Tip: Draw your floor markers on a mat that you can roll up and bring to your location. It will save you from drawing new ones every time. Then, when you have finished taking your photos, roll the mat up and you can use it again at another location!
You don't need the chalk at all. Its not important to accurately space your shots out. and you dont need the tripod either. These guys definitely dont know what they are doing
I used the default settings. I'd expect a setting to turn off rotate, but even if there isn't, if it's only a few frames, you could manually layer those frames on top of the stabilized sequence, and adjust them into the preferred position.
Yes, good point! Doesn't have to be tripod movement. Could be slow zooming, tilting, and/or panning. As long as you have a way to measure the movements for consistency.
Exactly. It's about adding dolly-like movement to a timelapse, that would otherwise require a motion-control system. I've seen some that move hundreds of feet, which is a cool effect, and impossible to do on a dolly.
this is really great video and hope to know what is next if i did a shot for a building like what u did then how to smoothly i shift to the next scene ?
***Place your foot on one side of the tripod and move the leg of the tripod from one side of your foot to the other. It saves you the time of having to mark your points with chalk, and it is always the same interval (3-4 inches). You can also alter your path on the fly.
You mean a teleprompter? I built a DIY one-and made an episode about it-but I don't use it for the show. I find I look more natural on camera when I memorize a few lines at a time, and break it up with cuts to b-roll. Although you can see at 8:08 how it's hard for me to get through too many sentences at once!
Griffin that was a fantastic tutorial on hyper lapsing. I am subscribed to over 100 people (and have a few videos myself) and you are one of the few people whom I watch every video because I know they are going to be great. Thumbs up!
It wasn't me that bought one, but yeah, those would be handy for product shots. Even a non-motorized lazy susan, perhaps with a string attached, could be useful.
I haven't, but I've heard that's how David Tran enjoys Sriracha most. We'll see what access, if any, Huy Fong provides. But yes, of course I'd love to speak with them.
Griffin, local film festivals are already making an impact on me as a filmmaker. My film recently advanced to the top 8 where it will be screened and i have received multiple job request since then. Festivals are awesome! PS film is also on my channel now. Thanks for encouraging me Griffin. It paid off!
Yeah, I know I'm pronouncing it the (incorrect) American way. Like you say, I hear it's actually three distinct syllables. And it's also spelled "Sriraja," which ends not with a "cha" sound like we pronounce it, but "See-Ra-Sha" like you said. Thanks!
If you head into your settings, you can change the timeframe of a still image when its imported. If all your shots are numbered sequentially, you can select the first one and then check the "Numbered Stills" box when importing. To speed up or slow down just use the time and speed tools when you right click on the clip.
I love Sriracha too, and i love watching this channel, I'm still a noob when it comes to Filming and editing and stuff like that but this channel has helped me a lot to improve in all that.
Thanks for the videos.. they help a lot. I have one question when you produce a film how do you get the budget to produce it? And how do you make a scene look more cinematic/ proffesional.
Actually, it's because I locked my white balance that you see that color shift. Clouds eclipsed the sun near the end of the shot, changing the color temperature, and because I was in shutter priority mode, the exposure compensated. Sometimes that's desirable, sometimes not. I could've shot in manual mode, to let the image darken when the clouds passed over.
No different, but the beauty of time lapse is that you can also do this without laying all that dolly track. (Perfect for destination shoots, when you can't travel with a dolly.)
dude thats awesome that your making a documentary about Siracha! They make that stuff moments away from my house. They put my hometown of Rosemead on the map!
I do it all the time. Increment the zoom each frame while you move back from the subject. This gives you a reverse zoom effect or vertigo effect. Shoot hand-held and leave the tripod at home unless you need a long exposure. Steady your images using keyframes and dump that crappy warp stabilizer that distorts the frames. This takes much longer ofcourse, but you have much more control over the final.
