Hotel Hawkestone

From the hotel being a hole in the ground to the arrival of its first guests, the process takes a lightning nine minutes to complete.  it is followed by a colourful animated credit sequence which is almost a film in its own right.

The film was shot using time-lapse photography - about 50 frames a day - while a hotel was being built across the road from the filmmakers' flat in Hawkestone Street, Wellington.