(2011-05-07, 01:38)theAndyjnee Wrote: In terms of photography that video is a masterpiece. It shows what is possible at timelapses at the moment. I'm impressed!
But I am not really convinced about the composition. To me it seems that it's just a row of good shots with the only common theme being the city where they were shot.
What is "Slow City" about? Due to the soundtrack it does not appear slow to me at all.
Don't get me wrong, it still is a great piece of art. Maybe you just focussed a bit too much on the technical side.
Cheers,
Andy
Hi Andy and thank you for the compliments. We did explain about the idea behind the film - you can read the concept in Vimeo description. But also, the play of words may not be as obvious to others as it is to people who live in this city. My hometown, as well as its inhabitants, are often.reffered to as slow, or perhaps a better word would be. "relaxed", "slowmotioned", "easy going" etc. There's no rush, no jammed traffic, no air pollution... It.'s a city that was taking up to 1000 mortar shells per day only 20 years ago. It's a city that dropped from 120.000 population to 10.000 in a matter of months and then got back to 100.000 few years later. So, people may change, they may come and go, but the city stands.
Oh, as for the music, it's a symbolic middle finger to shitty disco-folk music that invaded my city in last few years. And we hate that :-)