'Abu Dhabi The Capital' is a collage of time-lapse sequences, shot as a part of a film commissioned by the Abu Dhabi General Secretariat of the Executive Council. All scenes were filmed in the Abu Dhabi Emirate, between December 2013 and February 2014. It took 43 days to complete the shoot.
Locations featured in the film:
• Abu Dhabi city
• Shams 1 solar power plant in Madinat Zayed City
• Hodariyat Bridge in Abu Dhabi
• Khalifa Port
• Strata manufacturing facility in Al Ain
• Abu Dhabi business center
• Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange
• Mubarak Bin Mohammed School in Abu Dhabi
• Zayed University, Khalifa City Campus
• Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
• Etihad Rail
• Midfield Terminal Complex construction site in Abu Dhabi
• Abu Dhabi International Airport
• Abu Dhabi Duty Free
• Ferrari World
• Yas Marina Circuit (Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix)
• Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi
• Hyatt Capital Gate Abu Dhabi
• National Bank of Abu Dhabi HQs
• World Trade Center Abu Dhabi
• Al Maryah Island (Galleria Mall, Abu Dhabi Financial Centre, Cleveland Clinic)
• Rosewood Hotel, Sowwah Square
• Abu Dhabi Investment Authority HQs
• Lake Park Abu Dhabi Corniche
• Emirates Palace Hotel, Eithad Towers, Adnoc Corporate HQs
• Al Jahili Fort in Al Ain
• Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
• Nation Towers, Corniche Road in Abu Dhabi
Gear employed in the filming of time lapses:
• Canon DSLR cameras
• Canon and Nikon lenses
• CamBLOCK motion control system
• Genie Syrp portable motion control system
• Revolve Camera Motion Control system
• Lil' Mule Motion Control Sytem
• Gitzo & Manfrotto tripods
• Really Right Stuff ballheads and clamps
• LEE and Heliopan filters
• Promote Remote Control intervalometer by Promote Systems
Software:
• LR Timelapse (secret weapon of every self-respecting time lapser)
• GB Timelapse
• Adobe Lightroom
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Premiere
Production: Timesand Studios
Time-lapse cinematography and editing by Beno Saradzic
Assistants: Sandeep Nair and PJ van Schalkwyk
Original music score: Vladimir Persan
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Etihad Rail scenes were filmed by Timur Gafurov
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