Timelapse art video, does this work well?

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Tahrgat

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So I edited together a video for my wife. It is a bunch of still images she took as she was working on this picture of a dragon. This is important to her because it is the first picture of a dragon that she has drawn. My constraint in editing was that it could only be 14 seconds long. The reason for this is because this video will be posted to instagram as well. That didn't give me a lot of room for polish. So I was wondering if the pacing and song choice work well?

 
It all works nicely, the only thing I could suggest in the future is that you have the camera in the same position maybe facing straight down at the drawing. So it doesn't look all jumpy :)
 
Andrew Flint said:
It all works nicely, the only thing I could suggest in the future is that you have the camera in the same position maybe facing straight down at the drawing. So it doesn't look all jumpy :)
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It would be nice, but my wife does this kinda stuff on the fly. All I can really do is piece it together. I do appreciate the advice though. I am happy that you thought it worked nicely :)
 
It's not bad, but as Andrew suggested, it would be much better if the camera is in the same position. What you can do is set up a tripod on the opposite side of the drawing so when you take the picture, it's upside down but you can later flip it. Have her tape the drawing down so it doesn't move on the table. (A soft tape like masking tape would work well as you don't want to damage the paper. Stick if a few times on your clothes to help it lose it's stickiness so you can peal it off easier when done.)

I quick drew up a ref of what I mean to help better explain:

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It takes a while to get used to the drawing being taped down as you have to get used to turning and moving yourself to draw and not the paper, but it makes a huge difference in the video. If taping down doesn't seem like a great idea, you can leave markers on the table to know where to place the drawing so the pictures will still line up.

You don't have to do any of the above, it's just my suggestions. If you come up with your own solution or just want to leave it as is, that's fine too.

Side note: the dragon is very good! I love the eye :)
 
kami said:
It's not bad, but as Andrew suggested, it would be much better if the camera is in the same position. What you can do is set up a tripod on the opposite side of the drawing so when you take the picture, it's upside down but you can later flip it. Have her tape the drawing down so it doesn't move on the table. (A soft tape like masking tape would work well as you don't want to damage the paper. Stick if a few times on your clothes to help it lose it's stickiness so you can peal it off easier when done.)

It takes a while to get used to the drawing being taped down as you have to get used to turning and moving yourself to draw and not the paper, but it makes a huge difference in the video. If taping down doesn't seem like a great idea, you can leave markers on the table to know where to place the drawing so the pictures will still line up.

You don't have to do any of the above, it's just my suggestions. If you come up with your own solution or just want to leave it as is, that's fine too.

Side note: the dragon is very good! I love the eye :)
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I will show this to my wife. You have some pretty solid suggestions on how she could produce a more quality video experience. I know for a fact that she wont tape down the image while drawing, but doing something as simple as using a marker may be the ticket. Thank you for the advice.
 
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