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  • Making slow motion WITH a simulated light flicker?

    Posted by Stephen Pickering on July 3, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    I see lots of posts about removing the light flicker from slow motion but I would like to take some GoPro footage shot at 120fps and slow it down even further in ae, then add the slow motion light flicker.

    I can’t find the scene online, but I recall the Fight Club having some awesome scenes with a flicker effect during the slow motion shots. Obviously they were shot with film, but can I simulate this somehow?

    Thanks!

    Stephen Pickering replied 13 years, 1 month ago 47,419 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Stephen Pickering

    July 3, 2013 at 6:11 pm

    Thanks Dave,

    I’m sure they were effects shots with much pre-planning and that it wasn’t a mistake or later added in post. It was probably shot at an overcranked frame rate timed specifically to (what I guess to be a fast strobe for lighting). I know I won’t get near the same result doing it in post but hopefully I get something “neat” at least. I’m trying to track down the Fight Club scene to review it myself and hopefully *show* exactly what I’m looking for- with the understanding that it won’t be the same.

    Now that I think about it I’m guessing it’s as simply as doing a strobe effect in AE… I’ll try that out.

    Thanks again Dave,

    -Stephen Pickering

  • Stephen Pickering

    July 3, 2013 at 6:20 pm

    Here’s kind of an example at 2:30

    https://youtu.be/ocLtLTf1YmY?t=2m30s

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  • Stephen Pickering

    July 10, 2013 at 5:39 am

    Thanks Dave. I ended up doing exactly what you suggested. I tried the strobe effect but it didn’t give me the control I wanted. Still not sure if I like the final video but I’ll revisit it later and see if I like it better the way it was without the flicker.

    Thanks again for your time!
    -Stephen

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