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1. Fat City Reprise - Long Gone
11 months ago
Music Video for "Long Gone" from Fat City Reprise
Director: Cesar Kuriyama
Director of Photography: Tommy Agriodimas

:PRODUCTION NOTE:
No Video cameras were used in the production of this music video. It was created entirely from 45,000 Photographs taken by a Nikon D200 DSLR.

Great article about the making on WIRED:
blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/along-with-his.html

myspace.com/fatcityreprise
cesarkuriyama.com
agriodimas.com

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  • Paul Pittman 11 months ago
    Definately something for anyone associated with the band or this project to be proud of!
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  • KFal 11 months ago
    I am so proud of you guys. And I joined this site just to tell you so. Again. :)
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  • daniela pane 11 months ago
    i dont know you guys but, your freakin awesome!!!!!
    ROCK ON ! lol


    yeah fat city !
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  • Chris DeGuzman 11 months ago
    love these guys....big fan since the beginning. keep rockin'!!
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  • Adamtastic 11 months ago
    Great work for a great song! I was totally blown away at the show, this keeps making me happier each time I watch it. :)
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  • Frankie P 11 months ago
    Wow! I love this!
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  • Ted James Butler 11 months ago
    Great concept. Awesome stuffed-guy. Bad song. Totally lame phaser-solo.
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  • Peter Gerard 11 months ago
    Nice video. Interesting use of stills in film. But it would be much better without shots of the band.
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  • Jimmy DeSanto 11 months ago
    Saw the article in Wired, great song, insane video.
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  • Brian 11 months ago
    You guys owe me a pair of socks!
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  • olderthanyou 11 months ago
    I'm here from Wired too. That was amazing. I can't believe the amount of time that was put into it. Song is not bad either.
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  • Edward Mendoza 11 months ago
    Great work Cesar, let me know if you have any other videos you would like to promote.
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  • D Moriarty 11 months ago
    A sweet but sad little video. I guess I shouldn't say little... 45K photos... but it *looks* it... it looks great.

    Fine work!
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  • john forde 11 months ago
    The video was incredible but not as awesome as the music behind it. I'd not heard of these guys before but now I'm going to go Google their name and find where I can buy the CD. Whoever did the video from multiple digital stills deserves a photographic award.
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  • Luis Vega 11 months ago
    Fat City is unstoppable. Keep it going fellaz.
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  • Antony 11 months ago
    that was awesome, I made an account here just to say how completely impressed I was by your video. I also really liked the song behind it, do you have it up on Itunes or anywhere?
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  • Landbridge Massive 11 months ago
    lighting was great, luved the overhead on the girl at 2:10, she looked like fiona
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  • Hobbsy 11 months ago
    check out this video by a Manchester band called Keith, who used a similar technique on their video 'Up In The Clouds':

    vimeo.com/1644667
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  • nick villars 11 months ago
    The video gets a great job!

    The song gets a no poke.
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  • Mill 11 months ago
    That a was a very cool video. Too bad the music wasn't my taste but you all did a nice job.
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  • TurboMike 11 months ago
    Cool video. Showed the whole family. Everyone like it.
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  • Kasi Viswanath 11 months ago
    This is just awesome. Beautiful Video taken with a DSLR! Way to go!
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  • Greg Borkman plus 11 months ago
    so cool, i love how her hair moves and the sheets move. It's like a dream, where you remember bits and pieces but not the whole thing. Excellent!
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  • HunterSThompson 11 months ago
    Hey I liked this video but was very curious about that strange green dude....So i went to myspace.com/fatcityreprise and read an article about the video ...here's a snip it that helped me get it....
    "Their first music video, which the band has not even seen, for “Long Gone” has special significance.

    “Ultimately it’s an anti-drug song about a girl struggling with a heroin addiction,” Anastasi said of the tune from their 2007 self-titled debut album.

    For lead vocalist/keyboardist Pedano, the song took on new meaning when his stepsister died under similar circumstances. He said the song “is the one with the emotional stock” and his sentiments were seconded by Cesar Kuriyama, the man responsible for the video — from creating the concept to directing to editing the final cut.

    “He thought it was our most emotional song and thought it would make the best video,” Anastasi said.
    Soooooo I'm guessing the booger guy is the heroine...After knowing that....I get it...I don't know what made them use that specific thing...but...again after knowing that lil diddy of info I likessss it... All in all good job. Good number. I'm now buying a CD.
  • Cesar Kuriyama plus 11 months ago
    Thanks for the good words Hunter! and yea, you pretty much nailed it! Ultimately I would prefer for people to get whatever they want to get from the video, but the basis/inspiration for it was a girl struggling with a heroin addiction.

