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39. A PROMISE
10 months ago
38. RE|FLECT
11 months ago
37. KTÓRYŚ
11 months ago
29. Your secret
1 year ago
22. escape
2 years ago
"Your secret" is a movie about you.

Something quite different as compared to my other works, this short movie evokes a complicity between the spectator and the narrator. Something cheerful, something mysterious, something simple, something that hopefully maybe brightens your day.

If you like it and have time, feel free to also check out my other videos: "Your secret" is rather different and doesn't quite represent my regular "style". Therefore, getting feedback on other videos is quite interesting for me.

Due to its popularity, the video is now also available on my youtube account: youtube.com/watch?v=rF0LZWWxSH0

(c) Jean-Sébastien Monzani - jsmonzani.com - all rights reserved

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  • Aidan Belizaire plus 1 year ago
    Nice vid!

    How did you get those orange/yellow flashes that are in some of the shots?
  • Thank you! I've overlaid some 8mm footage.
  • Rafeeq Beshay 1 year ago
    i though of this question too .. Good Job, very Creative :)
  • Thanks Rafeeq!
  • Great Work!
  • Is there not other thing you can do to make these flashing objects?
  • Austin Silvers 1 year ago
    there called film leeks... you can find them online or make your own then overlap them on a clip and change the opacity
  • mundourbano 1 year ago
    hey guys look for ARTBEATS FILM CLUTER!
  • Marco Klahold 5 months ago
    Is there any way I can get these film leeks or something just like it for free? They're pretty expensive and I'm not in the financial situation to spend that much for my hobby. :(
  • I bought mine on istockphoto and they weren't much expensive.
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  • Dream Art's 1 year ago
    Indeed... I've take a really big slap in the face my dear Js ☺
    Anyway, you know my point on your work, but especially on this video I liked as "Like a Teenager" that the Dream you are opening.

    Fin bref j'arrive même plus à m'exprimer en anglais. J'espère juste que tu m'as compris :)
    J'ai pris une grosse claque dans les dents, j'ai adorer et surtout cette vidéo m'a rappeler l'une de mes favorites dans ton travail, celle avec Stéphanie dans la peau d'une ado. La vidéo laisse tout imaginer, laisse rêveur.

    Bref... faut que j'arrête de faire des éloges huuu.
    En tout cas bonne continuation. Je partage cette vidéo sur Facebook et Twitter si cela ne te dérange pas ! ;)

    Dream.
  • Merci :)
  • mpared plus 1 year ago
    ok i dont know how on earth I managed to miss this gem for so long... posted in the curious brain
  • Thank you Michael!
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  • Ludovic Jolivet plus 1 year ago
    Yes very engaging... something that I would dream of getting from someone special in my heart... to imagine a special/secret moment is to already begin living it:)
  • Thank you for enjoying it Ludovic, I appreciate it.
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  • CJ 1 year ago
    Really wonderful and Moving Jean. i hope to one day make a film that evokes emotion in people like this did to me.
  • Thank you ^_^ It was quite a different step from my previous work but a very natural one: the conception of the movie went very quickly, maybe that's why people can relate to it.
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  • Winnie Lu 1 year ago
    Brilliant idea! Creative, inspiring and Qte(cute).
  • Thank you very much :)
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  • Pavel Zakharov 1 year ago
    Thank You very much for my smile :)
  • Thank you for enjoying it ;)
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  • Mason Sklut 1 year ago
    That was really well thought out — I liked it.
  • Thank you very much!
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  • Jamie Pippin 1 year ago
    beautiful!
  • Thank you!
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  • Rokkas plus 1 year ago
    this is just great! i dont have any other words to express my feelings, brilliant idea and i like how everything is perfectly done!!
    i really enjoyed it and ,lol, i now feel myself like a little kid :)
  • I'm so happy it reminded you when you were a kid :)
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  • Natasha Dovey 1 year ago
    I really enjoyed that! Very well done :)
  • Thanks a lot!
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  • Yessi Ruiz 1 year ago
    um wow, can i just say how blown away i am by the video! So inspiring and motivating. Beautifully done :)
  • Thank you for enjoying it :)
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  • Sterling Morris 1 year ago
    I loved the film. What a great concept! How did you bet the beautiful lens flares on some of your transitions? Did you use a specific transition or filter in FCP?
  • Thank you! I guess you're refering to 8mm film burns. I bought them on istockphoto and blended them over the footage in After Effects.
  • Sterling Morris 1 year ago
    Thanks for your response!
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  • Moayad Hassan 1 year ago
    At first I thought it was too girly! But it's not really :) It's just beautiful and inspiring. Thank you.
  • Hehe thanks :) I'm actually a boy by the way but creating something sensitive can sometimes look "girly" at first. I'm very fine with this ;)
  • Clemens S 1 year ago
    WORD! and..... AWESOME VID!
  • Thanks Clemen!
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  • Ingrid Chapman 1 year ago
    Very nice!
  • Thank you!
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  • Stergios Ntikos 1 year ago
    Incredibly engaging storytelling. I enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing.
  • Thanks for enjoying it!
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  • Marc Brownlow 1 year ago
    Beautiful! Today I was just thinking that a video version of a site like PostSecret would be amazing....only to discover this perfectly executed video. You are way ahead of me.
  • Thanks! So I've just had a look at postsecret (never heard of it before). The idea is to add text to an image?
  • Marc Brownlow 1 year ago
    PostSecret is a community mail art project that has been going on since 2005. Every week, people all over the world confess a secret on a homemade postcard and anonymously send it in. Every Sunday, around 20 are selected and posted on the blog. It can be something trivial or a deep dark secret. It is pretty amazing. I don't want to hijack your comment section, so I won't post a link, but if you are interested you can look at the wikipedia PostSecret page for more information.

