Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Picturesque Geography, Flint to Detroit
After working on timelapses using pictures for a few months, I have learned a lot about the process. There is still much to learn but I have figured out how to make them much faster. Many of the examples in the Finding Oregon video include a motor that I do not own. They are slightly expensive and since I am not making money from my timelapses yet, I don't think it is a good investment. My friend just ordered one from Europe so maybe I can play with his. Aside from the motor shots, I learned how to properly expose a timelapse that changes lighting. I learned the best way to convert the pictures to video without crashing the computer. I learned that tripods are absolutely necessary! I learned how to steady clips in after effects as well as merge them together.
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What does the monotor do that makes the timelapses so much better? Is it made specifically for that? Also i think your idea of doing the timelapse through the roads is very interesting. The idea fit the medium perfectly. After driving in a car for 17 hours I felt that timelapse would fit exactly how people feel when driving in a car.
ReplyDeleteTimelapses of roads are very interesting because it is something that you think about in present time and to see what happens over a long period of time is visually different. But I do think that the actual setting and clips from the time lapse will be important because it will pull the whole piece together.
ReplyDeleteMotor*, I wasn't referring to cars. A motor can move the camera along the slider at a consistent speed to get a smooth motion shot over a given time.
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