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heroda.com — This guy took a regular digital SLR camera and created a series of time lapse sequences and edited them together to music. Some really cool shots!

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  • rgodfrey, on 10/12/2007, -7/+21It's not the coolest movie ever but it's pretty neat. Is there a page where he talks about his technique?
    • RadiantBeing, on 10/12/2007, -1/+77People who liked this movie should look at this one shot in LA. It was made with a DSLR too. I think you will find that the editing and photography are a lot more compelling:

      http://599productions.com/TimelapseLarge.html
    • ohhhL3ThaL, on 10/12/2007, -34/+13one of the most opinionated titles I have ever seen.
    • short_man, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22i thought it was really good.

      his server is not going to like it though.
    • hammydude, on 10/12/2007, -38/+8Youtube link anyone? I hate quicktime...
    • sniper6121, on 10/12/2007, -11/+5So its true we do live in a fast pace world.
    • palmer, on 10/12/2007, -12/+8OK, but this is better: http://cinematiccd.com/votesteelskies

      This guy pretty much has the technique nailed:
      http://mythopolis.com/products
    • danglerman, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2dude...that's tight
    • dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14"http://599productions.com/TimelapseLarge.html"

      Wow, LA almost looks... appealing in that video. Not the gravitational abyss that so many music writers have lamented about in songs for so many years.
    • brecasx, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6@Radiant
      The LA one was cool aside from the ridiculous url right down the middle. Why would any "artist" ruin something that cool for publicity?
    • cpbrown, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6@ RadiantBeing

      That movie is probably better edited, but much less soulful in my humble opinion
    • RadiantBeing, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4@dclowd9901, I had the same reaction. That guy made LA look good--and totally different from how I've ever seen it on TV or film. Of course the only LA I know comes from 1940s detective novels.
      @brecasx, He probably doesn't want people ripping off scenes. I think it still works as publicity though since you can clearly see that it's very good stuff.
      @cpbrown, I like the cool elegance of the 559productions one, but as you say, it's a matter of opinion.
    • gnark, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3another digital slr movie to check out:
      http://wearemilk.com/manquer/
    • oxyrubber, on 10/12/2007, -25/+10Please don't post to Digg with crappy general titles like this one. It may seem awesome to you, but the title is useless for me until I click through.

      And for the record, no I didn't watch the movie (yet). I can't play QuickTime movies on my Linux box.

      At least make an attempt to describe what this links to.
      Perhaps:
      "Fantastically vivid time lapse video"
      "HD Digicam stills create inventive music video" or
      "My first music video owns every other on on the internet"
      Anything but the title you gave it, which has ZERO description.
    • Etheo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7It looks like there's an UFO in the segment with the city view.

      I love time-lapse. This one wins all :D good music, good images, good arrangement.... I'm happy as can be.
    • argonaut99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Both 599 and this video are very amazing, great job, and bonus points for being decent quality video and not a crappy youtube link. Extra bonus for letting me save the quicktime source after watching! Video like this deserves high quality.
    • impulsiveboy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3@oxyrubber

      I don't get why people are digging you down over that comment. I totally agree. If it wasn't for being bored at the perfect time, I would've skipped this video. However, I didn't and now I'm getting a few Album Leaf CDs. Time lapse and the mention of cool are more than enough to get people to look without retarded titles, just look at how well the 599 Productions video is being received.
    • aboyd, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4"That movie is probably better edited, but much less soulful in my humble opinion"