That is such an amazing effect, it seems to make things more epic somehow. I've heard of Sriracha and I've seen it on tv but I've never been able to find it around here. I guess small towns aren't up on their more adventurous condiments. lol
Hey Griffin, I've just discovered this channel, watched hours of it last night! So I tried to do a hyperlapse but when bringing into fcp x couldn't stabilise anymore? i tried to make all the 1 frame photos into a compound clip, but the stabilise option still wasn't there. i then cracked out my old adobe CS5 (not CS6) and failed again, though of course it doesn't have warp time so I'm not surprised. how do i get it working smoother with my tcp x like you've managed? cheers
Great tutorial. I was wondering, in the movie '21' there's a hyperlapse, but where all the extras are in the hyperlapse, but the main character isn't. How would this be achieved? My guess would be to combine the hyperlapse with a blue/green screen shot of the main character, but the camera would have to be on a motion-controlled rig for this to sync correctly? Is this right?
With a distance that short, you will have to be extremely precise when you move the camera and take stills. It's better to use a motorized dolly + intervalometer for very short distances.
Would applying motion blur help? or is a slower shutter speed a must? I find that if something moves to fast with the slow shutter it completely ruins the photograph
hey griffin HELLO!!! from Panamà(country), i never take time to make comments on the you tube channels, but i really love indy mogul and i just have to say thanks for the hard work.
You can do either one, but I personally went and exported the stills and it created a video in after effects, then I tried to stabilize it but failed because it couldn't read what I wanted it to focus on. I'm also new to using the stabilizer so I could be doing something wrong, but I'm positive it is the gate in between the camera and freeway that made it hard to shoot. Look at my last crappy time lapse to see how it came out.
Hey Griffin, Great video. I met you briefly at the CMM last week. I got introduced to Sirracha while living in Los Angeles. Was putting it on everything. Love hot sauces / hot things, so this is on the top of my list. I look forward to seeing this doc.
If your camera can't shoot photos, you can always capture video, and pull out still frames from each movement. (I did that in this Halloween video: /watch?v=IElak0nYEnU I found it was easier to move the jack-o-lantern while letting the video roll. I had way more frames than I needed, but it was quicker in that case to let the video roll.)
I'm from South Africa. Whenever my grandmother goes to the states for a holiday, she comes back with a few bottles of Siracha for the extended family. We all pretty much love it this side and I'm sure they would make a killing if they expanded (or exported) to S.A.
You actually just inspired me to spend the time between the end of my college semester and my summer job doing some moving time warps of my hometown! I think I'm gonna use a white card to always get consistent white balance. The change in white balance is slightly distanciating for me
For photos you don't need to do anything. But if the Metadata somehow doesn't show up in the photo, I recommend a program called Reveal Exif Editor. Like if you took a picture where the lens wasn't connected, you use REE to add what lens you used.
Great tutorial, Griffin. Gotta give this a try. And a Sriracha doc sounds like a great idea. We've sure been eating it for years, and yet know very little about where it comes from. Can't wait to see it. Break a leg!
Instead of the laser pointer, how about taping a string to the ground? That way you can always line up 2 tripod feet against the string as you move which should make consistent framing a bit easier? Great tutorial by the way!
Griffin, this video was amazing, and it inspired me to try this technique. I don't have final cut pro, so I used imovie first to turn my images into video, and then I put that into after affects for the warp stabilize effect. I was successful in executing the effect, but it's way slower than I would like it. It ends up being like 13 seconds of video. I think it's because I started out in imovie. Should I just start over in final cut pro, or do you know of a way to speed up each frame? Thanks!
you're most likely not going to read this.....but i think the third one looks pretty cool as well because it looks like you are walking and it doesn't look perfect but kind of raw..... i love this
You could also take a thin rope and tie knots at certain intervals. You could then quickly lay it down and create a hyper lapse anywhere without having to take time to mark intervals on the ground.
I always shoot photos RAW (well NEF really)! But a little extra work during production saves so much time in post! Color correcting is head-aching inducing for me. With your short film have you gotten permission from Sriracha yet?
i think i will give it a go as a whole rendered file once i get my hands on a copy of after effects, if it dont work i wil try the way you did with the stills
I know this a late response but when I was deployed in the Navy there was a bottle of that on every table....I was on a small ship so there was only two tables, but there was a cubbord full. Thanks for the video. Interesting stuff.
