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              Amazing Tilt Shift Timelapse Video Taken With A Cell Phone

              Believe it or not, the video below was taken with a cell phone. Stu Kennedy from kakepipe.com created a really cool timplase video using his Samsung Galaxy S2 cellphone. After filming the video it was edited using Vegas 10 and the tilt shift look was added using After Effects. This video looks better than what a pretty expensive video camera could have shot 5 years ago… and it was shot on a cell phone people!



              July 20, 2011
              Lee Morris
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              • http://www.facebook.com/traphezz Bartłomiej Rachfał

                Galaxy S2 not G2

              • http://www.facebook.com/nicholas.gonzalez3 Nicholas Gonzalez

                Wow! Amazing. In the film The Social Network, Director David Fincher had the boat race scene use a tilt shift look. The quality is comparable here. Incredible!

              • http://www.rlmorris.com Lee Morris

                thanks, fixed

              • http://www.rlmorris.com Lee Morris

                thanks, fixed

              • http://www.facebook.com/hnoversa Helder Noversa

                COOLLLLLLL :)

              • Michael Beach

                Holy crap, man. That is pretty damn impressive

              • Michael Beach

                Holy crap, man. That is pretty damn impressive

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000285095002 Stu Kennedy

                Thanks FS for featuring my video. I really enjoyed shooting this with the phone. i was overwhelmed with the capability of the Galaxy S2 and wanted to do something cool with it. Thanks for all the nice comments and the feature.

                Kakepipe.com

              • http://www.facebook.com/rnowicki Ryan Nowicki

                Awesome Stu! What kind of frame rate or speed were you using?

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000285095002 Stu Kennedy

                The camera/phone was at 30fps, so i kept it at that. then reduced the overall time of each clip to 27% of its original time to keep all the clips the same, then just post edit with Vegas to crop to fit.Thanks for the comment

              • http://profiles.google.com/mi1stormilst Garrett Graham

                I stand impressed…thank you for sharing.

              • http://profiles.google.com/mi1stormilst Garrett Graham

                I stand impressed…thank you for sharing.

              • Squeamish Ossifrage

                I guess I’m fuzzy on what exactly constitutes “timelapse.” That just looks to be 3-4 times normal speed. Is there some threshold you have to cross for it to be “timelapse” or is anything faster than real-time technically that?

              • Squeamish Ossifrage

                I guess I’m fuzzy on what exactly constitutes “timelapse.” That just looks to be 3-4 times normal speed. Is there some threshold you have to cross for it to be “timelapse” or is anything faster than real-time technically that?

              • http://www.rlmorris.com Lee Morris

                “Denoting the photographic technique of taking a sequence of frames at set intervals to record changes that take place slowly over time. When the frames are shown at normal speed, or in quick succession, the action seems much faster”

              • David Verde

                The train station party doesn’t even look real!! great job. 

              • http://www.facebook.com/kidyosh ‘Sa Jamil Hogan

                Maybe it’s just me but I’m not really impressed with it. Yes it does look amazing for what it is, but I honestly don’t see the big deal. 

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000285095002 Stu Kennedy

                Thank you for your nice comment

              • Anonymous

                technology is crazy these days, isn’t it?  i’ve seen some pretty decent video shot from cell phones– of course none of it was at night or in low-light.  once you have anything less than sunlight the image goes to shit.  who knows though in a couple of years?  technology is changing at an exponential rate.  good job on the video.  i use a fake tilt-shift effect a lot in my videos and love it.

              • Anonymous

                technology is crazy these days, isn’t it?  i’ve seen some pretty decent video shot from cell phones– of course none of it was at night or in low-light.  once you have anything less than sunlight the image goes to shit.  who knows though in a couple of years?  technology is changing at an exponential rate.  good job on the video.  i use a fake tilt-shift effect a lot in my videos and love it.

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000285095002 Stu Kennedy

                I will try some more “situational shots” over the coming weeks. I agree, alot of camera fail in low light or at night. Thanks for the nice comments

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000285095002 Stu Kennedy

                I will try some more “situational shots” over the coming weeks. I agree, alot of camera fail in low light or at night. Thanks for the nice comments

              • Anonymous

                Sorry Stu, i’m still a little confused.. You’re using frames from video right, not photo stills?  I think most of the DLSR stuff we see is actually stills from timed remotes right?  So if i just shoot DSLR video at a shutter speed of 30fps i wouldn’t have to take a gazillion stills right?  I understand for longer periods of time the stills option would be more viable because of sensor heat and cut off times.

                Anyway, really loved it and the results are fantastic. I’m just a little confused on what constitutes a timelapse :)

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000285095002 Stu Kennedy

                yeah using frames from video, altho there are apps to do timelapse, ive used more a cheat so to speak by pretty much speeding it up quite a bit.

                I know its not “real” time lapse or even “real Tilt shift, but i wanted that effect

                Thanks again

              • Anonymous

                Results are what matter and you nailed it..  Real or not.

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carol-Satterfield/100000151111389 Carol Satterfield

                STOP using my twitter name and picture to link your posts. I don’t know what I can do about it, except say stop. I have filed a complaint with Twitter. I hope they can figure out how you’re doing this and make you stop.

              • http://www.patrickhallphotography.com Patrick Hall

                what are you talking about Carol?  Are you referring to the comments you are leaving or something else?

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000285095002 Stu Kennedy

                Again, please explain..

              • http://twitter.com/JackShelbourn Jack Shelbourn

                The time I spent at crossing waiting for the trains! :D
                Fantastic to see Lincoln like this… Especially as the place felt like a tiny model when living there!
                I did a timelapse when I was doing my MA there but this is far more interesting, and far more adventurous with the vantage points you used. Especially in the castle with the worker.

                Great work, and really impressed with how you have achieved so much in post production.

                Jack

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000285095002 Stu Kennedy

                Thanks Jack, good to see a “local” on here too. Check out Kakepipe.com for more of my upcoming projects in lincoln. (its such a beautiful place, why not shoot it)

                Stu

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Benjamin-Gibbs/1094531911 Benjamin Gibbs

                Thank you Stu, that made my lunch break much more enjoyable. And you picked a great soundtrack as well. Although the images are wonderful in themselves, it was emotive drive in the music that “made” the video.

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=606557548 Nick Turner

                That actually isn’t what he did at all Lee. Not to say it doesn’t look impressive.

              • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Barnett/193201061 Matthew Barnett

                beautiful work

              • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000285095002 Stu Kennedy

                http://kakepipe.com/?p=35

                I have put together a “How too….”

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