Cutting to the beat….

More time lapse & macro fun!

This time I had Liz find some small stuff around the house so I could test my new camera scripts. I wrote one that advances the zoom a specific amount so I can shoot stuff that “jump zooms” to the beat of a song.

Here is a little movie to demonstrate this effect. I wrote the song at 120 beats per minute and the footage plays at 24 frames per second. Easy to subdivide the measures and make everything come out even. Every cut is on the beat. There are other scripts in the film, but the one that “jump zooms” is the one I wrote today.

The A640 only has 9 zoom positions so it’s pretty limited. I want to use its choppy goodness to my advantage.

I will be using these effects and this style in the video for “Combat” along with the other scripts I’ve been working on and a top secret motion control device – OOOOOOOOOOO – top secret! I need to get me some tank models and some mini remote control helicopters.

Here is the 30 second experiment in time – “Jumpy”

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Double click to play:

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