On October 24, 'candid wedding photographer' Amar Ramesh posted a video ‘My Chennai’ through iPhone 6 on Youtube. Within two days, the video had around 15,000 views and now it has reached 21,294 hits.
The minute-long video takes you on a whirlwind tour of Chennai, through Marina beach, ECR, Kovalam and Mahabalipuram and also captures the adventures of an auto and an MTC bus ride .
The choice of the places and even the idea, may not be new. The manner in which the video has been shot is.
“We have used features like time lapse videos and super slow motion video feature. These technologies are not available in still cameras. I was longing to experiment with it,” says Amar, who along with his team spent a couple of hours at every location to capture its essence. When shot in slow motion, people get to see the details and movements that they usually miss. iPhone 6 allows super slow motion videos at rate of 120 frames per second or even 240 frames per second.Amar, a resident of Alwarpet, had wanted to make a video on Chennai for a long time. “We jumped at it as soon we had the concept ready. We didn’t expect it to go viral. This has inspired us to do more such work,” he says.
Watch the video here
