Timelapse and hyperlapse aficionado Kirill Neiezhmakov has been creating some pretty amazing films over the last few years. He’s travelled all over the place from Hong Kong to the romantic streets of Rome and Prague. In his newest film, Kirill takes us on a whirlwind tour of the Principality of Monaco.
Kirill actually shot the sequences for this film a while ago. In August and September 2017, to be precise. It was finally edited together in August of this year. DIYP spoke with Kirill to get a little more information on how it was all made.
I thought: why not? Monaco is beautiful place and I don’t need to pay for accommodation because I can stay in his apartment. I went there with my wife. It was trip for both shooting and pleasure (his apartment was 3 min walk from sea). Monaco is often lauded as one of the most beautiful places on earth, and Kirill’s video certainly seems to back that up. He told us about the things he saw while he was there.
Although there were some difficulties. Monaco, like many parts of the world, has areas that are off limits without permission, especially if you want to use a tripod or slider – which are often essential for things like timelapse.
When it comes to gear, Kirill told DIYP that he uses a Canon 60D, 70D and 5DS to create his timelapses with Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8, Canon 17-55mm f/2.8, Canon 70-200mm f/4L, Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L and Samyang 8mm f/3.5 lenses. Kirill then processes and compiles all the images together using Lightroom, LRTimelapse and After Effects.
It sure takes a lot of work to produce timelapse and hyperlapse sequences for films like this, both to actually shoot it and then do all the colour grading and editing. But when you get a final result that looks like this, I think we can all agree that it’s worth it. If you want to check out more of Kirill’s Hyperlapse videos, head on over to his YouTube channel.
