Cross Country Timelapse

[@sagenichibotsu]

Ever since I was a kid, I'd drive from Kansas to Utah with my family. Those long car rides were some of the most relaxing, peaceful and sleepy times of my life. I don't get rides like that anymore. Your video made me homesick for it.

[@kenrg]

Great project; excellent execution. Classic.

[@drrobinberry]

I've never commented on any video before, but this was amazing. I agree that everyone should see this.

[@diegoandres1716]

pretty cool idea love the water drops at morning

[@JCinxcess]

3:36 Batman Building in Nashville :) gotta love TN!

[@stuan1989]

Nice work. You must have happy memories when you rewatch it.

[@dwbear7]

Guys. Thanks for that! It was a great film to watch!

[@pintosanchez]

really cool when you were approaching the mountains!

[@lonelybones4ever]

im about to make a similiar trip from northern Georgia(Rome) to North California (Redding) 2600+ miles

[@Muffysb]

Beautiful! I assume you cut out some of the night footage?

[@TriangleFilms]

Correct!

[@InternetFad]

Very very cool.

[@P2055516]

Fantastic Job !!! Everyone should see this !!

[@Aakanaar]

Wish I knew ya were going. Would have had ya stop as you passed through Sacramento and take me with. It's been years since I have been in DC. (More specifically, Alexandria) Nice vid.

[@SwaggaLessD]

I will be making this same drive but from Virginia Beach to San Diego one month from now. Not really looking forward to the long hours, but I know the experience, and views of the country i'll get to see will be great.

[@PocketRebel]

I love driving. It's fun with my family, but I do miss driving places with my friends.

[@ChristopherHarrop]

Of all the timess I've driven between Denver and Kansas City, I've never done it as quickly as you did.

[@mda037]

Nice rain curtains 2:24 See, Kansas really is flat 2:31 Superman in Metropolis, ILL 3:22 Great video guys!!

[@Mcree114]

The desert seemed to take forever for some reason. Awsome vid!!!! :D

[@sgoodwinca]

Very cool.. thanks for that! It would have been nice if you'd started with the GG bridge and ended with the Lincoln Mem. or something, but no biggie. I'm curious about the music too... do tell. Cheers, Simon.

[@monnone]

Nice work guys!

[@GingerKidsMustDie]

that was an great vid!!!!!!

[@gustavopena02116]

Excellent. Small wish, little location placecards so we could keep up. But then again it is pretty darned good as is.

[@InfamousIronLegacy]

How many days did it take you to drive cross country?

[@TriangleFilms]

5 days!

[@grendelkeep]

Thanks for sharing! A little bit fast though. How many nights have passed? I think I lost track. Three?

[@TheParkerGuy]

Great video, but I didn't see Denver anywhere. What happened?

[@maddogthirteen]

Awesome job guys, great vid!

[@jenandlaw]

Would like it a lot better if we weren't seeing mostly the interior of the car.

[@philritter21]

@raccordv4 In August, Im taking my e90 M3 on a 6000 mile trip. Ohio to Yellowstone, Glacier Natl Park in Montana, Boise, Salt Lake City, Death Valley, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Arches National Park, Vail, Denver, and back to Ohio. Why WOULDNT you put an M3 through a drive like that? Im so excited. A dream trip in my dream car.

[@TimurFriedman]

A nice remake of James Benning and Bette Gordon's 1975 film, The United States of America.

[@jericdurbin]

Looks like a 2001 - 2003.5 M3 to me (the oval mirror gives it away).Right? Nice way to drive 3000+ miles if so. I think you could have made it in 3 minutes and 27 seconds had you let the M3 wind out.

[@turtlereptile]

You are correct. Also, there may or may not have been some unwinding...

[@StroadMonday]

What a drive that must have been

[@BumboJumboOriginal]

It shows how much more urban the East is than the West. Cool video

[@philritter21]

Oh hell yeah, I just noticed this is an e46 M3. Nice. Im picking up an e90 M3 in a week or so.

[@airbreath]

hey how many pictures did it take? very cool video

[@mattfromoakland]

that was an awesome idea! it was actually pretty cool to see how similar the US is

[@G3n3ralN0ns3ns3]

Awesome Video! Nice M3! You took I-80 and you passed me in the 707! =D

[@TheMichaelBoerman]

Wow! I'm thinking about doing this on my cross-country trip, but having it face the opposite way (to capture everybody in the car). What camera did you use and how many pictures did you have in the end? Thanks!

[@tone4916]

how long did it take...I'm doin' D.C to Sacramento tomorrow!

[@murtadi007]

this is gonna be a youtube classic

[@fightingmexican707]

i know the whole rout till u left tahoe lmao

[@BuckeyePanda]

Was wondering myself... Since this is USA, I'd imagine it's actually 29.97 FPS (at least that is what movies/tv are here, 25 is European), but even so, that'd be ~140mph, not even counting all the times they were stopped. Even at 30fps of 10fps (if that makes sense), 1 second of video would be 300secs real time. 3:42-3:47 goes from night to morning, which would be 1800secs real time. Night lasts longer than 30 minutes... 300mins maybe more reasonable, maybe they meant 1 frame every 100 seconds>

[@pksangavaram]

that was awesome bro! what music is that in the background?

[@take2dogs]

Wish my recent trek from FL to CA would have taken 4 minutes!

