ABOUT

Commissioned by the City of Athens. The film explores downtown Athens documenting the construction of the new fountain in Omonoia Square, one of the most historic squares in the city and part of "The Great Walk of Athens", one of the largest urban interventions in the history of the Greek capital.

Production

The Omonoia Film was shot exclusively with the use of precision timelapse photography and hyperlapse cinematography with no fixed-position cameras or drones. Shooting of the main timelapse scene which documents the construction of the fountain was done by revisiting multiple times the same spot and framing the same shot each time for almost 5 months. The film was made out of 3,000 RAW images in 6,7K resolution. It was shot on the Canon 5D Mark IV with Canon L-Series Lenses and finished for web distribution at 4K, 3840x1920, 2:1 aspect ratio.

DISTRIBUTION

The Omonoia Film was released online on May 14, 2020 at the official social media accounts of the Mayor of Athens Kostas Bakoyannis on YouTube, Instagram, IGTV & Facebook.

Construction: Tomi / Ellaktor / A.C. Laskaridis Foundation / Onassis Foundation / Fontana Fountains

Dedicated Page (Large Video Player): The New Omonoia Square

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