Editing a timelapse.... How long is too long?!?

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Mike CH said:

NottsPhoto said:

Jeff31M said:

Ever since I picked up my D850 from Nikon I have been playing around with the electronic shutter feature where it isnt supposed to burn out your shutter. It has been a fun challenge and I like setting up time lapses.

I have about 7 minutes of 10-12 seconds clips. However, I have a feeling that is too long and people will lose interest.

Can anyone comment as to what an ideal length might be?!?

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SpiltMilk said:

NottsPhoto said:

Mike CH said:

NottsPhoto said:

Jeff31M said:

Ever since I picked up my D850 from Nikon I have been playing around with the electronic shutter feature where it isnt supposed to burn out your shutter. It has been a fun challenge and I like setting up time lapses.

I have about 7 minutes of 10-12 seconds clips. However, I have a feeling that is too long and people will lose interest.

Can anyone comment as to what an ideal length might be?!?

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Mike CH said:

NottsPhoto said:

Mike CH said:

NottsPhoto said:

Jeff31M said:

Ever since I picked up my D850 from Nikon I have been playing around with the electronic shutter feature where it isnt supposed to burn out your shutter. It has been a fun challenge and I like setting up time lapses.

I have about 7 minutes of 10-12 seconds clips. However, I have a feeling that is too long and people will lose interest.

Can anyone comment as to what an ideal length might be?!?

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NottsPhoto said:

Mike CH said:

NottsPhoto said:

Mike CH said:

NottsPhoto said:

Jeff31M said:

Ever since I picked up my D850 from Nikon I have been playing around with the electronic shutter feature where it isnt supposed to burn out your shutter. It has been a fun challenge and I like setting up time lapses.

I have about 7 minutes of 10-12 seconds clips. However, I have a feeling that is too long and people will lose interest.

Can anyone comment as to what an ideal length might be?!?

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It depends on the story your telling...

you need to keep it interesting at all times, in particular in the nose of the video, where the vast majority of bounces take place.

The previous comments re music are just plain wrong.

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Excuse me?

I explicitly said to me.

Are you always this arrogant? Just asking?

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i think the arrogance lies with someone who purports to give advice but has no expertise... and then objects when someone with expertise disagrees and gives sound reasons from experience, backed up with hard data.

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Are you incapable of accepting that people might have differing tastes?

I made quite a point of pointing out that I was talking solely about my opinions and what I thought of it.

NottsPhoto said:

NottsPhoto said:

NottsPhoto said:

With time lapse music is crucial to driving the pace, keeping the narrative moving, and setting the mood.

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To you, maybe. Absolutely not to me.

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As an individual your sample size is too small to be representative.

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It’s the height of arrogance to think that that in any way invalidates my personal opinion, Mr Know-It-All.

NottsPhoto said:

NottsPhoto said:

NottsPhoto said:

this is a case study for a big time lapse we produced last year.... note how we have our central key shot of the yard, and break this up with a lot of other bits...

https://pageonemedia.co.uk/timelapse-video-production/

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See, that’s exactly what I mean when the music drives me away. I couldn’t have found a better example; thank you for helping me prove my point

Regards, Mike

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I hardly ever speak for anybody but myself. In the cases where I do mean to speak generally the statements are likely to be marked as such.

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And yet 13,000 people watched at least 90% of that video in the first 18 hours after release... it was produced with forethought for a particular audience.

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How do you know they didn’t mute it?

And every time I hear that argument I can’t help thinking of flies and dungheaps...

NottsPhoto said:

Striving hard to be the man that my dog thinks I am.

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Perhaps your dog would want you to be a bit more accepting of other people’s tastes and opinions?

Regards, Mike

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I hardly ever speak for anybody but myself. In the cases where I do mean to speak generally the statements are likely to be marked as such.

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Your still wrong.

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kiwi2 said:

SpiltMilk said:

I'd watch a 7 minute time lapse if it was interesting.

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I find this one mesmerising...

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NottsPhoto said:

SpiltMilk said:

NottsPhoto said:

Mike CH said:

NottsPhoto said:

Jeff31M said:

Ever since I picked up my D850 from Nikon I have been playing around with the electronic shutter feature where it isnt supposed to burn out your shutter. It has been a fun challenge and I like setting up time lapses.

I have about 7 minutes of 10-12 seconds clips. However, I have a feeling that is too long and people will lose interest.

Can anyone comment as to what an ideal length might be?!?

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kiwi2 said:

SpiltMilk said:

I'd watch a 7 minute time lapse if it was interesting.

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I find this one mesmerising...

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Mike CH said:

SpiltMilk said:

kiwi2 said:

SpiltMilk said:

I'd watch a 7 minute time lapse if it was interesting.

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I find this one mesmerising...

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