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Hey guys, Yannick here for Cinecom.net
and welcome back to Copycat Fridayyyy!
A series where we recreate effects from
...
really anything.
Just like today.
We're going to recreate a Time Displacement Distortion Effect.
Inspired by the Noodle Dance from TikTok
or from the super cool music video "Some Minds" by Flume.
Yeah we couldn't really choose which topic to pick.
So we are doing it all!
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An entire montage for one lamp
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Yeah...
but let's start by explaining the noodle dance from TikTok
as this embodies the basic principle of the effect.
For your footage it's quite simple.
Just place your camera on a tripod and make the framing towards the door.
Now, the part of using a tripod is very important.
When creating this effect you will need very steady footage.
Because everything that boosts will get a distortion
and shaky footage will send you tripping balls.
And another thing that is super important is the frame rate to shoot in
because in post-production later on a high frame rate will make your effect less pixelated
which will become more clear when we're working with it.
But for now shoot in the highest frame rate possible.
For us this is going to be 120 frames.
So our camera is fixed on a tripod and our frame rate is set.
Next up is the actor and the movement.
First let your actor stand still with his face towards the camera.
Then he can turn around and open the door and go through it.
And that's it.
Of course you can do whatever you want
but like I said this is inspired by TikTok.
Now open up After Effects and let's create the Noodle Dance.
First thing let's set the bitrate from the composition from 8 to 16.
Then create a composition with a normal frame rate, in our case 30 frames.
Next, of course, place your shot into that composition and our footage is actually shot in slow motion.
But for our end effect we don't need that slow motion.
We just need a high frame rate.
So right click on the clip and go to "Time" and "Time-Stretch".
Now I'm going to speed up the clip 4x because I'm going from 120 frames to 30 frames
That's why i'm setting the stretch factor to 25%.
Okay next we are going to create a new solid layer and place it on top of our footage.
Then look for the Gradient Wrap effect in the effects library and drag that to your solid layer.
Now for the colors of the gradient we need white and black.
And like most displacement effects each color has a function.
With the Time Displacement Effect white will cause a time distortion
where black will do nothing.
So with that in mind let's put white on the bottom and black all the way on top.
Then just disable the gradient layer and look for the Time Displacement Effect.
Now drag that to your original footage and go to the effects control panel.
Here we can adjust some settings.
First one is the Time Displacement Layer.
Set this to the solid we made and also set the drop down next to it to effects and masks.
Then increase the max displacement time until you have something you like
and also if needed increase the time resolution until it stops with de-pixeling in your image.
And here the high frame rate really kicks in.
The higher your frame rate was the less pixelated your image will be.
And with testing we found out that 240 frames per second
will give the smoothest results.
And that's it.
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Now let's continue with the time displacement effect in all its possibilities.
And the first one is going to be a motion design related one.
For instance you animated the title but you want to give it something extra.
Well, let's time distort it.
With a simple radial ramp and a time displacement
you can give your title animation a more liquid feeling enhancing the motion
and you can go super far with this like you see in our examples.
But let's take it to a new level and let's create some shots from the music video
"Some Minds" by Flume
And again this works with the same principle like I explained before
but now we can play around with the gradient ramp.
Like for instance a radial ramp or maybe we can use a white circle on a black background.
We can even animate a ramp moving it from one side to another.
And another idea let's use a pre-made black and white transition asset from Storyblocks Video.
The possibilities are endless and everything will give another result.
You can be as creative as you want,
just keep in mind shoot in a high frame rate and on a tripod.
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Time for a
Yannicks
Fun
Fact
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Time Displacement in Cinematography goes wayyy back.
One of the first uses of Time Displacement Technique is in the movie intro of Vertigo.
Here you can see distorted rotating shapes created by the technique.
Another example is the stargate from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey
To create this effect with the time displacement they even needed a custom built machine.
Ah the good old days.
And that was it for today guys.
Thank you so much for watching I hope you learned something new today.
Thank you Storyblocks Video for the support
and like always...
Stay Creative!
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