About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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