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There are thousands of applications where ultra
high speed video is useful. SlowMo has captured a wide range
of events and movements in all types of locations, for example,
from filming birds out at sea to capturing huge explosions
to slowing down a fast moving production line. We will be
glad to advise you on your specialist high speed requirements.
More information on four particular areas, television
and commercials, ballistics
and explosions, natural history,
engineering testing/research, production
line analysis and are also provided below.
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SlowMo
has worked on a video variety of programmes such as
consumer and current affairs, culture, pop videos, and
product commercials for both national and international
broadcast.
Slowmo provides a cost effective solution for when
high speed high definition images are required. Mark
manages and operates the camera by himself and can fly
to a shoot with only one checked-in case. This ultimately
keeps costs to a minimum.
Since 2008, SlowMo has filmed over 30 commercials including
major brands such as Pepsi, Direct Line, Ribena and
Finish Diamond Standard (see clients
page for full list). The Photron HD SA2 camera (soon
to be upgraded to the BC2) is favoured by many directors
because of its superb sensitivity, high frame rate at
full HD and it's bullet proof reliability, no additional
cooling required even under very hot lights.
The standard definition SA-1 is still being used for
commercials to provide amazing images up to 10000fps.
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The new Photron BC2 on
a commercial set for Finish. |
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Bullet attack filmed
at 6000fps at Radnor Ranges
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SlowMo is very experienced in filming
ballistics and explosions at high speed having worked
on many occasions with Ordnance companies and ranges covering
military contracts.
Mark from Slowmo uses his extensive knowledge to select
the optimum frame rate (up to a staggering 500,000fps),
correct exposure taking into consideration the blast itself
and best camera placement to acheive the best possible
detail. Slowmo can, subject to availability, provide 3
or more cameras all of which can be triggered from distance.
It has also been hired by production companies filming
controlled explosions involving plastic explosives, gunpowder
and ultra high voltages.
In 2010, Slowmo has recorded footage for ITN/NBC/C4
news of the effect of on-board plane explosions.
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Filming wildlife
with a high speed digital camera often requires special
equipment, specific camera set-up, together with a certain
level of knowledge in order to get the right shot under
often difficult and time intensive conditions.
SlowMo will endeavour to provide the best high speed
equipment and service to wildlife and natural history
film makers and professional wildlife cameramen/women.
The HD Photron SA-2 camera has been fitted with the
maximum on board memory of 32Gb specifically to assist
wildlife filming.
Mark Johnson has presented a high
speed camera workshop at the Wildscreen Festival in
both 2006 and 2008 and will present again in 2010.
Natural history subjects filmed
at high speed by some of the world's top wildlife cameramen
with cameras provided by SlowMo: Hummingbird
hawkmoths, salmon, horseshoe bats, butterflies, pigeons,
kestrels, diving gannets, swallows, woodpeckers, tawny
owls, puffball fungi, pilobolus fungi, various garden
birds, dung beetles, bumblebees, pollinating orchids,
gorse seed pods, diving ducklings, ballooning spiders,
frogs, pond skaters, chameleons, geckos, spiders, shrews,
cheetahs, mosquitos, capuchin monkeys, hippos, eagle
owls, grizzly bears, flamingos. HD - Dragonflies, gannets,
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on location filming Red Kites
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Photron SA1.1 recording
fuel tank drop tests
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SlowMo is regularly hired to
provide high speed images taken in the engineering industry.
Areas include drop tests (fuel tanks, nuclear
waste containers), product testing (lifeboat design,
bullet proofing, deployment) and new innovation (transcalm
speed bumps). Images are often recorded over several
trials spanning many weeks with important information
gathered each time. On the same engineering theme, Slowmo
has recorded several pieces for Richard Hammond's Engineering
Connections series.
A current project involves filming inside a Wind Tunnel
to study air flow of an aircraft.
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If there is
a problem with your fast moving production line that
needs detecting, digital high speed cameras are very
effective in determining where the fault lies.
Reduce downtime caused by jams • Improve changeover
time • Lower wastage • Reduce maintenance
expenses.
A digital high speed camera can capture movement after
the event has occurred. It does this by continually
buffering images in the camera memory, and then waiting
for a trigger signal. The allocation of available memory
can be set to record those movements occurring before
this trigger so in essence recording something that
just happened. If a failure in the line is imminent
then one can arm the camera, wait until a line failure
is seen and then press the trigger button. You can then
see exactly what may have caused the fault. Answers
can be found very quickly when suddenly viewed at high
speed.
SlowMo always ensures that the video clips captured
can be played back on your computer systems and also
provides viewer software further analysis of the clips.
The new Fastcam SA-3 has been bought to increase the
availability for high speed production line analysis. |
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