Need For Speed Filming in Downtown Detroit

Earlier in the week, we received a company wide email at work letting us know that Campus Martius and all connecting streets would be shutdown on Thursday, June 28th, for the filming of the new Need For Speed movie.

I thought I would put together a compilation of some of the amateur photos and videos that were posted to Twitter and Youtube to give you a feel for what was going on.

I have to start with my favorite video clip, which puts things in perspective.



Here's another one from ground level, this time with a camera mounted on a lead car to film at street level.



And here's one more that shows a take from higher up.



There's probably at least 5 more videos out there when you search for "Need For Speed Detroit" on YouTube.

Here's a pic shared by @MotorCity that shows one of the filming rigs:

Did anyone get downtown to catch a glimpse of the filming for Need for Speed? #detroit #movie #NeedForSpeedMovie pic.twitter.com/r9Xtx7gzxM
— Motor City Connect (@MotorCity) June 27, 2013

And here's another pic of one of the prop cars:

One of the prop cars from the new Need For Speed movie filming in Detroit today pic.twitter.com/WMKDmKPXqL
— Jerel Bernasek (@JerelBernasek) June 27, 2013

And one more, this one from @SkidmoreStudios. This was actually taken today as they filmed just a block over in the Capitol Park area.

Need for Speed is filming & the Transformers 4 is set being built down the street from the studio! pic.twitter.com/PEVPh8QK2n
— Skidmore Studio (@SkidmoreStudio) June 28, 2013

I'm going to have to check out the movie now, since I'm curious to see how those Detroit scenes turn out. It's being directed by Scott Waugh, who recently directed Act of Valor. To give you a flavor for the movie, here's a behind the scenes teaser trailer:

Playing around with Time- Lapse in Detroit

I've always thought time-lapse videos were pretty interesting and amazing.  If you're not familiar with what I'm talking about, check out The Best City Time-Lapse Videos of 2012 (according to the Atlantic Cities site) or 25 time-lapse videos reeking of awesomeness.

I started doing a little research into what it takes to create my own, and since I have an 8 megapixel camera on my iPhone, I figured I'd try out an app to see what I could do. A few months back I downloaded the TimeLapse App on my iPhone that allows you to easily create time-lapse videos. It's so easy, it's practically point-and-shoot.

I used the app on consecutive days to create some short videos back in January. They're both looking out my office building from the 12th floor, looking West/Northwest towards Woodward. I uploaded them to YouTube and thought I would share them with you here. Enjoy!

Here is my first attempt:



Here's my next attempt: