I used electrical tape to affix my Canon Powershot to the front of my bike before I left for my morning commute. I live in Astoria, and right now I am working at the Public Theater on Lafayette and 8th Street in Manhattan. Such a thing as time lapse footage of a commute may be “played out” I realize – as some of my Wooster co-workers made fun of me for doing such a thing, however it got me to thinking as to why I was interested in the idea to begin with. For some reason, this video is highly personal to me. I’ve watched it over and over. It’s a geographical tracing of my route from one location in the city to another. But, it is also a document of a time line of events. I remember what I was thinking at certain landmarks, certain intersections. I remember specific thoughs from threading in between certain trucks. Ever since I got a bike I feel a ceratain ownership of the city that I’ve never felt before. That’s really very nice to me. So I decided to document it. For better or for worse. The music is Caribou. The video is here. My basic route is here.
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nice.
what would be the next step or evolution in this art of “overdone” time lapse?
how about annotating the video, using viddler or something like that?
or adding another kind layer?
i’m doing a 40-mile bike ride in the bronx and was looking to tape the whole thing. it’ll take ~4 hours … here’s a brief overview of the last time i did something like this:
http://www.jakilevy.com/blog/?p=207
i thought it was kind of cheesy when i did it, too, but it’s satisfying in some weird way. and it’s personal because you almost die every time you get on your bike in New York City.
this makes me really happy.
Cool video! The music suits the footage very well.
The route you commute is always a very personal thing. Even years after, when you commute on another route you still can identify with the former route.
How long does it take you to commute? Google Maps says about 22 minutes. But of course that’s by car…
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=Astoria+new+york&daddr=W+8th+St,+New+York,+New+York,+New+York+10011,+United+States&sll=40.77195,-73.9262&sspn=0.079821,0.136471&ie=UTF8&cd=3&z=13&om=1
Actually, it takes just about 25 minutes from 30th Ave. in QNS to Astor Place in Manhattan. It depends on traffic. Weaving in and out of stopped cars is slower than weaving in and out of moving ones. Thanks for the comment!