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11. Absolute Scene 25

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10. Absolute - The music

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9. Absolute - Behind the scenes

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8. Absolute - The New Trailer

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7. Sometimes

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6. Behind The Scenes

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5. Dungeness by LMF

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4. On days like these

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3. Paradise Lost

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2. Soho - The Directors cut

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1. REMOTE

by Londonmark Films

1 year ago

Paradise Lost - Inspired by Milton's 'Paradise Lost' some of the images include drawings by Gustave Doré. This short film explores some of these themes with reference to the modern world. Shot in London featuring Stanislas Torikian.

Music 1492 'Light and Shadow' by Vangelis

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Best wishes
Mark Dawson
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Andris Krastiņš 1 year ago

Very beautiful scenes, but overall confusing (for me). The scrolling text is too fast to read it all.
James Tate 1 year ago

Thanks for the heads up about the text. I clicked pause and got it all.
Londonmark Films 1 year ago

Thanks guys you are right about the text so I have been trying to upload a new version but it seems not to work....hope vimeo can get it fixed.
Joseph Griffin 1 year ago

definitely need to hold on that text a bit longer. I was maybe halfway through when it cut out.
americanvirus 1 year ago

That was beautiful. Beautiful imagery. I especially loved all the quick cuts of technological advances towards the end. Nice work.
Londonmark Films 1 year ago

Hi thanks for your comments really most welcome best wishes Mark
ANTHONY JACKSON 1 year ago

nice work here.
Londonmark Films 1 year ago

Thanks Anthony best wishes Mark
Kamil PINARCI 1 year ago

Very good. Sharp editing and fitting tragic music.
I love these old world tragedy style approach to life.
Like Albert Camus said *Life is absurd but worth living heroically.
Not a perfect quotation possibly.

I agree with others reading the page was diffucult.
Daniel Zagórski 1 year ago

You video is is really very interesting.
Nietzsche end Franz Kafka would by felling as in paradise ..........:)) I very impressed indeed.
BumKi Cho 1 year ago

Music, editing, well put together. Black and white approach really works in this video.
Lisa La Rosa 1 year ago

Gothic and heroic...it is very dark in London isn't it.
James Tate 1 year ago

Lovely to watch. Thanks for the heads up about the text. I clicked pause and got it all.
TRiSON 1 year ago

Interesting collection of work. Very theatrical with a constant theme running through your films. I really liked these.
Briareus 1 year ago

Great stuff here. You're my featured artist of the day.
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godino 1 year ago

Very very nice production,I specially like the modern images at the end!
Lin Evans 1 year ago

Nice job Mark, both technically and aesthetically. I hope the updated upload issues get solved soon...

Best regards,

Lin
Joe Walsh 1 year ago

Excellent use of imagery and music to convey a message! I'm very impressed.
Emily Hayes 1 year ago

What to hate in our lifes ?
Even the death could be beauty if we don't separete life from the death.
Death is another form of life. We often call it after life.
"Paradise lost", when we lose the meaning of our life. That's when we face our own death by facing the darkside of the moon. "Paradise begins" after we find the true meaning of our life.
It was very beautiful, the way you scrip the death and life through your clip.
Thank you very much for your beautiful work through the clip!
Marcelo Quiñónez 1 year ago

nice!
michael private 1 year ago

pretty good stuff . i understood it . full of feeling . i loved the creativity of this piece. the wind blowing the pages of the book with the music . showing a whole bunch of things and then water raining down . . it was brilliant. thanks for sharing
Raad El-Alawi 1 year ago

Nice work Mark, a very fluid piece.
RogerB1 1 year ago

Another well done film. You do have talent. :o)
PS liked the music to.
reaktorplayer 1 year ago

Excellent work!
Ray Roman 1 year ago

Well done sir!!
ステビア 1 year ago

I love the lighting with B/w. Thanks
stJames 1 year ago

Cool. Very Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
ollie 1 year ago

no mate not really! But its just not my cup of tea and to give you justice there are really nicely balanced shots in there in every sense and it is v. dramatic. and yes, i did watch it to the end! :)
Steven Dempsey 1 year ago

Mark,

Very dramatic. It's hard to compliment such an intense soundtrack (which I love, btw) with visuals but I think you pulled it off. The book pages blowing is very cool.

I would definitely rethink the text because it didn't work for me, felt a little out of place. Also, the inclusion of the brief footage of the woman looking out the window and the apartment shot felt recycled from "This is me" and took me out of the piece a little.

B&W was a great choice and really accentuated the sense of intimacy and darkness. The editing was also spot on.

Nice work.
Londonmark Films 11 months ago

Steve.....Happy new year, and thanks again for your comments, hope to hear from you soon and see some more of your great work which I find inspirational also best wishes Mark

Sorry for the delay in responding, have been so busy moving and all that....
Jean-Paul Bankes-Mercer 1 year ago

Text comments aside. I liked it ;)
Dan Higgins 1 year ago

great lighting - a few shots were really intriguing - i enjoyed it!
Khalid 11 months ago

Inspirational film! really amazingly directed.. thanks for sharing.
Londonmark Films 11 months ago

Hi Khalid, so kind of you to say I am glad you enjoyed and understood this piece, there is another one in pre-production at the moment....best wishes Mark

Sorry for the delay in responding to your comment
Jackson Jackson 11 months ago

This is a powerful piece of work: A multidemensional experience that transcends the intellect and it's superficial perception of reality.
Londonmark Films 11 months ago

Hi Jackson thank you so these kind words I am glad that you enjoyed this and understood it...it's a pleasure to have such feedback best wishes Mark
Greg Wallis 11 months ago

Fabulously gothic! I haven't looked at many vids on Vimeo of late, so just seen this, and was very impressed.
Londonmark Films 11 months ago

Hi Greg, glad to have you back and thanks again for you kind comments hope to see you around on vimeo a bit more, I for one miss your short films....best wishes Mark
Kevin Joelson 11 months ago

Powerful imagery! I love the concept, it was executed flawlessly. Hard to believe that it was XD CAM. Great post work too.
Londonmark Films 11 months ago

Hi Kevin, This is so nice that you take the time to give me feedback and coming from you it means alot.....Your work is quite stunning....we should exchange views by mail if you want best wishes Mark
Ludwig Derumeaux 10 months ago

So sorry to play a dissonant tone here. I think the footage is really great. But I think too it is possible to make the expression a lot bigger by editing stronger. For example slow movements (synced to the music) over the paintings. It is done way too static. The text font is not styled in relation to the footage. Maybe variable speed for the clock(s). Too simple dissolve clouds/buildings. Of course the text length. Wouldn't actual writing (simulated) not be better than just scrolling text ? Around 1.27 (book, tekst), the first frames maybe also showing some wind blown pages to kinda arrive to the page you want. Speed issue old-modern images. I think gradually going faster ending in an "explosion" (not literally) of the water falling. 1.49 a rolling tear maybe. No simple fade out for the music but actually ending (hard). Eh, yes, I am in a very good mood today. I just think this has way more potential through better post-production. So sorry to be so harsh. I believe in it though, hence me watching it several times and posting this.
Philip Bloom 9 months ago

can i download this mark?
Londonmark Films 9 months ago

you can now!
Paul Hunton 8 months ago

amazing...all your work is beautiful and a treat to look at.