This Scene Took 12 Hours to Make
Published May 29, 2024 · 7:45 · 81,229 views
About This Video
A behind-the-scenes video about what it takes to make one sequence: not a whole video, just one visual effect. Step one: camera shop, supplies, four hours charging a battery. Then: framing the camera with a Post-It note ruler (the GoPro macro lens focuses at exactly 3 inches), building a black matte frame, using a projector to trace a map of Texas because Van can't draw.
An entire working day consumed by setup before the camera rolls. Twelve hours for one scene. Making a new video every week is an all-consuming way of life, and interruptions are the enemy of production. That's the cost nobody sees.
Transcript
a lot of people on patreon asked me to make a video about what it takes to make videos start to finish but that's too hard so I'm going to make a video about all of the things you need to do just to make this one little sequence that I want to make and step one I got to go get all the supplies first stop is the camera shop second stop these and these it's first thing in the morning I got to get this on a charger I got to let it charge for 4 hours time is it wide angle macro and good enough I'm figuring out the frame on the camera keep your eye on the clock this is a tedious task making a new video every week is an all consuming way of life each one demands my complete focus and interruptions are the enemy of production sometimes spam emails and phone calls are enough to throw me off task this is where the sponsor for this week's episode comes into play incogni is a tool that scans commercial databases and people search sites that Harvest and sell your personal information without your knowledge these predatory sites collect private data like your phone number email home address and search history inundating you with Spam and putting you at risk of scams identity theft and stalking these data Brokers are required to delete your personal information if you request it but tracking them all down on your own is all but impossible incogni automated search and removal tools find where your personal information is being held and demand to have your data removed from these sites once you sign up and permit incogni to act on your behalf they make certain your sensitive information is removed without you having to manage anything you can easily monitor the progress of these removal requests in your dashboard and rest easy knowing your data isn't falling into the wrong hands whenever a new record pops up on a data broker site incogni will automatically request that it be removed ensuring your privacy remains protected use code neistat at the link below to get 60% off an annual plan and take back control of your data thank you incogni for supporting this channel so with the macro lens on this GoPro the focus distance is 3 in So within 3 in it's in focus and lucky for me a Post-It note is a 3-in square so I just made this little like ruler thing and right there it's in Focus that's the center of the frame I got to build a frame so I'm going to do time lapse so that I can enjoy myself without having to fuss over cameras I am still framing the camera this whole making the big black thing is part of framing the camera process this is hard to explain so I won't but I need to crop this to figure out how big to draw the map under here so that I won't um crop the map okay so I cropped it that's just the GoPro screen and then when I take the GoPro away it's about the one two three that's the frame right there so now I know how big to draw the map of Texas this is where the puzzle gets very precise and I have to be very careful because I'm about to commit to how I draw on this thing so there might be some video silence cuz I can't make the this and then uh make the this thing as well I have to do this whole next bit with the projector Etc simply because I don't know how to draw well okay that took an entire working day and now I'm ready to do the effect this is just a practice job the final version is more