A stylized view of New York City’s downtown at street level.

How does one document a city or place that is so frequently caught on camera? Pieyre-Alexandre used color manipulation, manual focus, speed alteration, and mechanical cuts to a soundtrack that mimics the clanks of the concrete jungle. Identifying the editing and shooting experimentations of others is one grand step toward better self-taught skills, so watch and learn.

Video created by: Pieyre-Alexandre Treuil

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Lindsay Clark

Lindsay Clark has spent the last four years circumnavigating the world three times, hoping to learn constantly by throwing herself into difficult and thrilling situations. Currently, she's the media specialist and creative arts teacher at THINK Global School, the world's first global, mobile high school. Lindsay also runs Nomadderwhere.com.

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    I love how gritty and almost alien the perspective on the video is!

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