[OC] I spent a year running with a GoPro strapped to my head to make this buttery-smooth Hyperlapse video

Klopped_my_pants · 2016-09-19T23:12:23+00:00

I got about halfway into the run and quit. Typical me

unhi · 2016-09-20T00:07:29+00:00

Did you try putting the footage chronologically so that the seasons change naturally (spring morphs into summer into fall into winter) instead of jumping around? I think that would look pretty cool.

6chan · 2016-09-19T21:36:03+00:00

Is this Bozeman,MT?

MeanEYE · 2016-09-19T21:36:53+00:00

Oh how I envy you on that path. All I have is dog-shit-ridden sidewalks.

CoreWisdom · 2016-09-19T21:13:05+00:00

I feel like you manually stabilised everything, sounds very painful

ajsandler22 · 2016-09-19T21:41:03+00:00

The runners sound like wild turkeys agobblin

mishandimosh · 2016-09-20T00:19:15+00:00

I love that you turned to get the progression of that building being made. Such a cool detail!

GreatBigPhony · 2016-09-19T21:05:02+00:00

Amazing video! Way cooler than the Microsoft demo from a couple years ago. Also, people in the race look like they are slowly walking backwards especially the lady at 2:41

mackieaj · 2016-09-19T22:39:59+00:00

Loved the dog barks a lot.

jomboyblog · 2016-09-19T21:12:19+00:00

This is really well done. I liked it a lot.

warchant · 2016-09-19T21:13:11+00:00

Great video.

FomBBK · 2016-09-19T22:22:05+00:00

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aug- · 2016-09-19T22:43:39+00:00

Remind's me of a hyperlapse video that a Microsoft research team made.

Awesome stuff dude

Nocsaron · 2016-09-20T00:37:10+00:00

I love this!!! You should post this over at r/running. They would absolutely love it (disclaimer: I haven't actually checked that subreddit so please disregard if you have)

theessentialforrest · 2016-09-19T21:53:59+00:00

Wow! This is very cool! I'm not a runner but now I sort of want to go for a run. To be fair here in the PNW there aren't really distinct seasons just rain or not rain..

DramaMamaLama · 2016-09-19T21:18:49+00:00

I want to live where you live! Great video

hasnothingnice2say · 2016-09-19T21:56:02+00:00

good job. this made me smile.

mazerfaka · 2016-09-19T21:58:58+00:00

Wow, really cool dude!

Cutsman3 · 2016-09-19T22:04:21+00:00

That was fun to watch. Great work!

Purtle · 2016-09-19T22:11:41+00:00

Was that all one loop or am i losing my mind here?

for most of the video i was thinking "hell i'd love to do this loop with you" then all of a sudden it turned into a race and I wasn't sure if it was the same loop anymore.

RudeAndReckless · 2016-09-20T02:13:55+00:00

This is incredibly beautiful, thank you OP for this amazing experience! I can't imagine the amount of work that was put in to making this. <3

kotjebi · 2016-09-20T03:56:10+00:00

Didn't you get tired?

MakeTheBootyClap · 2016-09-20T05:03:01+00:00

Recognized Lindley and the Galligator right away. Awesome video.

lelephantchamp · 2016-09-20T05:04:36+00:00

Oh my god I used to live in one of the houses you passed by, I miss bozeman!

MontanaTrev · 2016-09-20T05:23:28+00:00

Hello fellow Montanan. :) Go Cats!

despaxes · 2016-09-20T05:56:25+00:00

Why? You could have gone running 4 times and got the same thing. There was no gradual transition just 4 seasons

Billiam2468 · 2016-09-20T06:49:29+00:00

You must've looked like an idiot but it definitely paid off!

sofaviolin · 2016-09-20T04:46:10+00:00

I started watching this video and getting pretty emotional about it. I couldn't figure out why, until I started realizing this was in Montana. I moved to Seattle last year from Montana and not having beautifully colors in the fall, and not having snow in the winter really affected me more than I thought it would. I absolutely love Montana.

the_Black_Rabbit · 2016-09-20T00:53:10+00:00

Is it just me or is there really lossy compression with this video? I manually changed my YouTube setting to 720p, but it still looked really low quality at times.

AllAtOnc3 · 2016-09-20T02:08:03+00:00

I think you just ran 4 times in one year.

byfiend · 2016-09-20T02:46:27+00:00

I'm pretty tired...I think i'll go home now

Mars_Darinder · 2016-09-20T03:25:37+00:00

The changing of the seasons, good excuse to drink.

imnotquitedeadyet · 2016-09-20T05:18:03+00:00

Dude this video is fucking dope. I want to make stuff as cool as this

Swinku · 2016-09-20T05:18:21+00:00

Man, this made me miss running cross country in high school. Love the views you got to see. Very cool video, even better editing, 10/10.

htdlr · 2016-09-20T06:42:55+00:00

The season changes were cool, but all I kept thinking was this person is much taller than me.

