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18th March 2011

The 4½ Minute Commute

photo 77
We all dream of it
Remote locale, quick commute
I have found a way ;o)

I have been working on this for what feels like days, mostly waiting for video to render. Filmed with my Samsung GalaxyS i9000 phone using the standard Android camera/video software.

To keep it photo-relevant, I've scattered 21 of my previous 365 pics around in this little clip as I pass the locations at which they were taken...all on my way home or at home as it happens.

I hope you enjoy the video :)
Comments
Congrats on finishing your video. I enjoyed it, especially the music! But in my country you'd be driving on the wrong side of the road. Very fun to watch.
posted March 17th, 2011  
Jen
its amazing! great work!
posted March 17th, 2011  
@dejongdd @jenni3lynn Thanks, ladies :) There's not too many countries that don't drive on the other side of the road to us.

Also, I just noticed on the © slide at the very end I forgot to change the date from the last one. Bugger!
posted March 17th, 2011  
Great music & video! Thks for the ride & look forward to seeing more of this :))
posted March 17th, 2011  
Very cool
posted March 17th, 2011  
@pepitaliang Cheers, Pepita :) I look forward to doing more of this, too.

@joymol Thanks, Brooke! Did you like how I hid the fact I was driving the wife's little Suzuki Swift by dubbing in the sounds of the high-powered man-car at the start? How tuff do I look now, eh?! ;o)
posted March 17th, 2011  
Really awesome! Makes me wish I could make one for here although the numerous stop starts would ruin the continuity I think.
posted March 17th, 2011  
Interesting capture.
posted March 17th, 2011  
this is made into 4.30 mins ... so how long dose it take for u to get home really LOL
posted March 17th, 2011  
I'm hooked. I drive 100km to work every a.m. and 100 km home every night...I desperately want the 4 1/2 min version...also music...also lights and lanes...m9ne are country highways with road works. Congratulations.
posted March 17th, 2011  
@palusami My complete ignorance of Cambodia may be making me look like a dill here, but do they have tuk tuk's there? I reckon one of these in the back of a tuk tuk looking out over the tuk tuk dude's shoulder would be very cool.

@denisedaly Thanks, Denise :) It was a very easy video to collect but ended up quite onerous waiting for Final Cut to render every time I added something to the sequence. I haven't done any non-linear video editing in so long I've forgotten most of my old tricks.

@ijuin Bah, you got me, Eiwa! It doesn't really take me 4:30mins to get home, not even if I drove a Celica :) That trip took me 35-minutes which is average for that time of night. As you saw I had no traffic and most of the lights and intersections were in my favour. GOING to work, well that's another matter entirely. Some days it has taken me 1.5hours solely because of the afternoon rush-hour traffic.

@swilde That's a hell of a drive you have to put up with, Sue. That pic of traffic lined up at roadworks from the other day has a much greater significance now. You'd totally identify with today's haiku, then. You poor bugger...
posted March 17th, 2011  
I'm loving everything about this. Very entertaining - I've watched this three times!
posted March 17th, 2011  
very cool and should be celebrated - sometimes it takes me this long just to merge on to Moggill Road from the Brookfield roundabout. My usual journey in Brisvegas would be so boring - me stuck in traffic looking at the rear bumpers of all those crawling cars in front of me. Thank goodness you did not try to recreate that iconoc ferrari drive thru paris.
posted March 17th, 2011  
@kjarn I love watching the fast paced road flying by to the music. It's like watching a replay of a Gran Turismo round and I certainly love that. I'm very flattered someone else enjoys it as much as I do. Thanks, Kathy :)

@peterauliciems I'm not familiar with the Ferrari/Paris meme but I'm going to youTube right now to find out. When the Moggill Ferry was shut down for the floods the wife had to go via Ipswich/Centenary/Moggill to get to her workplace at Pullenvale (QCAT). That sucked both ways during normal working hours. My trip in REALLY sucks when I'm on a 6pm start. Cheers, Peter :)
posted March 18th, 2011  
three words Alan...

THIS IS GENIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted March 18th, 2011  
@brizmako yep u look very tuff now. The dubbed in "dodge Charger" sound effects made me and Sarah instanly think- wow that is one tuff Mother F$#%er. lol, I love the video and great song choice.
posted March 18th, 2011  
You are so clever!! I love this and the scattered references to your photos... showed it to my best friend and she was in awe. :) Nice work, friend!!
posted March 18th, 2011  
Hee
Love the idea of this...will be in my things to do list :D
Also the box indication is cool add-on. Again, great idea! Thumb up!
posted March 18th, 2011  
@peterauliciems Peter, if you mean this iconic Ferrari ride through Paris - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eidtc55ZqoU - THAT WAS AWESOME! 8-D

I think I just may try that out one day if I ever find myself in Paris and someone trusts me with their Ferrari. I even recognised a few of the streets and landmarks from my Gran Turismo 4 career ;o)
posted March 18th, 2011  
@girlincamo Well...I don't know about "genius"... ;)

@joymol It's funny you say Dodge Charger as that is one of the few old muscle cars I'd be keen to own. A 1968 HK GTS Monaro is #1, then a 1965 Shelby Mustang GT350, then the 1973 VJ Charger E55. Vroom vroom! 8-D

@naminstars I'm glad you both enjoyed it. Wife said I should have done it during the day but I only go 'in' during daylight hours and that's a very different ride.

@heesc I used my Samsung GalaxyS on the windscreen mount. The mount came with a camera hole in it and I've been itching to do something like this since I got it. I dropped the resolution down from 720P to 640x480 so the footage wouldn't fill up the phone's memory then edited it all as native MP4 in Final Cut Pro. I encourage EVERYONE to have a shot at this, coz it's cool and very fun. Cheers, Hee :)
posted March 18th, 2011  
@ness 3-DOTS! YOU'RE HERE! WOOHOO! =8-D
posted March 18th, 2011  
@brizmako the Shelby is my favorite all time car. and then I am in love with the ccharger. I am not familier with the Monaro. I will have to google it to see what it's like. Vrooooommmm, vroooommmm
posted March 18th, 2011  
@joymol It's funny, I currently know more female car enthusiasts than male. And you're all younguns, too! When did that happen? Very cool...
posted March 18th, 2011  
yet another reason I adore you!!!
posted March 20th, 2011  
@hapikat Oh stop that! ;o) You just know that I haven't sped this video footage up at all. I'm sure you have a similar view coming out in the little Mazda :)
posted March 20th, 2011  
Absolutely brilliant. Loved this video. I got certified in FCP last year so I know what goes into putting this together. Well done. A FAV!
posted March 21st, 2011  
@seattle Thank you, Constance :-D Certification in any of the Apple Pro Tools is no small matter, but especially for Final Cut. If it's not rude to ask, what line of work are you in? Call it professional curiousity :)
posted March 21st, 2011  
I love this and the tune too!! :D Awesome!!! Ok faving this....I need to watch again, to escape my life, just great video!!
posted August 12th, 2011  
Nice.
Brilliant really.
Genius if you mixed the audio.
posted January 3rd, 2012  
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