ASK & DISCUSS

INDEX

Current Film Talk

A short film narrated by the CCTVs

Nima Akbarpour

5 years, 2 months ago - Nima Akbarpour

I wanted to make something during the Corona quarantine. I decided to use the live feed from public CCTVs all around the world.
There are live cameras everywhere which you can watch touristic sites through them. Most of these places are crowded in the regular time but they are empty during the quarantine.
So I started to record and edit them for the sake of the memory of these days The quality of these cameras' output are different and they depends on their internet connection, weather situation and other parameters.

This is the result:
https://vimeo.com/425799543

What do you think?

Only members can post or respond to topics. LOGIN

Not a member of SP? JOIN or FIND OUT MORE

Answers older then 1 month have been hidden - you can SHOW all answers or select them individually
Answers older then 1 month are visible - you can HIDE older answers.

Philip Carr

5 years, 2 months ago - Philip Carr

Good idea. I think captions of the locations might help. I did one of my town in lockdown:
https://youtu.be/78_Os6iafnw

Response from 5 years, 2 months ago - Philip Carr SHOW

Gary Stevens

5 years, 2 months ago - Gary Stevens

I thought the music fitted the ghostly and deserted places well.

Response from 5 years, 2 months ago - Gary Stevens SHOW

Myles Cummings

5 years, 2 months ago - Myles Cummings

I thought it was a good idea, but agree it would have benefitted from some titles of locations for context. The music fits the visuals well. I did my own lockdown Vlog too. Would be grateful for any feedback..

https://youtu.be/tL_VhR9pyYE


Thanks

Myles

Response from 5 years, 2 months ago - Myles Cummings SHOW

preethi manuel

5 years, 2 months ago - preethi manuel

Yes, I did recognise some of the locations but agree you could have named them & good idea as it will remain as commentary of a time in history. Good music too. Well done!

Response from 5 years, 2 months ago - preethi manuel SHOW

Tim Benjamin

5 years, 2 months ago - Tim Benjamin

Agree with the captions for locations :)
(dates might be good too?)
The picture seems stretched to fit your aspect ratio in many of them. Maybe that's a CCTV thing. I found it a bit off-putting and wondered if they could be in their natural ratio. But it's a lovely idea! And well done. Thank you for taking the time and for sharing it.

Response from 5 years, 2 months ago - Tim Benjamin SHOW

Nima Akbarpour

5 years, 2 months ago - Nima Akbarpour

Thank you for the feedback and your attention.
Just I wanted to add a point about the location titles and why I didn't add them to the video.
I didn't want to add them because this is not a documentary. It is but my it was not the main point in my mind.
I was thinking this video is about human loneliness in this situation not just about empty places.
Even if the audience can't recognise some of them, the whole video will spread the same common sense: Loneliness.

Thank you again for your responses.

Response from 5 years, 2 months ago - Nima Akbarpour SHOW