Reader comments: guy says,
Rebisz’ short film is great! I used several thousand stills from a Canon 20D to make this comedic Firefox ad for the contest they had awhile back. Thought you might find it amusing. Using all stills is time consuming, but for someone without access to a good video camera, you can create some rather beautiful results.
Yann Seznec says,
I’ve made several short films using the same technique (although in a different style): one, two. I’m working on one more which should be done in a few weeks.
Radek says
hile I enjoyed the short you posted I think a much better one is by Mr. Jacek Kosciuszko of Visual Art Studio. In 2003 Jacek Kosciuszko made the 5 minute short using his digital camera. He took ove 24,000 stills and spliced them together to create Mr. Parabolic. Shot in the ancient city of Torun, Poland it features a man riding his chair thru town. It’s avaliable for viewing here.
Oberuhito says,
Aaron Ximm (the Quiet American) is assembling a film of his own life using still photos, but using 30 frames per day. At 30fps, he hopes to have an hour-long movie in 10 years. He’s also funding the project in a rather novel fashion – you can buy a day of his life (prints of the photos from one day). Link
Justin says,
This technique was used in a Smashing Pumpkins video for the song “thirty three” – everything was shot with a 35mm nikon (no digital back then) with a fast motordrive to create the same “video staccato” feel. Video was made in 1996 with photographer Yelena Yemchuk.
MartinB says,
This is *exactly* how Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride was filmed (using an EOS1D from memory).
Aaron says,
This is a video my friend Jesse made from all still shots, mostly of street typographies. No burst shot technology involved, but pretty cool anyway. Link
someone says,
I’m surprised you failed to mention the 1962 classic sci-fi film, “La Jetee,” which also is comprised entirely of still shots — except one. It will be hard for anyone to top Chris Marker’s work using this method.