How a Movie Film Camera works in Slow Motion - The Slow Mo Guys
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2021
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Gav shows the impressive internals of an old 16mm motion picture camera by filming it in some lovely crisp 4K slow motion at 1000fps. Lights! Camera!......... well that's it, really.
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How a Film Camera works in Slow Motion - The Slow Mo Guys 
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A 100ft reel of 16mm film was harmed in the making of this video.
R.I.P
that's so sad
I feel famous.
It's sacrifice will be remembered and honored, Gav.
5th
Gotta say, this was one of the finest pieces of old-school engineering analysis I've seen in a hot minute. Well done Gav.
Facts. Kept me interested the whole way.
As a soon graduating ME, it still boggles my mind how people figured some of this stuff out. Like the concept seems easy: have a mirror with gaps timed properly with the frame rate and use a piston in reverse to move the film. But then you get into the details and see how much more complicated it is, like the consideration of using helical gears, and getting the disk to always stop in a position that prevents further exposure. Always gotta respect the effort older generations put into figuring out difficult problems
Go check out the video on a film projector from Engineerguy
This
Very well said. This was amazing to watch, as a videographer
I've been an analogue motion film camera technician for over 35 years now and this is by far the best explanation of how an analogue motion picture camera works. My hats off to Gav in not only his spot-on understanding of the machanics of it all but for so perfectly using his digital and optical tools and skills to capture, edit and deliver that explanation!
What I find most fascinating is that claw pulling the film down and how it doesn't just rip through the material of the film while moving that fast
There's a couple things going on here though: the first is that the claw may be moving fast, but without much torque. If the film jams, the claw can't move, so it can't really cause damage. The second is the really amazing timing systems and brakes film cameras use. Basically, when the film isn't moving, it's clamped in place and can't be advanced. When the claw grabs the sprocket hole, the clamps release, and the film gets dragged easily through the system, so nothing is resisting the claw as it drags. These things are fantastic bits of analogue engineering.
@@michaelbushee3968 Thanks for the very nice explanation.
In the fast camera that I used "once upon time" there were no claws. The film and the octal mirror were synchronized. That means the image was tracking the film movement which was smooth, just accelerating. Depending on the target speed, the acceleration could go on until the end of the film in less than two seconds...
The way that Gav cut off the "Here's me using a camera..." bit was hilarious
I suspect he's been watching ThIs Old Tony. 😊
@@bgood2010 TOT & SMG collab when?
@@bgood2010 this old tony or pay money wubby
Each and every step was necessary.
@@Tundra1428 * Inception horn *
*on Gavs security camera later that day*
"Heres me on camera taking a picture on a camera of me using a camera...."
That's funny 😂
Mario G I almost fell off my seat from his joke.
With all the cameras Gav owns, I wonder just how far he could take that gag
Well of course he has to make a reaction video. You know what that means.
And of course he would use another camera to show us the security camera
The demonstration where Gav overlaid the two shots to show the movement of film behind the disc was masterful.
Why yes, I did in fact know that there are analogue slow mo cameras! However I only discovered this by stumbling upon ultra slow motion footage of early 50s nuclear testing and realising "hey, if I can see this plasma ball, it must be being recorded *incredibly* slowly, how'd that happen in the 50s?" This then lead me down an *hours* long rabbit hole. 10/10 would recommend
I feel like this is something Gavin wanted to do for years but never had a slow year for filming
Every years a slow year for the Slo Mo Guys
That "pulling mechanism" looked insane! The timing of that pull is so exact, that I had so start laughing for a second 👍
That's the beauty of engineering, and a particularly good understanding of math.
Its all tied to together mechanically (the gears that control shutter also control the arm) so it has to be exact
This tech may be “old” school but the engineering is definitely still incredible.
"here's me taking a selfie of me taking a picture of a pic-"
Even gav can have too much of gav sometimes.
The cutting at the end made it laughing material
"Here's a selfie I took on a camera of me using a camera to film me using-"
@@jonasgrill1155 I'll finish it for him. "Here's a selfie I took on a camera of me using a camera to film me using a camera, to film a camera"
Seeing undeveloped film is deeply disturbing. I need to have a rest to recover from this.
Around 6:08 I had an unstoppable urge to subscribe to this channel. Which was odd because I've been subscribed for ages.
Rule 34
Lol I didn't even read what was being scrolled until you pointed it out
Lol I'm 14 and I grew up with it hahaha
there is just something so mystical about a bunch of gears moving in perfect synergy
I think that “Subscribe
Right? I came to the comments to see if anyone is talking about it :D
Gotta get those subliminal subscriptions every way you can.
I can't find what you're talking about 😭
@@mrkesu Starting around 6:06, watch the letters passing by on the film as it gets pulled down.
