China in Motion 2013

November 11, 2013 7:02 PM

Stunning timelapse video of cities and countryside in China. (SL Vimeo)
posted by Wet Spot (13 comments total)

This is beautiful. Around 1:26, my eyes and brain kinda lost it, though -- I couldn't really comprehend that dolly-in, zoom-out motion without doing a couple of mental backflips.

Also, Jenff.
posted by not_on_display at 7:54 PM on November 11, 2013

My house is right around 7:14! Yet frighteningly, I have only heard of about a third of the places in the video.
posted by mdonley at 8:20 PM on November 11, 2013

Damn those tracking shots are off the hook. Shame about the totally overwrought music.
posted by smoke at 8:23 PM on November 11, 2013

That was amazing, and worth rewatching.

The only thing that confused me was that Tibet seems to have a totally different name in Mandarin / Hanzi.
posted by KokuRyu at 8:50 PM on November 11, 2013

Stunning. I muted and used the Actress LP "Splazsh". Was a good fit. Thanks Wet Spot.
posted by erebora at 9:15 PM on November 11, 2013

Yeah, the music was just too much there in the middle but so much of the photography was amazing and beautiful.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 9:23 PM on November 11, 2013

Beautiful. Thanks for posting.
posted by astrobiophysican at 9:51 PM on November 11, 2013

Also works well with Chopin's Nocturnes. Stunning images.
posted by brokkr at 1:52 AM on November 12, 2013

The only thing that confused me was that Tibet seems to have a totally different name in Mandarin / Hanzi.

Xizang "Autonomous" Region

Not pictured:

Disharmony
Pollution
Poverty
Displacement
Xinjiang
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 7:01 AM on November 12, 2013

Could be used for the opening scenes of Civilization VI.
posted by cgk at 8:45 AM on November 12, 2013

Great, but again with the music. Gah! Muted. There are many good timelapse videos on Vimeo, but so many of them use music from the Inception soundtrack, or very similar.
posted by Wordshore at 1:22 PM on November 12, 2013

Some great camera work, but sadly uninteresting motives. I guess an American equivalent would include the Statue of Liberty, the Golden Gate Bridge, Houston Medical Center.
posted by klue at 1:06 AM on November 13, 2013

Did you close your eyes for all the landscapes?
posted by brokkr at 1:34 AM on November 13, 2013