Super Slow Motion Video and its History
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Definition​​: Super slow motion video is any video that can be recorded at a frame rate equal to or greater than 1,000 frames per second. This is not an official definition, however, it is what we will consider for this project.
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Why is it useful?
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Research applications: Systems such as FRAME and T-CUP have been developed for the uses of observing physical phenomena in a lab and have led to some major breakthroughs in both super slow motion video recording techniques as well as many other fields of study. Read more about these systems by exploring “The Future” tab on our website.
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Commercial applications: There are many different commercial applications of super slow motion video. Obviously this is very useful in the film industry when creating movies or commercials, but it is also used in live sports broadcasts, automotive crash tests, and many more.
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The history of super slow motion video: Slow motion refers to the commonplace effect in videos where time appears to be moving slower than normal. Previously this effect had been used in most part by film, scientific and automotive industries for crash testing, due to prohibitive costs of the technology. However with tremendous advancements in camera technology even smart phones are able to record in slow motion. There are three different ways that slow motion video can be produced. The first involves recording video at a higher framerate than the framerate at which the video is played back. The second method, commonly referred to as “digital slow motion” is achieved in post-production by interpolating or repeating frames in order to stretch the original motion over a longer period of time. The final and most straightforward slow motion technique is to simply playback normally recorded video at a slower speed, however this method has been rendered obsolete as the other two methods have become more accessible.
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