Wow, you noticed that detail. Yes it is really the most imaginative way. 😲
This is awesome. Love watching the mechanics
Even better than I was expecting from the thumbnail.
Bro there’s two comment on your channel and they’re both slomo guys, who knew corporate America was a slomo guys fan
Leave me alone!
Next episode: "How a Phantom Camera works in Slow Motion"
Exactly the same as a normal camera. Only difference will be if it’s global shutter or rolling.
there are no moving parts
@@TheREAPERBlog their would be with a rolling shutter. You can get both rolling and global all shutter phantoms.
Filmed on 16mm
A phantom filming a phantom 🤯
Jesus Christ, Gavin, your editing skills and thought process is amazing.
Agreed!
Was about to comment the same. Somehow still improving with every video!
2:17 gave me a little high. Especially with the hard cut silently saying "shut it!"
"Hobbity-looking footage." Gavin, that made my day. I only got to see The Hobbit in 48fps once, but it was definitely something unique.
What did it look like? Was it just smoother or was there something else?
@@snjert8406 I saw it in 48 fps too. It was weird. It was too clear, too sharp, too "real", and it just lost something. It was extremely distracting and would drag you out of the action pieces constantly. Our brains are programmed over decades for that 24fps slightly blurred effect in movies, and when it's missing, it's a problem. Perhaps if every film from then on had been 48fps we would eventually acclimatise, but I think the negativity around HFR in The Hobbit killed it. It didn't help that the story was an over-blown, tissue-thin, money-grab that was basically non-stop over-the-top action pieces consisting of running from location A to B... for three looooong films!
@@stephen-boddy I wonder if it has more to do with our brain's perception of movement on a flat surface as opposed to just being learned through films. I realize this makes no sense. Experiments must be made.
@@snjert8406 I saw it in the cinema, It didn't look like a "movie", it looked too real, like a bunch of actors running about on stage. The irony of it looking too real was that the sets and set design then looked fake, because they looked like what they were (sets) and not what they were supposed to be (real) if that makes any sense. definite uncanny valley vibes, or something like that.
This is far better than the "film" class I took in high school
2:17 Gav realizing that the entire universe is nothing but cameras within cameras within cameras.
It's cameras all the way down.
@@njwebwiz *click* always has been.
HOLD UP. Can we talk about that wrap-around shot from 2:41 - 2:55? Because that was sick.
Right?! At first I thought I was looking at a generic camera flyby, then I saw it was the same model. Then I though it was B-stock from the manufacturer, then I remembered...that wouldn't exist.
Yeah about that... Did Gav get a robotic motion capture arm? Because that sure looks like an choreographed movement.
MKBHD on a budget :D Seriously though, they should team up (when all the pandemic nonsense is over) and shoot some cool robo-assisted slow mo.
it was absolutely beautiful. We NEED a behind the scenes look at that
Macro lens on the capture camera (a DSLR maybe?) and moving it on a gimble? Well done shot regardless. Gives the sensation of flying around the camera closeup.
The tracking shot through the inside of the camera in macro slow mo was pretty amazing.
This just made me love film so much more
YO STEEZY SUP
I can't stop thinking about the sound design of this video!
Now that I know that it's all "faked" in editing, it really draws my attention to it in the best way possible. It's fascinating!
Yup, felt the same
The close-ups would be perfect for a screensaver or even just as a background image
This is the geeky content I love. Turning circular motion into linear motion into stationary images is a dark and gorgeous alchemy to watch.
This was absolutely fascinating. Please make more videos like this, as a film nerd and engineer I enjoyed your explanation thoroughly. The humor is great too
The way that Claw pulls down the film at the exact moment needed is the most satisfying part of the video!
Can I just say I think the editing at 5:40 is so cool? I don’t even know how you would do that.
I filmed it twice. One with the shutter on and one with it off. Then I basically cut a hole in the footage of the shutter on and placed the shutter off footage underneath so it’s visible through the hole.
if you want to know more, it's called "masking". You can find tutorials on yt, that might show you how it's done. with today's software it's easy to do, back in the day (from when the term comes from) you had to "mask" things out by hand with paint on glass or other techniques, while playing the original footage and filming it with a new strip of film. Very interesting and confusing at first, but very old tech tbh.
@@therealpanse it's so cool how old techniques have found their way into the digital world!
@@snjert8406 that's just how things go. If it works, you keep doing it until you find something that works better. That's why we're still burning fossil fuels almost 150 years after the invention of the internal combustion engine...
Sound editing on this episode is next level
There would be so much more to discover in the mechanisms of this camera, like how they made it so the spring, which does not deliver a constant force on its own, still poweres the camera so it runs at a constant speed. Probably with a centrifugal switch or so. Fascinating.
