This paper has for subject the movie entitled Urban Taskscapes, looking at 5 metropolises. From this specific movie we are questioning the capacity of video to represent and share the ambiance. This movie shows some representations of 5 international metropolises, following 5 themes: mobility, economy, habitat, nature and public space. The different scenes are representative of what Tim Ingold calls taskscape, with an attention to the relation between practices and places. What the viewer can understand of the ambiance from the different scenes of ordinary everyday life?