It took two months for photographer and filmmaker, Mathieu Stern to “erase everyone in Paris” with Photoshop for his short film “Alone in Paris”.
Over the last few months we’ve shared a video or two by Paris-based photographer and filmmaker, Mathieu Stern who started a series on YouTube called, “Weird Lens Challenge”. Some of what we shared included; “How to get Bokeh Madness on Video” and “Shooting a Video with a 105 Year Old Lens“. Today’s video is a little different however, “Alone in Paris” took over two months to complete. Stern shot the video during week days, mostly around 2pm, then “erased everyone in Paris” in Photoshop, frame-by-frame.
About the project Stern said on his blog, “Being alone in a big city is something rare, but what would happen if you could visit a totally empty version of Paris? This personal project was born after I spent too much time in a crowded subway… what if everyone was gone, what if I had Paris for myself… what if… and why not ? We’ve all heard the phrase “Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated”… so I wanted to show exactly what it feels like in this video.”
Subscribe to Stern’s YouTube channel to see more from the Weird Lens Challenge and other projects. You can also keep up with him on his blog, Twitter or Facebook page.
[Via Petapixel & Mathieu Stern]
