Problem: The Central City Mission Foundation was converting an old, decrepit hotel in the downtown Eastside of Vancouver and needed to document the massive change that occurred. The project would need to occur over the period of a year.
Solution: The first step was to get establishing shots of the building from the start. The same locations were shots several times throughout the year so that their progress could be updated an time-lapsed. In a few seconds the viewer is able to see the change that occurred over the period of a year. The renovation process started before the filming project had been approved, so to show the earliest part of the renovation process, still photos were used in place of video. The visuals had to tell a story, but the audio had to tell a story as well. A custom sound track for the video was specially created by a local studio to match the music to the visuals. Additionally, a professional narrator guided the viewer through the story.
This is the short 3 minute version of the video. The 10 minute video aired on Shaw TV.
