A glitch in the matrix

[smehe]

I was mincing around looking for pics from the making of the new Matrix movie when I came across a couple of interesting pictures from behind the scenes on the first one.

The cameras are the ones used to make the famous bullet-time swoop movement with Neo and the agent on the building roof.





I don't recognize the body. Anyone?

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

I don't recognize the body. Anyone?

IIRC from press reports at the time they were EOS 5/A2's.

Stuart

 

[Mishkin]

LOL

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Mishkin

 

[smehe]

third one from the left ;-)

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Mishkin

 

[Ben Jacobsen]

There si a short documentary on the DVD that has this in it with footage. Pretty cool stuff.

 

[smehe]

Just didn't notice they used canon cameras until now...

Is this another case of "the last guy to know"?

There si a short documentary on the DVD that has this in it with
footage. Pretty cool stuff.

 

[Steve Haehnichen]

Maybe they sold the eyepieces on eBay to help pay for Neo's new phone?

 

[Mishkin]

what exactly did they shoot with this setup? Hard to believe that it was a flying bullet - not because it's impossible, but because these things are done with CGA these days.

I was mincing around looking for pics from the making of the new
Matrix movie when I came across a couple of interesting pictures
from behind the scenes on the first one.

The cameras are the ones used to make the famous bullet-time swoop
movement with Neo and the agent on the building roof.





I don't recognize the body. Anyone?

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Mishkin

 

[jseah]

the cameras set up this way was to capture the "freeze in mid air and rotate around the subject" shots...specifically the scene with Trinity in the very beginning of the original Matrix movie and the fight scene between Neo and the agent in the subway where they are both horizontal, in mid air, firing their guns at each other.

what exactly did they shoot with this setup? Hard to believe that
it was a flying bullet - not because it's impossible, but because
these things are done with CGA these days.

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[Clicker]

Pretty sure it was for those panning shots where the actor seemingly froze in mid air and the "camera" panned around in a circle.

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Clicker

 

[John Duesterhoeft]

It's better than that... it's not actually a freeze, but slow- mo

Pretty sure it was for those panning shots where the actor
seemingly froze in mid air and the "camera" panned around in a
circle.

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Clicker

 

[Mishkin]

I was mincing around looking for pics from the making of the new
Matrix movie when I came across a couple of interesting pictures
from behind the scenes on the first one.

The cameras are the ones used to make the famous bullet-time swoop
movement with Neo and the agent on the building roof.





I don't recognize the body. Anyone?

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Mishkin

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Mishkin

 

[Chris Dodkin]

..it was the cheapest 'pro' Canon SLR they could find.

By sequencing the shutter releases, you can stop time on the shot, and move in three dimensions around a frozen moment.

Or you can alter the trigger time, so that the pan takes place in slow motion.

All done via computer control.

You have to map the positions of the cameras into the computer to comp the final shot as a CGI, and shoot against a green mattte screen so you can drop in the background later.

At the time, this was state of the art....then it appeared on every movie and TV advert known to man...remember that GAP commerical that used the same technique!!

The 35mm frames from the bodies were digitised for the final FX sequence, and are a higher quality than the usual movie footage.

Just the concept is awesome...what an idea....
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[Simon Heath]

I bet they're not using 'L' glass. Can you imagine walking into a shop and saying, I'd like to buy 140 of your 35m f1.4L lenses please! In fact sod that, just buying 140 50 1.8II would fry the assistants brain. Which is my guess as to what they would use.

Anyone know?

Simon

I was mincing around looking for pics from the making of the new
Matrix movie when I came across a couple of interesting pictures
from behind the scenes on the first one.

The cameras are the ones used to make the famous bullet-time swoop
movement with Neo and the agent on the building roof.





I don't recognize the body. Anyone?

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A black box recorder and a silver one

Loads of glass: A conservatory, a greenhouse, a set of 12 matching wine glasses, and a nice decanter to go with them.
A table and a whole bunch of other stuff.

 

[Simon Heath]

The orignal post missed some of the best pics showing just how many cameras are used...

Check out the ones 3 banks high!

Anyone know?

Simon

I was mincing around looking for pics from the making of the new
Matrix movie when I came across a couple of interesting pictures
from behind the scenes on the first one.

The cameras are the ones used to make the famous bullet-time swoop
movement with Neo and the agent on the building roof.





I don't recognize the body. Anyone?

--
A black box recorder and a silver one
Loads of glass: A conservatory, a greenhouse, a set of 12 matching
wine glasses, and a nice decanter to go with them.
A table and a whole bunch of other stuff.

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A black box recorder and a silver one

Loads of glass: A conservatory, a greenhouse, a set of 12 matching wine glasses, and a nice decanter to go with them.
A table and a whole bunch of other stuff.

 

[Ty Doram]

...being able to control sentinels outside of the matrix? Is Zion really a matrix too?

If people can talk religion on this forum, then by-golly I can talk Matrix!

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[Ty Doram]

... you haven't seen Reloaded yet.

Probably too late... sorry.

...being able to control sentinels outside of the matrix? Is Zion
really a matrix too?

If people can talk religion on this forum, then by-golly I can talk
Matrix!

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TyDo

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TyDo

 

[Simon Heath]

I have to stop reading now... the film doesn't come out in the UK till next Friday. Don't spoil it for me I've been waiting a long time. I remember the first film when I finally found out what the matrix was. I was like "no way".

Can wait to see Neo kick some agent butts. And Ms Foss in that rubber suit.

Simon.

...being able to control sentinels outside of the matrix? Is Zion
really a matrix too?

If people can talk religion on this forum, then by-golly I can talk
Matrix!

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TyDo

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A black box recorder and a silver one

Loads of glass: A conservatory, a greenhouse, a set of 12 matching wine glasses, and a nice decanter to go with them.
A table and a whole bunch of other stuff.

 

[Ty Doram]

It didn't occur to me that that was a spoiler until it was too late.

Can wait to see Neo kick some agent butts. And Ms Foss in that
rubber suit.

Simon.

...being able to control sentinels outside of the matrix? Is Zion
really a matrix too?

If people can talk religion on this forum, then by-golly I can talk
Matrix!

--
TyDo

--
A black box recorder and a silver one
Loads of glass: A conservatory, a greenhouse, a set of 12 matching
wine glasses, and a nice decanter to go with them.
A table and a whole bunch of other stuff.

--
TyDo

 

[Jay Bean]

Can wait to see Neo kick some agent butts. And Ms Foss in that
rubber suit.

Simon.

...being able to control sentinels outside of the matrix? Is Zion
really a matrix too?

If people can talk religion on this forum, then by-golly I can talk
Matrix!

--
TyDo

--
A black box recorder and a silver one
Loads of glass: A conservatory, a greenhouse, a set of 12 matching
wine glasses, and a nice decanter to go with them.
A table and a whole bunch of other stuff.

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TyDo