Come with us into a world where everything is slowed down over 1000 times. Thanks to an expert videographer and editor named Tom Guilmette and a Vision Research Phantom Flex camera, we get a peek into an alternative universe — the same one we inhabit, but where the temporal element has been distorted in a variety of ways.

Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room with a Phantom Flex from Tom Guilmette on Vimeo.

According to Guilmette on his Vimeo site:

Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room with a Phantom Flex from Tom Guilmette on Vimeo.

“I was working a gig in Vegas with a brand new Phantom Flex high speed digital cinema camera. I had to try it out. In fact, I never did go to bed that night. I opened up a wormhole shooting at 2,564 frames per second.”

Most video ambles by at somewhere between 24 and 30 frames per second when it’s shot and viewed, but when you play back this 2,564 frame-per-second video at the usual speed of 24 or 30fps, things are slowed down so much, you can see things you’d never be able to detect in real time.

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I’m always amazed at the way extreme slow motion techniques can turn everyday occurrences into mind-bending art. Beyond that, I’m impressed with the way Guilmette makes his video so entertaining with convincing sound effects, music and sharp editing, further playing with speed differences to create an astonishing timescape.

Want to shoot one of these yourself? Get yourself a Phantom Flex camera, available for rental for $3000 a day.

Our World, Slowed Down 1000 Times [VIDEO] – Yahoo! News.

Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room with a Phantom Flex from Tom Guilmette on Vimeo.

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