      I agree, cpbrown. The 599 Productions film has a few things missing/wrong. First, their logo is a blemish. It's not that their logo is bad, it's just that it shouldn't be there. Second, their scene of the night sky -- while beautiful, especially with that branchy tree -- conveys none of the motion, none of the "we're a spinning rock in a huge universe" feeling. The other movie nailed that. Third, while the 599 Productions film had shots of planes landing, it was just planes landing. The other film had that scene of the night sky with the plane flying past, and it looked a bit like a firefly zipping through the air. I guess if I had to put a finger on it, I'd say that the 599 Productions film felt like it was about a place in California, while the "coolest movie ever" felt like it was about our place in the universe.
    • davidod87, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5And if you liked the LA one posted above, you might like the 480p version (720P is not available at the moment it seems): http://599productions.com/599/HD%20Media.html
    • littlebylittle, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3One Diggers Opinion: I hate Quicktime. Always some ***** nag screen to buy or some lame reason why it won't work. It's a piece of *****.
    • herculez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You should check out the film Baraka. It's composed entirely of stunning visuals and time-lapse from around the world. I was lucky enough to see it in 70mm, but it should be available through netflix.
    • herculez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Apple also has some beautiful timelapse video in its HD Quicktime gallery:
      http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/
  • bluenash, on 10/12/2007, -14/+3i like it. digg
  • hotbeefman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6original music?
    • Avogadro65, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6I've heard it before on Groove Salad on SomaFM, but can't remember who it is.
    • Nessus, on 10/12/2007, -14/+2Sounds a lot like Aphex Twin.

    • ohvee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6My guess is that it's "The Album Leaf," just like the name of the file.
      No idea which song/album though.
    • ktchpmn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I think it could be The Album Leaf. The filename of the movie gives hint to the that and I know that Album Leaf is an instrumental/ambient band so there is a good chance it is them.
    • kwojniak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22It's The Outer Banks by The Album Leaf. On iTunes.
    • doubledoh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Amazon:

      http://www.amazon.com/Safe-Place-Album-Leaf/dp/B00023B1SK/sr=8-2/qid=1160784230/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-8380153-6229642?ie=UTF8
    • EnderWalcott, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Digg for The Album Leaf. I just bought their CD "In A Safe Place" (the song is on that album) about two weeks ago and I absolutely love it. I first heard The Album Leaf on Echoes, a radio program on public radio, http://www.echoes.org Highly recommended (both The Album Leaf and Echoes). They just released a new CD too, if I recall correctly. Good stuff.
    • hofuken, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0awesome! Thanks a lot for the track title, superb chillout/night music.
  • halosniper7, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2wow
  • karuberutsu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+75Dugg for linking to actual video, not a blog.
    • soogy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Yeah, but it would have been nice to link to whatever page this guy is hosting the video at. It doesn't have to be always have to be a spam blog.

      Instead, all we're doing is leeching his bandwidth, and he won't even know until it's too late.
    • bhaugh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@soogy
      If you really want to see who made the movie, all you have to do is go to the root page of the website. Not difficult.
  • jiminoc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6yea that was pretty sweet, thanks for the link. This was the first time all week I've seen something on digg where I didn't want to punch the person who submitted it.
  • laserob, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Baraka anyone?
  • Bigdee4933, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1very cool.
  • Elektriq, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3What's the song?
    • dJason, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0It's in the name....It's the Album Leaf. Not certain on the song though...
    • Providence, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The Outer Banks - The Album Leaf.

      They do very good work.
  • geeko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This seems like a really innovative and inexpensive way to shoot an HD movie. Digital still cameras can take images well over HD resolution, so it makes sense!
    Awesome.
    • zora, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I think that the shutter on a SLR is only rated for something like 50-100k images, which is about only 70 or so minutes of film at 30fps....
    • EvilPenguin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's already been done.

      The film Corpse Bride was shot entirely using Digital SLRs

      "This is the first feature to be made with commercial digital still photography cameras (31 Canon EOS-1Ds MARK II SLR cameras with Nikon Lenses) instead of film cameras." - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121164/trivia

      The 1Ds Mark II is rated at around 200,000 shutter Cycles.
  • techwrekfix, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1That is cool.
  • thedove, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1despite the typical message board behavior title, i really dugg it. i'd prefer or more professional title tho. but what're you gonna do, s/he's 15
  • Xinareiaz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2werid...when I go to the site it instantly crashes firefox
    is there an alternitave way to veiw?
  • sonicspike, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13People who like time lapse photography set to music should watch the 80s film Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of balance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi
  • ohhhL3ThaL, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5I never said I didn't like it.

