I'm sorry to disappoint anyone when I say I just did not have the cojones to do my time lapses in an abandoned building although it really helped Takashi Ito. I also, lacking major equipment, failed to capture his amazing moving time lapses. However, I tried to capture his essence through the time lapses, light manipulation and bulb shutters, all definitely as time consuming when you don't have a really nice, expensive camera. I used a Canon Rebel T3ii and shot and AV Bulb for the night shots and TV Manual for the sunset, the 5 f/s and always changing ISO. Each clip is dissected in to respecting photos and I can safely say I underestimated this technique. I mainly worked in Adobe After Effects and brought that product into Adobe Premiere to add the audio. Enjoy!
http://www.ubu.com/film/takashi_ghost.html
Director Takashi Ito's "Ghost" (1984)
Music: Yosuke Inagaki
In "Ghost," Takashi Ito explores some of the most basic dimensions of cinematic illusion, such as space depth, lightning and movement to create a visual feast that seems to touch on the horror genre. But it's not quite so, for the "Ghost" we are allowed to see is not designed to frighten but to mesmerize the spectators. Bulb shutters, long exposures and time-lapse are used to dazzle perception and insinuate the presence of floating life-forms in a closed space. Inagaki's soundtrack kicks off with a steady electronic ambiance but soon descends into a hellish world of rhythmical distortion and mutli-dimensional lo-fi mayhem. I don't think your children will be scared with this extraordinary piece, but if you do have them, please make them watch this in a closed dark room and report the results. -- Eye of Sound
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