Film credits
The opening is a 30-second Runway interpretation of the East River at Greenpoint’s India Street landing. A real location photograph provided the reference for a wider composition, clear sunlight, and generated water and ferry motion. It is an animated interpretation, not documentary footage.
Source: “Ferry at India Street Pier jeh” by Jim.henderson, photographed March 3, 2019, via Wikimedia Commons.
The source photograph and this adapted film are available under Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International. Changes: AI-generated wider framing and sunny weather, generated water and ferry motion, resizing for web playback, and a water-only resolution enhancement with portrait cropping for the mobile version. The photo’s date is retained in the source; the film does not represent the present-day skyline.
No endorsement by the photographer or NYC Ferry is implied.Waterfront sound
The optional 30-second ambience was generated with Runway for River: a sunny waterfront soundscape prompted with lapping water, a distant ferry engine, scattered gulls and city birds, and faint traffic. It is a designed atmosphere, not a field recording from Greenpoint.
The sound was generated as a repeating loop and plays only when you turn it on. Its quiet level is set independently of the film.