A while back I did some extensive time lapse of traffic. Some of it was during the snow that fell this winter, but some of it was normal, urban traffic in normal road conditions. I always intended on using the footage for something but couldn't get the ideas to sit right. I liked what I did with Southampton Cyclists, and my Economics video, and I didn't want to make a compilation of near misses or "randoms" (some of the motorbike randoms are hysterical!).
It has to be serious, it has to be informative, and if I'm not in the right frame of mind then it wont get done as it should. I also have plans to record some acoustic guitar for soundtrack. I'm tempted by a voiceover, but as I so often say - my voice lacks the silky range of tones of Stephen Fry and co.
I was spurred by a comment someone made on a non-cycling related forum about bike riders. I thought to myself - why not make an infomercial, something simple, short and to the point that can clarify matters as we know them statistically. The first time someone ever said something similar to me it made me think - what WERE the facts? So I sat on the internet and searched through a load of government data - something that is quite easy these days.
The only issue I have now with this video is to get the information I want compiled in one place, go through my video and photography archives and try and assemble it. I just need to shift this lethargy.
It has to be serious, it has to be informative, and if I'm not in the right frame of mind then it wont get done as it should. I also have plans to record some acoustic guitar for soundtrack. I'm tempted by a voiceover, but as I so often say - my voice lacks the silky range of tones of Stephen Fry and co.
I was spurred by a comment someone made on a non-cycling related forum about bike riders. I thought to myself - why not make an infomercial, something simple, short and to the point that can clarify matters as we know them statistically. The first time someone ever said something similar to me it made me think - what WERE the facts? So I sat on the internet and searched through a load of government data - something that is quite easy these days.
The only issue I have now with this video is to get the information I want compiled in one place, go through my video and photography archives and try and assemble it. I just need to shift this lethargy.
