Time-lapse Of Setup In Essex

[vokf 0]

We did a quick Time-Lapse video of a Christmas Party Set-up on Sunday;

 

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Any opinions on the set-up?

Lowish ceiling (7' - so couldn't use goalpost overhead) meant we needed the lights at the front (as opposed to behind us).

There was lots of room behind us, but I didn't want people dancing on the stage - not THAT much room!

 

One of the guests was a Mobile DJ, and we had a good chat about kit/music. He did mainly Youth Club gigs, but was taken by the small diffraction laser and lights. I mentioned the forum, so he may signup...

 

Jason

[Robster 0]

I think it looks brill , great idea the time lapse video, how long in real time did the set up take?

[vokf 0]

Hi Rob,

it took about 60mins. We unloaded the car first, but it still took a while longer than normal, not sure why -but there is quite a bit to do..

 

Jason

[Robster 0]

Hi Rob,

it took about 60mins. We unloaded the car first, but it still took a while longer than normal, not sure why -but there is quite a bit to do..

 

Jason

 

60 mins is the average i work on , i cant seem to get lower than that ..i take x amount lugging from the car , put sound and light set up and safety checks always seem to end up 60 mins , i would love to get this to 30 mins and i have a few ideas how to but it will need heavy financial investment for me to do that.

 

my friend has a big van and he has manufactured what he calls Chariots for his t bars the lights are pre wired and connected up and rest on these chariots when he transports them , when he gets to the venue he just lifts then out of the chariots and plonks them all made up onto the tripod bases , as he uses only two diffraction lasers and two small light led lights this works really well for him and is light enough to do..I dont have a big enough van or the skills to make these chariots lol

 

i think the time lapse idea is very good for showing what your set up looks like and whats involved for the customer to see. great idea matey

 

[gadget 0]

60 mins is the average i work on , i cant seem to get lower than that ..i take x amount lugging from the car , put sound and light set up and safety checks always seem to end up 60 mins , i would love to get this to 30 mins and i have a few ideas how to but it will need heavy financial investment for me to do that.

 

my friend has a big van and he has manufactured what he calls Chariots for his t bars the lights are pre wired and connected up and rest on these chariots when he transports them , when he gets to the venue he just lifts then out of the chariots and plonks them all made up onto the tripod bases , as he uses only two diffraction lasers and two small light led lights this works really well for him and is light enough to do..I dont have a big enough van or the skills to make these chariots lol

 

i think the time lapse idea is very good for showing what your set up looks like and whats involved for the customer to see. great idea matey

 

If I had a van i'm sure it would be easier/faster setup times, esp if things like the poles & t-bar were all boxed up and a single-item carry.. Stairs seem to add a lot of time to the mix too.. I can do it in about an hour to hour and 15... depending on number of t-bars and number of dmx leads I have to run :/

[MintyDave 0]

You really need to get out more Jason. Love the vid especially the music. Loving the par cans?

 

as i have said before i have a 'coffin' in my citroen dispatch with the overhead off a 4' giraffe stand (shortened slightly) with 3 lights hard wired with dmx ready to go. just 1 long iec lead and they are up and running. add 2 lights with ease as the wiring is there ready to go. its a bit heavy and you need to be tall but shaves 15-20 mins off setup and the wiring is very neat.

 

Im thinking of a smaller van next time and having 1t bar with symetrical lighting for my usual venues and using the led par cans more.

 

Nice!

 

 

[bluejools 0]

Finally just managed to watch this vid from home.......

 

Nice!!! I just love the way everyone moves about and things appear (that makes me sound so simple)

 

How do you make a time lapse video ?

[Carmen 0]

How do you make a time lapse video ?

 

My DSLR has a "interval timer shooting" mode, which means I can set it to take shots every XXX minutes for however long I like (or however long the battery lasts - indefinitely if I had a mains adaptor!). So for this I put it on a tripod and set it to take a shot every 15 seconds.

 

I did make a few mistakes in setting the camera up as I had it set on autofocus and you can see the camera zooms in and out slightly as it refocuses for each shot - I should have left it on manual focus and just focused for the first shot. Also I forgot to do the maths and had it set to take 60 shots which only lasted 15 minutes so I had to go back and reset the camera when I noticed it'd stopped taking pictures.

 

In all I think there were about 140 pictures in the sequence. I then put them all into Windows movie maker at a rate of about 4-5 frames a second and added the music. Jason (Vokf) did the rest. :xmas:

Edited December 22, 2009 by Carmen

[mattmcc 0]

Loved the video. A nice simpe idea that shows so much.

 

Well done.

 

Matt

[Raymilkybarkid 0]

Looks good.

Great Idea for the time lapse video nice touch.

Setting up the retro show should be interesting for me as it could take upto 2 1/2 hours.

 

 

 

[Andy Dunn 0]

Looks good.

Great Idea for the time lapse video nice touch.

Setting up the retro show should be interesting for me as it could take upto 2 1/2 hours.

 

Yeah if your lucky,enjoy lifting those harvesters and astrodiscos up onto the truss!

 

And by the way happy xmas all!