OOH_REALLY · 2016-09-20T09:50:56+00:00

Great job man! I really enjoyed it.

xGhostShipV · 2016-09-20T12:18:31+00:00

Great work, man. I really enjoyed that.

logsintocomment · 2016-09-20T12:25:33+00:00

I absolutely loved this! Obviously a lot of work with a really cool result. Thanks OP!

frogworks1 · 2016-09-20T15:05:02+00:00

I don't know what it was about the video. Maybe it was the music or the scenery or just a video with something I can't put my finger on, but that made me feel tremendously better this AM.

I've been having a really hard time dealing with weird feelings the past few months. Typical stress for the average person I'd say but this time around I've been dealing with it not as strong as I've done in the past. Your video, in a genuine way made tears well up and I couldn't explain why. I just really enjoyed your video.

My wife and I used to live in Kalispell, MT and I lived in Columbia Falls, MT for a few years. Your video kinda took me back to when I was first there. Less responsibility and cares in the world.

Personally, your video showed how much you put into it for the year you spent running. My wife signed us up to run in a half marathon in November down in Las Vegas. I'm not looking forward to it since I've gained a few pounds and haven't been super active for years. But, since losing my job I've had more time on my hands trying to work for myself doing website design and IT support, which is what I've done for the past 10 years. I used to be very active when I was in my late teens, and running was my work out method of choice.

Basically, I just wanted to say keep up the good work with making videos and also seeing what the world is like outside of 4 cubicle walls. Your video gave me some inspiration this morning and I feel like I can start a new chapter in my life.

Keep on rockin'

izzfoshizz · 2016-09-20T15:50:18+00:00

Fucking amazing. Thank you for this.

sirious94 · 2016-09-20T22:26:01+00:00

My favorite is athe guy at 2:47 who is running to the framerate you shot at so it looks like he's skating.

biggmclargehuge · 2016-09-20T00:39:27+00:00

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Tunnel_Estate · 2016-09-19T21:00:27+00:00

What did you do post to stabilise the shot?

Really like it by the way. Could do with a 'How to'.

blondedre3000 · 2016-09-19T22:38:13+00:00

I've got to imagine running every time with a gopro strapped to your head would be pretty annoying.

TheDetective13 · 2016-09-19T23:40:20+00:00

Man this video reminds me of why I love winter so much. So beautiful and peaceful. Best season out there!

captain891 · 2016-09-20T00:16:32+00:00

To the neighbors you were the weird guy that runs with a camera on your head

Whadios · 2016-09-20T01:51:55+00:00

Beautiful looking area and trails for running

sean_ong · 2016-09-20T01:55:05+00:00

Be sure to watch it in double speed on YouTube! (Click gear icon > speed > 2)

uwaveguide · 2016-09-20T01:59:13+00:00

Amazing

JmicroC · 2016-09-20T02:14:07+00:00

Must be nice having season, if you did this in Australia it would just go from brown to slightly less brown...

classifiedspam · 2016-09-20T02:24:02+00:00

Very nice! Maybe i'll go running too, once i quit smoking.

threewagons · 2016-09-20T02:41:32+00:00

Now run with a dog and try to make it that smooth...

Edelman_the_God · 2016-09-20T02:44:46+00:00

Ran the gamut of emotions I experience through each season. Weird. Cool.

andy22xx · 2016-09-20T02:45:29+00:00

One day, for no particular reason, I jus felt like runnin'

beaude · 2016-09-20T02:49:17+00:00

Montana looks idyllic all year round, might have to pay a visit. Great work.

Debt_and_Depression · 2016-09-20T02:50:21+00:00

You deserve more subs man. That was great

theben5 · 2016-09-20T03:00:13+00:00

HEY thats Bozeman!

Debrewa · 2016-09-20T03:20:49+00:00

Wonderful video and a fantastic idea

Ryebread12_ · 2016-09-20T03:22:44+00:00

Amazing video! I thought I recognized those Montana mountains, I was just in Bozeman like a month ago.

MrSpitter · 2016-09-20T03:25:15+00:00

Great video and I envy you that beauty training loop! Now I'm even more stoked to be able to run after shoulder surgery this summer!

69ish · 2016-09-20T03:37:05+00:00

That was amazing! Thanks for creating that, I really appreciated it.

