why time-lapse?

I wanted to recreate the shimmering/flickering movement of the wall in all aspects of the video.  Breaking a rhythm into small fragmented parts seemed most fitting.  Time-lapse also ended up helping me create a "real-time" time line for my story--a full day and night in the city.  This helped prevent the video from being more than a montage of images with music.  

footage i shot

This shot was taken at the top of a parking garage next to the RedHat Amphitheater in Raleigh, NC.   I actually had to get special permission from the City of Raleigh-- as in escorted to the top of the garage with an officer.  They'd seen me snooping around.  24 and reckless.

This bartender was cool enough to let me set up shop right behind him.  I wanted to experiment with the differing foreground/middle ground/ background speeds that this scene would offer. Picking the correct timing for the photographs was challenging.

I set my time lapse remote to taking a photo every second. When played raw, the people are moving at an unsettling fast pace. I stretched the time by 400%, slowing it down tremendously. Because I set my shutter speed lower than usual, I think it helped this time stretch seem more natural by softening what may have been choppy movements.

I also set my shutter speed low because I wanted to see if I could get some sweeping light from the bartender since he was so active and closest to me. His red shirt was also a nice bonus for highlighting sweeps of light.   I believe I've hit my tech jargon quota for this page.  If you are still reading, you are kind, and I thank you.  

contributed

Maggie Barnes, graduate of Art + Design AND Graphic Design at NCSU.  A very talented and digital savvy designer

shot by talented (now graduated) NCSU multimedia design graduate student, Bert French.

footage by Calvin Gaunce