4 - Mountains in Motion

BEST VIEWED FULLSCREEN, HD (with scaling off). Please dim the lights, turn up your speakers, sit back and relax. Banff World Tour Info: http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainfestival/worldtour/ DVD & Blu-ray available for order at http://mountainsinmotion.ca/order/ If you like the short film, we'd love to get your vote for the Cold Smoke awards. Voting is open from January 26th - March 8th, 2013. Vote here: http://www.coldsmokeco.com/peoples-choice/ ***Currently experiencing technical difficulties with our film on the voting page. You can still vote, but you will have to view the film directly from this page for now.*** SYNOPSIS: Mountains in Motion: The Canadian Rockies is an award-winning short film documenting the life of the alpine landscape through time-lapse photography. In an effort to highlight the wildness of these mountain places and how they have inspired explorers of the past, present and future, time-lapse sequences were patiently gathered from exposed summits, by glacial lakes, and under aurora-filled skies. Hours and even months of change lapses in a matter of seconds, providing the viewer with a rare insight into the ever-changing nature of the landscape. Weaving throughout the film are reflections of an early mountaineer, who is deeply moved by his own encounter with the mountains and the revelations of explorers who have come before him. “What is this power that lures me upwards, into the unknown,” he wonders, “that pulls me deeper, despite snow, wind and exhaustion?” Made on a shoestring budget and with entirely volunteer hours, the film brought together artists from two vastly different parts of North America - Banff, Alberta, and Atlanta, Georgia. Strangers at the start, the film team developed strong friendships over the course of production and were united by their common goal of capturing the beauty and essence of a place that inspires them every day. This 100% human-powered film combines advanced time-lapse photography with an original story and musical score to bring the landscape center-stage and offers a thrilling new perspective that re-establishes the Canadian Rockies among the finest mountains in the world. WINNER - Best Documentary - Atlanta Shortsfest - Atlanta, GA, USA WINNER - Best Cinematography - Dixie Film Festival - Athens, GA, USA WINNER - Best Documentary Short - Asheville Cinema Festival - Asheville, NC, USA FINALIST - Banff Mountain Film Festival - Banff, Alberta, Canada FINALIST - Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival - Vancouver, BC, Canada OFFICIAL SELECTION - Banff Mountain Film Festival - WORLD TOUR 2012 / 2013 OFFICIAL SELECTION - ColdSmoke Awards Film Festival - Bozeman, MT Photography by Doug Urquhart (http://upthink.tv) & Paul Zizka (http://zizka.ca) Original Music by Michael Wynne (http://michaelwynne.net) Original Story by Meghan J. Ward (http://meghanjoyward.com) Motion control made possible by http://dynamicperception.com Voice Talent - Brian Bremer Pioneer - Guy Thorsby BTS Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougurquhart/sets/72157627898019489/with/8424630328/ Mountains in Motion is an http://upthink.tv side-project in collaboration with http://zizka.ca Thanks for viewing!

From Doug Urquhart and Paul Zizka, makers of the short film “Mountains in Motion”:

"Hours and even months of change lapses in a matter of seconds, providing the viewer with a rare insight into the ever-changing nature of the landscape. Weaving throughout the film are reflections of an early mountaineer, who is deeply moved by his own encounter with the mountains and the revelations of explorers who have come before him. “What is this power that lures me upwards, into the unknown,” he wonders, “that pulls me deeper, despite snow, wind and exhaustion?”

Made on a shoestring budget and with entirely volunteer hours, the film brought together artists from two vastly different parts of North America – Banff, Alberta, and Atlanta, Georgia. Strangers at the start, the film team developed strong friendships over the course of production and were united by their common goal of capturing the beauty and essence of a place that inspires them every day.

This 100% human-powered film combines advanced time-lapse photography with an original story and musical score to bring the landscape center-stage and offers a thrilling new perspective that re-establishes the Canadian Rockies among the finest mountains in the world."

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5 - Timelapse Coincidentally Captures a Fire in Downtown Montreal

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Photographer Evan Kitaljevich writes,

This was honestly my first attempt at making a time-lapse. I downloaded/figured out LRtimelapse (the trial version) in the afternoon then went out around sunset to shoot [...] Pan and zoom were added in post [...] To anyone who wants to try this, my best advice is to use a really sturdy (possibly weighed down) tripod. I wish I had one, because shooting with a GorillaPod in a bit of wind made the camera shake between frames. I used the AE warp stabilizer to try and smooth it out, but it still looks a bit weird and wobbly.
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