In July 2010, a struggling singer-songwriter and musician named Christina Perri had a life-changing moment when she was asked to perform a song she had written, a defiant break-up anthem called “Jar of Hearts,” on the Fox show So You Think You Can Dance. The raw, emotional quality of her performance connected with viewers and catapulted the 24-year-old Philadelphia native into the public eye. “Jar of Hearts” went on to sell...

Check out this video shot by Jonathan Bregel and the guys from Next Level Pictures. The idea behind this video was to document whatever sort of culture they could find within an 8 hour span with literally no pre-production. We all have honestly seen too many slow-motion explosions, face slaps, and popping water baloons, that Jonathan thought capturing real culture, and real emotion would be a cool change of pace. His goal was to...

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I would LOVE to visit Chicago one of these days. Pedestrians throng the streets, the El twists down the tracks, beach-goers wade and sunbathe, and boats swim through the harbors in an impressive, new tilt-shift timelapse video of Chicago. Created by local TV station WGN, this awesome time-lapse video captures the vibrant diversity of a city that’s always in motion, from the tense...

IN SEARCH FOR THE DARK NIGHT SKIES IN LIGHT POLLUTED LOCATIONS Black Hole Sun is a statement against light pollution and waste of energy – especially in the European alps. The west and eastern alps offer some of the last remote places where you and your kids can enjoy the beauty of a starry, clear, night sky, which is the same for all people: one people, one sky! By contrasting footage of highly lit cities and frequented traffic ways...

Being a child of 80s and 90s, and having lived through all of the video game consoles, I really got a kick out of this evolution of games video. Figuring out a clever way to film a scene can be daunting at the least but building an entire video around a single frame can be even tougher. Joe Penna aka MysteryGuitarMan and his friends came together to produce a collaborative video showcasing different video games through the years. It’s...

Have you ever wondered how different you’d look in a few years? A very good way to find out is to take photos of yourself everyday, maybe more than once a day. What you’d end up with is a time-lapse video that’s about 40 seconds, showing your face with different hairdos, clothes, glasses, makeup (when applicable), etc. Check out the video below by a girl who calls herself clickflashwhirr. It looks like she does this by one...

It took Colin Rich 6 months of on and off shooting to finish this project when he sought out to capture the electric radiance of Los Angeles at night. LA might be the entertainment capital of the world, but it sure is difficult to shoot around downtown without having homeland security officers, police, or security take notice and harass you. Know your shooting rights! Shooting time lapses is a labor of love and a study in patience. Make...

3 guys + 44 days + 11 countries + 18 flights + 38,000 miles + exploding volcano + 2 cameras + almost a terabyte of footage = A trip of a lifetime… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films. Rick Mereki : Director, producer, additional camera and editing Tim White : DOP, producer, primary editing, sound Andrew Lees : Actor, mover, groover All Music...

In a world increasingly concerned with questions of energy production and raw material shortages, this project explores the potential of desert manufacturing, where energy and material occur in abundance. In this experiment sunlight and sand are used as raw energy and material to produce glass objects using a 3D printing process, that combines natural energy and material with high-tech production technology. Solar-sintering aims to raise...

If you ever happen to need some stock time-lapse videos for any reason, you should check out the guys at HDTimelapse.net. They provide High Resolution (HD, 2K, 4K), timelapse royalty-free stock footage for video and film professionals (Documentaries, Short Film, Commercials, Music Video, etc…), organized into 20 different categories, including Animals, Architecture, Celestial, etc… These guys literally travel around the world to...