Once we'd done this we scanned them back onto the computer and loaded them onto each person's mac. In the first section there are around 240 frames which works out at about 40 each, therefore we split up the section and began cropping the scans so we could have each picture individually. We saved each frame into a folder and named it as it's frame number, making it much easier when we have to put them all back together in Premier.
We then did this with all three sections, with people starting at the beginning of the section and some people starting at the end with both cropping the images until they met in the middle. We then put all the cropped images in order within their files so they could be uploaded into Premier easily and run together to create the look of the original video.
We reviewed the GoPro footage to see if our time lapse had worked and we were very happy with the shot we'd managed to capture. I, personally, was very happy with it because I'd wanted to get one slightly more close-up shot of our table and the other as a wide shot to capture the other group's projects as well so we could switch between them and keep the shots interesting. We had to keep our eyes on them because we knew they'd run out of battery and/or storage at some point in the evening. They did end up full so we had to remove the memory card and upload the footage onto a mac to clear it.
The last thing to do was to add the time lapse into the video in the same place it appears in the original version. We cut between the two shots at separate points to break up the video and make it more interesting.
The final video is made up of our original footage, edited to look like the Justin Bieber one, our rotoscope style animation (with the original video still underneath) and the time lapse we captured on the night. We collected all these sections separately then brought them together at the end to create the final product.
We then did this with all three sections, with people starting at the beginning of the section and some people starting at the end with both cropping the images until they met in the middle. We then put all the cropped images in order within their files so they could be uploaded into Premier easily and run together to create the look of the original video.
We reviewed the GoPro footage to see if our time lapse had worked and we were very happy with the shot we'd managed to capture. I, personally, was very happy with it because I'd wanted to get one slightly more close-up shot of our table and the other as a wide shot to capture the other group's projects as well so we could switch between them and keep the shots interesting. We had to keep our eyes on them because we knew they'd run out of battery and/or storage at some point in the evening. They did end up full so we had to remove the memory card and upload the footage onto a mac to clear it.
The last thing to do was to add the time lapse into the video in the same place it appears in the original version. We cut between the two shots at separate points to break up the video and make it more interesting.
The final video is made up of our original footage, edited to look like the Justin Bieber one, our rotoscope style animation (with the original video still underneath) and the time lapse we captured on the night. We collected all these sections separately then brought them together at the end to create the final product.
Please can you embed the video into this Melissa - and maybe some work in progress versions too? A bit more detail about the process of making it would also be good.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic description of the process now Melissa - very well done.
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