Bullet Time

バレットタイム / 1999– / Technique / Film Technology

An arc of still cameras fired at once or in sequence: time nearly stops while the viewpoint alone moves. The Matrix popularized the idea of the virtual camera.

Frozen time / A traveling viewpoint / The arc of cameras / Live action mixed with interpolation

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Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't confuse it with the flash of slow motion. The heart is the separation of time from viewpoint.
Further study
John Gaeta / Tim Macmillan's time-slice work / the lineage into virtual production

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