Walkerweizen · 2016-09-20T03:48:29+00:00

I love the sequences where the frame rate syncs with the other people's tempos and it looks like they're just sliding along the trail (example at 2:46).

yellow_is_ok_I_guess · 2016-09-20T03:55:41+00:00

good work!

BoltThrower · 2016-09-20T04:02:46+00:00

Great job man, beautiful capture!

doyoulikeguacamole_ · 2016-09-20T04:08:01+00:00

Hey - this is really lovely and the kind of thing that makes me happy to be on this site. Really great job, and it made me miss running somewhere with seasons and different weather!

Something about running on fresh snow when it's quiet out was always relaxing. Not that I'm complaining about the 75 and sunny temps year round, but it does make you miss the seasons!

anyhow, really great video.

TasteOfJace · 2016-09-20T04:15:47+00:00

The sound design in this is what really makes it for me. Awesome job.

evanos · 2016-09-20T04:15:55+00:00

This perfectly encapsulates what I love about the four seasons.

EHARMS333 · 2016-09-20T04:16:14+00:00

That played with my mind so much to be watching this random video on Reddit of some random guy running and as the video plays, slowly realize that I recognize the streets and landmarks and that this video takes place where I live. Very cool video! Even cooler that out of all the places on earth this video could have been, I just so happen to live there.

CaptNos · 2016-09-20T04:25:30+00:00

Cross post r/Montana

h3yrick · 2016-09-20T04:29:52+00:00

Excellant! Enjoyed it and inspired. Thanks for the effort.

Sev3n · 2016-09-20T04:31:58+00:00

OP just ran 4 times in 4 different seasons.

TheProtractor · 2016-09-20T04:34:50+00:00

I wish I lived in a place with seasons like this, if I made something like this the only way for people to know it is winter or summer would be to look at people clothes.

_0x0_ · 2016-09-20T04:40:54+00:00

It's super grainy for 1080p, I guess the source wasn't 1080p. Sometimes I think gopro should be paying you all for doing this. Otherwise I wouldn't use GoPro name in my video/etc..

filefactory404 · 2016-09-20T04:45:34+00:00

enjoyed video and halfway through realized music score reminded me of U2's 'Still Haven't Found' and since YT dmca's popular music tracks, did the mashup @ VmashUp http://vmashup.com/0by21Ats (but found goes better with the tune if vid is slowed down to 0.25)

token__ginger · 2016-09-20T04:50:09+00:00

Whatever race you ran had amazing scenery, I'm super jealous.

purplegumboots · 2016-09-20T05:35:25+00:00

As a runner from Australia where we don't have native deciduous trees, doesn't snow and it's (almost) perpetually sunny this is AWESOME. Thanks for doing this, it's great to see someone's view from the other side of the world.

pleasureboy911 · 2016-09-20T05:43:47+00:00

Bozeman! I used to run part of this loop all the time when I lived there. Thanks for sharing, brought back memories.

Rideyobike · 2016-09-20T05:46:00+00:00

That was very cool! The other runners looked like insects the way they zipped around.

Jazzremix · 2016-09-20T06:01:20+00:00

The Youtube compression was totally fucking with all the grass and trees.

mikeytreehorn · 2016-09-20T06:27:47+00:00

When I saw the building: "Oh, that building is under construction! That would be really awesome if he showed it going up as the seasons change"

When I saw the building go up: "This guy. Well done."

mcsvor · 2016-09-20T06:29:38+00:00

Reminds me of the hyperlapse in the video for a-ha - Lifelines - based on the short film "A Year along the Abandoned Road" (1991) - but with much better video quality.

Praetor918 · 2016-09-20T06:31:19+00:00

Please stop posting these beautiful videos it makes me miss the US so much....

polskie_ogorki · 2016-09-20T06:44:02+00:00

Well done.

tipsystatistic · 2016-09-20T06:47:41+00:00

Nice sound design.

janesjlove · 2016-09-20T07:01:14+00:00

beautiful

batmansgirlfriendNZ · 2016-09-20T07:03:36+00:00

At 44 seconds in there's a guy in black shorts that looks like he's streaking. Had to rewind it, first glance it looked like a black bar was added in

LuvCCB · 2016-09-20T07:08:55+00:00

Wow. This was actually inspiring. Great work!

LouieTheManning · 2016-09-20T07:09:00+00:00

Wow dude you really run fast!

JustAlexander · 2016-09-20T07:10:35+00:00

Submit this to Every athletic brand out there, this would make a great promo/commercial

klawd11 · 2016-09-20T07:15:06+00:00

You should have forrestgump'd it!

