Remarkable Stop-Motion Walk Across America
Here’s a really astonishing stop-motion video of a guy walking across America. Peter Cote, director Sam Griffith, and the Conscious Minds Productions crew approached Levis jeans for sponsorship and products to use during the shoot. The trip began June 17 in New York and ended July 1 in San Francisco. For the actual photography, the crew used a Canon 5D.
Included below is a map of their journey (stops and locations included), along with a behind-the-scenes video, which was shot with a backup Canon 7D. You can read more about how they shot the project at Planet 5D.
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This is pretty amazing. I am very impressed. I like the goofy smile on the guys face whenever they pan around him.
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It's more correct to say this video was made with pixilation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixilation), a technique that's quite different to traditional stop-motion animation.
Did anybody actually work the numbers? No way he really walked all that distance in two weeks. More likely they drove awhile, he'd get out and walk for a few minutes while they filmed, then get back in the car and drive some more. Not that impressive.
I'm with Jay, he didn't walk it, but I still think it's impressive. :)
Explains why he still had feet when he reached San Fran.
Yeah, they stopped at various key locations to photograph and rode around in an RV. Otherwise, there would would be no way he could have made it across America in just over two weeks.
Yeah – virtually impossible to walk that in two weeks. That's 8.6 MPH, 24 hours a day. Nevertheless, cool video.
Yeah, this is a fraud. If you are looking for somebody who is *actually* walking across the country try: http://thebaumer.com/
Alas, one need not blow up a real 'Death Star' to make an impressive movie.
fraud?? it wasn't about the walking, it was about the video & production concept…which were pretty incredible.
additional support: you can't walk across the Bay Bridge while coming into San Francisco
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You fraudsters are missing the point. The *character* in this video is walking across America… lend them just a little poetic license!
This such a creative and beautiful work. These guys deserve praise and maybe just a little respect from all of us on the tremendous effort they made to realize their vision.
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hahaha wow, missed the point much!?!? lol its not about the 'walking across America', that was just the storyline to a very impressive and original idea. Technically very difficult to achieve a well put together stop motion in the way they have.
“Did anybody actually work the numbers? No way he really walked all that distance in two weeks.” hahaha NO SHIT!! hahaha
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23 stop in two weeks. Hum So that works out to 1.642857142857143 stops per day. He was riding to each photo shot location. 2 stops a day when you look at the map is not walkable at a human speed. Maybe they had him walking on a tread mill as the RV went down the road to technically say that he walked for point to point.
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It's an advertisement people – it doesn't have to be real! But as far as ads go, it's a good one.
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Jesus. These poor babies had to suffer on the “Gatorade Diet.” In their RV. For 14 WHOLE DAYS. What a war story! If I had a nickel for every whitebread, overprivileged post-film school nancyboy that took his viddycamera across country and cut it to twat rock, I'd have enough cash to buy a blood diamond and three Chinese wife-slaves. Way to go, gents! PS The world is burning. Take your camera to Darfur, motherfuckers, and stay off my stumbleupon.
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I’m late to the game and guess like most chose to purposely disregard his meticulously fresh, wrinkle free t-shirts (and pants) and applaud this man’s incredibly singular feat of “walking across America.” Actually, I was much more amazed and enthralled with this uniquely original and superbly executed still/video montage. Only to find out after the fact, that it was (as my own eyes attempted to tell what’s left of my brain), nothing more than… a Levis’ ad!
Which leaves a thoroughly foul taste in one’s mouth. And not one single mention of the commercial aspects in the video chronicling the making of it- as if those dedicated twenty somethings poured their own starving artist greenbacks, time and effort into this cross country endeavor simply for… art’s sake!
The thing is, I would have been perfectly OK with it- knowing in advance that it was, in fact, an ad. Very discreet brand name placement (not until the very end), despite having product placement front dead center, start to finish- ingenious! Instead, they had to lie and play us like the fools we wanna be!
Is that how wars start?
i call bullshit there is no way he walked all the way across America in 14 days. that’s roughly 207.5 miles a day which is around 8.65 miles an hour, not even including the stops. either he’s the worlds fastest “walker”, or it’s a lie… my guess is it’s a lie.