Xavier Chassaing 'Scintillation'

Xavier Chassaing creates a film from over 35,000 photographs and a combination of live projection mapping techniques.
The use of single frames to describe movement is almost seemless here, and what I first notice is the extremely short depth of field which moves along a single close-up object, changing the focal point in a very photographic way.

SCINTILLATION from Xavier Chassaing on Vimeo.

How is it done?

“Scintillation” is an extraordinary and beautiful example of what can happen when an artist stows away in his apartment for eight months with nothing but his computer, a digital video projector, a DSLR and his imagination. French director Xavier Chassaing mounted his still camera on a homemade motion control rig capturing images as it moved 1mm per second. With multiple passes at varying exposures, the final piece uses 35,000 digital images. Chassaing then rendered 3D particle systems onto 3D models of the real life objects that would later act as a canvas for the projected visuals. Chassaing adds, “The shooting is 30 times slower than reality, resulting in having to gather as much material as for a feature film.”
from Stash Magazine online