First Run Through

The top video shows the set up that I made with the window I found and although the lighting is appropriate at the beginning once the sun goes down on the time lapse the room is clearly still sunny. This breaks the illusion of reality.
The video bellow tries to overcome that problem as I used the lights within the room to light the curtains. I think this works better but I'm not happy with the window.

Installation set up 1

This video shows the first run through of my installation. I found an old window and painted the frame white. I added some legs to make it stand up against the TV which was already mounted on the wall. I bought some curtains and a curtain pole and attached them to the frame of the window. I then realized that the window was quite a bit longer that the actual TV screen and you could see the bottom of the TV frame as well as the wall behind it. I decided to try and block this by placing plants behind the window to create the look of a garden with some plants under the window. 
This looked awful. It did not give the impression of reality and just looked like a window in front of a TV. The glass made the contrast of the TV seem too weak as well.

Top floor time lapse

I left this tie lapse running over night and I really like the way it has turned out.

Garage time lapse

This is my last time lapse and also one of my favourites. I like the changing colours as the night goes on.

Thinking about the length of my time lapses

I have started to think more about how long I want my time lapses to be. I have decided that the time lapses that I want to show behind my window should be slow enough for people to look at it and think 'oh, did that just move?!' but then again I don't want it to go so slowly that they then walk away. I need a quick turnaround between each time lapse so it will take some experimenting to get it to the right speed.



Newark Point short version from Alex Smith on Vimeo.


The video above shows a shorter version of the time lapse I made of one of the halls of residence. The video bellow shows a shorter version of the second time lapse that I made.



Short time version of lapse no 2 from Alex Smith on Vimeo.

I think that the time that the video's take is very important. I think that these shorter versions are more interesting than the longer ones when viewing online but the video's that I show in my final piece need to be longer as I want the feel of real time looking out a window.