Pacer
Pacer looked at the world in a way no film had before it. The geometry of the city and its construction, the artistry of Montreal's landscape seen the hyper-prism of a camera racing through time on different dimension. Compressed imagery and physical motion combine in a never-been-seen-before kind of way.
Pacer can lay claim to being the first hyperlapse film, or at the very least, to being the precursor to it's development. It was shot on a Bolex 16mm camera in Montreal, Quebec in 1995. Shooting single frames, all the 'effects' are done in camera. The film's original negative was destroyed in it's one and only printing in 1995. That print was screened once and telecined for posterity, and the print was never projected again.
The film would've fallen into obscurity, except for the low rez video version that was included in a VHS video magazine called Channel Zero in 1996. Other visual artists like TopherZ of the Dandelion Collective who saw that Channel Zero and began to pick up the technique, and with Guy Roland's subsequent film, Spacer, in 2004 (later known as Kino Citius), the technique of hyperlapse took shape.
The only print of the film was carefully transferred to 2K digital in 2014 and painstakingly remastered in early 2015, resulting in the version you see here.
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Guy! This is by far one of my favorite films. I've shown it to countless friends, acquaintances, and strangers on the street and I keep searching it out to marvel at. THIS SHIT IS RAD AS HELL! Thank you for sharing it with the world.
this was the first Hyperlapse - very good!
I can't get over how smooth and well framed each shot is, with no image stabilisation. And why does it only have 6.5k views? so much bollox on youtube has well over 1000x that, its as if the algorithms want humanity dumbed down to watch things getting squashed with hydraulic presses.
i love this style of videos, incredible
it is unbelievable to imagine that this short film was shot with bolex 16mm！
Wow. What a Great experience. Very Impressive.
unrealy cool pro stuff!!! sound and video excelent!!! BIG Respect!
Immensely inspirational work. I'd love see this exhibited in a gallery or theatre. The music is perfect as it also feels like it consists of individual dimensions that are layered hypnotically. I'd really appreciate it if anyone can tell the name of the music please
@optimystic321
7 жыл бұрын
Aeekl Aihbb, thank you for your comments. I made the music from a variety of samples on a basic editing program in 1995. It was made specifically for the film.
unbelievable, hypnotic!!!
Wonderful work! And I don't even want to imagine how demanding!
Amazing work, a true Original!
Incredible 🤯
Incredible
Very cool
Wow, so was this basically a stop motion technique where each frame was chosen to have common parts of the image appear in the same location on the screen as the camera moved? How was it done so perfectly from frame to frame?
Phenomenal. What an inspiring film. Newbie to time lapse here - imagination is now getting way ahead of talent! 🤣
legendary
WOW🔥
Hey Guy, have you made an attempt at doing this with a longer exposure. I am planning to attempt this. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Legit looks like ai generated videos now. Thats so fucking dope!
How the fuck did you line up everything so well?
@optimystic321
3 ай бұрын
Carefully! Lol. I had a camera tech add a frame of a focus grid onto the ground glass, so when I looked through the viewfinder I had complex field to line things up against. This is a remastered version of the film that I had transferred to digital in 1080p progressive. I then steadied it a bit more in after effects but only a bit. Thanks for your interest!
Hey Guy, Is there any way i contact you directly with an inquiry regarding this video? Thanks!
@optimystic321
2 жыл бұрын
Shoot me your email addy
@evanuschenko
2 жыл бұрын
@@optimystic321 Seems as though KZread wont let me send you anything or post my address here
@optimystic321
Жыл бұрын
@@evanuschenkoemail guyrolando@gmail.com
song name?
@optimystic321
Жыл бұрын
Original music. I made on a multitrack computer program. Pretty basic at the time.