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2. The Day Almost Flew By

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9 months ago

1. Red Test Footage

by David Blue Garcia

1 year ago

Seize ideas as they come for inspiration is as fleeting as a bird.

by David Blue Garcia

featuring Blake Buesnel and Stephanie Hunt

music by Brian Satterwhite

thanks to Richard Reininger and Chad Leathers

Shot entirely using still frames. Canon 7D.

My cinematography reel and more at...
davidbluegarcia.com

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Jacob Ortega 8 months ago

This could be the best video I've ever watched.
Shahzeb K 18 days ago

I second that.
Charly G. 17 days ago

Me too.
Nicholas Takeyama 16 days ago

me 3
Ricardoux 13 days ago

Me... 4
bogdan catana 9 days ago

me too
Matt Pulliam 8 months ago

That didn't make the top 50? Seemed pretty good to me.
Seventh President 8 months ago

I dunno how the hell this didn't make it into the top 50, man. This is one of the best vids I've seen in a while, and I'm not just saying that cause Blake is super cute.
Bryan Hill 8 months ago

That was an amazing video! Very cool!
Marko Slavnic 8 months ago

Amazing video!
grokworld 8 months ago

THis is a fantastic video, I think it could have made the Top 50 easily.
David Tuchman 8 months ago

This is too cool, man. I added it to my blog!
Amanda Rivera 8 months ago

Wow. How long did this take to shoot? and how long did it take to edit?
David Blue Garcia 8 months ago

hrmmm...This video took about 3 days to shoot but spread out over a week. Sometimes I would work for an hour or so to get one stop motion shot and then take a break until the next day. I didn't have many takes of things so the editing process was very fast. The color correction, editing and effects only took me about 3 days.
Jordy Vandeput 8 months ago

This video is amazing! It's so great that you put attention to the little things, that makes the video so realistic.

Good job!
Rod MacGregor 4 months ago

I really liked the style and effects of this , well done!
Dan Forsley 20 days ago

David
I am stunned that this piece took, as you say, " three days". In my inexperienced video mind, I am seeing a staggering amount of work. Are things really less than they appear to be?
Jayson Wall 19 days ago

Excellent job David. Kept me engaged the entire time. Loved the stop motion and you killed the editing. Keep it up!
Igor Albergaria 19 days ago

That is fantastic! Congratulations David perfect =D
JuFumero 19 days ago

Wonderful David, congrat's.

=.)
David Blue Garcia 19 days ago

I saved myself a lot of work by shooting and animating everything at 6 frames a second. This meant a quarter of the work I would have done if I had animated at 24 fps. I did not plan out shots meticulously which gave me more freedom to make and embrace any mistakes.
natiaranguiz 19 days ago

I see what you can do when you have pasion, love and work. Congrats for your works.. really are fantastic.
Fixinmytie 19 days ago

niiiiiice work man! stopmotion #FTW
Patrick Jones 19 days ago

Very nice. I have that camera. Seams like a lot of work but your result is quite superb. Next time you need music call me.
David Blue Garcia 15 days ago

Thanks. Will do.
Mike Tanji 19 days ago

Amazing job! I like it!
gabrielalmeida.photo 19 days ago

:o
Rob Sipe 19 days ago

Really great video. I loved the color grading. May I ask what program you used?
Lindenberg Munroe 19 days ago

Loved it! Well done!
Jatechan Kirdsuk 19 days ago

Genius work!!!
Jake Media 19 days ago

Truly inspirational. Thank you very much for giving me my daily dose of awesomeness.
Steven Goodheart 19 days ago

Wonderful, beautiful, magical, marvelous. Inspired my day! Thank you.
lu reinoso 19 days ago

Lo amo!
Alberto Perez 18 days ago

Daily inspiration indeed! Well done!
David Blue Garcia 18 days ago

I shot in stills so I was able to capture much more latitude then if I had shot video. I did basic color correction in Bridge then I did a few tweaks in final cut pro but nothing major. I wish I knew more about color correction.
Spranks 18 days ago

Great video and the rotation of the camera.
Adam Leisle 18 days ago

Wow, All I gotta say is this video gave me inspiration to do more. You have a gift man! Pursue Greatness!
thorsten dormann 17 days ago

Hey, nice film. It made me feeling happy, thank you!
Ben Elvis Mettin 17 days ago

hit them out
Jean-François Hirzel 17 days ago

Great emotion!
Rick Macomber 17 days ago

wow... that inspired me! Totally wicked pissa concept and amazing soundtrack as well. I see nobody has asked about the flying origami. Can you explain?
David Blue Garcia 15 days ago

I built an origami crane and shot flight sequences of it against a black background. Then I composited it into the frame by taking out the black. The reason it blends in so well is because I made sure to light it realistically. I also added some motion blur.
Jimmy Daggett 17 days ago

OHMAGAWD THIS IS SO COOL I made a film about handing out cranes as Random Acts of Kindness, and the origami crane WAS TRULY my inspiration for doing so. We made over 500 to hand out. And I feel like this film fits the inspiration I received from the crane incredibly well. I love this film!
mpared 16 days ago

this is incredible ...posted at the curious brain
Envision Designs 15 days ago

AWESOME! Can you please give some hints as to how you animated the bird? (And you even gave it a shadow!) And as for animating at 6fps, does that mean you set your camera to shoot at 6 still per second, or did you just click away and take what you needed to produce the desired look?

Thanks!
David Blue Garcia 15 days ago

The animation wasn't very scientific. I think it came out to a out 6 frames a second in most cases but I'm not sure.

I filmed the bird against a black background and I made sure to light it as if it were in the scene. I used a kino flo and a lamp.

The shadow of the bird is just a flipped image that I turned grey and made blurry.

Hope that makes sense.
Y.A.Rd 15 days ago

Hey, we loved yur movie and posted it on our facebook acound. just letting you know and hope its ok!
David Blue Garcia 15 days ago

That is great. Thanks!
Jaime Cano 15 days ago

David, this is great!
Ricardoux 13 days ago

This really inspired me... the images are beautiful...!!!
Captain Crazy Productions 13 days ago

00:57 most cinematic and beautiful leg shot lens flare!! haha amazing work.
Dan Goodwin 13 days ago

That was superb ! Cheered me up no end !!
Good effort !
bogdan catana 9 days ago

yes! superb and outstanding