Seattle Behind the Scenes (Empty America)

In this behind the scenes video, Ross Ching (director of Empty America) shares his process for getting the best shot and how to best scout locations for the timelapse. Watch the official video for Seattle to see the full execution - http://bit.ly/PL3aWe

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"Empty America" a Thrash Lab Special made by Ross Ching - (http://rossching.com/)
Behind the Scenes video shot by Jonathan Pierce
Music made by David Adametz (http://composerdavid.com)

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[VectorBoy]

This is a fairly simple thing to achieve.

Basically it's this:

1) identify which areas you want to 'remove' vehicles/people/etc from,

2) then your make a hero frame devoid of said objects in photoshop using multiple stills.

3) Place that hero frame on top of your timelapse timeline (in AE),

4) mask out the areas where you want no people

5) Now you have a timelapse with your hero frame blocking out cars/etc, while trees and clouds still have movement.

6) add in zoom/pan in post

7) profit.

[Simon Gelfand]

Hi,

What clamp did you use for holding up the camera?

[Kevin Liu]

ever lose a camera?

[denshaotoko89]

anthrax

[peetre]

you didn't tell us how you empty the streets and kill the people?

[kurtthewurt]

I understand how this works with a stationary camera, but do you ever use dollies/motors to pan/zoom/rotate *during* recording? The only solution I can think of for that is to clean each frame, but that defeats the whole point of the workflow.

[runstudiosmedia]

Matthews Extendellini For Matthellini Center Jaw Clamp. Check B&H. It's about $20.

[supafun33]

Magicians must never reveal their secrets!

[djglobol]

thanks!!! It's a Matthews 6" clamp.

[Ryan Cork]

bhphoto.com

[djglobol]

Where can I buy the CLAMP??????

[easonksh]

How did you deal with the ships in the sea?