CKY

Watch the film below…

CKY = Sky

It might surprise you what goes on upstairs. You’ll never know it unless you sat still for hours. It took a lot of patience to put these clips together and I feel like the experience was it’s own reward. While I gave myself directors credit I really feel like I was only the camera operator on this project. I merely faced the sky and hoped He’d make something special happen that day. As I sat there thinking about my life and the significance of the term “cloud chaser”, He was up there orchestrating a slow but moving symphony of water with wind and light.

Because you have to leave the camera still for so long, you have to take extra care in selecting the position you leave it in. I would like to take this time to apologize to the 2 people I drop kicked for walking in front of the camera mid way thru. Logic should have told you to detour, but I’m sure my foot cleared it up as well. And not to be outdone, I would also like to thank the downtown Los Angeles skyline. I tried to pick parts of the skyline you wouldn’t recognize and show you new angles of some places I’m sure you’ve never seen. This city has endless corners and a lot of history still left in it. I’m sure it will help me tell you many stories to come.

This was my first time-lapse film. I looked out the window, saw the clouds and left on a mission. I’m never one to read the manual… or even research sometimes. I just do it. I enjoy the ignorant bliss and the writing of my own text book as I go. Granted, that method comes with it’s bruises, but over time it also has a way of helping you trust yourself… your ability to figure things out… your ability to grasp things and know that while you may never do them “by the book” you will always do them well.

Technically speaking…
CKY took 2 days and 6 hours of footage to make, with one additional day for editing. The average clip was sped up 3400%. CKY was shot in color with a Canon Gl1, edited on a black MacBook in Final Cut Pro and finessed in After FX. The score is called Blumenwiese neben Autobahn, by artist Ulrich Schnauss off their 2005 album Far Away Trains Passing By.