Bullet time - the effect of Hollywood's blockbusters

How was the scene that dodged the legendary bullets in the Matrix , the moment QuickSilver saved the whole society from the bullets that had a terrible flight speed in X-Men: Days of Future Past ?

The effect helps Hollywood movie producers create great footage, making the audience unable to take their eyes off the screen in these two action movies, Bullet time .

QuickSilver's "pick up" super-strong bullet in "X-Men: Days of Future Past".

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Super beautiful scenes shot by actor Keanu Reeves with "Bullet time" effect.

Bullet time is a visual fooling effect that causes viewers to have a sense of people and a pulse of motionlessness and only cameras are circling the subject like time is slowing down.

In the Matrix movie, this effect has been so successful that the bullet time term is used a lot in Hollywood blockbusters . Although before that, in 1962, this effect was used in the comedy drama "Zotz!".

When watching videos using this effect, many viewers said that filmmakers created these scenes with computer effects. In fact, the film crew had to use dozens, even hundreds of camcorders to connect to each other on the same control panel and synchronize to take pictures continuously.

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The number of cameras is too great to create this effect

After that, the technicians will stitch those pictures together into a visual fool movie as time is stopped.

To have a professional system like this, manufacturers can spend millions of dollars.

However, you can also create similar scenes with an Iphone and slow motion function. Of course, they can't be as perfect as professional filmmakers.

Nicolas Vuignie, an amateur cinematographer who created a homemade device called Centriphone with his Iphone, can create a condensed shot this time.

The video below will show you how he did it.

Centriphone - Device that supports creating Bullet time videos