How Frozen-In-Time Scenes Are Shot For Movies And TV | Movies Insider | Insider

As seen in the likes of “Spider-Man” (2002), “The Matrix” (1999), and “The French Dispatch” (2021), movies can make scenes look like they’re frozen in time. The first step is shooting at a higher frame rate to slow the action down as much as possible.
In “X-Men: Days of Future Past” (2014) and “X-Men: Apocalypse” (2016), the crew used a camera capable of shooting at 3,000 frames per second to capture time standing still as Quicksilver runs at superspeed.
In postproduction, digital tools allowed animators to retime a live-action shot so Quicksilver looks like he’s the only one moving, while stabilizing any subtle movements on any characters who were supposed to be completely still.
But movies can also approach these scenes practically. For the Oscar-nominated “The Worst Person in the World” (2021), prop master Hedda Virik created a fake coffee stream, built stands to hold up bicycles mid-ride, and employed stuffed dogs.
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Hedda Virik:
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All that work was 1000% worth it. The Quicksilver scenes in that movie are iconic

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Super speed has always been amazing to me. It basically means the guy is either frictionless or he's able to generate a localized vacuum around him since the atmosphere isn't being compressed in front of him. Since he's not naked, I would assume something like a localized vacuum

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He also can accelerate a person to several hundred kilometers an hour with almost no effort... Not really realistic. Although that whole concept is quite stupid. But awesome to look at and dream of.

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right, but it's probably something more of a relativistic nature. In order to also account for the shear damage he'd also cause to everything he touched. At his speeds, he'd leave a lot more carnage than what we've seen in the movie.

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Required Secondary Powers is the term, IIRC.

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@@jeremiahnoar7504 that's where a-train comes in

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I’m in awe of movie magic.. Makes my heart skip a beat when I see it done really well, simple tricks that we don’t notice so we just focus on the story but when broken down reveal the genius within the creations. So cool!

[@snookerwither9955]

My favourite scene like this is in Big Fish, where Ewan McGregor's character walks through a circus tent that has floating popcorn in the air. As he walks he pushes it out of the way, and all the kernels he touches fall to the ground in real time. I've always wondered how that was done

[@JonMercerful]

So, 3000fps is 125x the standard 24fps. That means that 1 second of action would last 2 minutes and 15 seconds, not 15 seconds. Simple correction, but 1/125 real time is drastically slower than 1/15.

[@mhammer5]

I watched the frozen in time effects a lot in the series "Dead Zone". In their extras on their DVDs they stated that some of the techniques they used were ones they developed first for many of the scenes.

[@asian6oy]

It's so wild to see movie processes like this. I love it!!!

[@laurac86]

The X-Men scene is one of my favorites! It’s just so cool

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I love Hedda Virik, the props master for the film The Worst Person in the World. She`s my friend and she is totally awesome and very talented and smart kid!

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Is she single?

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1:43 Who else saw the officer blink? That blink was fast.😄

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Hats of to the prop artists, the effect artists in these movies/series.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

They better find a way to REALLY bring this version of Quicksilver (Evan Peters) into the MCU. That's all I'm saying.

[@ickleronny]

I hope to see a Quicksilver movie. He is such an interesting character. And I enjoyed this whole video a lot. Practical and special effects really work the best cinematic magic.

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Quicksilver's frozen in time scene is the best

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Honestly it’s one of my favorite movie scenes!!

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The moment I saw this scene I thought it must be a pain in the *ss to produce something like this.

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I have always wondered how they do this. Thanks!

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Thanks, I always wondered how those scenes were made!

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Man, I love these videos. Keep em coming.

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I love these film-related videos on the channel so much

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Tape and rocks are such simple, yet important components.

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Very nice

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Real dog got me wkwk

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I respect the VFX people they are working very hard

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"i don't know any animal that want's to do nothing" Lol. She hasn't known many bulldogs. My bulldog likes to sleep so much I have sometimes check if my dog's still alive.

[@S1nwar]

The movement stopping effect in westworld is really well done

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Beautiful scenes

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"I don't know any animal that wants to stay still for a long time." Bearded dragons: "Hold my beer."

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When you realize Fry from Futureramma... Had this Exact experience while drinking coffee.

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04:12 the answer is "koala" from Australian wildlife

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That prop master Hedda Virik - she is BOSS!!!

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Really amazing

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These videos is the thing we need

[@cary_domiii]

It was very frustrating for me when the narrator keeps saying "Days of Future Past" and "Apocalypse" when they're referring to "First Class" and "Days of Future Past"

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This is why i like watching DVD releases of movies with extra features !

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Great work 🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻 Thank you 💜💜💜

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thats why this scene always memorable for all viewers great job cgi artist and visual effect artist

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*Wii need a Quick Silver movie now!* 💡

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I'm glad u have spent a lot of time on the time freeze in the worst person in the world because I was mesmerized by it. I was like this can be done in indie films as well? It was quite extensive and served the story well. Best time freeze I have ever seen

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Amazing !

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Best time freeze I have ever seen

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@1:43 the officer blinks 😂 so fast for a normal human

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well its pretty realistic since a human blinking is 1/3 of a second

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Very nice video ❤❤❤❤❤

[@valmarsiglia]

"I don't know any animal that wants to stand still and do nothing." She's obviously never met a cat.

