How Venice Works [video]

spectramax · on April 20, 2019

I really admire these types of instructional videos. It is refreshing to see this amidst the constant barrage of "HIT SUBSCRIBE AND LIKE!!!" on YouTube. It reminds me of old instructional videos such as [1], [2] and [3]. These days, seldom do you see non-sensational, purely informational and straight forward videos without intense music, sponsorships and sleezy tricks (click bait thumbnails) to draw viewers in. I would pay for content like this and we need to encourage film makers.

[1] How Walt Disney Cartoons are made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=819e2isEfEg

[2] 4 Artists Paint 1 Tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcbBRkPBgB0

[3] Secret Life of Machines Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLByTa5duIolYRtq45Cz_G...

magicbuzz · on April 20, 2019

Yes. Great drawings/animations too that show a lot of thought and effort being put in. Cheers for the links.

Do you need a licence to operate a boat in Venice? Update - it appears you do and it's pretty tightly controlled.

klez · on April 20, 2019

> Do you need a licence to operate a boat in Venice?

You need a licence for engines over a certain power (50 hp IIRC), but that's an Italian thing, not particular to Venice.

Plus, depending on what you do with that boat, you may need particular permits for commercial activities (to transport stuff, people, to fish).

Also consider that not all boats can go in all canals.

Kaius · on April 23, 2019

I visited Venice last week and this video was a good explanation for some of the things we noticed (bricks being eroded etc). Very interesting.

ggm · on April 21, 2019

Nicely done. The same damp proof membrane and injection used in my brick terrace in York back last century.

DarrellFinley5 · on April 22, 2019

this is quite interesting! thanks for sharing

supernova87a · on April 20, 2019

wow, that narrator is so stuffy, and so slow. I don't know why Vimeo doesn't let you watch on 1.5x, but I had to give up on the boredom 1 min in.

spectramax · on April 20, 2019

I use a Vimeo plugin called "Vimeo repeat & speed" for Firefox, allows you to watch at any speed.

GrayShade · on April 21, 2019

Video Speed Controller can do the same, and works on all HTML 5 video.

jholman · on April 21, 2019

You can always modify the speed of an HTML5 player, like Vimeo's. Unfortunately, they don't expose the controls. Fortunately, you can modify it in JS by setting the playbackRate property.

Here're my two bookmarklets, that work on all non-iframe HTML5 video (alas, it doesn't work through an iframe boundary, because of the iframe security model).

javascript:void%20function(){document.querySelector(%22video%22).playbackRate=1.7}();

javascript:void%20function(){document.querySelector(%22video%22).playbackRate=parseFloat(prompt(%22Set%20the%20playback%20rate%22))}();