The genre of time-lapse videos is not a small one. There are many a videographer who are obsessed with this. And understandably so. Almost any type of framing looks interesting and all you’ve got to do is get a camera, leave it somewhere for a while and then come back to see your own fast-forwarded slice of the world. The problem with something that nearly everyone can do is that nearly everyone is doing it. So, you’re passionate out of your head about time-lapses, so much even that you’d do a time-lapse of anything from kittens to your eating a bowl of cereals in the morning. The main issue with that is that everyone is going to think that you’re an uninspired excuse for a filmmaker? How to avoid this? Easy. Be creative! I have to admit that I am also a big fan of time-lapses and have found that they are made more interesting by camera movement. It you’re not Robocop or sitting on a big pile of cash right now that can become very problematic. A solution to this is – and I have to admit I didn’t come up with it – to use an egg timer and pop a camera on top. The video shows it done with a GoPro. Unfortunately I don’t dispose of one, but I’ve got the next best thing: a Rollei Actioncam. Still small and perfect for this kind of job. The result, although nothing much is happening on the sky, is pretty impressive. After this experiment I’ll surely do it again. Check out the result for yourself:
This is where I got the idea from:
Paul Berenstain 