Un film de Paris [SLVimeo]

February 22, 2016 8:58 PM

Bonjour Paris: a short hyper-lapse film
posted by MoonOrb (14 comments total)

Wow, that was fun! I appreciate that there's no music, just quiet ambient sound (even though it seems like mainly stock sounds).

Makes me want to go back, and I was just there a couple months ago.
posted by good in a vacuum at 9:22 PM on February 22, 2016

I appreciated the silence in Les Catacombes.
posted by seawallrunner at 11:16 PM on February 22, 2016

Reminded me of trying to see all of Paris in one day. Dizzying. In the end, all you remember is that Louvre is the place with a thousand people selfie sticking in front of the Mona Lisa. The video is quite beautiful, though.
posted by sapagan at 11:35 PM on February 22, 2016

Unbelievably fine piece of video work! Mesmerizing!
posted by rmmcclay at 12:42 AM on February 23, 2016

Love it!
posted by honey-barbara at 2:48 AM on February 23, 2016

I really like the concept and the idea. I do wish there wasn't quite so much "and here's the Eiffel Tower again" though.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:09 AM on February 23, 2016 [2 favorites]

EmpressCallipygos: " I do wish there wasn't quite so much "and here's the Eiffel Tower again" though."

Well, that's kind of what being in Paris feels like.
posted by brokkr at 6:06 AM on February 23, 2016 [3 favorites]

Well, that's kind of what being in Paris feels like.

Not for me....
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:39 AM on February 23, 2016 [1 favorite]

The city of Paris recently put up another one on Facebook that's pretty: Timelapse from the Tour Saint Jacques (a Gothic flamboyant tower that's not far from Notre Dame, roughly city center).
posted by fraula at 7:20 AM on February 23, 2016

The wipe from the catacombs back aboveground was a nice touch. I have a soft spot for touristy Paris videos.
posted by Lame_username at 7:27 AM on February 23, 2016

I could have watched another hour of this.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:59 AM on February 23, 2016

Another hyper-lapse of Paris from Geoff Tompkinson: Postcards from Paris (Old and New). No hyper-zoom in that one.

If you want hyper-lapse and hyper-zoom, though, Geoff's y'man - as evidenced by his film HyperZooming through Hallstatt. BTS, interviews and other HyperZoom videos on his website (Geoff Tomkinson Previously).
posted by zedbends at 9:27 AM on February 23, 2016

The saturation button really should come with a warning label.
posted by humboldt32 at 12:09 PM on February 23, 2016

For a different belle ville, here's 3 minutes of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
posted by ChuraChura at 2:21 PM on February 23, 2016 [1 favorite]