Slow Motion Studio Practice

Today we tested out 120 fps videography in the studio. 120 fps is double the amount of frames than the usual 60 fps, meaning the footage is pretty much in half speed. Slow motion can be used in all sorts of media, such as music videos, movies, cinematic, advertisement and pretty much everything. Recording in 120 fps can make anything look more artistic and professional, with very little thought or hardship. With the music video task up and coming, we thought it would be a good idea to test out using the slow motion.

Slow motion works especially well when there is lots happening on the screen. This is because with the added time the audience gets to look around at the visuals, the more you can realize, such as expressions, location, props and effects. we decided to mess around with lighting as well, to black out the background, so all you could see was the subject and the lighting. The slow motion looks cool of just the subject moving and doing actions, but something was missing to make the scene interesting. So we found some different coloured lights, as well as some talcum powder, and set up a slightly different scene. This scene involved the subject walking into the light, where talcum powder has also been dispersed into the air. This ends up with a blacked out subject walking into the light, covered by talcum powder, and then walking out of the light, with the talcum powder still falling, whilst also being lit up by the coloured lights. Some of the clips from this were really interesting and unique. It really made up excited for the recording of the music video, and enthusiastic to find out what else we can use with the slow motion, as well as simple effects such as lighting and using cheap props for dramatic effects like the talcum powder.

Slow motion can be used to over-emphasis feelings and actions, as well as making the scene feel like it is happening in the moment. It can be used in sad scenes, to make the location seem peaceful, or it can be used in happy scenes, to make the audience think about what is going on in the scene when there is a lot of context to take in. Slow motion is definitely one of the most easiest methods to make a video look creative, professional and give footage depth. I quickly stitched together a quick music video style video to showcase the slow motion that we recorded.