[Avid-L2] Re: The Fantastic Mr Fox

"Go Motion" is a different technique and was in use prior to that film. I believe Empire Strikes Back was the first use of it.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Degan <DennyD1@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Nov 29, 2009, at 3:46 PM, johnrobmoore wrote about the use of SLR
> cameras for the roller coaster scenes in "Temple of Doom":
>
> > Was that shot stop motion? I googled but didn't find out anything of
> value.
>
> I reply:
>
> I saw some kind of documentary on it when it came out. It's not "stop
> motion", but actually might have been called "GO motion". The SLR was
> mounted on the miniature track and moved forward along it WHILE each
> photo was taken. This creates the motion effect, a slight blur, as the
> scene progressed. The idea for this method was first used on the
> "speeder bike" chase scene in "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi", except
> in that one, a steadicam was used with a regular 35mm film camera,
> undercranked at 6fps with a very long shutter. The Steadicam operator
> ran through the California Redwood Forest while shooting the scene.
> That became the background plate for the speeder scene. The reason the
> SLR camera was used in "Temple Of Doom" was because of the small scale
> of the miniature mine train track.
> The documentary might be found as an extra feature on the DVD of the
> "TOD".
>
> Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
> NBC Today Show, New York
>

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