The fun part of doing high speed film is playing “Guess whether or not the film got shredded to bits.”
00:12 идеально👌
I am the funniest RUclipsr of all time I watched my latest video and laughed for 69 minutes straight I am extremely funny I am dangerously funny and I have two girlfriends who think I am extremely dangerously funny and they watch all of my videos thanks for listening dear zo
Pronounciation is a bit off ;)
Пёрфект типа
Даже)
Well, stress is on the wrong syllable (краснОгорск) instead of (красногОрск) BUT it still amazing when foreigners give it a try.
p.s. before he pronounce it I was sure he would just call it Zenit (Зенит)
I love that there's no fluff in your videos. It's all simple, shot to shot, quick action for a such a slow channel.
Unfortunately, I'm always watching youtube on my second monitor and only half paying attention, so I miss a lot and have to rewind.
Sometimes I forget that this Gavin is the same Gavin that thought it was a good idea to tell Jeremy to axe kick his already half broken and fragile desk while still having expensive equipment on it.
This gonna be in every first year film lecture for the next 100 years 😂
Really impressive engineering, it's wonderful that it still works.
That sprocket hole "claw" footage was unbelievably satisfying to watch .
*2:19** the perfect comedic cut.* 😂👌
This is what I went to school for. There is something magic about shooting on film.
Over the last year this channel has turned into Slo Mo *Guy*
The very last second of this video was a small touch but it really makes a difference. Simply lovely.
underrated video. How this has less than a million views, I have no idea.
New camera films old camera, its like a young person taking a picture of an old person
Hehehe 🤣
I mean, more like a young person watching an old person
@@damonmackwood5701 Or maybe a young person drawing an old person - after all, the result is stored for others to watch later on, right?
@@Shadow81989 yeah that works
Finally youtube notified me within 15 seconds rather than hours!
Right lol
I still haven’t gotten mine-
Same here. Fantastic! RUclips must be broken :D
Dude now your comment will hit more than 1k likes
Hey hope the people who see this comment is having an amazing day or night, depending on where you are in the world and please stay safe out there in the world and just remember you are loved by anyone so be positive about yourself.
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As a photographer and videomaker, this brings tears to my eyes :') thanks for this.
That was awesome! Film doesn't seem to get a lot of appreciation these days, I wish more people were aware of the wonders it could achieve
Congrats on 14 million, you've come a long way.
Hey hope the people who see this comment is having an amazing day or night, depending on where you are in the world and please stay safe out there in the world and just remember you are loved by anyone so be positive about yourself.
Btw Small RUclipsr looking for your support. I hope to inspire people.
@@LandonHasbrouck no.
even without a haircut in a year he still uploads. What a guy
8 years later and still making great content! love it!
Gav must be so proud of that shot at 2:40 it looks like a CGI pan you would see in a documentary it's so smooth
The close up shots of the pull down claw are amazing. The mechanics are fascinating to watch of course but the aesthetics of the shots is incredible
Обзор наших девайсов зарубежными блогерами всегда радует!
As a filmmaker, id love to use your shots as overlays. its so unique and aesthetically pleasing to the eye
I never knew what those little square holes in film were for until now, this was fascinating!
"yo, dawg. we heard you like cameras, so we put you on camera using a camera so you can camera while you camera"
While in a camero
@@johnnyreb4200304 Camaro*
@@claytonbyrd6134 camaro**
When recommended is faster than notifications
Same here.
mee too.:)
Gavin is an actual artist with these videos.
That shot at 2:41 was amazing
The last time I was so early ,Dan still had a clean coat...
wait...what?
this is the only comment about being early that i like
@@derealgod Right? Most of them are really annoying and so unoriginal
I wish we could have seen the actual recordings on the old camera, or at least a comparison of a 24 fps movie and a 48 fps movie shot on that camera. I love vintage tech.
I was hoping for the same thing. Also, to know why 24 fps is the standard
@@cannibalbananas 24 coz it used the least amount of film for a decently smooth feel. It also had to provide enough surface for the opticaly printed audio track
@@cannibalbananas The actual reason why is when they first invented movies, they figured out about 48 fps was the minimum to get convincing motion that wasn't jerky or blurry. Film is expensive when you are using it up as fast as a movie camera does, so to save money they just ran the cameras at half speed.
People got used to the low framerate, and as a bonus it helps cover up things you may want to hide like crappy props or practical effects.
@@lobsterbark Cool. Thanks. I like learning and this fascinating to me 😁👍
Paper was used for storing data for many centuries but only during my lifetime there was several breakthrough in storing data:
1. vinyl (storing data in grooves);
2. tape, HDD (magnetic storage);
3. film, CD (optical storage);
4. SSD (electronic storage);
5. Optane (resistance storage);
What a time to be alive!
