P3D Re: stereo/pufrich/multicam

[Allen Forkum <forkum@xxxxxxxx>]

Bob Wier wrote:
> 
> Recently I've been seeing a couple of tv commercials with the
> "freeze motion" technique which recently was perfected. One is for
> some kind of hair coloring (which is notable in that it combines
> the freeze motion AND regular motion in the same frame with absolutely
> (on my tv) no hints of masking or other "normal" special effects techniques).
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> I find this kind of exciting (at least at the moment before it's
> run into the ground, like the "jerky camera" cinema verite and
> grungy "clogged typewriter" font that is turning up everywhere).
> It's kind of neat to see something in the field that is pretty much
> totally new. 

For those unfamiliar with his work, Eadweard Muybridge basically invented this
technique in the late 1800s.  He's more famous for his motion studies, but he
also made "freeze motion" studies.  He only used a few cameras (five or so),
so the "movies" I've seen aren't that long, and the exposure aren't that
great.  But they are viewable as "frozen motion."  Voyager Company publishes a
laserdisc that animates many of his motion studies.  Included among them are a
few "frozen motion" studies (e.g., horses running and jumping, men walking,
etc.).  For info on the disc:

http://www.criterionco.com/voyagerlaser/catalogpage.cgi?muybridge

--Allen Forkum


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