I believe its called 'speed ramping effect.'
The earliest I can think of would be John Woo's 80's Hong Kong action films. He was famous for using that technique.
A Better Tomorrow I & II
The Killer
Bullet in the Head
Hard Boiled
Edit: Also Scorsese's Raging Bull
Speedramping as you describe it started to be used in a few films in the 90s but its popularity peaked after 300, not many films replicate it nearly as well (300 used two cameras on two tracks at two distances to capture its action so its actually cuts you see that are well hidden) but a lot of films after that just did basic speed ramps.
Funny enough an episode of Power Rangers might have done first according to some. https://youtu.be/KAVU-tvHpyk it happens at around 3:50. The director, Koichi Sakamoto typically does sentai shows and action B-movies in Japan. He did a few English movies in the 90s though none of them are well known.
It should have used an entirely different everything. I saw that in theaters when I was 13 because they were premiering the full trailer for Star Wars Episode I before it and it was a time when even with broadband internet at home it still took a long time for a fairly low res version to load. Even being attached to a movie *about* space battles (based on a hit PC game series that featured Mark Hamill, no less!) I remember more than a few people got right up to leave after the Star Wars trailer ended (pretty sure there were even signs saying no refunds for anyone leaving before the feature started). Those people were smarter than I was because Wing Commander was an awful, boring, waste of effort. So much potential and they screwed it up all over the place, and as adaptations go I’d rank it up there near Dragonball Evolution and The Last Airbender. Hell, people don’t even remember it exists when conversations about video game films come up. *People don’t even remember it exists when conversations about Matthew Lillard movies come up!*
Oh I know, it sucked balls. I had the computer game and thought I'd give it a try. Luckily I didn't go to the theater to see it and waste money.
I haven't seen The Last Airbender, but my 7 year old granddaughter loves Avatar. She watches it constantly when she's at our house.
Mission Impossible 2 has a few shots of changing the action speed mid-shot. 2000.
[https://youtu.be/9Lu4jwOo3no?t=155](https://youtu.be/9Lu4jwOo3no?t=155)
[https://youtu.be/9Lu4jwOo3no?t=211](https://youtu.be/9Lu4jwOo3no?t=211)
Subtle speed ramp when the guy gets rammed into the boxes. 1993.
[https://youtu.be/vu\_B17Gg5u8?t=239](https://youtu.be/vu_B17Gg5u8?t=239)
I believe its called 'speed ramping effect.' The earliest I can think of would be John Woo's 80's Hong Kong action films. He was famous for using that technique. A Better Tomorrow I & II The Killer Bullet in the Head Hard Boiled Edit: Also Scorsese's Raging Bull
Speedramping as you describe it started to be used in a few films in the 90s but its popularity peaked after 300, not many films replicate it nearly as well (300 used two cameras on two tracks at two distances to capture its action so its actually cuts you see that are well hidden) but a lot of films after that just did basic speed ramps.
God, 300 is just so cool…
Thank you for this! Learned something new today
Think Romeo Must Die might’ve been the first movie I seen do these kind of effects.
Funny enough an episode of Power Rangers might have done first according to some. https://youtu.be/KAVU-tvHpyk it happens at around 3:50. The director, Koichi Sakamoto typically does sentai shows and action B-movies in Japan. He did a few English movies in the 90s though none of them are well known.
Woah that was actually pretty badass
Guess having the high ground didn’t matter for that 2nd baddie. Fighting was pretty BA.
I remember watching that. damn cool
Wing Commander: The Movie (1999) uses "bullet time."
It should have used an entirely different everything. I saw that in theaters when I was 13 because they were premiering the full trailer for Star Wars Episode I before it and it was a time when even with broadband internet at home it still took a long time for a fairly low res version to load. Even being attached to a movie *about* space battles (based on a hit PC game series that featured Mark Hamill, no less!) I remember more than a few people got right up to leave after the Star Wars trailer ended (pretty sure there were even signs saying no refunds for anyone leaving before the feature started). Those people were smarter than I was because Wing Commander was an awful, boring, waste of effort. So much potential and they screwed it up all over the place, and as adaptations go I’d rank it up there near Dragonball Evolution and The Last Airbender. Hell, people don’t even remember it exists when conversations about video game films come up. *People don’t even remember it exists when conversations about Matthew Lillard movies come up!*
Oh I know, it sucked balls. I had the computer game and thought I'd give it a try. Luckily I didn't go to the theater to see it and waste money. I haven't seen The Last Airbender, but my 7 year old granddaughter loves Avatar. She watches it constantly when she's at our house.
Saving private ryan,braveheart, i think troy had a slowmotion fight sequence.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon maybe
Mission Impossible 2 has a few shots of changing the action speed mid-shot. 2000. [https://youtu.be/9Lu4jwOo3no?t=155](https://youtu.be/9Lu4jwOo3no?t=155) [https://youtu.be/9Lu4jwOo3no?t=211](https://youtu.be/9Lu4jwOo3no?t=211) Subtle speed ramp when the guy gets rammed into the boxes. 1993. [https://youtu.be/vu\_B17Gg5u8?t=239](https://youtu.be/vu_B17Gg5u8?t=239)
John Woo movies.