    The creature was created by my friend Adam Levine of Adimals.com ... I asked him to design him based on images of "opium poppy" flowers which is where Heroin comes from. If you google image it, you'll find that those flowers are fat, green, have a little crown on there head, and often bloom red.

    His name is Poppy.
  • Stephanie Davis 11 months ago
    hey, cesar, awesome job on the video! i love my fat city boys and that song is just amazing. to see the video was just surreal for me. thanks for the info. about the creation of the "opium poppy" doll! i knew what the song was about, but was curious as to what motivated you to create the video in such a unique way! two thumbs up! :)
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  • Step Schwarz 11 months ago
    Brilliant video. The blowing hair is a great touch.
  • Annie Pacquiao 11 months ago
    Awesome concept, I love how the green guy is a substitute for heroin. The song rocks too. Why isn't this on Fuse or Mtv2?
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  • Xander (Alex) Moyler 11 months ago
    The stills give some an amazing effect, you see live action stop motion quite often but having it to this standard is so rare. Great work, and the music is sweet!
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  • departement plus 11 months ago
    very nice
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  • pableras983 11 months ago
    beautiful music video and precious
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  • Angel Louzao 11 months ago
    I'm in love with the band thanks to this video... it totally sold me. :D
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  • Jonathan 11 months ago
    great work! Fascinating pictures, and the light was set nice :)

    Greets Jonathan
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  • Eldar Bayburin plus 11 months ago
    Just superb!
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  • thomas holm frandsen 11 months ago
    This is truly nice,, fantastic light, absolutley great...

    BUT: at 7 fps, a video made from 45.000 frames should last 107 minutes.
    a video lasting 4:15 with 7 fps contains 1.785 individual frames.
    even at 24 fps it only comes to 6.120 frames total.
    so what became of the remaining close to 40.000 frames ?
  • Cesar Kuriyama plus 11 months ago
    Glad you enjoyed it Thomas! and many thanks to all the love above as well!

    I've noticed a lot of people have been confused by this. You're the first to bring it up here, so I'll take the time to clarify.

    It seemed to me that if you'd like to know the amount of final frames or images used to create a video, all you have to do is multiply the Frames per second (24) by the amount of seconds in the video (4:15 minutes = 255 seconds). Certainly 24 X 255 does NOT equal 45,000.
    But it did take 45,000 photographs to get what I needed. There was no way of knowing if I had what I needed after we shot it on the set. So it took weeks (of my personal, after work hours) to sort through each shoot, organize every take, attach the photographs in Final Cut, and render them out to see if we "got it".
    That being said, there were a lot of shots that we shot sooo slowly, that I had to play at 60 FPS and sometimes 120 FPS. I believe the final amount of images used is somewhere between 7000 to 10,000 photographs.

    Thanks again for the compliment, and I hope this helps!
    Cesar Kuriyama
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  • jkitan 11 months ago
    amazing!!!!!!!!!!!1
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  • Paulo Brandao 11 months ago
    amazing work and great music too :)
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  • Steve Smorgon plus 11 months ago
    This is amazing guys, well done!
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  • emil remus 11 months ago
    good song, and lovely video ...great colours ... good luck in the future
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  • Stephen Rangott 11 months ago
    great job mate. This video inspired me and my classmates.
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  • robert veach 11 months ago
    Very new way to make a music video using stills! It seems to give the video a surreal feel which worked great for your song. Great job!
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  • Vedmezhatko Ktulho 11 months ago
    I love it!
    very nice!
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  • connor mcsheffrey 11 months ago
    i want one of those green gremlins, anyone know where i can get one?
  • Cesar Kuriyama plus 11 months ago
    Hey Condor,

