Lizzie Oxby is a London-based filmmaker, photographer and illustrator, she created this video in a an “attempt to reclaim the beauty and joy of the New York skyline for myself. (Since the tragic event of 9-11, the plane footage seemed to have taken a foothold in my mind).”
‘A daydream to remind me of the joys of the New York skyline.’ – Lizze Oxby
From Vimeo:
Director: Lizzie Oxby
A daydream to remind me of the joy of the New York skyline. “Daydreams” is one of my ongoing projects incorporating a series of observational thoughts. Manhattan 4.33pm is the latest short film made with three photographic stills which I brought to life (35 secs).
‘Manhattan: 4.33pm’ has been selected as a finalist in Raindance’s Welcome to the Extraordinary competition.
From an interview with Giles Turnbull:
The process of creating the Daydreams is similar to creating a photomontage. All the photos are cut up in After Effects and then separated into planes, (like a Pollock Theatre). Then the cut up elements are animated.
Because the stills were not taken with the intention of making films, the trickiest Daydream I created was Manhattan 4.33pm. This was made with just three stills shot on the top of the Rockafella Centre. Lining up the day and night stills of the buildings, presented some challenges as they were taken from different angles. There was a lot of cut and pasting to re-align the stills to make them appear they were shot from the same spot before anything could be animated. This took some time to get right. However, people have commented that the piece looks live action, or shot as time lapse, so I think all that attention to detail paid off.