    I thought your video was so touching and well done. It seemed to take a similar concept, but applied it to those of us with an audio/visual inclination. It would be cool to see people send in short (under 30 sec) video responses confessing their secrets.
  • Thanks for the detailed explanation, I'll check it out :)
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  • This is working... ;)
  • ;) thanks!
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  • uncleblacko 1 year ago
    Love this :)
  • Thank you :)
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  • ZX Wang 1 year ago
    Brilliant!! Realy lovely!
  • Thank you!
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  • John Lamar 1 year ago
    That was beautiful.
  • Thanks for enjoying it :)
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  • Hans Scharnbeck 1 year ago
    ... it's like a prayer, thank you ...
  • My pleasure!
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  • lodaya oday 1 year ago
    please keep my secret, don' tell anybody please
  • It will stay between you and me :)
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  • Thin Shady 1 year ago
    Very unique and creative film!
  • Thank you!
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  • Efimero 1 year ago
    Good work! really emotive.. really good music too
  • Thank you! I'm never quite sure when I compose music so I try to do it like with my images: keep it as simple as possible.
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  • Juan Saez 1 year ago
    thanks you made me see something beautyfull that i have forgoted and now and can get it out of my mind
  • Thank you, I'm so happy it touched you!
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  • Alli Gallixsee 1 year ago
    I am a little teary-eyed here. What a gorgeous, evocative, simple little moment of beauty. Thank you. I am so great~full for you, making your art and sharing it with the world. Please, keep making videos. The world needs more inspiration like this <3
  • Thank you so much. I'm so glad it touches the viewers.
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  • Joseph 1 year ago
    Amazing. Beautiful cinematography and message. I nearly cried midway through.
    You have truly inspired me.
  • Thank you! It means a lot to me to see how people react to it. I'm so happy!
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  • MacGregor 1 year ago
    INSPIRING.! I wish I can click the the "LIKE" a million times...
  • Thanks a lot for enjoying it so much :)
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  • lundt 1 year ago
    hey js, thanks for sharing my secret!
    really liked watching your video, liked especially the crowd talking in the background (even though the music is a bit too sentimental in my opinion).
  • Thank you :) It's always difficult to compose music for me, I wanted to go for plain "air tone" noises but it didn't much fit either :)
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  • suzanne schreve 1 year ago
    i love it - very chilled and happy.
  • Thank you!
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  • So very much thank You for this!!!
  • Thank you as well for enjoying it :)
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  • This movie is one of the best here on Vimeo!
    WOW!
  • Thank you very much, Mathias!
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  • Steve Pillar 1 year ago
    Wonderful! Beautiful color. What camera did you use?
  • Thanks Steve. My Canon EOS 5D MkII.
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  • Mafalda Maia 1 year ago
    This video is full of Nice. Very inspiring.
  • Thank you :)
  • Tomasz Trela 1 year ago
    I also think that the video is very inspiring. Congratulations on the great made video :)
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  • Neno 1 year ago
    YOu have gift that only you can use... Thank you so much for taking the time to make this.... You have touched my life in ways i know not how to explain.... Be at peace and know that you are appreciated... oh and keep it up..
  • My pleasure, I'm so happy it touched you.
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  • Wow.... Just made my day! July 1st... Great Video...just posted on my FB to all my friends....
  • Thank you :)
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  • Heidi Allen 1 year ago
    LOVE IT! I am totally passing this along!!!
  • Thank you very much :)
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  • Kamilla Iversen 1 year ago
    You just made my day a little more perfect. Okay, alot! I love it!
  • Thanks a lot Kamilla!
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  • Helenautica 1 year ago
    how sweet ~
    <3 it
  • Thank you :)
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  • Ivan Castell 1 year ago
    Bon travail. Le film te prends rapidement et tu dois le voir jusqu'a la fin. Tres intime, ce n'est pas facil de communiquer aussi directement avec le spectateur, felicitations.
  • Merci ! C'est la 1ère fois que je tentais ce genre de narration, je suis très content de l'accueil que reçoit cette video !
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  • trel 1 year ago
    I will be very cheesy...but I really loved this video for its sensibility. Really touched me deeply. Thanks Jean Sebastien.
  • Thank you ^_^
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  • gsmith 1 year ago
    Beautifully done... very creative!
  • Thank you!
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