Re: [Avid-L2] Re: The Fantastic Mr Fox

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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