{"id":40127,"date":"2011-02-11T09:06:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T14:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=40127"},"modified":"2017-01-26T14:23:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:23:07","slug":"40127","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/02\/11\/40127\/","title":{"rendered":"Matter of Facts: Olin (then) vs. Garcelon (now) time-lapse movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/02\/olin-september-1985.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/02\/olin-september-1985.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large alignright\" alt=\"olin-september-1985\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the 1980s, lecturer Gene Clough famously created a time-lapse film of Olin Arts Center\u2019s construction. Last fall, the Digital Media Studios created a <a href=\"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/views\/2010\/11\/02\/time-lapse-field-turf-garcelon\/\">time-lapse of Garcelon\u2019s renovation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, the setup featured an electric device that wound the film camera and pushed its single frame button \u2014 while the modern setup featured a digital camera hooked to an iMac with software controlling nearly everything. But if the two tool sets were quite different, says Colin Kelley of the Digital Media Studios, \u201cat their mechanical hearts they were doing the same thing \u2014 one with film, the other with a hard drive.\u201d <strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Length <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then <\/strong>March 26, 1985\u2013Jan. 10, 1987<\/li>\n<li><strong>Now <\/strong>May 28\u2013Oct. 9, 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Camera Location<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then <\/strong>Third floor, Lane Hall<\/li>\n<li><strong>Now <\/strong>Second floor, New Commons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Camera<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then <\/strong>Paillard BOLEX H-16 Reflex camera; Kern Vario-Switar f\/2.5 lens<\/li>\n<li><strong>Now <\/strong>Canon EOS Rebel XS hooked to iMac (2GHz, Intel Core Duo, 2GB RAM)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Photographic Format<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then<\/strong> 16 mm Eastman Ektachrome VNF 7240 color reversal film<\/li>\n<li><strong>Now<\/strong> JPG still images used to create 1280&#215;720 ProRes movie file<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Power Source<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then<\/strong> Spring-wound camera; AC-powered time-lapse mechanism and Tork time clock; battery-operated alarm (loud beep) signaled power failure with instructions to call Clough.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Now <\/strong>APC-brand uninterruptible power supply<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Remote Control of Camera <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then<\/strong> None<\/li>\n<li><strong>Now<\/strong> Access via Bates network; specifics kept secret for security reasons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Image Frequency<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then <\/strong>One taken every 6 minutes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Now <\/strong>One every 7 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Quality Control<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then <\/strong>Setup in Registrar\u2019s office (\u2018nuff said); to ensure clear shooting, Clough installed a motor drive that opened a single window pane for each image<\/li>\n<li><strong>Now <\/strong>Setup in locked closet; password-protected computer; sign on setup said, \u201cDo not touch, move, or turn off any equipment\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Editing Tool<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then<\/strong> Maier-Hancock hot splicer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Now<\/strong> Content editing and crossfades with Final Cut Pro; exported to DVD\u00a0 (standard-def MPEG-2) and Vimeo (high-def MPEG-4); finished product sped up 300 percent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Image storage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then<\/strong> Film stored in Clough\u2019s office<\/li>\n<li><strong>Now<\/strong> Xsan (Apple), a digital production and storage network at Bates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Image Processing <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then<\/strong> Film processed by Boston lab that went out of business halfway through the project; second lab completed job<\/li>\n<li><strong>Now<\/strong> Images fed to iMac then exported weekly to campus network; Compressor software used to import and transcode JPEG images for video editing software<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total Images <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then <\/strong>47,000 frames, 1,200 feet of film<strong><br \/>\nNow <\/strong>28,000-plus images<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Privacy Issues <\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then<\/strong> None<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Now <\/strong>Camera location noted on website and positioned to keep passers-by unidentifiable and residences out of focus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Presentation<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Then <\/strong>Movie projected at dedication on Oct. 11, 1986, and elsewhere<\/li>\n<li><strong>Now <\/strong>Shown on flat-screen TV during Oct. 8, 2010, dedication; 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