Filmmaker uses Nokia Lumia 1020 to shoot incredible short film - NY 41X41

Desire to see something really absurd? The states filmmaker Paul Trillo has created a new short flick, shot on the Lumia 1020 by Nokia. NY 41X41 takes the viewer downwards Manhattan street, New York passing 41 blocks (hence the proper name). The Nokia Conversations team managed to catch upward with Trillo for a few words and interviewed him about how the idea came virtually and why the Lumia 1020 was selected.

Taking the limitless emphasised with the ability to zoom in on the Lumia 1020'due south 41MP shots, the video makes information technology appear as though you lot tin can continually travel through the zoom and keep going. This helps bring the street to life as you lot traverse further into the background only to be greeted by more content to take in. Trillo explains the technique

"The effect is essentially an image inside an image, repeated 41 times. And then basically one time one photograph of a city cake magnifies, the following block fills the frame. The scaling or zooming effect has quite a different feeling than if you were really traveling in a car down the street. Existence able to continually zoom is something the brain is not used to seeing so information technology definitely plays with your perception."

So which city would Trillo choose adjacent if this adventure was to be reproduced? Logically thinking, Paris or Tokyo would be at the meridian of the shortlist, due to the "sheer density of those cities." There's no denying the above short film is a superb production, but there are numerous ways to accomplish such quality yourself with the Lumia 1020 (or other Windows Phones).

Nosotros recently covered the Camera360 update that introduced double exposure, enabling you to create some cool new effects with minimal effort. That's the beauty of the Windows Phone experience and third-party apps. You lot don't accept to be a professional photographer to get some interesting and unique styles added to video and withal images.

Head on over to Nokia Conversations for the total interview with Paul Trillo. It's well worth the read.

Source: YouTube, via: Nokia

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