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This music video is an abstract journey in our everyday surroundings, illustrating moments of life in a continuous way.
A trip into 4500 still photographs, a travel where urban landscapes meet pastoral scenes to create a whirlpool around the theme of the video: the subjective point of view and urban life.

This video was created with a stop motion technique, it was conceived with a very simple Nikon Coolpix E4600. There is no video in it, but not less than 4500 still photos taken in the streets of Nancy and Epinal (France).


Credits:
Lyrics by James P Honey myspace.com/jamesphoney
Beat produced by Roma myspace.com/heliumprickuid
Video directed by DaBrainkilla aka Christophe Thockler: myspace.com/dabrainkilla

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  • Arlin Ladue plus 1 year ago
    sick transitions
  • NuDawn 11 months ago
    agreed!
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  • Blake Whitman staff 1 year ago
    Great concept and execution.
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  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    Thanks so much !
  • T.Blair Vinci 1 year ago
    super creative-I really enjoyed it!
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  • Those lyrics/beat are haunting...works well with the video.

    Good job.

    -b
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  • Great Job!
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  • chris leppla 1 year ago
    I really dug that.
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  • DaVincicode plus 1 year ago
    The editing is great. Matches the music really well. Well done DaBrainKilla
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  • Will Carman 1 year ago
    Amazing! Congratz on this!
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  • vamapaull 1 year ago
    job well done!
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  • I can't stop watching this. I think 60 of todays plays are mine.
  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    Wow ! :)

    I'm so glad ! I really enjoyed doing this video... That's really a pleasure to read all your comments !
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  • The Host 1 year ago
    great stuff!
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  • Joshua Baptista 1 year ago
    Fantastic job!
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  • Pedro Brienza 1 year ago
    excelent work!!
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  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    Wow dudes ! Thanks a lot !!!
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  • Pnutus 1 year ago
    Cool video, though the music was what made it for me.

    Does "video music" mean you made the music for the video and not the other way round?
  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    No, sorry.

    I made the video for the music. James P. Honey and Roma just asked me... The music was already created. But according to me this video is nothing without this music...
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  • Thomas Lew plus 1 year ago
    the music sucks but this is one of the most awesome videos I've seen on vimeo
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  • Greg Wallis 1 year ago
    Very arty and creative. I love it.
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  • iNVISION HD plus 1 year ago
    Very cool composition. Well done, keep it up!!!
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  • Keenan Takahashi 1 year ago
    that is quite good
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  • Justin Scheidt plus 1 year ago
    wow cool, i'm still trying to figure out how you did that
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  • Russell Gallagher 1 year ago
    that was AMAZing
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  • Henry Kamp 1 year ago
    Awesome, I got to try that sometime.
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  • Mathew Tataryn 1 year ago
    Effin amazing. I love it. such a good feel, inspiring.
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  • SEDesign 1 year ago
    This is amazing work .. :)
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  • rick fiduccia plus 1 year ago
    Way cool - looks like a lot of work went into this project
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  • Kurt Russ 1 year ago
    I really like everything about this video. Very well done.
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  • Alex Ellenberg 1 year ago
    Very cool visuals.
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  • vitart 1 year ago
    Wow.It is amazing!!!
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  • BUSticketENT 1 year ago
    Just like animation this is more hard than to just put the frames togheter from a video , very nice work man

    p.s. Have u thoughabout extending the pics 2-3-4 frames , it will look smooter imo
  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    Thanks so much...

    Yeah, I tried but I was not satisfied with the result, I made a second video with the exact same technique (Night Black Crow), but I'm thinking about changing some stuffs for a new project, why not retry changing the frames... Thanks for the idea... I'll keep you informed !
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  • Alex Grosse 1 year ago
    Wow, super impressed. Post production had to be fun. :)

    I've been scripting out a video with a similar concept, but it's with video, involves teenagers, and I think you should check it out. I'll have it up in about a month.
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  • Goldenboi24k 1 year ago
    This is crazy
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  • Sasha Fornari plus 1 year ago
    really great work! thanks for sharing!
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  • Mark Kammel plus 1 year ago
    kudos, that took alot of work
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  • Gemma Riggs plus 1 year ago
    really... very good
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  • brilliant clip!
    you rock!!!
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  • Louie Buckles 1 year ago
    Again, nice work with the transitions. Good Stuff
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  • Matt Hiebert 1 year ago
    This is amazing! What a job....
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  • George Toledo plus 1 year ago
    This is great, reminds me of some stuff from the children's shows from the 70's/80's. Outside of the box, but with a great old technique. Kudos man.
  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    Ahah ! You're right !
    Old school technique and homemade and... like a children show !!!

