High Speed Filming

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

Our crew sources these cameras through pro rental houses in Beijing and Shanghai, such as Mango Gear, Beijing Film Gear, Greater Bay Area Cine Rental and Shanghai's commercial-camera houses. We pair them with RED V-Raptor and Sony Venice 2 high-speed bodies when a shoot needs a compact size for car interiors, drive-in tanks or product-tabletop set pieces. Operators reach the stage at Hengdian World Studios with on-set DIT, real-time playback monitors and the flicker-free HMI and LED packages that high frame rates demand. Directors can then review takes at full resolution between setups without leaving the floor.

Hengdian's 130-plus stages in Zhejiang form the world's largest film studio complex. Together with Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis and its underwater tank and virtual production stages, Wanda Studios Qingdao and the Shanghai Songjiang Film Industrial Park, they give the controlled lighting these cameras need. Our high-speed teams slot cleanly into the Base FX Beijing, Digital Domain China, MPC Shanghai, More VFX and Pixomondo Beijing pipelines that handle the resulting datasets. Our colour scientists match the on-set look to the eventual DI grade for delivery to brands, TV networks or streaming sites.

Bolt and Bolt X high-speed motion-control rigs sit alongside the Phantom packages for repeatable robotic moves. They serve Huawei flagship product details, BYD and NIO car launches, Mengniu and Yili beverage pours and Florasis and Perfect Diary beauty cutdowns. Tracking sync locks the camera and product to the frame across many identical passes. Our team files the NRTA, CFA and provincial film bureau paperwork to confirm Qingdao 40-per-cent rebate eligibility where it applies, handles the 17-per-cent VAT paperwork, and manages the multi-terabyte daily transfers that 1000-frames-per-second 4K capture creates between Beijing, Shanghai and the post houses receiving dailies.