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Bullet time used a ring of stills cameras

The Matrix surrounded the action with cameras fired in sequence For the bullet time shots in The Matrix (1999), crews placed a ring of stills cameras around the set and triggered them in rapid succession while the actor moved slowly. Computer interpolation filled the gaps between frames. The effect let the camera appear to orbit a frozen moment. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The Matrix surrounded the action with cameras fired in sequence. The figure is taken from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.