“Movie Magic”

“Technicolor Meltdown”

“The Signal”

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“Histogram-Head”

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“Obsolete” – Vintage colour television video camera, CTV Studios, Scarborough

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“The Cutting Edge” – Nippon Video Centre, Danforth Ave, Toronto

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Montreal – An Eastern Circumnavigation Video

This is a time-lapse video of a car trip I made around the eastern half of Île de Montréal in December of 2009.

The music track is “Comme des Enfants” by Cœur de Pirate  from her 2008 self-titled debut album. It and her recently released sophomore album “Blonde” are available on iTunes.

This video was shot with Canon 5D mark II using a 28mm f/1.8 lens and a MacGyvered/ghetto rig that involved my Induro tripod, Manfrotto head and using my laptop bag as a mounting weight. Here’s a picture of the setup:

Montreal Circumnavigation Camera Rig
Montreal Circumnavigation Camera Rig
You can trace my route around Montreal on this Google Map:

Map of route
Some of the geographic highlights:

A & O – Start and End points of the journey dominated by the large yellow house on the North-East corner of Gouin & Saint-Laurent

D – Gouin Est & 28e Av features a float-plane parking lot on the north side

F – Is the Rue Bureau Cul-de-Sac at the eastern tip of Montreal

J – Caserne Letourneux – a beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright-style building at the corner of Notre-Dame and Letourneux

K & L – Passing under the Jacques-Cartier Bridge and heading into the Ville-Marie Expressway Tunnel

N – Schwartz’s – home of the world’s greatest sandwich

“This Property is Monitored By a BETAMAX” – In the words of Chris Rock, ‘They still make you?!?!?!?’

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