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Stop motion Tilt shift meets tracking.
This technique is an extension of my other video The Persistence of Vision.

This is a photomotion made with a Canon G9 stills camera.

- no i didn't film it from a train or bike - no roller skates!

The work looks at the sublime act of perception and tries to re-present this.

Check out my new video Drift which develops this stop motion technique even further

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  • Cool FX
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  • really like it!
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  • Ken Scott 2 years ago
    wow ... !
  • mustardcuffins 1 year ago
    Thanks Ken
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  • Keith Loutit plus 2 years ago
    cool stuff - very creative!
  • mustardcuffins 2 years ago
    thanks Keith, your work is a great inspiration
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  • Tim Pethel plus 2 years ago
    nice work.. how do yo do it?! :)
  • mustardcuffins 2 years ago
    thanks,
    its based on life drawing and observing when moving, so overlapping images as if you were looking at a subject instead of just taking a photo of a flat plane.
    so to conclude yes its lots of images
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  • François Tarlier plus 2 years ago
    really cool idea ;) well done
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  • Francesco Brunotti plus 2 years ago
    I like this ! And a lot too ! I like the way some of the buildings move ! It reminds of some works I did as a photographer, but "in motion"...It's really cool ! How did you do this ? Is it just a sequence of pics put together in post production or there's something more to it ? Anyway, it's a very good video ! Greetings from Italy !
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  • Charlie McCarthy plus 2 years ago
    incredible.
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  • Rootclip 2 years ago
    Amazing! Love the tilt-shift look.
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  • I love the construction site at the end. Pretty cool video.
  • mustardcuffins 2 years ago
    thanks, its the construction site for the shard of glass in London - i want to shoot some more of it!
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  • Andy Digitonal 2 years ago
    superb work, love the shot of the eye near the end.
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  • JimJam Graphics plus 2 years ago
    Nicely done mustardcuffins... nice to see a new approach to the tilt-shift thing.
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  • Michael Critz 2 years ago
    That is crazy awesome! I love this technique.
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  • giles western 2 years ago
    Loving the technique, i think i get what you mean, so you act as if the building/object of focus is moving past you and your tracking it, clever! Awesome mate.
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  • Alex Luster plus 2 years ago
    very nice!!
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  • Mark Robinson 2 years ago
    this so rocks - dude - thats really amazing.
  • mustardcuffins 2 years ago
    thanks irishmark
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  • A Flexo 2 years ago
    cool video, gave me some ideas
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  • marie-jo lamazou 2 years ago
    vraiment superbe, félicitations !
  • mustardcuffins 2 years ago
    merci marie-jo,
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  • Poifox 2 years ago
    wow!
    so cool! :D
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  • Harley 2 years ago
    How did you make the tilt-shift effect?
  • mustardcuffins 2 years ago
    it's done in AE- can't quite get a tilt shift to fit on my G9!
  • Harley 2 years ago
    I'd love to get after effects. Too bad I dont have a $1000 on me. Great video though! I love how you shot it!
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  • Mark Empey plus 2 years ago
    Very well done!
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  • Nikola Ovcharski 2 years ago
    Awesome footage and music
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  • Maikerukun 2 years ago
    ummm...wow...i don't even know what to say...i'm uncomfortable at the amazing feeling this video left me with...I wana do an entire film like this...simply breathtaking.
  • mustardcuffins 2 years ago
    thanks Michael Simpson Jr, it would be great to make a whole film like this!
  • Maikerukun 2 years ago
    the work required would be staggering, but good gosh...the effect would be amazing:0)
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  • Reginaldo Kono 2 years ago
    REPEATING... Amazing, cool, superb!
    Is this only still images took in movement, really? Very smart!
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  • Francesco Pedano 2 years ago
    great great great!
    even if I like more The Persistence of Vision, this gives you the impression you have when you see an interesting thing when you walk/run/drive. The same thing happens (at least, to me) when you catch a woman's eyes: for some miliseconds, everything stops and - even if you go on walking- everything turns around her.
  • mustardcuffins 2 years ago
    great idea about catching someones glance in a fleeting moment.
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  • May I add my voice to the chorus of praise.

    How'd you get the framing so tight? How did you get the building to stay in exactly the same place in the frame?. Did you use a fixed lens?

    I am blown away.
  • mustardcuffins 2 years ago
    many thanks Sean,

    i used a canon G9, very time consuming but kind of medative as its so repetitious.
    because they are all stills it means that you have a large frame to play with for composition
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  • tamás lehoczky 2 years ago
    what an awsome stuff! I envy your style :) best, tamas
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  • omsipro 2 years ago
    Muy bueno
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  • David Coiffier plus 2 years ago
    Really nice results! Congratulations!
    How much time did you spend on post ? Did you use tracking feature to fix frames over time, or is it a pure manual monk job ?
  • mustardcuffins 2 years ago
    cheers
    its a mix of manual and automated
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  • Maikerukun 2 years ago
    Another question friend...how many stills did it take to make this?? It's so sick, i'm in love with it, one of my favs right now
  • mustardcuffins 2 years ago
    nice one Michael glad you are liking it
    don't know how many images it took - lots,
    but its the time it takes to take them and process which really adds up!
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  • tierney waters 2 years ago
    i'm in love with this one!

    i'm just watching it over and over again! can't stand it!
    please tell us some more about the technique..

    1.when you take photos, you have in mind the specific building to be in the same place, as possible? or what?

