University of Washington, fast from Doug Plummer on Vimeo.
You know how, when you're scrolling through a bunch of photos real fast, you go, hey, that''d be so cool as a video? That happened to me yesterday as I was searching for a shot.
So I made them into a video.
I say this is the take from an assignment, but it's really about 20% of the photos. I first strung together one day's photos, thought, that's cool, but I shot this other cool thing the day before that I want in there, and before you know it I had 6000 photos strung together with the Quicktime Pro "Start Image Sequence" command.
Those I converted to ProRes mov files, then loaded them into Final Cut. I lost a couple hours searching for music in Rumblefish, then noticed that I way too much footage. I took all my mov files and made a zillion little sub-clips, and put the best ones in straight chronologic order.
This morning I decided three minutes was getting a little tedious, and started cutting out bits here and there (including stuff I loved--ruthlessness is mandatory when editing), and tightened up the remainder. This, finally, I'm happy with. Just don't blink when you watch it. You'll miss an important plot point.
Hot dog! That's fantastic.
You taught me something important with this compilation, too: I don't take nearly enough pictures of any particular scene, especially when there are people involved.
Posted by: Tommy Williams | September 18, 2009 at 07:04 AM
How do you think I rack up those 30gb days? I don't shoot without consideration however. I never use motor drive mode, I keep the camera on single shot. It's important to stay conscious to why an image is compelling, but I do whack away at it for some time. There's a lot of micro adjustments going on.
Posted by: Doug Plummer | September 18, 2009 at 07:42 AM
The video is pretty cool. THE MUSIC WAS ROCKIN'! Please post who the musical artist was!
Posted by: Earl | September 18, 2009 at 01:19 PM
The tune was Soul Digger by Five Horse Johnson
Posted by: Doug Plummer | September 18, 2009 at 02:06 PM