Water alters course of shoot

[Rick Palidwor]

So I have been painstakingly shooting 20 frames a day out my window for at least 4 months, capturing a building being contructed next door. They are about half way through and I was near the end of the first cart when a pipe breaks and water starts leaking into my floorboards. In short order it was obvious that the damage was severe and spreading, so I had to tear down the tripod. In fact, I ended up having to move to a new apartment altogether.

At first I thought the film would be a washout (pardon the pun) as it is quite pointless if I don't see the thing through to completion. As it turns out I can see the building from my new place, so I'll continue from a new angle.

On the upside, the new apartment is actually better.

Anyone else have a shoot disrupted by a flood or other disaster?

Rick

[vidwerk]

Cool. Would love to see it when it's done.
Will you post a clip?

Cheers,

vidwerk.

[brokenflashlight]

Paranoid neighbors alter course of shoot:

I have a large picture window looking out onto my street. I was in the midst of a simple day-long timelapse of the skyline across my street when I got a knock on the door from the police. I guess a paranoid neighbor saw the camera pointing out of my window all day and got suspicious that I had a telephoto lens or something, and was playing local neighborhood creep. I stupidly invited him in to check for himself and he looked at the camera closely, and moved my tripod around. So, that shoot was ruined mid-day. Stupid idiots.

[Rick Palidwor]

Paranoid neighbors alter course of shoot:

I have a large picture window looking out onto my street. I was in the midst of a simple day-long timelapse of the skyline across my street when I got a knock on the door from the police. I guess a paranoid neighbor saw the camera pointing out of my window all day and got suspicious that I had a telephoto lens or something, and was playing local neighborhood creep. I stupidly invited him in to check for himself and he looked at the camera closely, and moved my tripod around. So, that shoot was ruined mid-day. Stupid idiots.

I have been concerned about this throughout as it could look like the camera was pointed at the apartment across the way. I actually imagined exactly what you described and me begging the police not to move the tripod, but they do anyway. Sorry to hear it happened in your case.

Cool. Would love to see it when it's done.
Will you post a clip?

Cheers,

vidwerk.

I'll see how it turns out. I also have some real-time B&W footage of them tearing down the old building, so I will include that at the front end.

I was tempted to include some shots of the water damage, as a way of explaining why the shoot was disrupted, but I didn't have enough light and couldn't bring in light in the chaos of it all.

Rick

[audadvnc]

I went out with a woman earlier this summer whose ex- was the neighborhood creep. He set up his video camera to shoot the neighbor girl's bedroom. Ick!

[CineGuerrilha]

that's a cool idea. there's a a short film made by yoku onu called Erection (during the 60's) that it's an apartment block being build. u can see it at ubu.com.