    Give me some Legos !
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  • Army of Id 1 year ago
    super awesome. nice work and top colloboration.
    hats off!
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  • Chad Richard plus 1 year ago
    WELL DONE! I love the flow - the imagination and over all esthetic - - i have spent much of making lil films out of series of stills and very much appreciate what you have done her - - - keep on keepin on.
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  • aikenband 1 year ago
    amazing! loving it! lovely technique and images, plus great lyrics and beat! Congrats from Chile.
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  • zeffii stanton 1 year ago
    very koool. thanks for sharing :)
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  • Myles Thompson 1 year ago
    Total adventure. Awesome.
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  • Simon Jardine 1 year ago
    Well Done, Amazing..
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  • Goldenboi24k 1 year ago
    This should be displayed somewhere so millions can view it :)
  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    Ah ah ! Thanks a million times, really...
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  • nathan pettijohn 1 year ago
    i love it
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  • Sean Hind 1 year ago
    Ive never seen such amazing transitions and editing, great track too
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  • Butch Mayhew 1 year ago
    Nice video, pretty amazing that those were all just pics.
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  • Goldenboi24k 1 year ago
    No Offensive, but I think its totally bullshit that you used a 'Nikon Coolpix E4600" lol. The quality here is too good.
  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    Ahahah ! some people also don't believe me when I tell them that there is no video, but just photographs !

    But I assure you it's true ! That was the horror to shoot some scenes !
    I remember going outside shooting pictures taking 6 batteries in my hand. After shooting 70 photos I also had to freeze and wait 2 minutes while the camera was loading all the pictures...

    True old school homemade !
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  • Aaron Fortson III plus 1 year ago
    Very Cool ...
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  • 8MissFierce8 1 year ago
    so creative
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  • Steve Dawson 1 year ago
    Super freaky cool!
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  • Torbe 1 year ago
    wow! very nice video and great music, congratulations señor
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  • Bas Alphenaar 1 year ago
    I recognize that guitar tune..... I think I have heard it on Jamendo. It would be awesome if you uploaded this in HD by the way.
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  • Rasmus Henninger 1 year ago
    Wow, I'm really impressed =) Absolutely fantastic job - Loved the concept.
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  • Jakub R 1 year ago
    very good job, how long did this take to make (excluding taking the photos)
  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    When I did this I was not in the business... still in school (not a movie school, but english studies)... So, excluding the shooting sessions, let's say perhaps 2 month, or 3, 2 hours more or less per day...

    Really glad so much people on here like this !

    Thanks
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  • Seannie Cameras 1 year ago
    All around, it was meh...Just kidding, fucking awesome all around...
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  • layedoutnissan 1 year ago
    Love it, great work!
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  • godino 1 year ago
    Great,very creative work!
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  • Matthew Lew 1 year ago
    very unique and creative.
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  • boyridingosaurus 1 year ago
    nice stuff. must have been real hard work. what's the fastest way to edit stop motion like this? did you just use fcp or something to stitch it together?
  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    Thanks ! Yeah I used Premiere, but you can even make this with windows movie maker !
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  • Maciek 1 year ago
    amazing !! well done:)
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  • vasi 1 year ago
    very very nice! very nice!
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  • Efe ÖGE 1 year ago
    cool :)
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  • MB 1 year ago
    this is nice what camcorder do you use?
  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    a Nikon Coolpix E4600 photo camera.
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  • MB 1 year ago
    thats nice. i didnt know pns camera can make a good video.

