What if we told you that most slow-motion sound is fake? To give your snail paced footage impact, you’ll need to add some slow-mo sound effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the most solid ways you can add drama to your videos is by slowing things down. Smashed a glass? Make it slow-mo. Cracked an egg? Add slow-mo. Dropped a watermelon off a fire escape? Slow-mo that bad boy. Exploded your neighbour’s car (don’t do this)? Slow-mo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are a few tips for shooting great slow motion video<\/a>. One main thing to consider is that if you want smooth footage, you’ll need to increase the FPS when shooting. This is so you can effectively capture enough still images to create a fluid sequence when the video is played back. Camera technology has come so far even over the last 10 years. It’s possible to shoot in 1 million FPS<\/a>, without it looking too unfocussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As you can imagine, anything shot in 1 million FPS, or even 1000, will look pretty dramatic. But, if you watch it in silence, it will feel like something is missing. That would be the Foley<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I know what you’re thinking: You mean, the perfect bassy squelch sounds when a tomato is squeezed to a pulp in slow motion isn’t the actual sound it makes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sorry to tell you that, indeed, it is not the actual sound a tomato meeting its demise makes. Most sound captured whilst shooting slow-mo becomes indistinguishable and just quite muddy. This doesn’t serve to add anything meaningful to the footage, or help further immerse the viewer in the slothful action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you’re any kind of slow motion nerd, you’ll probably be familiar with The Slow Mo Guys<\/a>. This is a YouTube channel dedicated to creating offensively crisp slow motion footage. With over a decade of experience under his belt, Gav from the channel has broken down his approach to slow-mo sound effects and audio replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check out the video below for his demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Slow Mo Guys Method<\/h3>\n\n\n\n