I've never heard about Hyperlapse before this video. And I've never tried this. But thinking about it, I realized a simple way to move the tripod without putting dots on the ground. I don't know if this would really work, but I think you could use your feet width for mark the space for move the tripod. Could you understand all what I just said?
***** (and anyone else wanting to calculate a specific shot). Take the planned end length of the video, so 5 seconds, multiply that by your frame rate, 25 / 24 fps to give you total number of photos to be taken. Then take the total distance you want the camera to move and divide it by the number of frames, this will give you the distance the camera needs to move for each photo. As Griffin says in the video, set the timelapse length between each shot according to how long it takes you to move and readjust the camera.
Can I ask, in the shot shown at 5.08 the background does some odd movement, like the distance from the trees and the brick seems to increase. I've seen this look on tv and films, where the camera zooms and the depth seems to get greater as it does. Is this an in-camera effect and do you have a video explaining how it works
What was the name of the electronic lazy susan that Griffin bought for product photography? I think that would make for a good episode. I was asked to take some photos/video of food for a restaurant and trying to achieve the automatic rotating as well as a nice soft lighting with a none distracting background
I recently bought the GH3 and was wondering if you had any lenses with experience that you can suggest to buying? Like every other film maker, I just want to have the proper lenses for every situation and so I went with 2 mediocre lenses (14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 and a 45-175mm f/4-5.6) and grabbed one prime 45mm f/1.8. Anyways, loved this video and looking to try it out at the park tomorrow maybe. Thanks for the upload.
Tip: Draw your floor markers on a mat that you can roll up and bring to your location. It will save you from drawing new ones every time. Then, when you have finished taking your photos, roll the mat up and you can use it again at another location!
Great idea!
Good tip, saves some time in the field.
You don't need the chalk at all. Its not important to accurately space your shots out. and you dont need the tripod either. These guys definitely dont know what they are doing
Teach you as my friend and family enrriquesera who likes this
or just use a measuring tap
I appreciate you saying that! Thanks for watching!
it blows me away how these videos are. they are a memory of my teens when i started to get into film
Agreed. Who knows if I'll ever use it, but I love learning new tools!
I used the default settings. I'd expect a setting to turn off rotate, but even if there isn't, if it's only a few frames, you could manually layer those frames on top of the stabilized sequence, and adjust them into the preferred position.
Yes, good point! Doesn't have to be tripod movement. Could be slow zooming, tilting, and/or panning. As long as you have a way to measure the movements for consistency.
Definitely. It'll be a wider angle effect, which will probably make the movement look even more epic.
I'm almost ready to go but where do I get Spiderman chalk?
Exactly. It's about adding dolly-like movement to a timelapse, that would otherwise require a motion-control system. I've seen some that move hundreds of feet, which is a cool effect, and impossible to do on a dolly.
You notice that FCP's Stabilization worked somewhat. But it gets hung up if the image changes too much.
this is really great video and hope to know what is next if i did a shot for a building like what u did then how to smoothly i shift to the next scene ?
***Place your foot on one side of the tripod and move the leg of the tripod from one side of your foot to the other. It saves you the time of having to mark your points with chalk, and it is always the same interval (3-4 inches). You can also alter your path on the fly.
You mean a teleprompter? I built a DIY one-and made an episode about it-but I don't use it for the show. I find I look more natural on camera when I memorize a few lines at a time, and break it up with cuts to b-roll. Although you can see at 8:08 how it's hard for me to get through too many sentences at once!
I think it's there and working in the description, isn't it?
Yep, that's my inspiration exactly. I want to show the people who love it where it comes from, how it's made, how big the culture is around it!
I kind of assume the stabilization is similar between FCPX and Motion, but perhaps not.