Slow Mo + Macro = A Majestic Experience
We need to get Dan back in the videos, Gavin is going insane.
This was absolutely incredible - looking forward to more like this!
This has to be one of my favorites! I'd love more slo-mo of more mechanical or industrial objects on this channel.
Gavin, you are so skilled and intelligent. Thank you for being awesome, and for not always playing the fool like you have during LP recordings.
You are truly a benefit to not just the entertainment industry, but to humanity as a whole.
Spot the new kind of spam bot comments :( They copy-paste genuine comments, while their channel name invites you to some dodgy content.
God I miss Dan, 😢 this pandemic is so unpleasant to exist in..
What happend to him ?
@@tombertael8790 he's in the UK and Gav is in texas so there's travel bans still in place
Dan brings a level of energy and comedy that Ive really missed the past few videos. The intro just doesnt sound right without him
Привет из России и г. Красногорска!
A friend of mine has a 16mm camera that can run up to 10,000fps. It was an impressive piece of machinery. I just have a K3 myself and you captured its fascinating feat of mechanical engineering quite well. Thank you.
Gavin, your sound design is second to none.
Also, I am currently seeing you through a bio camera, using a camera to film yourself shooting a video through a camera in which you are shooting a camera through a camera...😅
That was incredible, I’d love to see more mechanisms up close with the scope lense
This is a other one of your best videos along with the TV video. Your videos where you use slow motion to show how something that a lot of people see or are aware of every day works are the best ones.
I love the way Gavin uses "we're" even though Dan is absent. 🥰
Video Idea: How to get Dan back to the US in Slow Motion
Little did you know, Dan IS on his way back to the US... in slow motion. It's just taking months!!
LMAO
Incredible engineering. The way that claw enters the holes in the film so perfectly at such high speeds..genius!
yeah, I didn't know it stop and go like that. kinda think of it that explain the noise it make now.
I’d love to see a high speed older version how it works video like this. That’s really cool.
More of these kind of "inside look at old mechanisms" slo-mo videos please!
Analog is one of my favorite things. I was lucky that my great grandparents left to my parents the house they built & all the cool things in it, including a counterweighted hatch door for the stairwell.
Next Episode: "How Slow Motion works in Slow Motion"
This was some incredibly interesting stuff right here. I am a film fanatic, and my curiosity has been directing itself towards analog film for the last five months or so, and to see it explained in such a comprehensible way, all the while there is a perfect balance between technicality, detail, and explanation, really made this a standout video. Thanks for sharing, Gav.
Wow, that almost robot-like camera move showing the film camera was sick!
you deserve a like just for the "Here's a picture I took with a camera of me filming a camera filming -" bit
Ну, кажется вот и настало время для русского комментария
Может тогда сразу и расскажешь, о чем выпуск?
листал вниз, чтобы найти его!
the close-up of the film-pulling mechanism is strangely quite beautiful...
by far one of the coolest videos i have seen on this channel. truly awesome stuff
Оп-па! Привет от Дзиги Вертова! Лайк за Зенит.
I love how he's filming a camera filming a camera with a camera
I will always have a deep respect for mechanical computers such as this, the precision and timing that could be achieved with gears, levers and springs is amazing when you look at it, and all these same actions are happening digitally now, just faster
YES PLEEEASE!!! Show us an old school analog slowmo camera working!!!!
This is so cool, and I feel smarter just from watching this.
I've watched this video four times now and each time I'm so impressed by how well you explained a process which is mechanically not very complicated but is quite difficult to conceptualise. Amazing video! :D
What's even more fascinating is how a projector for film with a soundtrack works. Just as when exposing the film, each frame must be stationary when being projected on the screen, so the film is constantly starting and stopping. However, the audio track must move continuously past the read head, or the audio would be "choppy."
Just started the video and the way he said “film camera” is making me feel so old 🤣
Here's something to REALLY make you feel old:
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, Oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
Hehehe... Yeah, I remember film cameras. 😢Didn't use any of the movie cameras (film or otherwise), but part of me misses the old instamatics, 35 mm, and 110 film cartridge cameras.
@@jackielinde7568 I love shooting 35mm film, I have too many cameras and I'm trying to get rid of some lol
@@rippamcstanky4169 Got something great for beginners? I know my kid has expressed wanting to learn Photography, but had asked for one of those two to six grand digital cameras to start out with.
@@jackielinde7568 what's your budget?
@@rippamcstanky4169 probably less than $200, but that's negotiable.
Привет из России- hello from Russia)
Thanks for posting this. I wouldn’t have guessed that the film stops for each exposure. I definitely learned something. Very cool indeed.
the close up shot of the hook mechanism looked amazing
*The shot of the internals is one of the coolest things ive seen in a long while.*