Slow Motion Camera INSIDE Giant 6ft Water Balloon - The Slow Mo Guys

It's June! Time for an annual Giant Balloon June video. This time Gav challenges Dan to live in a balloon for a bit while a water proof lens is shoved inside. Balloon pops, 1000fps, job done.
To avoid being known as "the plum who drowned/suffocated inside a balloon", please don't try this at home unless you have a mate who can get you out.

Filmed at 1000fps with a Phantom Flex 4K
Slow Motion Camera INSIDE Giant 6ft Water Balloon - The Slow Mo Guys

[theslowmoguys]

A lot of comments giving us mad love for being “back in the back yard” as opposed to the YouTube original shows with higher production value. I think we’ll always be back yard boys at heart. We prefer shooting on our own but it is useful having a crew sometimes. For example, Dan couldn’t wear a mic for most of this video and we had no one to hold a boom. But it would have been useful. Instead I had to boost audio from the camera mic or my mic which means the background noise is constantly going up when he speaks which I don’t really like doing. There is certainly a middle ground in terms of production value that we should try and achieve. What is it that you dislike the most about the big YouTube original shows? I’d be curious to know. They are pretty useful for us to do occasionally because it gives us the funds to get better equipment for our regular videos. Let me know your thoughts. - Gav

EDIT - seems like people feel that the YTOs are more scripted even though none of the episodes have ever had a script. Maybe we need to do a better job and making it feel less scripted by being more comfortable?

[thex-man]

Gav:"How are you feeling?"
Dan: Sad whistle

[dakotashutt]

Dan:
“Push it.
Push the balloon.
Push it forwards.
Push the balloon, w- wait.
Forwards.
Push the balloon.”

Gavin: **high pitched squealing**

[notquitechaos]

Dan in the Clear Womb Balloon looks like a science experiment from a horror movie, but it's all happening on a cheery summer day in some dude's backyard. the tonal dissonance is incredible

[JinMasaX]

Interviewer: Dan, when were you born?
Dan: Well the first time was 30 years ago, but I was also born at least 5 times last summer.

[yokonamigaara]

The Planet Slowmo videos were cool and i'm sure a great experience, but this two-guys-in-a-yard type of video will always be my favorite

[cantbelessspecific]

“It’s litterally me breathing and you half-assed it” best line ever

[GenericaQwerty]

16:29 Gav: "honestly once you were inside the balloon I actually felt a bit alone"
Dan's reaction: "🥺 aww"

[dillicopter]

I don’t think any of us have actually taken the time to thank Dan for putting himself through all the torture he does to bring us entertainment

[thejovihead]

Checklist in Dan's mind:
-not drowning
-breathing

[tokageki]

Dan's face when he realized the holes at the bottom didn't matter. That was the highlight of my day.

[P-Ian]

I love the sudden realisation about the holes underneath that don't matter at 13:38. If you go frame by frame, you can see that when Dan starts to say "don't" he has normal expression, and 5 frames later his eyes are empty and his expression is just blank.

From fun to existential dread in 1/10th of a second, now that's impressive!

[eliasbernstein]

*"it's essentially my breathing tube and you've half-assed it"*

--Dan, 2019

[tahunuva]

Gav: "this has gotta be a fetish for some people"
Dan: *mournful wheeze*

[jackvanpelt]

14:05-14:30
Best moment. I love how Dan always makes Gav laugh, the same way he makes all of us laugh.

[spamreciever]

I aspire one day to have the body confidence of Daniel Gruchy and a true friendship like these two share

[antsinmyeyes]

Dan has definitely spent more time inside an artificial womb than anyone else

[cappin]

You guys should half fill a balloon with water then use the leafblower to half fill it with air, so Dan can just sit in a pool inside the balloon.

[claytonrumer]

7:22 Comedy gold. The "what if I talk right here?" and the most muffled Aww yeah ever in response has me dying.

[ColonelPeppers]

Public Utilities must be like: This guy must shower every hour of every day to use all this water.