[@MixedBreedE]

@Zowie7272 Thats Nashville Tennessee

[@chuecheib]

well done guys ... just an amazing video :)

[@andymooseman]

Great idea & great video too. How many photos did you take in total? :)

[@TriangleFilms]

@ToInfinity1 Not sure the e46 part, but definitely an M3. It was my friend's car. Good eye.

[@maclaros17]

Nice..... I really want to do the drive from here (NY) to L.A..... but want to drive there and flight back.... LOL BTW- is that an M3?? it looks just like my car... Well done

[@CascaMMA]

Very cool - I broke my family record. San Diego to Annapolis (52 hours) Nice video!

[@Molo9000]

Reminds me of vanishing point..... btw: what car is this?

[@kevinmosleyI]

M3 across America? That's a dream of mine!!

[@stellietex]

Fantastic.

[@blingbling65943]

I am so phuken jealous, I'm going to make that drive this year.

[@SammerJammer]

Nice M3!

[@clachel]

Music is annoying, but it's still fun to watch. I wish there was a small heads up map in the corner showing the route and locations.

[@thoughtless447]

Holy Crap, Dude! Well done how did u get the camera to stay on that long?

[@Ahuntard]

0:22 seconds he was driving through cordilia, 0:24 fairfield "travis blvd", then he warps somewhere idk where :( towards the end of the 24th second of the video

[@AaronsGame]

How the hell did you drive that fast across country in only 4 minites???????????

[@TriangleFilms]

No, you're absolutely right. The original footage totaled to about 9 minutes, and 70% of it was flat, monotonous scenery (Kansas, etc). To keep it from dragging, I cut about half of the total content, and kept as much of the fun stuff (cities, mountains) as possible.

[@mrgraff42]

1.How did you mount the camera? 2. Please post the entire 9-minute version. Including the monotonous stuff and even the entire night. I'd love to see all of it.

[@MatthewTurkinSB]

Cool. But.... If you grabbed an image every 10 seconds and the video plays them at 30 frames per second, then your four minutes of video correspond to 20 hours of real time. So either you were driving over 120 miles an hour (on average!), or you've cut out at least half of the images. Which is it??? Enquiring minds want to know. Cheers....

[@Azoicum]

soundtrack from the movie 'Zoo'?

[@mattack12]

I don't get the mathematics behind this video. The video lasts 4:35, that's 275 secs. Assuming 25 fps (?) that's 6875 frames. One exposure every 10 secs that makes 68750 secs total recording time. That's equal to a bit more than 19 hours elapsed. 19 hours for 3050 miles makes a traveling speed of roughly 160 miles/hour? That doesn't work out ... maybe someone can explain?

[@mastgrr]

This is going to get over a million views. But when I saw it - it only had 65,692 views!

[@brewersfan92]

interesting. what type of bmw is this?

[@hayesab26]

How did you make your camera take the pictures automatically?

[@geolazenby]

was it an M3?

[@TriangleFilms]

It's been edited. The original footage totaled up to around 9 minutes.

[@multivan2001]

Great timelapse video, 5*

[@47of74]

@kennyb010 Same here, I just wish my eyes had a little bit longer to absorb the picture, even if it had made the video longer.

[@twsf]

Did you ask Michael Nyman's permission to use his music?

[@beatrixwinter]

Love it!!

[@gromay]

what camera did you use how did it worked?

[@bigfatmattwoody]

how long did it take?? cant be bothered to figure out the math...

[@b3fiend]

Why the detour to kentucky? Good thing you had a radar detector! That would be a hello of a speeding ticket traveling 12,000 mph!

[@TriangleFilms]

@rovertales we did! we are super hungover around the 3:49 mark.

[@GuitarShmasher]

thats a really cool idea

[@MCGEE1115]

Nice job

[@headfullofmusic]

whats the music

[@j444n]

how to do that with an ordinary camara, not having to press the triggerbuttom allthe time??? ^^

[@NIFTYDRIFTYPROD]

great video!!

[@ToInfinity1]

are you driving a bmw m3 e46?

[@lowerlowerhk]

I feel the magnitude of motion of the guy at the right is somehow periodic.

[@TonyAirlines]

Awesome high five at 2:34

[@TriangleFilms]

It certainly was. Good eye.

[@Gss_Skateboarding]

well done!

[@whitlcj1]

now watch Lacquer: Behind (3:57 minutes from LA to NYC)

[@joshoa112]

thats amazing

[@Mercato91]

awesome...

[@cakemakenavantiya]

awesome!!

[@Zowie7272]

at 3:39 is that washington dc???

[@TriangleFilms]

Nashville, TN

[@unholypenguin4]

excellent

[@thefsxflyer]

Saw the ensiner(I didn't spell that right) tunnel. Go colorado! This deserves a 5/5 for just the time to drive across the united states

[@DungeonsandRoses]

Must have taken ages... Isn't the speed limit in America ludicrously slow?

[@quadlegsxxxxx]

I assume he didnt drive at night? But who is right?

[@nyx419]

very cool shout out to st louis

[@P2055516]

You drove right by my house at 0:19 seconds.

[@jodecci]

Damn wish i can get to Washington from SFO in 4min lolz

[@SebastianTheHappyCrab]

BMW really is a very good and reliable car brand isn't it? I love my 320D! :-)