[@thegovernmentshill]

5:00 “if you’re using wires all the time, you’ll get a pinching (if your shoulder area) looking unnatural.” (Like the ISS hilarious footage)

[@ed_schutz]

"I don't know any animal that just wants to stand still and do nothing". I certainly do, Hedda..! my cat!! 😂

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Omg the fan blowing him is beyond hilarious

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THE QUICKSILVER SCENE WAS GREAT!

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Amazing

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I love these film related videos on the chennal so much

[@ChickItsAwesome]

What about all those scenes in the Flash? Among many scenes, there’s a whole episode called “Flashtime” where you see it as if you were a speedster (aka frozen in time) and they don’t mention the Flash at all?

[@AmazingKing]

"I don't know a dog who wants to stand still and do nothing"... Rowdy from Scrubs: Hi

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This is exactly what I curious about... 😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥

[@carols.8103]

4:11 Cats: am i a joke to you

[@Sparksy]

That ended abruptly

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"i don't know any animal that justs wants to stand still and do nothing..." Well ma'am, clearly you and i have never met...

[@NotRyan.]

X-Men Quick silver part is the greatest fast running scene of all tiime.

[@koharumi1]

The twilight zone? The one where a helicopter crashed killing 2 children and the actor? And the director is still making movies

[@90AlmostFamous]

Animal that wants to stay still: sloth

[@newtondvr]

They need a Quicksilver origin movie.

[@kalrajatt5318]

5:51 ❤

[@dndbasement2370]

The one thing that doesnt work though. Is the speed the actors moving.... Quick silver as an exemple... He was found moving inconsistently at 3 different speed during the explosion scene. And by that we mean hes changing speed from scene to scene without any reason to. It is really really hard to make it look real for so many reasons.

[@stevenstygles255]

Maybe it tires him out. So maybe he is reserving energy when he is going slower. And he speeds up when he needs to or maybe he likes being dramatic

[@fireaza]

Super-speed is inherently hard to make it look real, because it's impossible.

[@stevenstygles255]

Kind of like track athletes or anyone can't stay at the same speed . So it actually makes more sense to have different speeds.

[@dndbasement2370]

@@stevenstygles255 ok imagine this... your athlete runs at 30 miles per hour... he does one step and now he's running at 15 MPH he does another step and now hes running at 150mph he does another step and he's back to 30. thats how quicksilver was from scene to ascene in the movie.

[@stevenstygles255]

@@dndbasement2370 yes, athletes speed up and slow down all the time . Have you ever runned before. And again quicksilver is super-powered and has more acceleration than normal people . And for him to make turns on the dime he would need to de-accelerate at tremendous speeds.

[@rafaelperalta1676]

Jokes on you, I wanna stand still and do nothing. Just kidding. 😂

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WATCH OUT FOR THE FOOD!

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Insider is the new buzzfeed

[@byronwatkins2565]

You cannot get around F=ma. Even if someone could move superfast, the friction between his shoes and the floor could not accelerate him as Hollywood portrays. Even if you could get around this, it would require superstrength to accelerate his body parts as portrayed. Even if you could get around the physics of the individual, he would need to mangle and pulverize those he "saves" to accelerate them so suddenly.

[@galliumg8483]

“I don’t know any animals that just want to stand still and do nothing” Well if humans are animals than that’s me

[@gaila.9852]

Why is there an ad every twenty seconds!?

[@ajberinguela5196]

Hey, Corridor Crews reaction video was right

[@AirQuotes]

Where is the corridor crew?

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Sweet dream's are made of these.

[@anmolgupta2602]

Wow😯

[@JackOfAllRAIDs]

That's pretty friggin' cool!

[@sapphyrus]

That dog's head was CGI! I hadn't noticed even viewing so many times.

[@RenegadeLK]

I am oddly happier knowing that practical effects are still used today and will the many more years.

[@coolchips283]

4:10 have you met my cat?

[@johnlucas6683]

Needed this video as I just watched last week a clip of that exact scene from X-Men and was wondering I they did it.

[@Lanval_de_Lai]

4:10 sponges, corals, clams, urchins...

[@maniaxfromotherdimension7872]

So, the freeze scene from Big Fish is using wires and make people to act still?

[@usakira428]

There is always time to moonwalk

[@dukewabusia2186]

I totally missed the tyre splash

[@wichpasgangate854]

Best scene in the whole movie

[@mogofresha]

Bagian paling keren dari quicksilver...

[@user-uj2qj3oc1o]

interesting!

[@andieallison6792]

🎶"SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THESE-"🎶

[@rmannayr2129]

FROZEN IN TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nayeonranghae]

24 fps, ah yew the fps im used to when playing games Now wonder they seem so cinematic 💀

[@JayDagny]

What about Cashback?

[@rakuraimaster9925]

0:27 is that Saul Goodman?

[@tesstickles4621]

My dog stands still when I call her name

[@emiroviski]

I thought the thumbnail is nate diaz lmao

[@the_defaultguy]

4:07 DOG?! REAL?!?!

[@lordkreigs1978]

Adam Sandler's "Click" had to do a lot back in 2006 without all the stuff they have now.

[@FakeExotic]

Wow