Thanks for letting me know you've never heard of it. I'd love to do a poll and get a sense of how many people are familiar with it.
great video! I'm looking for great FCPX warp stabilizer equivalent
Griffin that was a fantastic tutorial on hyper lapsing. I am subscribed to over 100 people (and have a few videos myself) and you are one of the few people whom I watch every video because I know they are going to be great. Thumbs up!
If I could find a good motion blur plug-in, perhaps. It's not necessary-depends on the look you're going for.
I'm not sure I get that metadata in video files either. (For photos, yes, though.)
I actually went to high school in Naperville, at Neuqua!
It wasn't me that bought one, but yeah, those would be handy for product shots. Even a non-motorized lazy susan, perhaps with a string attached, could be useful.
I'm definitely interested to try the Thai original!
I'm so glad you find inspiration here!
I recommend you try it, but they're very different flavors. Less vinegary. More garlicky. You can taste the fresh jalepenos.
No, I can usually type a few lyrics into Google and figure out what the songs are.
I haven't, but I've heard that's how David Tran enjoys Sriracha most. We'll see what access, if any, Huy Fong provides. But yes, of course I'd love to speak with them.
Griffin, local film festivals are already making an impact on me as a filmmaker. My film recently advanced to the top 8 where it will be screened and i have received multiple job request since then. Festivals are awesome! PS film is also on my channel now. Thanks for encouraging me Griffin. It paid off!
Yeah, I know I'm pronouncing it the (incorrect) American way. Like you say, I hear it's actually three distinct syllables. And it's also spelled "Sriraja," which ends not with a "cha" sound like we pronounce it, but "See-Ra-Sha" like you said. Thanks!
If you head into your settings, you can change the timeframe of a still image when its imported. If all your shots are numbered sequentially, you can select the first one and then check the "Numbered Stills" box when importing. To speed up or slow down just use the time and speed tools when you right click on the clip.
I love Sriracha too, and i love watching this channel, I'm still a noob when it comes to Filming and editing and stuff like that but this channel has helped me a lot to improve in all that.
With a tripod, some chalk, and time, you too can hyperlapse!
Thanks, great video. A question though: how do you manage consistent rotation of the camera on the tripod?
Which DLSR do you use?
Chad Watson He uses the GH3.
Chad Watson DSLR*
Thanks for the videos.. they help a lot. I have one question when you produce a film how do you get the budget to produce it?
And how do you make a scene look more cinematic/ proffesional.
Yeah, that happens so often. I really don't want to miss festival deadlines this fall.
Actually, it's because I locked my white balance that you see that color shift. Clouds eclipsed the sun near the end of the shot, changing the color temperature, and because I was in shutter priority mode, the exposure compensated. Sometimes that's desirable, sometimes not. I could've shot in manual mode, to let the image darken when the clouds passed over.
I look forward to seeing you at the next CMM* meeting!
*Champaignª Movie Makers
ªChampaign is a city in Central Illinois
Another awesome video! I'm going to try this when it stops snowing here in Colorado.
No different, but the beauty of time lapse is that you can also do this without laying all that dolly track. (Perfect for destination shoots, when you can't travel with a dolly.)
dude thats awesome that your making a documentary about Siracha! They make that stuff moments away from my house. They put my hometown of Rosemead on the map!
Glad I could introduce you to the stuff!
I do it all the time. Increment the zoom each frame while you move back from the subject. This gives you a reverse zoom effect or vertigo effect. Shoot hand-held and leave the tripod at home unless you need a long exposure. Steady your images using keyframes and dump that crappy warp stabilizer that distorts the frames. This takes much longer ofcourse, but you have much more control over the final.
That is such an amazing effect, it seems to make things more epic somehow. I've heard of Sriracha and I've seen it on tv but I've never been able to find it around here. I guess small towns aren't up on their more adventurous condiments. lol
Great Video! You speak so clearly that german people (like me) can understand all of it what you say in the video!
