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Watch the World's Fastest Animal in Super Slow Motion in the World's Fastest Dolly Shot

11.26.12 @ 8:00AM Tags : cheetah, cinematography, gregwilson, nationalgeographic, slowmotion, watch, wildlife

Cheetahs are the world’s fastest (land) animal, and as part of a cover story about Cheetahs in the November issue of National Geographic, cinematographer Greg Wilson paired them with a Phantom Flex camera running on the world’s fastest dolly. During the shoot, one of the cheetahs actually broke the animal land speed record, running the 100-meter dash in 5.95 seconds (take that Usain Bolt!) with a peak speed of 61 miles per hour. My first car could barely go that fast. The result is a beautifully rendered tracking shot demonstrating the cheetah’s fluidity like never before: More »