    What's wrong with "Landscape Time-Lapse Music Video"

    You titled it like you were writing for Fox News.
  • newbietheatre, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2There are some really nice shots in there. My favorite would be the first shot of the night time stars. Thumbs up to the creator.
  • LoompaOompa, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2what is that flying thing over the city near the end of the movie? it doesn't fly like a plane and it looks like it breaks apart?
    • garble7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I saw it too. I thought UFO, but then people will think i'm crazy. I wonder how long the lapse was for that to be in the picture that long.
  • AndySomnifac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1There's an article in Canon Europa CPS newsletter about a couple of filmmakers using this technique to shoot a music video. The article (with the video) can be found at: http://www.cps.canon-europe.com/articles/article.jsp?article.articleId=100261
  • dstrube, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3Movie = indeed damn cool.
    This digg article title= Sucks!

    C'mon people, when you're submitting something to digg, try to be a bit more descriptive with your headline, please.
  • z00k, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Mirror:

    http://rapidshare.de/files/36634049/AlbumLeaf-Web-Final.rar
    • techdugger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0do you happen to have the full album?
  • UCFmethod, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This was very cool, especially the scenes with stars.
  • rjghwruigvyoy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3hey can do you do something like this with a simple compact camera? like a sd600 or something?
    • t0ny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2ya just put the camera on a tripod and hit the shutter ever few seconds.

      Then in Linux to make the video cd to the dir with your photos and do "convert *.jpg timelapse.mpg".

      I'm going to buy an ir remote and make a timer for my dslr camera and do this. I cant keep the camera that still when I hit the shutter button.

      I was going to do this with my old point and shoot camera but I forgot the flash was hooked up to the capasitor. My screw driver hit the flash and boom. It hurt like hell :). Blown a chunk of metal out of my screw driver. The camera is now fried. :(
  • seanherman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The song is called "The Outer Banks" from The Album Leaf off their incredible In a Safe Place Album. Check it out, they're an excellent band.

    http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:k2kviklsbb59

    That album is definitely their best, but the Seal Beach EP was quite good as well. Haven't heard their latest though, if it's even out yet.
  • GhostM, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Loved the music, but dclowd9901's tip about http://599productions.com/TimelapseLarge.html had the better pictures.
  • whatevrnvrmind, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1The name of the song is "The Outer Banks," and is by the band called The Album Leaf. It was taken from the album In A Safe Place.
  • mcwizard, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1That must have taken a ***** of pics to make, pretty sweet.
    +digg
  • speaker219, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1awesome, especially the part of the night sky. +digg
  • phool, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9What the helll is the flying object in that movie that moves across the screen and then back?
    Screen shot: http://flopfile.com/ih/users/phool/hmm.jpg

    It zips all around th skyline, I know it is timelapse but just wondering what it could be:
    • Florian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The San Diego airport is about a half mile to the left of the frame so i'd guess it's an airplane.
    • mustache, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8It's a flying saucer. DUH!
    • tjeeds, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0it's a blimp
    • xtr3m, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Just a plane lining up for approach.
    • phool, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1blimp, lol... yeah i have no idea about san diego so I didnt know there was an airport near by. I love the way it moves though!!
  • robzepeda, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Thats mostly of San Diego, where The Album Leaf is from.
  • wolvyne, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0The scene with the city scape will probably show up on Sci Fi Alien Hunters with lights above the city! Nice work though.
  • Abdifatah, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0So what is the Wisdom? time goes that fast, tomorrow you will see yourself on front of your lord, and you will be Judged according to what you have done this worldly life which, you will see as an hour on the day of Judgment, That is the Wisdom in time lapse, anyone Agreed? your whole life when you pass it on the end of the world if you time-lapse you will see it as an hour, and you will be Judged on what you have done, so guys Remember this world is a test, and its as short as an hour, I am living my time earning the pleasure of my lord, and I look forward to meet him, soon!
  • phool, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1What do you think it is wolvyne?