Hey Griffin, I've just discovered this channel, watched hours of it last night! So I tried to do a hyperlapse but when bringing into fcp x couldn't stabilise anymore? i tried to make all the 1 frame photos into a compound clip, but the stabilise option still wasn't there. i then cracked out my old adobe CS5 (not CS6) and failed again, though of course it doesn't have warp time so I'm not surprised. how do i get it working smoother with my tcp x like you've managed? cheers
Great tutorial. I was wondering, in the movie '21' there's a hyperlapse, but where all the extras are in the hyperlapse, but the main character isn't. How would this be achieved? My guess would be to combine the hyperlapse with a blue/green screen shot of the main character, but the camera would have to be on a motion-controlled rig for this to sync correctly? Is this right?
Yeah, I just need to get a really strong, clear ND filter.
With a distance that short, you will have to be extremely precise when you move the camera and take stills. It's better to use a motorized dolly + intervalometer for very short distances.
Would applying motion blur help? or is a slower shutter speed a must? I find that if something moves to fast with the slow shutter it completely ruins the photograph
hey griffin HELLO!!! from Panamà(country), i never take time to make comments on the you tube channels, but i really love indy mogul and i just have to say thanks for the hard work.
Thanks a lot, I'm doing a wedding video for my cousins this summer and your stuff has been really helping me.
You can do either one, but I personally went and exported the stills and it created a video in after effects, then I tried to stabilize it but failed because it couldn't read what I wanted it to focus on. I'm also new to using the stabilizer so I could be doing something wrong, but I'm positive it is the gate in between the camera and freeway that made it hard to shoot. Look at my last crappy time lapse to see how it came out.
I ran the first mile in 6:35, which is way too fast for me! Probably the fastest mile I've run in any race. Usually my race pace is around 7:40.
Hey Griffin, Great video. I met you briefly at the CMM last week. I got introduced to Sirracha while living in Los Angeles. Was putting it on everything. Love hot sauces / hot things, so this is on the top of my list. I look forward to seeing this doc.
Awesome. Always wondered how they did that. Wish I ok could stabilize it will the Corel VideoStudio x6 stabilizer, but I still will give it a shot
You have the Documentary already online? would love to see it!
I LOVE HYPERLAPSE AND THAT TAI HOTSAUCE. This week, you nailed it!
If your camera can't shoot photos, you can always capture video, and pull out still frames from each movement. (I did that in this Halloween video: /watch?v=IElak0nYEnU I found it was easier to move the jack-o-lantern while letting the video roll. I had way more frames than I needed, but it was quicker in that case to let the video roll.)
I'm from South Africa. Whenever my grandmother goes to the states for a holiday, she comes back with a few bottles of Siracha for the extended family. We all pretty much love it this side and I'm sure they would make a killing if they expanded (or exported) to S.A.
I didn't think about those. Thanks!
You actually just inspired me to spend the time between the end of my college semester and my summer job doing some moving time warps of my hometown! I think I'm gonna use a white card to always get consistent white balance. The change in white balance is slightly distanciating for me
Can't wait to try this out. I just have to find a suitable subject to focus on. --Maybe film the beach from the pier on a busy weekend? hmmm. . .
For photos you don't need to do anything. But if the Metadata somehow doesn't show up in the photo, I recommend a program called Reveal Exif Editor. Like if you took a picture where the lens wasn't connected, you use REE to add what lens you used.
That hot sauce Is the Best!!!!! Thank u soooo much for the hyperlapse help :) what lense should I use
Great tutorial, Griffin. Gotta give this a try. And a Sriracha doc sounds like a great idea. We've sure been eating it for years, and yet know very little about where it comes from. Can't wait to see it. Break a leg!
Tried it today with my team, and it came out great. Thanks for the online lesson.
Cool! We were wondering how hiperlapses are done and your video was a great explanation! You're good, man!
Good to know!
Is it not working?
September/October 2013 is when I'm aiming to complete it.
Hey griffin! I like the pants hanging off the fence in your time lapse. It adds life to your shot.
Instead of the laser pointer, how about taping a string to the ground? That way you can always line up 2 tripod feet against the string as you move which should make consistent framing a bit easier? Great tutorial by the way!
It's all for you this week!