    Read HunterSThompson's comment above and my reply, and you shall receive your answer!
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  • Lois Cesarano 11 months ago
    don't know what to say the video well actually pictures blew me a way .. this is a lobour of love on all levels ..
    Misicaly and visualy..
    Keepk up the good work ..
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  • Dvoewnik 11 months ago
    i try to make a movie using Canon 5d, but i have only 3 hours and 0$
    and forget about that movie can't be vertical
    you can watch it - vimeo.com/2324478
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  • Gody 11 months ago
    This is GREAT. Smart thinking and very nicely executed. Fabulous lighting as well.
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  • Manuel Uribe 11 months ago
    I'm a photographer (and a jazz-fusion drummer), so I get it. But every time I watch this, it means something different. Some long forgotten memory awakes, and does a hell of a lot to explain to me who I am. Thanks guys!!! Awsome stuff!!!
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  • Manuel Uribe 11 months ago
    I can't get over this thing! Cesar... I'm so jealous! F'n brilliant!!!
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  • Manuel Uribe 11 months ago
    Now, if they only come up with a back for my 4X5 that can fire at that rate, and perhaps with half a dozen assistants and some serious pre-Scheimfluging, maybe I could give you a run for your money :þ
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  • Manuel Uribe 11 months ago
    Who directed that, by the way? Was that all your idea?
  • Cesar Kuriyama plus 11 months ago
    I directed it and yea it was my idea/concept... But I took my time with the pre-production. Had an amazing artist and friend named Anthony Vargas help me with the storyboarding. I spent the first 3-4 months making a full animatic of the video before we shot. I will post it at some point.

    Only worked on this in my spare time outside of working on television commercials.
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  • Manuel Uribe 11 months ago
    Uhm, Dude, just an idea. You do realise you're now a walking commercial for Adobe Lightroom, right? Not that I know you used that, just guessing...
  • Cesar Kuriyama plus 11 months ago
    Actually I didn't use Adobe Lightroom or even Photoshop. If you read the WIRED article I link too above, I mention that I used iPhoto to organize all the photographs and Eyeon Fusion for all the Post Production work that lead to it's final look. Final Cut Pro for the editing.

    I'm glad you liked it so much!
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  • JORGEFRIED 11 months ago
    she's sooooo cute
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  • Rognvaldr Althamlet 11 months ago
    Absolutely stunning video. Music not close to my taste. I muted and watched to Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike (sorry Fat City); enjoyed it thoroughly. どうもありがとう Mr. Kuriyama.

    ReNEW ORLEANS
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  • Stephanie Davis 11 months ago
    it really makes me happy to read all of the positive reviews about this video, cesar. congratulations, and i'm hoping you will be able to do future projects with fcr.
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  • Vulpes Vulpes 11 months ago
    Sorry for grammar.

    Very intresting work! Use photocamera and 14 months for this... This is something, guys!
    All what u need - is idea, time, wish and great creative couple with imagenation!
    Music very nice too. And a like piano)))
    Great! 5+

    Hope to see sometime another your new video.


    Guy from Estonia.
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  • Faramarz Hashemi 11 months ago
    Thats a lot of photos! Great work, it paid off.
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  • Gerald Lucas 10 months ago
    Awesome stuff -- great song and a beautiful video.
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  • dirs 10 months ago
    wow, awesome ;)
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  • bob 10 months ago
    Wow ! great work
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  • oh my god that doll!! <3
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  • yichi 10 months ago
    absolutely stunning!
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  • wKuriyama 10 months ago
    OMg should be a tool video. I mean... that's the coolwst thing I've EVER seen
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  • Jennifer Brofer 10 months ago
    This is the coolest music video I've ever seen.
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  • Robert W. Filion plus 10 months ago
    Not that you need more praise... this is excellent both artistically and technically.
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  • sudan 10 months ago
    我很喜欢
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  • Adrian 10 months ago
    I really love that clip. Thanks for sharing. Amazing quality of photos...
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  • SHOW TIME 9 months ago
    有感觉
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  • Fol Rana Jr. 9 months ago
    Hi Cesar.

    I just chance on your video since I am researching on this video technique. I truly love your video and I understand the effort and the pains that go along shooting and editing it.

    In our case, we are practicing this technique but we don't have a lot of time for the editing. The thing that we did was for a wedding and it was an SDE (same day edit). If you have time, kindly look at it and I will appreciate if you can give me tips to further improve in this craft.

    Again, thank you.

    Click here vimeo.com/3386650
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  • Jonathan Martin 7 months ago
    great! It uses pixillation in a much more interesting way that it usually is used.
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  • Alexander Loginov 5 months ago
    Very good work, excellent video series for this composition. It is pleasant to me
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  • Rez 5 months ago
    Great work!
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  • Anton Frolov 4 months ago
    i like it :)
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  • Gabe Askew plus 3 months ago
    Awesome work! Makes me want to check out the band.
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  • Vadim Khanoff 3 months ago
    Great,super work!its BOMBA !!!!!
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  • Miguel Duarte 1 month ago
    Wow :!
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