It’s You, Vancouver!
I did a piece earlier in January on ‘destination’ videos, used by tourism agencies to feature their product in slo-mo or high-speed but always beautifully lit glory. Well, Tourism Vancouver has come up with something if not completely different, at least with a local twist:
The song is performed by Watasun, a Vancouver-based duo whose music fuses urban beats with traditional folk sounds. One-time buskers on Vancouver’s Granville Street, singer/songwriter Adam Bailie and percussionist Reid Hendry now record, produce and sell their own albums, taking inspiration from the city’s diversity, vibrancy and unity.
Throughout the three-minute video, the duo perform their catchy tune while making appearances in, near or atop of iconic Vancouver attractions, including the Vancouver Convention Centre roof, an Aquabus ferry and snow-covered Grouse Mountain.
Barbershop Films has produced, as they say on The Dish, a Mental Health Break – one that makes me soooo long for summer.
- post by Gord Price. For more info on Watasun and the video visit Tourism Vancouver's "Inside Vancouver" website.
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“It’s You!”… and it’s been… “One Week!”
Catchy tune, nice video archive, excellent editing!
How Barenaked-ly clever!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC_q9KPczAg&ob=av2e
However, that’s not all. After watching the heavily “Photoshop-ed” Sightseeing Vancouver clip, I rushed to the intersection of Kingsway and Broadway and start looking in all directions…
“WTF? It’s either my Myopia or an early case of Alzheimer! Now, what?”
Hey, don’t believe me, go check it out for yourself!
We live in Vancouver and this keeps us busy.
Nice video! The song is nice too. I wonder how many people viewed it…