Money Blowing Away A Dollar Bill At A Time In A Slow Motion Stock Video Captured At 1000 Frames Per Second

At some time or another we have all blown some money, but in this video it is very dramatically portrayed. A stack of one dollar bills sits on a wooden table and begins to blow away, literally, one dollar at a time, until the whole stack takes leave of us. Seeing this happen in such incredibly slow motion is a treat as well as a revelation as we watch each undulation of the bills when they slowly lift from the pile and drift out of the frame. It is an apt and fascinating metaphor for the money in the lives of most of us. Who among us hasn't, at some point or another, "Blown" our money?

Capturing Blowing Money In Ultra Slow Motion Video

Shooting video at 1000 frames a second requires light, and a lot of it. Fortunately we had a lot! This clip was lit with 5 2000 watt tungsten lights installed in a custom built softbox. That's 10,000 watts of light. Just standing in front of the light box was enough to make us break out in a sweat! Makes you understand why strobes were invented for still photography! We shot with the Phantom HD camera and used software and a computer supplied by GVS. GVS systems is a Leading developer and manufacturer of ruggedized digital video recorders and media management for the aerospace, broadcast, defense, digital cinema, post production, and sports worlds. They needed a beta tester for an elegant solution they have come up with for the challenges of shooting with the Phantom. Their software/hardware solution (GVS9000 2XU 444 VTR) is capable of dealing with the huge quantities of data captured by the camera (32 gigabytes every 4 seconds) in a simple and efficient way. The Camera has variable frames rates, and we used 1000 frames per second at 1280x720 resolution. The software was able to convert the raw files to QuickTime Pro Res HQ files on the fly.

Stock Photo and Motion Uses for Slow Motion Video Of Money Blowing Away

With the ever increasing use of video on the web, on electronic billboards, even on top of gasoline pumps, there is a huge demand for motion stock. This particular clip can fill many needs around finance, investment, and money management topics. "Don't blow your money" is a common refrain, and it is dramatically illustrated in this visual. Pleasantly, their is also the element of humor when we watch bill after bill lift up and slip out of the frame. We are all too familiar our own money inexorably blowing away! On the other hand, I am sure some sharp thinking creative will run the video backwards creating a positive cash flow!