What do you get with a welder, some metal and 15 GoPro Cameras?

[Expendable]

[video=youtube;a1oDxu_7W8g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a1oDxu_7W8g[/video]


http://mashable.com/2013/03/17/gopro-bullet-time/

An array of 15 GoPro cameras helped one amateur filmmaker slow life down with cool bullet-time effects.


Marc Donahue of Permagrin Films showed off his half-circle grouping of GoPro cameras that can simultaneously capture a shot, turning everyday images of people cooking or riding bikes into something out of The Matrix.


Donahue demonstrated the device through several videos on his YouTube channel. The ultraportable GoPros are synchronized to shoot around the subject to get a visually arresting wraparound effect.


But the technique isn't perfect, yet. In a YouTube comment, Donahue admitted that he is "making a cable" to help the cameras fire in closer succession, so footage will be smoother on future attempts.

 

[ABNTROOP]

Very cool!

 

[cbetts]

That was some awesome editing! I always wondered when someone would do the Matrix "Bullet Time" in a short film.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[ArtHummer]

Good job. I bet it took long time to edit it all.

 

[LagunaH1]

Very cool! thanks for sharing

 

[Kurt]

Yeah, thats the bullet time effect, the more cameras you can get in an array the smoother you can get the blending to be.

The issue is getting them to shoot all in sync which is not super difficult with time code or whatever control method you are using to sync the cameras. Worse case you can use a clapper to manually do it.

 

[Expendable]

with the GoPros, easiest (not cheapest per se) would be to have them all WiFi capable ( Hero3s and or Hero2s with WiFi backpacks). because one WiFi remote for the GoPro can operate 50 GoPros.

 

[RamRod]

If they have 15 Hero 3 black edition they would need the wifi backpac (built in) & could power then all at the same time and use the old clap method.

The cost would be around $5,250 for the cameras alone!

There is some GREAT bullet cam footage on some of Ken Blocks recent stuff and also last years Summer Xgames!