Griffin, this video was amazing, and it inspired me to try this technique. I don't have final cut pro, so I used imovie first to turn my images into video, and then I put that into after affects for the warp stabilize effect. I was successful in executing the effect, but it's way slower than I would like it. It ends up being like 13 seconds of video. I think it's because I started out in imovie. Should I just start over in final cut pro, or do you know of a way to speed up each frame? Thanks!
Love you guys - y'all aren't sarcastic and rude as the other video hosts. Keep it up
Haha I love that you left that end goof in! The hyper lapse is awesome and I want to try it. Good luck with the documentary.
Man, I really look forward to Indy Mogul content!! Thanks for being awesome.
you're most likely not going to read this.....but i think the third one looks pretty cool as well because it looks like you are walking and it doesn't look perfect but kind of raw..... i love this
You could also take a thin rope and tie knots at certain intervals. You could then quickly lay it down and create a hyper lapse anywhere without having to take time to mark intervals on the ground.
Nice job, Niels!
I always shoot photos RAW (well NEF really)! But a little extra work during production saves so much time in post! Color correcting is head-aching inducing for me. With your short film have you gotten permission from Sriracha yet?
Sriracha is amazing, goes on just about everything!!
i think i will give it a go as a whole rendered file once i get my hands on a copy of after effects, if it dont work i wil try the way you did with the stills
I know this a late response but when I was deployed in the Navy there was a bottle of that on every table....I was on a small ship so there was only two tables, but there was a cubbord full. Thanks for the video. Interesting stuff.
I haven't yet, but I'm meeting the guy who suggested that flavor to Lay's!
Is it worth trying to do some exposure ramping or just stick to full manual and keep it the same for the whole sequence?
I've never heard about Hyperlapse before this video. And I've never tried this. But thinking about it, I realized a simple way to move the tripod without putting dots on the ground. I don't know if this would really work, but I think you could use your feet width for mark the space for move the tripod. Could you understand all what I just said?
I just came across your channel. Cool stuff! Can I find your documentary on Sriracha somewhere? Cheers!
I LOVE Sriracha, got hooked on it while living and traveling in Asia. I haven't tried it on cereal..... YET.
Thank you for such an insightful video into the wonderful world of hyper-lapse
By the way I live in Thailand and I feel it is weird how most Thai people do not know what Sri Racha sauce is :)
David Tran is Vietnamese, but the sauce originates from Si Racha, Thailand.
***** (and anyone else wanting to calculate a specific shot). Take the planned end length of the video, so 5 seconds, multiply that by your frame rate, 25 / 24 fps to give you total number of photos to be taken. Then take the total distance you want the camera to move and divide it by the number of frames, this will give you the distance the camera needs to move for each photo. As Griffin says in the video, set the timelapse length between each shot according to how long it takes you to move and readjust the camera.
I don't think it would work for me because im a strict batman only chalk
Can I ask, in the shot shown at 5.08 the background does some odd movement, like the distance from the trees and the brick seems to increase. I've seen this look on tv and films, where the camera zooms and the depth seems to get greater as it does. Is this an in-camera effect and do you have a video explaining how it works
Is that a U.S.-only meaning?
Or, you could shoot RAW photos, in which you could adjust white balance later.
I try to keep it subtle. :)
What was the name of the electronic lazy susan that Griffin bought for product photography? I think that would make for a good episode. I was asked to take some photos/video of food for a restaurant and trying to achieve the automatic rotating as well as a nice soft lighting with a none distracting background
I recently bought the GH3 and was wondering if you had any lenses with experience that you can suggest to buying? Like every other film maker, I just want to have the proper lenses for every situation and so I went with 2 mediocre lenses (14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 and a 45-175mm f/4-5.6) and grabbed one prime 45mm f/1.8. Anyways, loved this video and looking to try it out at the park tomorrow maybe. Thanks for the upload.
Thanks for the great video and YES! I mean... yes, I've had Srirachi. Stuff is amazing.
Can't wait for the short doc Griffin. What camera will you be using?