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Shanghai-based film-maker Rob Whitworth, who previously made a stunning time-lapse of Barcelona, has collaborated with creative director JT Singh to create an incredible hyperlapse of North Korea’s capital Pyongyang.
Filmed in the same “flow-motion” style of the Barcelona time-lapse, ‘Enter Pyongyang’ is a mind-bending video that takes you inside arguably the world’s most tightly guarded regime.
“North Korea was the last country seemingly immune to change—but no longer. Recent years have witnessed mobile phone penetration, a surge in tourists, and even a marathon. Numerous special economic zones have been launched in cooperation with China, Russia, and South Korea, with railways planned linking all countries in the region. ‘Enter Pyongyang’ captures not just the city, but this dynamism and sense of potential.”
The video was produced in conjunction with Koryo Tours, the leading North Korean travel specialist, and except for construction sites and military personnel which were off-limits, Whitworth and Singh were able to shoot without restriction.
Made with the intention of stripping away misconceptions of the state, which the media often portrays as reclusive and oppressed, the film-makers want to show that beneath its regimented façade lies a society that yearns to be normal.
Check out the spectacular hyperlapse below, and learn more about the making of it here.
[via PetaPixel, video via JT Singh]
Shanghai-based film-maker Rob Whitworth, who previously made a stunning time-lapse of Barcelona, has collaborated with creative director JT Singh to create an incredible hyperlapse of North Korea’s capital Pyongyang.
Filmed in the same “flow-motion” style of the Barcelona time-lapse, ‘Enter Pyongyang’ is a mind-bending video that takes you inside arguably the world’s most tightly guarded regime.
“North Korea was the last country seemingly immune to change—but no longer. Recent years have witnessed mobile phone penetration, a surge in tourists, and even a marathon. Numerous special economic zones have been launched in cooperation with China, Russia, and South Korea, with railways planned linking all countries in the region. ‘Enter Pyongyang’ captures not just the city, but this dynamism and sense of potential.”
The video was produced in conjunction with Koryo Tours, the leading North Korean travel specialist, and except for construction sites and military personnel which were off-limits, Whitworth and Singh were able to shoot without restriction.
Made with the intention of stripping away misconceptions of the state, which the media often portrays as reclusive and oppressed, the film-makers want to show that beneath its regimented façade lies a society that yearns to be normal.
Check out the spectacular hyperlapse below, and learn more about the making of it here.
[via PetaPixel, video via JT Singh]