It was literally two straight weeks of constant glidcam shooting all day every single day. When people ask me how I got so good at operating a glidcam, I always point back to this trip. There are a lot of shots that made it into the film, but literally about 10 times that amount that ended up getting cut. I also shot a ton of glidcam footage on this trip. I shot a lot of the sunset and sunrise timelapses using the Holy Grail method. Having these sequences in.
I shot almost every sequence in this film in RAW stills so I could push the settings in post and do exposure ramping. At this point I had gotten the timelapsing bug and literally timelapsed almost anything that would move. I had previously shot my Beautiful British Columbia Film and I wanted to implement some of the things I had learned from this project. I had just graduated from High School and I was really keen to make some projects with opportunities to practice and grow. This project came about through an opportunity I had to travel to Jamaica with some friends. It is one of the few moments in my life where I have felt spoken to so deeply.īENEATH JAMAICAN SKIES A FILM BY LEVI ALLEN The moment I was describing previously was an iconic moment for me and my journey as an aspiring filmmaker. Timelapsing has added a dimension to my life of such rich depth and beauty. If that's sitting on a mountain through the night watching the stars move by, or chasing the last fading rays of a beautiful sunset. It gives you an entirely new perspective to the moving world.įILMMAKING HAS DRAWN ME TO SEE THE WORLD FOR ALL IT HAS TO OFFER, IT HAS PUSHED ME TO PURSUE EXPERIENCES I WOULDN'T HAVE NORMALLY PURSUED. You start looking for patterns and motion in the landscapes around you. Once you get the timelapsing bug it begins to change the way you see and experience everyday life. It has brought me to places and given me experiences that I hope to never forget. It's this deep-rooted feeling you have a part to play. It is as if something, someone, is calling you to take part in something bigger than yourself. You can feel so insignificant in a vast expanse and yet still feel a unique and overwhelming sense of value. In times like this it truly does feel like you are writing a good story with your life. Moments in time where every sensor in your body is taking in everything it can.
Those precious moments of our human experience that you know won't ever be forgotten.
I like to call these experiences forever memories.
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