"1920s Silent Movie Look" - In A Berlin Minute (Week 67)

Did you notice? That's right: this is Berlin in 2011 shot with my iPhone and the nexvio 8mm Vintage camera app - and not an actual silent film from the 1920s.

The phone app offers several different lens effects and film styles - not just black and white. Probably the one I like the best is XPro look the best, which has great retro color saturation - but I had wanted to make a "silent movie" with modern footage of Berlin. This week my TZ-10 had to be sent in to Panasonic to have the lens internally cleaned - so the timing was perfect. 

Some of the sights you see in the video: 
Siegessäule (Goldene Else)

Gendarmenmarkt
Französischer Dom
Deutscher Dom
Berliner Dom
Museumsinsel
Spree
Alexanderplatz
Hackescher Markt
Reichstag
Brandenburger Tor (at Pariser Platz)
Retro Tram on Oranienstrasse

The music called "Hurry" is from the Sam Fox Silent Movie Book and was played on a Hamilton Vertical by Richard Frohlich. The song falls under Creative Commons License and is available for free download at freesound.

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[pandaen212]

Interesting vid, I used another app for my iPhone to create som old-looking movies - LOVE it! ;)

It seems you have some unused annotations though-looks like you have included spotlight on the left side in the black area?

[GNYBerlin]

@pandaen212 Thanks for pointing out a possible error. However they are functioning spotlights. At least they work for me. I use them on all my videos - usually one link for the previous video and one for the following video. You have to mouse-over to see what it links to - then click to get to the other video. It's supposed to be more subtle and less distracting than a fully visible text box.

What app do you use for this look on your iPhone?

[kleinerPuschelHH]

Grandiose Bilder - Einzigartige Minute :-) *alle Daumen hoch*

[GNYBerlin]

@kleinerPuschelHH Vielen Dank, lieber Hamburger.

LG aus Brooklyn,

Luci

[TheNewAtomicAntz]

I made one to practice, effects not have the quality of yours, but it is acceptable.

[GNYBerlin]

@CelticBadBoyPoet7 Haha, of course, you're "forgiven". Did you delete your comment?

[MDthornton83]

Awesome. 

[ChaosButterfly8]

ಠ_ಠ nice!

[GNYBerlin]

@Koelngeist2 Haha. Viele Gruesse zurueck an den Koelner Dom - von der New Yorker Kathedrale ;-)

[clintonearlwalker]

@GNYBerlin Yeah, I love that vid, think I'm gonna watch it again right now. "She calls me spark plug brown eyes too, She thinks I'm Barney Google at the altar altar altar...

[GNYBerlin]

@MATTsChannel7 Thank you so much, Matt!

[GNYBerlin]

@CountrynIrish

Thank you very much for your kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Best wishes,

Luci

[GNYBerlin]

@Rumblestyle

Das ist total super von Dir. Vielen Dank! Ich hoffe, Dir gefallen auch die anderen Videos: jeden Freitag ein Neues...

Herzliche Gruesse,

Luci