ross:ching

Director

Black Gold Breakdown

Music: Breakdown by Black Gold

Background

For this video, we took about 3,000 still photos and printed them out. Then we took about 3,000 more photos of the printed photos and played them back at 6 frames per second. This was shot entirely on the Canon 5D Mark II.

We had to shoot this video on a micro budget. So as you will see from the photos below, it was simply me, my animation assistant Sarah, and the actor. From beginning to end, we probably spent about 50 or so hours on the project.

There’s not much to say about this video, so enjoy!

Production Stills

1. Kyle Tunney 09.14.09 / 3pm

   Awesome video you’ve put together. How long did it tak you guys to do?
2. Abby 09.14.09 / 3pm

   yay! i love following your work. very nice. thanks for the video and the production stills!
3. Rodger 09.14.09 / 4pm

   Very cool! I love it.
4. Priscilla 09.14.09 / 5pm

   wooooowww. coooool!!!
5. Dak Washbrook 09.14.09 / 6pm

   Awesome video. I love how your videos have SO much work put into them and they always come out amazing! Great Job!
6. Tamara 09.15.09 / 4am

   Congratulation! I like it!!!
7. Geoff 09.15.09 / 11pm

   That’s a really great video. Fantastic and inspiring. Yet another example of your excellent work!
8. Matt 09.16.09 / 7am

   As always Ross, you never cease to impress. Keep up the great work, and keep us informed of your new stuff!
9. Matt 09.16.09 / 10am

   When will this video be available for high res download?
10. donna m 09.16.09 / 11am

    Its an incredible idea that you came up with for this video – very effective one would not know it was a micro budget by any means. I love your creativity.
11. Brenda Morehead 09.16.09 / 6pm

    Very cool! Unfortunately, I love a good story, and wonder what the underlying story was exactly? I say unfortunately, because my kids get tired of me asking what that song means. I have many ideas, but I think there’s more than the obvious. Do you mind? At any rate, it gets the creative juices flowing in a different way. Thanks! And, thanks for sending it to me!
12. Josh 09.17.09 / 5pm

    Great video! I really like the idea and composition used.
13. Tomas 09.19.09 / 9am

    WOW! Great job Ross… You never disappoint. Keep up the great work.
14. Adarsha 10.05.09 / 6pm

    Ross, from one project to another you are turning out to entirely new level.. Simply loving it..keep up the good work
15. Late-Night with the College-Crew « Planet Forward @ George Washington University 10.24.09 / 4pm

    [...] our editing was choppy, our song-choice reminiscent of a Euro-club. I was definitely inspired by Ross Ching’s music-video for Black Gold’s song “Breakdown,” one of the most creative videos I’ve seen in a while. It [...]

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