Amazing video, I wish there was more of it! Absolutely loved it.

laikapet · 2016-09-20T07:19:52+00:00

After eating a dozen sugar cookies, I only felt more guilt. Cool video though.

prodromic · 2016-09-20T07:35:20+00:00

Those people sounded like turkeys.

Swazzoo · 2016-09-20T07:43:57+00:00

I don't think you know what buttery smooth is but still an okay video.

meat_is_my_ham · 2016-09-20T08:10:48+00:00

dude you run really fast

LordKimera · 2016-09-20T08:18:57+00:00

Wow...video in perfect sync with audio.

CirnexNon · 2016-09-20T08:30:08+00:00

It looks like a very nice 5 mile run.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/45.6784378,-111.0267588/45.666182,-111.037263/45.6609875,-111.0416669/45.660442,-111.0401792/45.6573006,-111.0301581/45.6566947,-111.0218669/45.6786217,-111.0189769/45.6792755,-111.026666/45.6785464,-111.0267089/@45.7343286,-111.0207174,7314a,20y,180h,44.07t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e2

MooseCannon · 2016-09-20T09:01:18+00:00

Amazing video. From a technical perspective i get the work that must have gone into this, but on an emotional level it REALLY made me want to go for a run! Nice job!

ghostlyrollofdrums · 2016-09-20T09:13:39+00:00

I just moved away from Bozeman this summer, and this video just made me feel really homesick. I lived on Church st. And rode my bike through Lindley to work at the hospital and down Pete's almost every day. I didn't think I missed it until now :'( Nice video.

DawsonBriggs · 2016-09-20T09:23:04+00:00

Impressive! I shoot hyperlapses with my DSLR but don't even have a minutes worth of material yet at all haha. Plus I do them stationary and this video tells me I should do ones in motion as well, thanks for the inspiration stranger!

Hefty1965 · 2016-09-20T09:32:19+00:00

Heeey we live in the same town! 406! :)

TacoOfGod · 2016-09-20T10:04:02+00:00

Must be nice living in a place with seasons and nature.

lchaspa · 2016-09-20T10:07:36+00:00

If you lived in California your video would be significantly more boring

mudman13 · 2016-09-20T10:26:37+00:00

It's like youre wingsuiting on the ground maaan

taylh003 · 2016-09-20T10:26:46+00:00

Love the video dude, but damn, YouTube has compressed this too much!

anewdayanewway · 2016-09-20T10:40:43+00:00

faggot

Hillbillyblues · 2016-09-20T10:52:04+00:00

Did 14k yesterday and am still sore but this video makes me want to go running again today. Great job!

beardslol · 2016-09-20T10:54:47+00:00

This looks like a nice place

TheIndySSD · 2016-09-20T11:12:44+00:00

TIL: If you run for a year, you will have at least 3:30 worth of interesting views.....

HyruleanHyroe · 2016-09-20T11:15:08+00:00

Are... are you a giant?

taftstub · 2016-09-20T11:16:41+00:00

You run really fast!

stewbaru · 2016-09-20T11:40:51+00:00

As someone who never experiences white winters its awesome to see how the landscape changes, thanks for that insight.

stezer · 2016-09-20T12:13:17+00:00

Nice try quick silver

TheDoctorInHisTardis · 2016-09-20T12:14:38+00:00

Dude, awesome video. I really liked the sound design. Did you capture audio on the day, or was it a mixture of canned/location recording?

sillypwilly · 2016-09-20T12:15:15+00:00

Do it again while I eat my cookies at my desk.

Banhoc · 2016-09-20T12:26:46+00:00

Did you log how many miles you ran to make it?

seemorehappy · 2016-09-20T12:48:40+00:00

Man, you are a tall person.

Niith · 2016-09-20T12:55:55+00:00

nice vid...

BUT, as a Canadian, y'all need to invest in more streetlights on some of the streets :P

like-favorite · 2016-09-20T13:16:33+00:00

Thanks to the author turned out very positive roller

zeke333 · 2016-09-20T13:27:14+00:00

Whoa just gave me serious flashbacks to living in Bozeman and running that trail all the time!

wasitbushorwasitme · 2016-09-20T13:33:45+00:00

I had just started this song from /r/listentothis, turned out to be a great soundtrack.

toddsleivonski · 2016-09-20T13:40:28+00:00

And here I thought I couldn't hate Texas any more than I already do.

cinnapear · 2016-09-20T13:47:26+00:00

Nice video, but it's jerky as hell and not at all buttery smooth.

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