The production quality that went behind the making of Tran Scan is astonishing. No motion picture or video camera was used at any time, yet the video seems extremely smooth to the eye. According to Create Space, the frame-by-frame video piece took eighteen months and $100,000 to create. Another interesting note is that the sound used in the piece was composed from scratch with sound effects that were created by movement.
It is easy for me to say that the $100,000 was worth it. Tran Scan is not only impressive and eye catching, it also has an educational element. For people like myself who have never driven across the country before, this video teaches the viewer a lot about Canada. I didn't really know what the Prairies or the Maritimes exactly looked like before watching the video.
My only dislikes of Tran Scan aren't even really dislikes at all. After focusing on the video for a few minutes I began to feel very nauseated and dizzy, making me look away from the screen for a few seconds and miss parts of the video. I realize that this is probably unavoidable, or might have even been Arthur's intentions. Secondly, it would be been beneficial for the viewer to know the location they are in as they are watching the video. Since road signs fly by you at an unreadable pace, you have no idea of what you are looking at. This was occasionally counterbalanced by being able to identify landmarks or the city skyline, but even this was extremely difficult at times.
Traveling across Canada in eight minutes is pretty cool. You have to admit it.
A preview of Tran Scan can be found here: http://www.transcanfilm.com/TranScanAlberta.mov
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