    and how did you edit 02:15 to 02:25 where the buildings appear and fade away from the screen like a paper. what do u call that effect?
  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    All the effects were made photo by photo on Photoshop, so just put 2 images, one with a building, and slowly do 25 photos like that where the building is sliding... Hope you see.
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  • MB 1 year ago
    thanks very helpful
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  • Great video! LOVE the transitions!
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  • Tóth Attila 1 year ago
    sick. i love it!
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  • Tóth Attila 1 year ago
    how can you made this kinds of transitions? pls help me!
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  • Starlex 1 year ago
    Very cool!
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  • Goldenboi24k 1 year ago
    I still believe this was shoot with a DSLR**
  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    I still don't understand why people like you don't believe me ! What's the point in lying on the technique ?
  • Goldenboi24k 1 year ago
    Because some of the scenes that where shot couldn't be possible without the use of a DSLR. Like the scene of the train passing by, you captured the whole train carts, which would be impossible to do with a point & shoot camera, due to the slow frames per sec rate, the slow shutter, and the fact that point and shoot camera don't have a memory buffer, so all the pics have to be written straight to the card, which takes about 2-5 secs. Dont get me wrong, its an awesome video, its just hard to believe this was not made with a DSLR.
  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    I really don't know how to prove it ? I made this with a 60 euros coolpix...
    Just take a look at my deviantart... I uploaded one pic of the train sequence...

    Here :

    dabrainkilla.deviantart.com/art/Train-Rushing-on-wet-ground-58197105

    You see the charateristics ?

    Make: NIKON
    Model: E4600
    Shutter Speed: 10/13 second
    F Number: F/2.9
    Focal Length: 6 mm
    ISO Speed: 200

    You see, it's true ! :)
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  • Spool 1 year ago
    hey man.
    still love this video and song.
    have you been able to find the audio cut with lyrics as well? I should would love to get it.
    Great job again man.
    -spool
  • DaBrainkilla 1 year ago
    Sorry, I was quite busy ! I will manage to get you this in a few days !
    Thanks again for the kind words, really.
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  • Justin Helgerson 1 year ago
    Very well done. It seems like way more than 4500 pictures. :)
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  • pavel 1 year ago
    Its crazy-very dificulty and depresiv :-(
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  • D. M. Daly 1 year ago
    Brilliant...Enjoyed the movement, colour and the stark reality of it all! Great job!
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  • Norman Lang plus 1 year ago
    Impressive. Great song. Great technique. You are a star.
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  • IvanFrolenko 1 year ago
    Достаточно интересно
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  • Rabenvogel 11 months ago
    This is going to be some kind of "outing":
    I hate art. In every way. For me it is something useless which is done by people who got too much feelings and nothing else to do. But after watching this video, a whole new world opened to me. So better put these sentences in the past ;) It's just fascinating watching something, still useless, and be stunnend afterwarts without knowing why. Great video, your other works too. Thanks vimeo and all you Artists out there for introducing me in this world, even if it still has (in my very rational world) no special use..
    Great vid!
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  • Peter z. 11 months ago
    where can i get the the song / track?
  • DaBrainkilla 11 months ago
    The song is available on the last album of James P Honey "Hugely Overrated by a Tiny Few"
    Ask about the song on his myspace, telling you came because I told you...

    Lyrics by James P Honey myspace.com/jamesphoney
    Beat produced by Roma myspace.com/heliumprickuid

    Again thanks so much, be sure to have a look at "Night Black Crow" too ...

    Coming soon with a new picture trip !
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  • Henry Nayler-Ternent 11 months ago
    I have seen many stop motions and this is by far the best!
    Exellent editing,Transitions and just general pictures.
    Well done DaBrainkilla !
    I must make one of these soon.
    Plenty have people have asked you but what is the song ?
    Thank you very much.
    Exellent !
  • DaBrainkilla 11 months ago
    Really a thousand thanks !

    The song is called "Nice Clean White" and was composed by Roma and James P Honey.

    The song is available on the last album of James P Honey "Hugely Overrated by a Tiny Few"
    Ask about the song on his myspace, telling you come because I told you...

    Lyrics by James P Honey myspace.com/jamesphoney
    Beat produced by Roma myspace.com/heliumprickuid

    Again thanks so much, be sure to have a look at "Night Black Crow" too ...

    Coming soon with a new picture trip !
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  • GLaDOS 11 months ago
    I just love the song and the video is perfect to it!
    Would really like to do something like that myself, and on christmas ill get a camcorder ^^ looks like I can learn very much from you!

    Good Work dude!!!
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