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a tribute to my akg k242 headphones.
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there can never be enough stormtroopers.
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it’s been a while since i shot my last time lapse clip and i am happy to finally present the candle clip that i intended to shoot for a very long time:
the clip consists of 3100 jpgs combined using virtualdub and exported as an xvid avi file. it runs at 36 frames per second with the pictures being taken each one second apart.
the equipment I used was:
the pictures were taken in jpg form to save space, then imported to lightroom, resized to 1280×853 and then exported. virtualdub was used to merge the jpg files into a video clip with the nine inch nails song “36 ghosts iv” as atmospheric background.
total working time (shooting and post processing): about 3 hours.
i might produce a full hd version of the clip later down the line and release it via bittorrent.
if you are about my age and a little bit into computers i am pretty sure i can make your eyes water by stating names like “monkey island”, “loom” or “the dig”. about twenty years ago the company lucasarts (called “lucasfilm games” back then) would churn out game after game in a quality which lay way above competition and which are still being referenced today when it comes to judging the quality of adventure games.
lucasarts took the opportunity to re-release monkey island, this time in 1080i high definition and full voice soundtrack, but with no changes to the story or settings. basically it’s the shiny version of the old “monkey island” game.
the release is digital only so i just bought it from steam alongside two other classics, namely those two above – “loom” and “the dig”. maybe i should state that i already played them, but i felt that the developers should get something back in return rather late than never (i guess you catch my drift).
so here we are. it’s 2009 and i am playing games that were released 20 years ago.
and i love it.
seriously.
yesterday i lay in bed and couldn’t sleep. for two hours i lay awake and was thinking. then an idea popped up in my mind.
after having seen so many cheesy movies about people hacking computers using 3d operating systems (“hackers”), nine displays that show just crap (“password swordfish”) or any other movie that aims to look like what it’s not, once i get the canon eos 5d mk ii my first project will be to shoot a short clip about the stuff i know: computers.
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when the first promotional hd-video shots of the new canon eos 5d mkii started to surface i was pretty impressed. this might get interesting: weather sealing, full format, live view and: video.
usually video capability was something fun to toy around with, like on a mobile phone.
that’s why i discarded that feature at first although the idea to shoot hd video footage looked promising to me, yet even more so because i also tried to mimic it by shooting my own time lapse movie “15 minutes”.
you could think of macro videos of tiny insects or wide angle documentries. so many possibilities.
but this video just blew it out of proportion.
i want the camera now…
http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2008/09/22/without-further-ado-reverie/
all the lenses are waiting already.
bring it on!