Best timelapse I've seen in.... at least a year.

yeah i agree, this was really well done. i usually dont even bother clicking on time lapse vids. I got burnt out on timelapse about a year ago. I can only watch so many vids of traffic at night, boats in a harbor, stars, ect...before I get bored. Even know this had some of that, they made it interesting by changing it up, and the music kicked arse. Just a really great vid on every level.
 
That was fantastic. Not the best timelapse shots i've seen, but the music choice and editing take it way beyond the usual timelapse video. Unfortunately after the brilliance of the Las Vegas sequence, the rest is a bit dissapointing.
 
Yeah, one of the better ones, but I´m so tired of timelapse, I barley can't watch em anymore.

Oh well, with the FS700 shipping these days, slowmo will be the new timelapse and we will be flooded with an other galore
of flicks, till that wears out too.

.02, Frank

EDIT: Having said that, I just saw this: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?285982-Timelapse-of-fire-that-sent-me-packing
This is the first timelapse that got me sitting and watching for 16 minutes.
 
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wannabeapilot said:
WOA, how do they pull of those extended movement shots???
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My *guess* is that they used a combination of something like the K-Flex dolly and handheld with some post production stabilization.

Here's some evidence as to why I think some of it is handheld:


The 3rd time I show the example (with the matte around the edges) it becomes very clear that it was handheld. Of course, let me make it clear that the lens flare position should change over time as the camera moves, so holding it in one place doesn't accurately show the camera movement, because I would expect the lens flare to move in as predictable a path as the light source that caused the flare (see how smooth it was the first time I showed the example).

At the end of the clip they do a zoom in post, but it looks like when they shot it they moved the camera to the left (as evidenced by the big change in the lens flare).

Is this definitive? Of course not. But I think it shows how they did some of their shots. Maybe most of them. Especially for places like Chicago and L.V., where using a tripod on wheels or a set of dolly tracks is going to draw the attention of the Po-po!

Now, as for the slow dolly zoom on some of the shots that clearly take place over a very long time (like the sign as the day turns to night)... Got to at least be set of sticks on wheels with a motor to slowly move the camera and another to change the focal length of the lens.....
 
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the incredible gear list:

2x canon eos 7d
2x gopro hero hd2 ( thanks to Kessler Crane for these great toys ! )
tokina 11-16mm
tokina 10-17mm
ef-s 15-85mm is usm
silk tripod
no sliders
manfrotto magic arm
2x t-recs people with accessories
and more some small things
 
ulisses said:
the incredible gear list:

2x canon eos 7d
2x gopro hero hd2 ( thanks to Kessler Crane for these great toys ! )
tokina 11-16mm
tokina 10-17mm
ef-s 15-85mm is usm
silk tripod
no sliders
manfrotto magic arm
2x t-recs people with accessories
and more some small things
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Yes, I saw that. Of course, "with accessories and more some small stuff" could be anything. The fact they had manfrotto magic arms tends to make me think they were using at least a set of dolly wheels.....

Oh, and it looks like they are putting together a little BTS video for later in the week. And they've now replied to one question with, "yep - we had no slider on our tour. all done manually with the tripod only or handheld in some cases."
 
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