There are some scenes, duing a time-lapse segment, in which the the camera appears to be moving and/or zooming. How is this possible?
The camera is actually locked down and is not moving. Most of the shots are zoomed in on during post production, using Adobe After-Effects. The shot of downtown Los Angeles with the looming buildings in which the camera appears to move is also done in post with masking and 3D planing. Layers of buiding are masked and shifted slightly in 3D space giving the illusion that the camera is actually making a slight move. This is also done with some of the mountain shots by basically taking the hills in the foreground and shifting them slightly over time as well to give the illusion the shot is moving. Color correcting (to the best of one’s ability!), “masking” and sometimes replacing skies, removing objects, and other post-production techniques are also used (see image below). A lot of the car shots are also just very short loops.
