Music is by Vaughan Williams: Variations on theme by Thomas Tallis

Song by Cinematic Orchestra cinematicorchestra.com/​

Shot with a 5D MK II and a 7D

Zeiss 35, 50 1.4, 85 1.2, Canon 15mm, 24mm, 24-105, 70-300mm,

MOCA Kessler Cineslider, revolution head, and various DIY contraptions he has built for zoom motor control.

Colin Rich sought out to capture the electric radiance of Los Angeles at night.

It took him 6 months of on and off shooting to finish this project and he has learned a couple things along the way.

First off, LA might be the entertainment capital of the world, but it sure is difficult to shoot around downtown without having homeland security officers, police, or security take notice and harass you. Know your shooting rights!

Shooting time lapses is a labor of love and a study in patience.

“One of the best matches of visuals to music I’ve seen.”
– Anne Midgette, Washington Post

more info on the director:
joshuafrankel.net/​Plan_Of_The_City.html
twitter.com/​#!/​frankelfrankel

more info on the music:
newamsterdamrecords.com/​#Album/​Awake

A new film combing animation with live action conceived of and directed by Joshua Frankel, about the architecture of New York City blasting off into outer space and resettling on Mars. The film’s visuals are an animated collage combining live action footage, animated elements, illustrations and treated photographs, including photos taken by the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity made available to the public domain by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Plan of the City was created in collaboration with composer Judd Greenstein and NOW Ensemble, an acclaimed “indie classical” chamber ensemble; the ensemble, including Greenstein, feature prominently in the film as live actors set inside the animated framework.

The audio of the film consists solely of Greenstein’s Change, performed by NOW Ensemble; Change and Plan of the City were created in parallel, each expressing its own artistic intention while simultaneously serving its “sibling”.

The film was presented with the music performed live, timed to the film, at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City in May, 2011. It also exists as its own stand-alone entity, utilizing NOW Ensemble’s recent studio recording of Change(out on New Amsterdam Records).

Director: Joshua Frankel

Music: “Change”, composed by Judd Greenstein and performed by NOW Ensemble

Cast: Sara Budde, Patrick Burke, Logan Coale, Mark Dancigers, Judd Greenstein, Michael Mizrahi, Alexandra Sopp, Susie Simpson, Celia Au, Jonthan Chang, Dan Chen, William Lex Ham, Ting Hu, Tammi Lee, Doua Moua, Rachel Shapira

Producer: Elissa Federoff
DP: Clayton Combe
Choreographer: Will Rawls
AD: Rachel Horlick
Key Grip: Christopher Fisher
Gaffer: Justyn Davis
Props: Eve Biddle
Script Supervisor: George Westberg
Stylist: Jenni Shaw
Asst Stylist: Julianne Laney
Casting Lauren Charkow
PAs: Clark Frankel, Daisuke Kasagawa, John Kitsis

Edited by: Joshua Frankel and George Westberg

Greenscreen Keying and Rotoscoping: Spline VFX
VFX Supervisor: Leslie Chung

Tools Development: Clay Budin, Dan Fast

Digital Artists: Dave C Frankel, Carolyn Frisch, Rio Harrington, Minwoo Lee, Suzanne Porush, Hyun Jung Ra, David Sarma, Adam Yost

Studio and Invaluable Support provided by My Active Driveway

Images of Mars Courtesy of NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Caltech

Made possible with a generous grant from New York State Council On The Arts

Credits:

CG |Modelling – Texturing – Illumination – Rendering| Alex Roman
POST |Postproduction & Editing| Alex Roman
MUSIC Sequenced, Orchestrated & Mixed by Alex Roman (Sonar & EWQLSO Gold Pro XP)

Sound Design by Alex Roman based on original scores by:

• Michael Laurence Edward Nyman. (The Departure)
• Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns. (Le Carnaval des animaux)

Directed by Alex Roman
Done with 3dsmax, Vray, AfterEffects and Premiere.

This time lapse is shot with a 12 mega pixel digital single lens reflex cameras. Original resolution is 6 times better than HD (high definition). The images have been resized for HD and are much better quality than shown here on YouTube.

Youtube user: TimeLapseHD. Dan and David Newcomb

I have enjoyed both the time lapse and the music. I hope you do so.

After watching this video I am thinking about a worldwide city time lapse competition. What do you think?

After travelling to Belgium, Norway, Scotland and  Turkey we arrive today to Holland and its canals. Amsterdam has been called the “Venice of the North” for its more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges.

After travelling to Belgium, Norway and Scotland we arrive today to Turkey. These photos refer to Constantinople because they were taken before the city was renamed in 1930.

Constantinople was the imperial capital of the Roman Empire, the Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire, the Latin Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe’s largest and wealthiest city.

It was officially renamed to its modern Turkish name Istanbul in 1930 with the Turkish Postal Service Law, as part of Atatürk’s national reforms. This name in turn derives from the Greek and Slavic colloquial name Stambol.

[Wikipedia]

Music by Ben Woods. Play > About to Fall

Note. Credits in this post link to orginal posts of this blog. Photo credits are placed on the landing pages.

The site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites in 1986 in a co-listing with Avebury henge monument, and it is also a legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument. Stonehenge itself is owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage while the surrounding land is owned by the National Trust.

New archaeological evidence found by the Stonehenge Riverside Project indicates that Stonehenge served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings. The dating of cremated remains found on the site shows that burials took place there as early as 3000 BC, when the initial ditch and bank were first dug. Burials continued at Stonehenge for at least another 500 years. [Wikipedia]

Photographers shows us Stonehenge in many different ways.

You can comment to point your favorite one.

You can listen to a celtic relaxing song. Mabon by Omnia

Aranjuez is known for the Palacio Real de Aranjuez, one of the Spanish royal sites, and its vast gardens. The Tagus valley has been intensively farmed since medieval times and the strawberries of Aranjuez are famous throughout Spain. Internationally, Aranjuez has become known through the Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo. Rodrigo is buried in the town cemetery.

The Concierto de Aranjuez is a composition for classical guitar and orchestra by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. Written in 1939, it is probably Rodrigo’s best-known work, and its success established his reputation as one of the most significant Spanish composers of the twentieth century.

Rodrigo, blind since age three, was a pianist. He did not play the guitar, yet he still managed to capture the spirit of the guitar in Spain.

This time photos are the pretext to share with you the concert – playing the guitar Paco de Lucia.

Playlist

Aranjuez concert part 1

Aranjuez concert part 2

Aranjuez concert part 3