Bullet Time and The Matrix
Why Movies & TV Stack Exchange recommends it
Movies & TV Stack Exchange answerers link it when explaining how bullet time and freeze-frame camera-orbit effects are filmed with camera arrays and greenscreen.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2017 to 2018.
What it is
A one-minute clip, edited from the Warner Home Video DVD extras, showing a Matrix bullet time sequence in three stages: the raw rig footage, the cleaned-up greenscreen version, and the final composite. It was posted by a media instructor, Dana Lee, for classroom use.
What people said
Recommends user1118321 · 2017-07 · Movies & TV Stack Exchange · on “How are 3D still shots or "time stop" effects created?”
These "bullet time" scenes are usually filmed on an array of cameras arranged around the actor. Sometimes they're on a green screen set, sometimes not. There are dozens of cameras around the actor filming in sync. When they go to edit, they have the ability to switch between camera views, or even blend between them, so they can create moves around the action. Here's a YouTube video showing how it works: Bullet Time And The Matrix [this video]
Recommends rcgldr · 2017-10 · Movies & TV Stack Exchange · on “Time freezes and actors and things can be viewed from different angles. What is this special effect called and how is it made?”
There are multiple effects being referenced here. CSI season 10 opener did a variation of the freeze frame effect, which in that case was a combination of various methods: [LINK] A video of the scene: There is the matrix bullet time effect. The actor was suspended from wires and array of cameras used to shoot the scene. Then the video was cleaned up with computer assist and the green background replaced with the movie footage. The 360 pan effect has also been done with computer generated graphics as seen at 0:22 into this video of McKayla Maroney's Olympic vault. The effect was used in other Olympic clips prior to this, but I couldn't find the older video. This one needs to be viewed via you
Cites Chico the Friendly Monkey · 2018-03 · Movies & TV Stack Exchange · on “How are sliding shots of stills during an action sequence filmed?”
The technique is called " Bullet Time [LINK] " and it is done with an arced bank of cameras surrounding the subject. By switching from one camera to the next in sequence the point of view swings around the subject creating the illusion of a single camera moving. In the example you cite, the director chose to use still frames from each camera to appear to freeze time. [LINK] In this clip » [this video] from "The Matrix," you can see how a director uses a green screen to shoot the subject and then drop in a background in post production.