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Cory Moorehead · April 16th, 2004, 11:42 AM

Hey whats up ? I need some assistance in figuring out how to do this certain effect. Its in the music video " Numb" by Linking Park. Its where the girl is sitting in a classroom and all the kids are leaving and they are in fast motion but she just stays there in normal time. Like everything except her is fast motion. I really dont have a clue how to acheive this and naybe one of you could help me out

John Locke · April 16th, 2004, 12:35 PM

Cory,

Is she singing? If so, take the song and reduce the speed by 50%. Burn that to a CD and have her practice lip synching to it at the slow rate, making sure to make her movements slow and smooth. Shoot it like that, but have everyone else move around at normal speed.

In post, increase the clip speed by 50% so that she's now at normal speed...and voila!

Cory Moorehead · April 16th, 2004, 02:56 PM

Hmm....could do that.

Ill have to see...

Corey Smith · April 16th, 2004, 03:40 PM

I've seen that Linkin Park video, and my guess is that she performed infront of a blue/green screen while the rest were shot at a high frame rate on the set and sped up a lot in post. If anyone passes infront of her than they were probably performing infront of a blue/green screen too.

Sounds fairly simple to do.

Peter Jefferson · April 16th, 2004, 10:36 PM

from the look of the clip, its most likely a higher frame rate with increased velocity, however as mentioend she was probably moving at half or slower speed...

the compositing explaination is probably something along the lines of Linkin Park budget, so it wouldnt surprise me if that is the actual method they used...

Rob Lohman · April 18th, 2004, 06:33 AM

If you have a static camera you can also record her alone and then
everyone else seperate. Compositing is very easy in that case.

Becomes much much much harder with a moving camera.

Cutting to different angles is a possability as well, but involves
more work. I haven't seen the video myself.

April 16th, 2004, 11:42 AM	#1
Cory Moorehead Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 148	Acheiving this effect... Hey whats up ? I need some assistance in figuring out how to do this certain effect. Its in the music video " Numb" by Linking Park. Its where the girl is sitting in a classroom and all the kids are leaving and they are in fast motion but she just stays there in normal time. Like everything except her is fast motion. I really dont have a clue how to acheive this and naybe one of you could help me out

April 16th, 2004, 12:35 PM	#2
John Locke Retired DV Info Net Almunus Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Austin, TX USA Posts: 2,882	Cory, Is she singing? If so, take the song and reduce the speed by 50%. Burn that to a CD and have her practice lip synching to it at the slow rate, making sure to make her movements slow and smooth. Shoot it like that, but have everyone else move around at normal speed. In post, increase the clip speed by 50% so that she's now at normal speed...and voila! __________________ John Locke SursumFilms.com

April 18th, 2004, 06:33 AM	#6
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	If you have a static camera you can also record her alone and then everyone else seperate. Compositing is very easy in that case. Becomes much much much harder with a moving camera. Cutting to different angles is a possability as well, but involves more work. I haven't seen the video myself. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

April 16th, 2004, 02:56 PM	#3
Cory Moorehead Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 148	Hmm....could do that. Ill have to see...

April 16th, 2004, 03:40 PM	#4
Corey Smith Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hot Springs, AR Posts: 31	I've seen that Linkin Park video, and my guess is that she performed infront of a blue/green screen while the rest were shot at a high frame rate on the set and sped up a lot in post. If anyone passes infront of her than they were probably performing infront of a blue/green screen too. Sounds fairly simple to do.

April 16th, 2004, 10:36 PM	#5
Peter Jefferson Inner Circle Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aus Posts: 3,884	from the look of the clip, its most likely a higher frame rate with increased velocity, however as mentioend she was probably moving at half or slower speed... the compositing explaination is probably something along the lines of Linkin Park budget, so it wouldnt surprise me if that is the actual method they used...