How was the shooting movie taken when London became unmanned?

London, the world tourist destination and the capital of the United Kingdom,Number of visitors in the worldAs tourists and citizens abound in every corner of the city, public facilities such as tourist spots, buses and subways are always crowded. The shocking movie that London becomes unmanned is "Miasmatic", and the creator of the movie has released the unknown shooting method together, and it is the contents of the scale from the eyes.

Miasmatic - short film - on Vimeo


It is the official residence of Queen ElizabethBuckingham PalaceNormally, there are a lot of tourists and police in the surroundings, but no one is there.


It is on the banks of the Thames riverTower of LondonThe surroundings are unmanned.


It is one of tourist attractionsTower BridgeIt is a somewhat impossible sight at the usual that no car passes through even in the daytime.


There is no one in the subway station.


It can not be thought that there are no people at Waterloo Station, which is said to have the most customers in London.


Piccadilly CircusYa


Big BenIt seems like a movie does not have people in sight such as the movie.


Where have people and cars disappeared ... ....


It is a very fantastic image that there are no people in London, which is always overflowing with people, but I'm curious about how it was created.


Naturally it costs huge expenses to take photography with London unattended. "Miasmatic" shoots everyday London and processes it afterwards, so the movie that became the original material can be confirmed from the following.

London anti-miasmatic on Vimeo


Buckingham Palace crowded with lots of people.


There are a lot of tourists in front of the Tower of London where no one was there.


The tower / bridge also has a car bunbune.


Naturally the subway and ... ...


Waterloo station was overflowing with users.


...... That's why, spoilage. How you created "Miasmatic" based on the material is obvious from the movie below.

How to emptying the streets: Tutorial on Vimeo


It was French Max who created "Miasmatic". I will explain in detail how I made "Miasmatic".


First of all, fixed the camera and shoot a movie of 3 to 4 minutes.


Import movies you have taken with movie editing software.


Next it exports the imported movie as an image for each frame. Approximately 4500 images were generated with a 3 minute movie.


Of the 4500 sheets, those who are reflecting and cars find out as few images as possible ......


Open the image in Photoshop.


I will delete the man who is moving to the left side of the image first.


Returning to the movie editing software again, look for the image that the man is not reflected from among the exported.


Open the image you searched again in Photoshop, cut out the place where the man was standing ......


Paste it on the first selected image.


When pasting and pasting the man disappeared.


I repeat this process and erase all those who are reflected in the image.


Over time it finally erased all people and cars.


After erasing all people, open the movie editing software again and create a movie with the created still image lasting for a few seconds every frame. However, since the created movie is in a stopped state, we add elements with reality here.


An element with reality is, for example, a signal of the following image. If you add a blinking signal to the created movie, it approaches a more realistic movie.


Cut out only the blinking signal from the original movie ......


When you superimpose and play it on the movie you created, a movie with only a signal blinking in the street corner where nobody was there was made. In addition to the signal blinking neon, moving clouds and shadows overlap, a more realistic movie is completed. Looking at the explanation of Mr. Max seems to be able to be done by anyone as long as time has come, but in fact it is often the case that the color of the ground and the wall will differ when pasting an image that is not reflected by people It should be there, so it is obvious that a huge amount of working time is required including such minor modifications, so how long is the total working time taken? It is also a point to worry about.