technique · 1 recipe
Slow Motion
More capture samples are replayed at a lower frame rate so an event occupies proportionally more screen time.
Selected recipe
Slow Motion
This is the default recipe for the High-Frame-Rate Slow Motion family.
Free short AI video prompt
A starter line you can copy. The full timed recipe, still-image and production prompts are on the shot card.
Prompt rule: Replay distinct high-rate samples at a lower rate with a declared duration ratio; inspect output rather than assuming a generator’s frame-rate claim.
Slow Motion: More capture samples are replayed at a lower frame rate so an event occupies proportionally more screen time. Keep the subject readable; motivate camera and light.
Technique guide
- When to use
- Reach for Slow Motion when you need this effect: More capture samples are replayed at a lower frame rate so an event occupies proportionally more screen time.
- How it works
- Replay distinct high-rate samples at a lower rate with a declared duration ratio; inspect output rather than assuming a generator’s frame-rate claim.
- Common mistakes
- If the result does not follow this rule, it is not this technique: Replay distinct high-rate samples at a lower rate with a declared duration ratio; inspect output rather than assuming a generator’s frame-rate claim. Do not change multiple variables at once so the effect becomes unreadable.
How to read this page
Slow Motion is one technique in Time & Tempo. The definition states the single mechanism the frame has to show. The technique guide covers when to use it, the steps, the usual mistakes, how it differs from the neighbors, and what a successful take looks like.
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Recipe
8 seconds · single take
A 16th-century legend: by the window of his study, the old rabbi gently drops the first lump of wet river clay into an empty shallow pewter tray, beginning the golem.
Shot cards
The full recipe for Slow Motion is a shot card
The full recipe for Slow Motion is a shot card. The start and end frames, timed action, lighting and color specs, a camera parameter table, copy-ready still-image and video prompts and negatives are open to GrokCine Pro members on the web.
More in Time & Tempo
References
Sources we studied for this technique. External links; we don't embed them.
Articles & definitions
- Wikipedia: Slow motion
Wikipedia · Web
Capture at a higher frame rate than playback so time is stretched.
- Wikipedia: Overcranking
Wikipedia · Web
Running the camera faster than the playback rate.
Videos
- Jacob's ladder toy at 1000 fps
@AfterEffectsAE · 2020-11-25 · X
Ultra slow motion (1000 fps): every stage of the motion is visible.
- Pouring orange juice in super slow motion
@AfterEffectsAE · 2020-12-10 · X
Pouring juice in super slow motion: liquid shapes readable.
- Colorful powder explosion in super slow motion
@AfterEffectsAE · 2020-10-13 · X
Powder explosion in slow motion.