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Short clip directed and edit by Christian Letruria shot in Cuba Habana June 2008 ( 720p with Sony EX1 - edit in fcp) Music by Yoshihisa Hirano, Hideki Taniuchi and The Kills

this film continue, see "As the ship sets sail" here vimeo.com/2203832 from my dear workmate Paolo Malizia.
Enjoy!

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  • Tomasz Ostrowski 1 year ago
    Hello Christian !
    Very nice job. What settings did you use in your picture profile (gamma, matrix etc.) any color correction in the post?
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  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    Many thanks Tomasz,
    nice to meet you, i use the philippe bloom setting with little difference :
    Matrix select: cinema
    Level: 0
    Phase: -29
    R-G: 31
    R-B: 48
    G-R: -2
    G-B: -32
    B-R: -38
    B-G: 4
    Color Correction ON
    Target Phase: 274
    Target Width: 0
    Level: 89
    Phase: -18
    Knee SAT 50
    Gamma Level: 0
    Select STD1, Cine1
    Black: -5

    In the post i used Magic Bullet in fcp but only for some clips, the picture profile is very strong, not necessary power post prod.
    Thx for comment a see you soon bye!
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  • Tomasz Ostrowski 1 year ago
    Thanks for your quick answer Christian! I'll try this settings next time. Good luck to your future works.
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  • DesiThug 1 year ago
    that Shot with the Tiny Man smoking Cigar is awesome !!!!!
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  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    thanks Desi, yes the Tiny Man with cigar, very lucky moment!
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  • Moayad Hassan plus 1 year ago
    This is truly amazing!

    It's full of colours and textures, and you have an eye for great photographic compositions.

    It could've been cut to two or three parts for the net use though.

    I have to say that it's been a while since I saw something this good in Vimeo :)
  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    thanks dude! i m very happy you like it! nice to meet you Moayad
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  • Michael Goode 1 year ago
    were you using a 35mm adaptor or is this all the camera's stock lens?
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  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    Michael is the amazing camera stock lens only. ciao!
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  • Felix Chi 1 year ago
    beautiful!!!! thank you mi hermano, you have just taken me home
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  • Chris Fallon 1 year ago
    Really stunning work. I really like the colors. Looks like that PP is the way to go. It looks very filmic.
  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    Thx Chris, i think so the picture profile settings are very open, and i like reserch the just images color during the shot, not in post. Hope to see you man.
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  • Nathan Sage 1 year ago
    Aw man--early morning for you, huh? That effort really pays off for you; the video has a warming, waking-up quality to it as you go from dark to dawn. And the really emotive shots of people are refreshing. And by the way, props for using background sound in addition to the music--I appreciate it when people don't depend completely on a track of music to fill in their sound track, and I appreciate it even more when they're able to find street performers to add to the sound track. Really nice work.
  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    Thanx Nathan, for the nice words, i m very happy you like, i love work with ambient sounds. ciao!
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  • josh 1 year ago
    amazing shots! beautiful imagery!
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  • UKAT 1 year ago
    8mins and 46seconds spent well on the net. Thank you so much. Kia orana!
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  • MrDoti 1 year ago
    Hi Letruria!
    Good work in Cuba, and beautiful camera!
    Sorry for the bandoleros and my dollars....
  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    Magico, ci si vede alla montesca!!!!
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  • monso 1 year ago
    ohhhhhhhhhhh.que gran video maravillosos colores.gran edicion.gracias por compartirlo.
  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    Gracias a ti po la vision, asta siempre amigo!
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  • galumay plus 1 year ago
    hi christian, great film mate. we spent 2 months living in habana in 2006 - you have captured the spirit of this magnificent city perfectly - my wife and my hearts cried to see the city we love so much portrayed with such sensitivity and accuracy! thank you.
  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    thx dear, we are in the same mood! hope to meet you...we hope in Cuba! ciao!
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  • marco rovetto 1 year ago
    Magico.. peccato per quel bullet finale :)
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  • Greg Wallis 1 year ago
    Really, really nice. Showed the real Cuba, I think, and so much the better for it. Great shots, great colors.
  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    Thanks Greg, nice to have good response for my work, Cuba is a world of humanity is easy have good images! all the best to you dear.
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  • Frederic Vercammen plus 1 year ago
    Outstanding video
    The colors are amazing.
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  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    thx Fred, ex1 in nice camera, is nice to work reserching the best photography set, see you dear!
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  • Everything was amazing, the music, the prison, the shoe polisher... I felt as if I connected with the characters and watched a documentary about Cuba without a word spoken. That is a gift, friend. Keep it up.
  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    Thx dear i like your heart words. is my pleasure!
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  • Anrkist 1 year ago
    Who did the music? Sorry if I'm blind and didn't see it mentioned.
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  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    i add now this info thx.
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  • Santi Trujillo 1 year ago
    Nice shooting, very nice colors. Thanks for post the settings.
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  • Gianluca Belvisi 1 year ago
    This is some great piece of work.
    Complimenti!
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  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    Grazie Gianluca! dove stai ?
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  • Alfio Chieffallo plus 1 year ago
    Christian questo lavoro e grande! Sei Grande. Complimenti. E futuro Successo.
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  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    Grande Alfio grazie di tutto! tu un Italiano in Canada? pensa che stavo per trasferirmi li poco tempo fa!
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  • Martin Tadilli 1 year ago
    ciao christian,colori bellissimi davvero,ho provato a crearmi un picture profile,l'unica cosa e' che non riesco a toccare i knee,perche' e' come se sono bloccati,qualche consiglio?
    forza italia!!!
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  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    Ciao Martin, usa il picture profile di philippe Bloom è molto buono, per il knee io non so come aiutarti...cmq provo a dargli un occhio è un po' che non li tocco.
    Grazie per i complimenti!
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  • Gregorio Paolini 1 year ago
    Molto bello, grandi inquadrature! Forse perfino troppo
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  • Dana Grigorcea 1 year ago
    beautiful, daring takes. I very much enjoyed watching your film! But how did you choose the music?
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  • Christian Letruria 1 year ago
    Thx Dana, How? i like it... ;-)
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  • Harry Joaquin 1 year ago
    Fantastic Colors Christian! Wow! this camera continues to blow me away, its on the shopping list!
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  • Michal Zajacek 11 months ago
    oooh wow :) this is my favorite video.. :) very very very nice! (sorry my english is bad:-/ )
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  • Christian Letruria 11 months ago
    Thanks so much dear Michal i m pleased! nice to meet you!
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  • Kurtis Hough plus 11 months ago
    really enjoying your films. earlier this year i discovered a brilliant cuban film called "soy cuba" a must see for any film fan.
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  • Jesee Walker 12 days ago
    You make me want to go to CUBA! Can you be my tour guide?
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  • Chad Calease plus 3 days ago
    superb, Christian
    cheers
    =
    c
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