Time-Lapse Video: Shooting with the Camera in Motion

Take your time-lapse projects to the next level by moving the camera as you shoot.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course

1. Understanding Motion

• The benefits of motion
• The challenges of motion
• Designing the shot

2. Weather and the Elements

• Determining available light
• Cloud-coverage concerns
• Shooting duration
• Obtaining a permit

3. Essential Gear

• Camera body
• Tripod
• Intervalometer selections
• Memory card selection
• Battery and power requirements
• Modifying the camera to reduce flicker

4. Essentials of Motion: Low Tech

• Panning the head
• Skate wheel
• Slider (no power)
• Flow-Mow for the GoPro
• Adding motion in post

5. Motion on a Budget

• Designing the shot
• Creating a panning time lapse on a budget
• Creating a sliding time lapse on a budget

6. Advanced Motion

• Designing the shot
• Building the slider
• Three-axis motion
• Creating a sliding "shoot-move-shoot" time-lapse

7. Hyperlapse

• Designing the shot
• Hyperlapse: Low tech
• Hyperlapse: Medium tech (measuring and marking)
• Developing the hyperlapse
• Processing the hyperlapse
• Stabilizing the hyperlapse
• Hyperlapse: Planes, trains, and automobiles

8. Field Recap

• Lessons learned
• Moving to post-production
• Dirty lenses
• Reflections
• Organizing footage

9. Advanced Post-Production Techniques

• Adjusting the raw files with Camera Raw
• Sharpening and noise reduction in Camera Raw
• Adjusting the raw files with LRTimelapse ramping
• Developing the time lapse with Camera Raw
• Using lens profiles
• Using Upright
• Post moves
• Using the camera track to add text
• Flicker reduction

Conclusion

• Goodbye