In my music video, I intend to use slow motion during the scenes where the character hits the heart shaped pinata. I decided that filming a fast moving object would be best for slow motion, and whether the camera was efficient enough. The camera I used to film the spinning coin was a Sony HXRMC 2000E, which films a much cleaner and crisper image than the Canon cameras which I have previously used.
The process of making a video into slow motion was extremely simple. Firstly, you right click onto the footage that you want to adjust and select "Clip Speed / Duration". Once selected, you can alter the speed of the footage to whatever percentage you want. Originally, I decreased it to 50% but found that it didn't slow it down enough, I then proceeded to half that percentage to 25%.
Whilst I was experimenting with slow motion, I also found a way to reverse the speed of the footage, to give the illusion that the action is happening backwards; so in this instance, the coin begins lying flat on the table and then begins to spin. Once again, the process for achieving this was very simple. The speed remains the same, but you simply select and tick the "Reverse Speed" box and click "OK".
Overall, the experiment wasn't entirely successful. The slow motion wasn't effective enough, and the end result was not what I envisioned it looking like, and would not be suitable for my music video. In addition, the reverse speed delayed the footage and the out come was not smooth, nor did it look professional. I am still intending to use slow motion in my music video, but I may have to explore other cameras which may be more capable of producing a better result, such as cameras specifically made to film in slow motion.
