How to make this amazing effect? I have uploaded a video.

[Rhys Enniks]

Hm, you should ask Ryan Wieber, i know he works on Heroes. I seem to remember him describing a similar scene with that guy where the foreground items are CG, i believe, and composited in AE in front of a background shot to allow the actor to move around them.

[Delete]

There are only 2 digital effects in that shot.

1. They added digital smoke to the extras sitting at the table…

2. They digitally removed the magnetic rod that the ball was stuck to…

The rest of the shot was a practical effect, mostly made up of people holding really still and a glass with fake water (and one fake olive) sticking out of it.

If you’re under the impression that this shot was somehow time-remapped, go over it again and take the awe & mystery out of your mind. This shot is an illusion. You only think you saw him stop time.

[Darren Edwards]

Sitting really still indeed. Surely this is watching
‘Heroes’ through amature, student filmmaker eyes?

Darren.

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[Steve Roberts]

“Practical” is the new “CG”. Cheaper. 🙂

[Darren Edwards]

I agree. Unfortunately all those little indie
filmmaking ‘tricks’ are harder to pull off nowadays,
especially when they’ve been shoot on HD and viewed
by a cynical mob on a 60″ 1080p LCD screen. Although,
that evolution of budgetary-constrained post-production/
VFX – however enforced by the industry – does make
post designers more self-conscious, less complacent
about their work methods – which has to be a good
thing for all us?

Darren.

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[Emre Tufekci s.o.a.]

I was quite suprised to read lately in a HD magazine that heroes applied their FX more practical then CG. I am trying to remmember but I think it was HiDef magazine that covered it with behind the scenes photos of how they did the timefreeze effect when the character saves a little girl from being run over by a truck. With chroma green supports to hold her in place and all the other actors just acting frozen it was fairly low tech fx (no credit taken away from the compositor who had to paint out all the extra elements.) Quite clever….

As thoreau said “Simplify, simplify, simplify”

Cheers,

Emre
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[Majorasshole]

https://www.videocopilot.net/videotutorials/timefreeze/index.htm

[Emre Tufekci s.o.a.]

I remmebered, Here is how: https://www.fxguide.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=432

Emre
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Boxx Tech PC, dual-dual AMD 2.0,4BG ram,Avidexpress HD w/Mojo,UVW-1800,DSR-25, Adobe production studio.

“Creative cow is udder madness.”