A behind the scenes look and discussion with John Gaeta, Visual Effects Supervisor for The Matrix(1999) about Bullet Time, a form of cinematography that uses a large number of still camera’s all capturing at the same time in a 360 motion around the subject.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KtghA0rkDY[/youtube]
Here is a commercial for Rip Curl made by Timeslice Films using the same method.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlZPmABrLu8[/youtube]
They explain their shoot in this video.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyDVmIDv_4c[/youtube]
This video shows how even 10 years later the visual effects that were used in the Matrix were grounding breaking and revolutionary.
