A research piece of mine has been video games, camera placement and sound. This video did an interesting job of factoring pace/time into the attempt to create another world.

Well done!

We would follow that up with “you can gold-plate it, then polish it, but it’s still obviously a turd”.

@ Dan #6, I think only the mask ended up out the window; I assumed the boxered guy on the floor was a de-masked clown…

Hence narrative problems. But the staging was lovely and creepy, and those masks, man! Not in any way soothing.

I’m not getting it.

When each of these camera shots are assembled as a reel of motion picture film they present a 3D tableau.

As someone who has students aspiring to make work of this caliber, it’s always a challenge to convince them to invest in the REAL production, and not hope some ‘digital wizard’ can make their mediocre shooting into something special.

@LeavingHalfway #10
I think you’re right… look at the boots of the guy in boxers and they’re similar to the cops.. then look at the sneakers of the “cop” on the car at towards the end of the scene.. his sneakers are similar to one of the clowns kicking the cop through the glass window at the nurses station.

I can’t believe I just spent 20 mins of my life looking at that back and forth.

Why would the cops strip him of his yellow suit in such a high stress situation? Based on the floor they were on, stripped yellow suit, and the cop yelling was holding onto/hiding the mask. He stole the uniform and jumped/crawled out the window. I’m amazed you guys missed the money trail and the fact that he was holding a bag of money and a shotgun, the clowns weapon of choice.

I don’t think there’s much time slice here, or if there is it’s tiny bits of it that are stitched together with something else. If you notice, the “camera” often moves forward along the track, in a way that would show the other cameras if this were the technique (time slice is always a sideways pan). It also moves in very complex ways through very complex scenarios (like the broken glass). My guess is that most of it is CGI, except perhaps the actors who were shot individually using a timeslice technique, and the whole thing composited together from relatively small pieces.

And yes, it’s really, really impressive.

My guess is that they will have used timeslicing in some parts and composited them in with the rest of the action, which will have been shot with all the actors standing still (like they did in Heroes).

I’m not movie magician or whathaveyou, but my guess is the location was filmed on a track, and the actors were filmed in front of a green screen using the same technology, only in that timesplicing jigamahooha.

But in all honesty, I came here hoping someone could tell me how they did this? Because it looks like magic or some kind of demon power.

However, it would not be too surprising if this limitation has been over come using CGI interpolation.

This is cool.