    BTW, this was a fantastic video to watch. I have not seen a lot of these videos but there is something calming about them and the music of course!

  • postaldave, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1http://599productions.com/Timelapse600x375.mov
  • Florian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The desert scenes are in the Anza-Borrego desert of southern Calif. In fact, one of the sunrise scenes is actually a sunset played backwards. Nice movie!
  • dailybeans, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0It wasn't "that" cool.
  • dangerding, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0so, outside of taking an absurd amount of photos to complete this (and just about going insane taking a pic every few seconds) anyone have any clue how they did this?
  • zlwise, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2You use a device called an intervelometer (sp?) Typically you shoot 30fps or 15fps so you set your interval based on how long you want to shoot and how long you want the finished piece to be.

    How about this time-lapse piece I shot of music with music:)
    http://digitalartwork.net/wp/2006/09/17/music-essay-chapter-10-punk-in-drublic/
  • swazo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Love the Album Leaf

    everyone should buy their album in a safe place.
  • anonymouse91, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That was quite cool. One thing though. I liked it so I tried to download it and for some strange reason, it downloaded at a speed of 6.83MB/s finishing in 2 seconds. Thats the sort of speed you should get on a 100MBPS connection, not my 8MB connection. I checked the file too and it works. Freaky...
    • Ath3us, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You'd already watched the video, so it was still in your cache.. when you "downloaded it", the work had already been done, so it just loaded straight from memory... :]

      Love time lapse, really fascinating stuff!
  • tduser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Wow, my friend Ross who is a film major at San Diego State is the one who made this video, and another friend of mine submitted it to digg. But he spent a few weekends out of a month working on it. It was all shot in the San Diego area.

    For all of you who are wondering, he used a Canon Rebel XT with a timer remote (TC-80N3). And then using quicktime pro and automator, he was able to take each frame, resize it to 1920x1080 using automator, create an image sequence out of the 250+ photos, and take it into Final Cut Pro for editing. Some really cool work...the heroda.com site he just used as a file server...the site itself hasn't been updated for over 2 years since he was in high school.

    Oh yeah, and the music is by "The Album Leaf" and the song is "The Outer Banks"
    • krum0786, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks! I had shown this to bunch of friends, but when they asked about who made it and stuff, I couldn't even tell them anything. Its been driving me nuts that I have this in iTunes and all the fields are "???"

      Oh, and best of luck to your friend, he definetly deserves to be rewarded for this.
  • ez12a, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0all those shutter releases must've been hell to the SLR.
  • berfmurret, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1album leaf is def one of my fav bands. good to see them represent here on digg... the video reminds me a little of a video fredo did a while back... well. only a little.

    http://www.fredoviola.com/the_sad_song.html
  • cheese06, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2if you want to know the song from the 599 productions link its from the "Road to Perdition" soundtrack. forgot which song exactly though.
    http://599productions.com/TimelapseLarge.html
    • hfswagon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2
      The 480p version uses music from the, "Gattaca" soundtrack. I prefer the, "Road to Perdition" version.

  • Munkey106, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nice find!
  • johnvid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0More Timelapse Clips here: http://www.visual-image.co.uk Links to the High Definition clips on blip.tv are at the side of the page. http://www.johnvid.blip.tv/
  • andreascliment, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You should check out this short film by Patryk Rebisz. It's shot with a Canon 20D and made out of over 2000 still photos.

    http://patrykrebisz.com/stills/FINAL_movie.html
  • reason78, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1That 599 film isn't all in LA. The end shows the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges in SF.
  • Klaue, on 10/12/2007, -11/+0buried for quicktime
  • remo2012, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1This is the coolest internet movie IMHO
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5470953043480704557
  • HsoKinees, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1nice light streaks.. and that was alot of shooting stars o_O
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