Time-lapse of Derby Market Place from Guildhall Roof

I was recently invited to take some photographs from the very top of Derbys Guildhall Theatre on the Scaffolding that currently surrounds the clock tower.

Here is some time-lapse footage I took from the very top next to the dome.
Its about 82 foot (25 meters) from the ground. It was very strange on the way up to the top level of Scaffolding as we passed the clock faces, these are huge things when you are up close. You can clearly see the minute hand moving around.

You may see yourself in this if you walked past Walkabout bar between 2:22pm and 2:30pm on Friday 8th Feb.

The photos at 02:19 are taken from postcard views from the early 1900s.

History:
Derby Guildhall was designed in 1842 by Henry Duesbury. It is currently getting a £150,000 makeover to bring it back to its former glory. This is a 5 month project to repair the front of the Grade II-listed building, It should be complete in June 2008.

I will soon be adding another video (not time-lapse) that I took from up here so keep an eye out for that one. Also I took several 360x180 degree VR images which I hope to publish soon too.

Its VERY high up there, thankfully it was a nice calm sunny day!
I would like to thank Richard Grant and his team for allowing me access.

For a birds eye view of Derbys Guild Hall click the link here :
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=stmdz9gw98c5&style=o&lvl...


You can see some photographs taken from here on my website here :
http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/guestphotos/rgc/

The Guildhall Theatre is located on the Market Place in the centre of Derby City, provides a blend of professional touring theatre and music events, as well as offering a venue for many amateur productions and is perfect for small meetings and exhibitions. It has its own website :
http://www.assemblyrooms-derby.co.uk/

To view a fading then and now photograph of the Guildhall see my then and now page :
http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/thenandnow/page14.htm

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• market
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• walkabout
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[JimmyLemon]

Nicely done :) Love the zooming and tracking around inside the timelapse, just out of interest what did you use to do this? I can think of so many cool ideas already :p

Keep up the cool videos :)

[comedyhunter]

Cheers, Because the video is actually made from higher resolution jpgs rather than 320x240 video, it means I can zoom in on frames but keep the quality.

I used the pan and Zoom effects in VideoWave 9 which is part of Roxio Media Creator, this effect is also in Sony Vegas 7 but not quite as quick and easy to impliment as videowave.

[dicivi]

Very nice - I have not been back to Derby for ten years or more. Was this location near where the old Derbyshire Advertiser used to be? I used to write for them back in 1950.

[comedyhunter]

Yes the Derbyshire Advertiser was that brick building to the right of the Guildhall, you can see it clearly in the two postcard views at the end. In fact take a look at PAGE 14 of my then and now section so you can see it.

[AgCCannonFodder]

Nice, I like the fades at the end, very nicely done.

Not been to Derby for ages, I moved to Burton 5 years ago, so don't have much reason to go. I know there's been a lot of changes recently, I'll have to go have a wonder around.

[comedyhunter]

Cheers, If you like the fades then check out my then and now of theh Guildhall (see link in video description).

[comedyhunter]

Thanks, Check out my many other local videos.

Subscribe if you like Derby.

[rodneycruse]

What happend to the Derby I knew fifty years ago? Anyway thanks for the interesting update

[Ninja187Rules]

cool

[Monklady]

Totally mesmorising. Thank you very much!