    2.how many photos did you take for every scene; your camera has a continuous mode in taking photos? what fps?

    3. tracking the image sequences on AE?

    sorry about these so many questions but i really love it :P

    thanks!
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  • Mex 2 years ago
    Totaly amaizing!
    Still can understand how did you do that!
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  • Matt Smith 2 years ago
    Really nice video!
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  • Pigeon P. 2 years ago
    excellent! i totally like this one
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  • Hello mustard
    at the night time with wine i seen this video
    really well
    this is fantastic work,
    do u have any royalty for this video coz i want to use this video for my students
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  • if u waanna money i will pay u then u can send me fine quality
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  • dataproduction 2 years ago
    Congratulations!!
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  • Matthew Draving 2 years ago
    cool mang whats next?
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  • Remi Noell plus 2 years ago
    Really cool, reminds me up a Michel Gondry's Polaroïd's add.
  • mustardcuffins 6 months ago
    Thanks Remi
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  • Justin Metz plus 2 years ago
    A few black edges peaked in now and again, some mix of precomposing the image sequenced footage and the "motion tile" effect should be able to resolve/hide that. Anyway, I went out and did a handheld walk around a large statue to test the concept out (nothing worth posting, but it definitely worked). Considering I'm involved with travel video production from time to time, I'll have to "wow" my next client with this trick. Thanks for the inspiration!
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  • Ben Cowan 2 years ago
    Very slick, and thanks for being so open about your technique, might have to try it myself.
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  • Sebastian Lange plus 2 years ago
    very nice work - great overall style together with the music !
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  • Bhautik Joshi 2 years ago
    Great work!
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  • Tim Nitsch plus 2 years ago
    Amazing!
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  • Cerebellum Works 2 years ago
    wish i'd thought of that!
    i like the parts where buildings stay as the focal points and the foregrounds move around.
    i've added it to my blog!

    cerebellumworks.blogspot.com
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  • Tim Chiavaroli 2 years ago
    Like taping a wee camera to a fly, dollying...tethered 2 metres off the ground...as it buzzed around and about. Brilliant!
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  • Terry Rayment 2 years ago
    Visually stunning. Great picture.
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  • damn dude! this is really
    inspirational
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  • Frederic Vercammen plus 2 years ago
    Hey
    Wonderful stuff
    Is there a tutorial of this technique?
    I like it !!!
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  • dataproduction 2 years ago
    i want to download it now!!!
    GREAT!
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  • Stephen Fitzgerald 2 years ago
    fantastic work. I'm amazed how people find fresh ways to see the world over and over again. I'm inspired.
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  • Benjamin Dowie 2 years ago
    Excellent!
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  • Owain Bentley 2 years ago
    epic!
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  • Tony Scott 2 years ago
    turned out great mate
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  • Jim Wang 2 years ago
    How you do that!? O.O
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  • Lauren Stelling 2 years ago
    what city was this taken in?
  • mustardcuffins 2 years ago
    London
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  • Tim Rodenbröker 2 years ago
    Good work!
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  • It's a great piece of art!! I can't stop watching it.. the buildings, the lake, the park, all the urban sites. This photo motion looks like an architect's documentary work.. Are you an architect ??
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  • Boris Dörning 2 years ago
    very very nice!!
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  • wowowo 2 years ago
    very very very nice!!!
    I envy you.
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  • sixtwelve plus 2 years ago
    that is awesome! i really loved it. keep it up!
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  • Tom Hackbarth 2 years ago
    really impressive
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  • M Jahanzaib Waseem 2 years ago
    "Buhat ala jani... "
    i means, Crazy work friend.. ;-)
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  • Mr. Pinkeyes 2 years ago
    Nice! :D
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  • sasha !! 2 years ago
    holy shit why is this so awesome! dude your def going up on my blog. bluntminds.wordpress.com
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  • peter 2 years ago
    Hi man, nice work. It is not clear in first lock, but it is lot of work. I know that ;) . I really admire this type of stuff. ;) you working in some post. company ? or you on freelance ? bye Peter ;)
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  • Shep Films plus 2 years ago
    Wonderful. What's the frame rate?
  • mustardcuffins 1 year ago
    thanks 25fps
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  • David Olkarny 2 years ago
    Thats great!

    well done.
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  • Kop Anfield 2 years ago
    Good sound to adapt with pics.
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  • crfxfnm crfyth 2 years ago
    Wow! Cool! How did you make it?
  • mustardcuffins 6 months ago
    lots of photos
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  • JuanLeonel 1 year ago
    Love it!!!! absolutely and greatly crazyness
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  • dmariarosaria 1 year ago
    idea originale! complimenti! ;)
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  • aiajan 1 year ago
    congratulations
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  • calculatecre 1 year ago
    Wow! Cool!
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  • Mrgookato 1 year ago
    excelent!
    I'm gonna make one ... not so fancy... but still, i'll try to keep up with it! ^^
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  • ппу 1 year ago
    I love that. It's fantastic!
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  • KAZ PR✪D. 1 year ago
    Stunning FX, like it !
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  • Robin Lundgren 1 year ago
    Woah, that is cool! Felt dizzy in a good way :)
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  • internetzarabotok 1 year ago
    Great job, nice video. I like.
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  • mothnode 1 year ago
    Beautiful!
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  • Callie B 1 year ago
    Awesome video!
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  • stop motion or motion graphic?
    i like it very much...
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