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[VIDEO] Follow a Turtle on an Existential Journey Through New York City

2026-02-26T12:00:00-05:00

.New Land. is a short, surreal film from cinematographer Steffen Krones that follows a turtle through an existential journey all around New York City, learning about and observing bizarre life all around.

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[VIDEO] EROSION, a Stunning Short Film That Captures an Ever Changing New York City

2023-07-30T12:00:00-04:00

EROSION is a stunning short film from Brooklyn Aerials and others that features 4 flex dancers in slow motion around a fast-paced and quickly gentrifying New York City.

Every New Yorker is familiar with Showtime dancers cheering up a full subway car - though these days dancers get arrested instead of earning tips for their talents. Dancers are being forced out of the subway and now have alternative events like “Its Showtime NYC” to legally dance above ground. This was the original inspiration for EROSION - a changing city, that is losing culture and character while it gets cleaned up. Moving towards a landscape of sterile glass high rises. It is a a safe, clean, boring new world!

Check out the accompanying blog post to learn more about the film, and the video equipment used to make it look this great!

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[WATCH] A Cinematic Capture of a Typical Subway Commute in New York City

2023-04-28T12:00:00-04:00

This great short film by Vimeo uploader Chris Mark Video shows scenes from a typical New York City subway commute through a cinematic lens.

This video documents a normal commute on the NYC MTA.

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[VIDEO] The Sandpit: A Day in the Life of New York City, in Miniature Tilt-Shift

2023-04-27T12:00:00-04:00

Local director, photographer and visual effects artist Sam O'Hare made this stunning tilt-shift video titled The Sandpit back in 2010 that shows a day in the life of New York City through its street scenes, only in "miniature." Check out the behind-the-scenes interview to see how it all came together.

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[WATCH] The Sandpit: A Day in the Life of New York City, in Miniature Tilt-Shift

2020-11-13T16:00:00-05:00

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[WATCH] "Beautiful Brooklyn", a Vignette Showing Scenes Around the Brooklyn Bridge

2020-11-12T16:00:00-05:00

Back in 2017, Vimeo user CaptureTheCity released this great vignette video showing scenes around the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo and Downtown Brooklyn, all set to Mos Def's Brooklyn.

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[WATCH] "NYC Textures" Combines 1,000 Still Images to Get a Sense of New York City

2020-06-15T12:00:00-04:00

An experimental journey through New York City with over a thousand still photographs of its unique textures. Ambient sounds were recorded on location. Directed & animated by Ynon Lan.

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[VIDEO] Cinematic Vignette Shows New York City Under Quarantine: "The New Normal"

2020-04-05T16:00:00-04:00

Local YouTuber and filmmaker Matt Chirico recently created this cinematic vignette showing the empty streets of New York City during the Coronavirus quarantine. Check it out!

I felt I needed to document how much the #coronavirus has changed #NewYorkCity. New York on pause has turned the city that never sleeps into an empty and desolate city. These popular spaces, which are normally overcrowded with visitors are now left bare. I made this short film to capture the new tone of NYC. Please share to help slow the spread so that we can get back to our beloved city that never sleeps!

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[WATCH] Stunning Video Shows Incredibly Edited Collection of New York City Hyperlapses

2020-02-28T12:00:00-05:00

Back in 2016, Los Angeles based filmmaker Vadim Tereshchenko created this stunning video featuring a collection of hyperlapse videos shot here in New York City. The editing in the video is incredible!

This is compilation of hyperlapse videos that I shot during my first trip to New York. This city is very energetic and dynamic, so I tried to make my video the same. This video doesn't show even a 1% of the New York's beauty, these are the only places I had time to visit. But anyway, I used a lot of self-developed tricks and techniques in both the shooting and editing processes - it took a lot of time and passion to make this video. Thank you and hope you enjoy it!

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[WATCH] "Moments", an Amazingly Peaceful Capture of New York City Residents in Slow Motion

2020-02-25T12:00:00-05:00

Brooklyn cinematographer Tim Sessler owns and operates a great film company called Brooklyn Aerials. While they normally specialize in amazing aerial videos, to make this video, the team used a special handheld camera rig called the Firefly Mimic that allowed them to get the silky smooth look and feel. Combined with an excellent high-speed camera, they were able to capture this beautiful, peaceful collection of random New Yorkers going about their business in wonderful slow motion.

During the three days of production we were able to reach locations all over New York City easily [...] from Bedstuy in Brooklyn to Ridgewood and Willets Point in Queens and of course countless locations in Manhattan [...] from Wall Street to the Flat Iron to Central Park.

Check out the Brooklyn Aerials blog post about the Moments video for more about the camera setup or the team behind the shoot.

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