“The Wilderness Downtown”

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“The Wilderness Downtown” is an interactive, browser-based music video experience created for Arcade Fire’s song “We Used to Wait,” notable for its innovative use of HTML5 and personalized Google Maps imagery.

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The Wilderness Downtown 1
“The Wilderness Downtown” canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf HTML5 web application
browser-based experience
interactive music video
associatedWithAlbum The Suburbs
basedOnSong We Used to Wait
countryOfOrigin Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
createdForArtist Arcade Fire
genre interactive film
music video
hasOfficialWebsite http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/
isPersonalized true
language English
mediaType digital interactive experience
musicBy Arcade Fire
notableFor innovative use of HTML5 in music video format
integration of personalized Google Maps imagery
multi-window browser choreography
personalizationInput user childhood home address
platform web browser
producer Google Creative Lab
releaseYear 2010
requires internet connection
modern HTML5-capable browser
theme nostalgia for childhood
suburban life
waiting in the digital age
title “The Wilderness Downtown” self-link
surface form: The Wilderness Downtown
usesService Google Maps
Google Street View (early contributions)
surface form: Google Street View
usesTechnology HTML5
JavaScript
visualFeature Street View imagery of user’s neighborhood
aerial imagery of user’s neighborhood
flocking birds animation
handwritten-style text
multiple browser windows and tabs

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Chris Milk directedWork “The Wilderness Downtown”
“The Wilderness Downtown” title “The Wilderness Downtown” self-link
subject surface form: The Wilderness Downtown
this entity surface form: The Wilderness Downtown