The Scientist
Ever since seeing the music video to the song ‘Yellow‘ by Coldplay, where Chris Martin walks down a deserted pre-dawn beach in slow motion while singing along to the lyrics of the song at regular speed, I’ve wanted to have a go at it myself.
Slow motion is amazing. You know? When I first saw the Matrix I was blown away. The slow-motion camera spinning effects they used for the fight scenes kick more ass than any other fight scene I can think of.
So, now I have a camera. I don’t have the ability to do any bullet-time stuff, that involving having an array of cameras all connected by sophisticated shooting programs, but I do have the capacity to replicate the effect in the song Yellow.
I chose do it with the Scientist rather than Yellow, as I like The Scientist better. I shot it all myself- so it’s a close-up image, which sadly doesn’t render into slo-mo too well. Full body shots allow for cool stuff like slow-motion running and gestures. As it is, you might think I’m just walking slow and mouthing slowly, when in fact the video on me has been slowed down by 50%.
As it is, I think it’s pretty awesome. The sync-up is pretty much perfect. I’m looking forward to experimenting more with slow-motion and other filming techniques.
