NEW YORK SCENES (NON-NARRATIVE SHORTS)
In the summer of 2013, in a project titled Abstraction, I shot this series of short videos as part of a project for PBS's POV Hackathon, working with composer Gil Talmi and filmmaker Smriti Keshari. Our goal was to explore how neutral moving images could change when paired with different music cues. While the project was largely an experiment, it was awarded the POV Hackathon Grand Prize.
Below are some of the shorts I created for the project, shot over the course of one week on foot throughout the city. The music used here was not part of the POV project – instead, added by me afterwards.
Project Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Camera: Canon 5D Mark III
Location: New York City
ANDREW O. HUGHES
(above)
Music: "When the Horizon Bursts"
by Ben Siems
Running Time: 2:40 min
JOE MANGRUM, SAND ARTIST
Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Location: Union Square Park, NYC
Music: "Garden in the Sand" by Moruza
Running Time: 1:32 min
COLOR AT NIGHT
Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Location: Brooklyn & Manhattan
Music: "Secret Heat" by Jami Sieber
Running Time: 1:38 min
DANCER 4
Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Location: Washington Square Park, NYC
Music: "The Eternal Return" by Sonogram
Running Time: 3:07 min
SHOWTIME
Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Location: City Hall Park, NYC
Music: "The Show" by NITEPPL
Running Time: 1:15 min
PARALLEL UNIVERSE
Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Location: Times Square, NYC
Music: "Magic Behind the Wall" by Hench
Running Time: 1:55 min
STREET BOXERS
Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Location: Union Square Park, NYC
Music: "Fractal 4" by Susie Ibarra
Running Time: 2:22 min
RUSH HOUR 1
Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Location: Grand Central Station, NYC
Music: "Pedestrian04 - Excerpt 5" by Autohypnosis
Running Time: 1:20 min
NEON
Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Location: Various, NYC
Music: "Enter Darklight" by Tobias James
Running Time: 1:33 min
RUSH HOUR 2
Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Location: Various, Midtown NYC
Music: "Voicemail" by Red Animal War
Running Time: 0:54 min
AFTER HOURS
Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Location: Brooklyn
Music: "Rain" by PHYLR / Jim Coleman
Running Time: 2:00 min
BIRDS 4
Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn
Music: "Tokyo Night" by The Kindness Kind
Running Time: 1:12
SKY ABOVE SOUND BELOW
Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Location: NYC
Music: "Repeat" by J.K. Wiechert
Running Time: 1:37 min
LATE DAY SUN
Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Location: Washington Square Park, NYC
Music: "Layers" by Kevs One
Running Time: 2:10 min
SPRING STORM 2
Role: Cinematographer / Editor
Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn
Music: "Skin Color" by Russell L. Howard III
Running Time: 1:21 min