Your clip, John, seems to be down for repairs, but I think I can recall it well enough for this comment. Re no cruise ships in the lagoon. Those near and dear to me know I often talk through my hat, but this time I spoke better than I knew, i.e., this from a quick Googling:

“…the Venice lagoon 'is being permanently devastated to satisfy the interests of a restricted lobby,’ that of the operators of the cruise liners.’ …The seabed in the lagoon is being destroyed by the propellers of the giant ships which are ‘totally out of proportion in regard to the city and its ecosystem,' the report concluded.”

There may be humongous ships in the Venice lagoon, but there sure as hell shouldn't be.

But more to the point in your fascinating clip regarding the making of these little videos. Isn't it interesting how your tricks with the fish set up an expectation for more illusions when in fact only reality follows. Our brilliant friend Daniel Zagórski could make (and maybe has made) interesting use of that notion.

As always, you always come up with something interesting and provocative. I'm waiting for your version of The Analog Cat in the Digital Hat or whatever.

Yes, the non-linear digital editing environment sets the stage for easy and unlimited mixing of reality and fantasy.

The fish in this clip started their lives as scans from a book of copyright free images. Reality is better than fantasy in many or most cases... and much easier to capture with the snap a picture or the shooting of a video clip.

Thanks for the reference to Daniel Zagórski.... his work provides lots of inspiration for both stories and videos.

I didn't change it. Maybe it's the zooming into the scene with the camcorder, combined with cameras viewing the world in 2D, that makes it appear more between buildings than it would appear if you were there seeing it naturally. Maybe I helped things along with a little panning during the shot.

Thanks