The Slow Mo Guys

The Slow Mo Guys
Personal information
Born
  • Gavin David Free
  • (1988-05-23) 23 May 1988
  • Daniel Charles Gruchy
  • (1988-07-28) 28 July 1988
Origin Thame, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Occupation Entertainers
YouTube information
Also known as Gav and Dan
Channel
Years active 2010–present
Genre Science
Subscribers 11 million+ (The Slow Mo Guys)
682,000+ (The Slow Mo Guys 2)
Total views 1.5 billion+ (The Slow Mo Guys)
23.8 million+ (The Slow Mo Guys 2)
Network Rooster Teeth
100,000 subscribers 2012
1,000,000 subscribers 2013
10,000,000 subscribers 2018
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 30 July 2018.

The Slow Mo Guys is a science and technology entertainment web series from Thame, England, United Kingdom that is created by Gavin Free, starring himself and Daniel Charles Gruchy. It has been described as the biggest channel for slow motion videos on YouTube.[1][2]

The series consists of a wide variety of things filmed in extreme slow motion using a range of Vision Research Phantom high-speed cameras, capable of shooting over 343,000 frames per second.[3] The series premiered on 3 November 2010. As of July 2018, their YouTube channel has over 11 million subscribers, 224 videos and over one and a half billion video views.[4]

History

Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy hosting a panel at RTX 2013

In 2007, Gavin Free joined Green Door Films, the first production house in Europe to utilize Phantom digital high-speed cameras as a source of slow motion, working as a data technician and camera operator.[5] He began working on adverts, music videos, and films such as Hot Fuzz. In 2008, he was hired to direct the seventh season of the Rooster Teeth machinima series Red vs. Blue. Afterwards, he had decided to make a move to Austin, Texas and work full-time for Rooster Teeth. He then created The Slow Mo Guys along with friend Daniel Gruchy in order to get a work visa.

Free and Gruchy met while working in a Waitrose in their home county of Oxfordshire.[6] The Slow Mo Guys, featuring slow motion footage of various pranks and stunts of the pair, has garnered millions of views since it launched in 2010. According to Free, the name partially comes from a comment Richard Hammond made on the set of Top Gear.

"[Richard] Hammond was the first person to ever refer to me as a "slow mo guy" because he knew there was a high-speed camera on the shoot that we were doing, which was him going around in a Formula 1 car. And he hopped over the wall as we were setting up the Phantom... he said, "oh you must be the slow mo guys," and I thought that sounds pretty good."[7]

In April 2011,[8][9] the channel was voted the winner of YouTube's On The Rise program, which highlights up-and-coming YouTube partners on the homepage. In September 2012, their episode involving crushing watermelons was featured on The Tonight Show.[10]

On 20 February 2013, Free confirmed that the series had been picked up by Rooster Teeth and that further episodes of the series would be released on Rooster Teeth's website, as well as the series' existing YouTube channel.[11] A best of compilation was released by Rooster Teeth Productions for home video on 10 September 2013.

In January 2014, in collaboration with GE Global Research, the R&D division of General Electric, they released a video showcasing the company's latest innovations, including superhydrophobic surfaces and how magnetic nanoparticles behave like liquid magnets. Two additional videos featuring them demonstrating MEMS and "cold spray" 3D painting technology were also released on the official GE YouTube channel.[12]

Gruchy is a former explosives expert from the British Army[13] and has plans to move to Texas to join Gavin.[6]

The series has been featured as part of YouTube's "Rewind" year-in-review video in 2013,[14] 2014,[15] 2015,[16] 2016,[17] and 2017.

The series was nominated for a Webby Award in Best Web Personality/Host (Online Film & Video) in 2016.[18] At the 2016 Streamy Awards, the series won in the Cinematography category.[19]

Free and Gruchy launched their YouTube Original, The Super Slow Show, in 2018. This was essentially The Slow Mo Guys, but on a grander scale, featuring new equipment; larger stunts, such as crashing through walls; and special guests, including Dylan Sprouse and Mayim Bialik. There was some confusion among viewers as to whether this was a YouTube Premium exclusive, or an ad-supported show, in the same vein as Rhett and Link's Good Mythical Morning, but Free took to the comments to confirm the latter.

Web series

Year Name Notes
2018 The Super Slow Show[20] YouTube sponsored web mini series.[21]

Awards and nominations

Year Category Award Result
2016 Web Personality/Host Webby Awards
Best Web Personality/Host (Online Film & Video)		 Nominated
(as The Slow Mo Guys)
2016 Team Internet: YouTube Ensemble Shorty Awards Nominated
(as The Slow Mo Guys)
2016 Cinematography Streamy Awards Won
(as The Slow Mo Guys)

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Goodman 2016.
  2. ↑ RTX 2013 Panel 2016.
  3. ↑ 343,000 FPS 2016.
  4. ↑ The Slow Mo Guys 2018.
  5. ↑ Green Door Films 2016.
  6. 1 2 FOSTER, ALASTAIR. "How the Slow-Mo Guys have amassed 7.5 million YouTube subscribers around the world". Evening Standard. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Slow Mo Guys Q&A Panel - RTX 2016". The Slow Mo Guys 2. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Daily Mail 2016.
  9. ↑ The Sun 2016.
  10. ↑ Shorty Awards 2016.
  11. ↑ Free 2016.
  12. ↑ Tubefilter GE 2016.
  13. ↑ "Dan's New Look". YouTube. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  14. ↑ 2013 Rewind 2016.
  15. ↑ 2014 Rewind 2016.
  16. ↑ 2015 Rewind 2016.
  17. ↑ "2016 Rewind". YouTube. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  18. ↑ Cavassuto, Maria. "Michelle Obama, Netflix Among 2016 Webby Nominees". Variety. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  19. ↑ "The Slow Mo Guys Win Cinematography - Streamy Awards 2016". Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  20. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbIZ6k-SE9ShGEZ_wuvG3hatiC6jWJgVm
  21. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFILzbSO0oQ&list=PLbIZ6k-SE9ShGEZ_wuvG3hatiC6jWJgVm&index=3

Sources

  • "The Slow mo Guys Jornal Post". Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC. 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  • RTX 2013 Panel: The Slow Mo Guys. 15 July 2013 – via YouTube.
  • Goodman, William (5 May 2011). "Giant water balloon exploding in super slow-motion". CBS Interactive Inc. CBS News. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  • "'Slo mo guys' fast becoming stars". News Group Newspapers Limited. The Sun. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  • "The Slow Mo Guys-About". YouTube. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  • "Ouch! Slow-motion film that shows exactly what happens when we take a knock". Associated Newspapers. Daily Mail. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  • Glass Explosion at 343,000FPS! - The Slow Mo Guys. The Slow Mo Guys. 17 July 2016 – via YouTube.
  • "About the Slow Mo Guys". Shorty Awards. Shorty Awards. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  • Gutelle, Sam (6 January 2014). "GE Lets The Slow Mo Guys Play With Its Cool Science Gadgets". Tubefilter. Tubefilter Inc. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  • "Youtube Rewinds 2013, 2014, 2015". Youtube (YouTube Rewind Channel). YouTube Rewind Channel. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  • "About Us". Green Door Films. Archived from the original on 30 July 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  • Youtube Rewind 2013. YouTube (YouTube Rewind Channel). YouTube. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  • Youtube Rewind 2014. YouTube (YouTube Rewind Channel). YouTube. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  • Youtube Rewind 2015. YouTube (YouTube Rewind Channel). YouTube. Retrieved 24 February 2016.

Footnotes

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