Don't Look Back - a grey day in London

The bits of London I miss aren't the bits you see on a tourist postcard. It's not the Eye, or Harrods or Buckingham Palace. It's not even the Southbank, although there's something about the Southbank in September that will ALWAYS be special...the bits I miss are in this video, which I filmed last weekend.
It's sitting at a bus stop in the rain, waiting for a 371, with a Starbucks in one hand to warm me up, and a little shopping bag in the other. It's getting on a packed double decker with my iPod and sitting in traffic so the windows get all steamed up. It's wandering into the shops with The Antlers or The Temper Trap playing your own personal soundtrack while Christmas shopping. It's coming out of the tube station in the evening. It's my Oyster card and Heron Square with its fountain and memories and market with macaroons and newly planted Christmas tree.
It's just that feeling you don't get here, when it's bustly and cold and everything's grey and stony, and a black taxi splashes you as it drives past and you're on your own but you don't really feel alone.

It's Don't Look Back by the wonderful Alex Day: (http://www.youtube.com/nerimon) Go subscribe, buy his amazing music (and also the Sons of Admirals bundle while you're at it!). RIGHT NOW. I'm starting to sound like a crazed fangirl?! I'm not, I promise ;) (well hopefully not the crazed bit at least).
It's edited on Premiere Pro CS4.
It's filmed on my Nikon P90.

I'm hoping to get a new camera soon that films in HD, isn't that exciting for you all? ;)
I hope you all had a wonderful half term and Halloween!
love.
DFTBA
xxx

Category:

Film & Animation

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• richmond
• london
• bus
• rain
• grey
• nerimon
• alexday
• dftba
• ameliedreamsagain
• river
• thames

[StephanieHOLLYx]

This almost made me cry! I miss living in London so much, even though we go back to visit, its just not the same. I know what you mean about never feeling lonely there. Theres something about it thats just alive! (Also, majorly impressed with the Alex Day/Nerimon song choice!)

[patchworkhorse]

@StephanieHOLLYx THANK YOU :') Where about in London did you use to live? It's crazy, I'm going back for a few days next week & I'm looking forward to it being all Christmassy but...you're right, it's not the same.

Ooo, I'm always up for some Alex Day songs ;) xxx

[starsafterlight]

and oh, i think the so-so quality of ur camera actually adds to the nostalgia, so it's actually quite interesting! and yes, miss, u juz made my heart ache for london! :D

[starsafterlight]

hey, great filming skills! great concept as well. u go girl!

[Codyo3212]

i'm about to move to london on monday - looking foward to these things

[JBluvr322]

this is great! (:

[billboy1616]

first of all really liked it and had fun trying to see how much i could recognise (about half :D ) but most of all what i love about this is it reminds me that different bits of london mean a lot to someone while they might not to someone else thanks for making me think and reminding me how lucky i am to live somewhere so wonderful ( iow is nice but not for me hope you've grown to like it though :) ) hope santa gives you a hd camera :) xxx

[xXFunkyFillyXx]

wow mia this is so amazing, i just LOVE the difference it is, and the stuff you have written is so different to what i know about london i just LOVE the perspective you have! and the editing is just so cool as well, and i love your fashion sense so much! simply amazing! except the song haha sorry i really don't like alex day :P love you xxxxx

[bridled]

aw this is so lovely :) and you've just made me want to go to london so badly. ONE DAY we will meet up in london and have a lovely day :) :D xxxx

[xshannonelizabeth]

Mia. stop it. stop being so amazingly wonderful at everything. this video is beautiful and is making my wanting to go to london and see you about 10000x more hehe :P loveloveloveeexxx