What movie or TV show had the first instance of heroes walking in slow motion?
There's a trope of heroes walking towards the camera in slow motion, shoulder-to-shoulder.
What was the first movie where this kind of shot was used?
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An early and highly influential example must be the Droogs' walk in slow-motion side by side toward the camera (set to Alex's voiceover and a Rossini piece) in Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971). Ironically, our 'heroes' are a gang of sociopaths and a vicious slow-motion fight breaks out midscene, which is juxtaposed with the classical music. This will later echo in the Reservoir Dogs title sequence, depicting another uniformly-dressed gang of criminals in a slo-mo walk set to music, which perhaps hints at their fate. Here's the Clockwork Orange scene (starting at 0:28):
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What was the first movie to use slow motion?
Not slow motion in specific, but the first example (or at least first notable example) of intercutting between slow motion and normal speed is in Kurosawa's Seven Samurai in the introductory scene of Kambei (Takashi Shimura) in which he deals with a troublesome and hungry thief.What movie popularized the slow motion power walk?
Well, your link to the trope seems to indicate that it originated in The Seven Samurai (1954), and was popularized in America in The Magnificent Seven (1960) (which was heavily influenced by Seven Samurai).Who did slow motion first?
Slow motion (commonly abbreviated as slo-mo or slow-mo) is an effect in film-making whereby time appears to be slowed down. It was invented by the Austrian priest August Musger in the early 20th century.How was slow motion done in film?
Slow motion may be achieved either by speeding up the camera or by slowing down the projector, and accelerated motion is obtained in the opposite way. In common practice, the speed of the projector is constant, and the speed of the camera is varied to\u2026Top 10 Badass Slow Motion Action Scenes
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