High Speed Filming

High-speed filming captures action at extreme frame rates and produces the dramatic slow motion that drives Chinese commercial production across the tech, automotive, beverage and sports sectors. The Phantom Flex 4K and the broader Vision Research VEO and T-series are the workhorse bodies on Huawei, Xiaomi, DJI and OnePlus smartphone reveals shot in Shenzhen and Shanghai, on BYD, NIO, Xpeng and GAC Aion EV launches captured at Pingshan, Hefei and Guangzhou test tracks, on CBA basketball broadcasts for CCTV Sports and Migu Video, and on Hunan TV variety and iQIYI variety cutdowns commissioned out of Changsha and Beijing.

Here is how this works in practice. Our crew sources these cameras through specialist rental houses in Beijing and Shanghai such as Mango Gear, Beijing Film Gear, Greater Bay Area Cine Rental and Shanghai's commercial-camera houses, pairing them with RED V-Raptor and Sony Venice 2 high-speed bodies when productions need a compact form factor for car interiors, drive-in tanks or product-tabletop set pieces. Operators arrive on stage at Hengdian World Studios with on-set DIT, real-time playback monitors and the flicker-free HMI and LED packages high frame rates demand, so directors can review takes at full resolution between setups without leaving the floor.

Stages at Hengdian's 130-plus volumes in Zhejiang — the world's largest film studio complex — alongside Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis with its underwater tank and virtual production stages, Wanda Studios Qingdao and the Shanghai Songjiang Film Industrial Park provide the controlled lighting environments these cameras need. Our high-speed teams integrate cleanly with the Base FX Beijing, Digital Domain China, MPC Shanghai, More VFX and Pixomondo Beijing pipelines that handle the resulting datasets, and our colour scientists work the on-set look against the eventual DI grade for delivery to brand, broadcaster or streaming platform.

The picture on the ground is more specific. Bolt and Bolt X high-speed motion-control rigs sit alongside the Phantom packages for repeatable robotic moves on Huawei flagship product details, BYD and NIO automotive launches, Mengniu and Yili beverage pours and Florasis and Perfect Diary beauty cutdowns, with tracking sync that locks the camera and product to the frame across multiple identical passes. Our team coordinates NRTA, CFA and provincial film bureau paperwork to confirm Qingdao 40-per-cent rebate eligibility where applicable, handles 17-per-cent VAT paperwork and manages the multi-terabyte daily transfers that 1000-frames-per-second 4K capture generates between Beijing, Shanghai and the post houses receiving dailies.