Video: London From A Bus Window

By · November 4, 2011 at 12:50 pm · 9 Comments · Miscellaneous · Report an error ·

Take a few minutes out of your day to watch this video, shot from inside London buses. The maker, Moritz Oberholzer says, “everything is shot handheld with an hd camera and a DIY 35mm adapter while sitting in one of those red vehicles of London.”

In an amazing feat of filmmaking, it feels like Moritz has captured a snapshot of all London through the bus window and edited it together into a dreamlike sequence that is quite beautiful. A love letter to London? At the very least, it’s a priceless reminder to look up, look down and all around.

For your info, the music used is Ratatat “Loud Pipes”.

Many thanks to @Zefrog for the tip off.

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  • http://www.cavatica.co.uk/cavatica Charlotte

    That’s a nice video – it sums up why getting the bus in London is better than getting the tube :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/madamwhite Adam White

    I do like the fact that the closing shot is a single pigeon in front of the sign for 1 Poultry.

  • Katya

    I did a lot of shots from the bus windows ) Love London buses!

  • Caroline

    Check this one out, it is even better – really fascinating, be sure to read the blurb too. Hope you will feature it separately! :) http://vimeo.com/13960683

  • http://twitter.com/tiredoflondon tiredoflondon

    Stunning. All the more amazing because it’s real people living their real lives. It’s too easy to avert your eyes from real life in London.

  • http://twitter.com/jorgetxu Jorge Ruiz

    Great video! Caroline, the only thing I can say about yours is that is long… very long. I got bored after 10 seconds…

  • Marc

    That is superb.

  • http://twitter.com/nassia Nassia

    Love this!

  • http://twitter.com/londondear doreen

    When I was back in Florida working towards the move to come back to London, a lot of people asked me what I was looking forward to doing once I was back in the Big Smoke. One of the things I looked forward to–if not *the* thing I was most looking forward to–was getting on a bus, climbing up to the top deck and watching the city go by as I listened to my iPod.

    How wonderful this video is, reminding us the magic in the mundane. I hope there’ll be more!

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