Timelapse Progress

In this post i will be writing a summary of how each of our timelapse recordings went. To reiterate, the recordings we will be making are:

- Front of College (Sunrise)
- Front of College (Sunset)
- Classroom
- Sound booth

Front of College (Sunrise)

After finding we could get the equipment we needed, and given the bout of beautiful blue skies and sunshine at the time, Wayne and I immediately took out the equipment we needed and agreed to meet at roughly 4.30am the next morning (eek)

After very little sleep on my part, we did just that, and made our way to the front of the building where we intended to shoot our first timelapse. Something i noticed upon leaving my house was that the sky was much brighter than i had anticipated, though i was assured this wouldn't be a problem.

We agreed on setting the camera to take photographs at 30 second intervals and after finding a suitable spot we began. Given the time of day and our close proximity to a much lauded street for nights out, we encountered a few people who were just stumbling home. Thankfully given their intoxicated state and the agreeable nature that often comes with it, they didn't interfere with the shoot.

It was a fairly smooth run until we realised there was some overexposure in our setup, this was a very daunting prospect as it meant we would have to adjust the camera and this would be quite noticeable in the final result.

Despite this the footage appears to be useable, some adjustments were required in post-processing that saved it, and the footage would be squeezed into a few seconds of footage so it most likely wouldn't be too noticable. Either way neither of us really liked the idea of having to do it again!

Classroom 

The classroom timelapse was fairly straightforward, although instead of 30 second intervals we went for a much shorter 5 second interval between photographs. On top of this Wayne decided to try something new and create a blurred effect for any movement in the shot by lowering the shutter speed, this would give a nice effect commonly seen in timelapse videos.

Sound Booth

The soundbooth timelapse saw some clashing of ideas between myself and Wayne, in the setup process we argued over whether to have the lights on in the room in which the camera was placed, his argument was that having the lights off gave a nicer look to the scene, and in hindsight i agree, however we came to a compromise and had the lights switched on at the beginning when the sound booth was being set up. For this shoot we used a 3 second interval between photographs.

Front of College (Sunset)

It was decided eventually that the sunset timelapse was not a necessity as we could simply reverse the sunrise time-lapse. I was unhappy about this, but admittedly made no effort to take the initiative and get the footage myself.

Relevant - Teaching Assistant Experience and Brighton Develop Conference

On the 1st of May myself, and my coursemates Tim and Patrick acted as teaching assistants in the absence of Rob Naylor, the teacher for the lesson being run which was a general studies class on the use of ZBrush.

Despite apprehension as to our ability to help in this situation we all found it to be a very gratifying experience. I personally felt surprised by how much i remembered of the program, not having used it for roughly two months.

After a tentative start we sank into our roles and eventually decided it was best to combine our knowledge and attempt to solve problems together, this meant we had a greater chance of being able to successfully solve the issues we were presented with, whilst also learning something new from eachother.

I found the experience to be wholly enjoyable and offered a great boost to my self confidence, i would happily do it again.

Brighton Develop Conference

On top of this i felt it was worth noting that i have signed up as a volunteer for the Brighton Develop Conference after the opportunity was recently given to us. There's no guarantee that I will get a place as their are a limited number of spaces and the pool is not being limited to our college alone. I would be ecstatic if i landed a place as the BDC will no doubt offer excellent opportunities to learn as well as meet talented and well-known indivduals who already work in the industry.