Establish a common archive into which people can deposit footage of their local settlement with no people visible.

Given enough distinct contributions, anyone in the world making a post-apocalyptic film in later years will be able to construct "empty street" sequences from this archive without the source being immediately obvious.

Traffic and security cameras could make a valuable contribution to get the ball rolling.
-- pertinax, Apr 03 2020

Inspired by this ... https://www.bbc.com...n-pictures-52127945
[pertinax, Apr 03 2020]

But from now on you'll be able to get that look any time you want, just by whispering "New virus !" all alone in a locked room ...
-- 8th of 7, Apr 03 2020


I've enjoyed seeing my city in post-apocalyptic dystopian mode. As the street cleaners have been classed non- essential it has become more creepy every week.
-- wagster, Apr 09 2020


Perhaps some fake corpses could be strewn around, to add a little artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
-- 8th of 7, Apr 09 2020


Drones could make another contribution with the flight paths free.
-- wjt, Apr 09 2020


Then again, perhaps some real corpses could be strewn around, to add rather more artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
-- 8th of 7, Apr 09 2020


You could always add your green-screened characters in later. Or throw in some stock footage of people standing around looking pensive, add a narrator overlay, and you can have anything from a murder mystery to a historical documentary.
-- RayfordSteele, Apr 09 2020



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