Student Film Captures The Nature Of A ‘Lively’ Downtown

"Film can play a stronger role in shaping communities,” Westphal said. "Like it or not, people don’t read a whole lot of stuff anymore. Film is uniquely suited to communicating planning concepts to residents.”

The opening scene of Kirk Westphal’s documentary fast-forwards through minutes of footage shot at night at the corner of South Main and Liberty streets in downtown Ann Arbor.

Thanks to the use of time-lapse photography, viewers see continual throngs of people crossing the street in a well-lit downtown after dark. Viewers are left without a doubt that this a city that is alive, even after the sun goes down.

BY TOM GANTERT
News Staff Reporter

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