Work in Progress

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

I have posted a short clip of some work in progress in the Gallery and would welcome feedback that helps me improve what I have done so far.

Thanks in advance.

[Chris B]

Not sure what you're trying to show - so it's a time lapse of a street. OK. But what else are you trying to do?

As far as the video goes. The actual time increments seem much too long - or there don't seem enough frames per second and the whole thing comes off very jerky. If (for example) you're trying to show traffic volumes you might try 5 minutes of video compressed to 15 seconds or so at the start of each hour. Might give a better impression.

Chris.

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

OK let's give it some context. The idea is to show that the street gradually clears the closer that you get to 14.00.

The clip is part of a bigger project which revolves around a traditional May Day parade which meanders through the streets - hence the reducing traffic.

The zoom into the balloons is where the transition to the next scene in the video takes place - a zoom out of (a different set of similar ballons) to show the next scene.

Edit:

I took on board your suggestion about compressing the clip more. I 'negatively' timestretched it (oxymoron?) and it is a lot smoother; even the clock appears to sweep rather than jerk. Like I said it is work in progress so I'll play with it some more along using your suggestions. Thanks for the input.

[Steve Grisetti]

I have to agree with Chris. It's a cool effect, but there's not an obvious story or structure. Just movement.

If I saw something that indicated what everything was moving toward, it would give it meaning.

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

There are some other comments in another thread but, when I'm done, I'll post a bit more so that you can see the street scene in context with everything else.

[ed]

I love time lapse videos, even without story lines. I think the clock opacity is fine, and would agree that maybe you should have more frames per minute, but I think it looks fine the way it is. I would have the clock sweep rather then the 15 minute intervals.