This week in class we were shown a film called Tran Scan, which was a video that was composed of all still-frame time lapse pictures taken in the perspective of the traveler. This film composed completely of pictures created a very real representation as if you were the one driving across the country in a car. I often get motion sickness from driving in the car, and this actually simulated that for me as well. As soon as the film started I knew my head was not going to be able handle the ups and downs that the camera simulated while driving. I had to look away every so often so I wouldn’t get sick, but I still walked away after with my head having a headache.
This video meant a lot of me because when I first learned about stop motion, I have always wanted to create a stop motion piece of my own. My goal is to one day actually maybe create one, or maybe I will make a stop motion project for an assignment this semester. This whole idea of using still frame images to create a movie just seemed very interesting to me, leaving me with wanting to create a work of my own. This has been a very inspirational piece for me, and I will use it as inspiration throughout this semester, perhaps this will give me an idea somewhere down the road in my future. As soon as I saw this film, I just wanted to know how he did it. So below I have posted how he constructed Tran Scan.
How the film was created: Shot with a Minolta Dimage 7i at 2560 x 1920 pixels.
Each shot covers about 10 kilometers (6 miles).
Time-lapse speed is about 5,700 km/h (3,550 mph).
Interval between snapshots is about 5 seconds.
Playback rate is 10 snapshots per second.
There are 5,000 snapshots.
Driving distance was 7,200 km (4,480 miles).
The drive took 14 days (no retakes).
Total creation time was 4,450 person-hours.
List was copied from: http://www.transcanfilm.com/makingof.html
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