Recreating Bullet Freeze from The Matrix

Summary by Krater

Ryan Connolly breaks down how to recreate the bullet stop visual effect from The Matrix using Adobe After Effects and Video Copilot's Element 3D, covering keying, 3D bullet modeling, animation, particle scattering, and displacement maps.

From the video

Answers: How do you recreate the bullet stop effect from The Matrix in After Effects?

• vfx breakdown
• the matrix bullet stop effect
• adobe after effects
• video copilot element 3d
• green screen keying
• 3d model replication
• particle scatter and animation
• displacement map vfx

What it concludes

• Keying out green screen footage and using Keylight allows isolation of the subject for composite shots.
• Element 3D enables creating and multiplying 3D bullet models using cylinder primitives and metal materials.
• Applying motion blur, camera depth of field, and displacement maps creates a realistic bullet stop and ripple effect.