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The leaves have dropped and the snow is falling! It's a somber and quiet time of year. Here is a collection of clips depicting that transition from Autumn to Winter, from snowfall to the magical morning after when the flakes cling to the trees. There is an abrupt transition from one piece of music to the next, it's meant to do that! I thought it would represent the abrupt transition from snowstorm to crystal clear morning! This was mostly shot with my Sony EX1 with Letus Extreme, some V1 shots from the archives as well.

The music is "The Promise" from Michael Nyman's soundtrack to "The Piano", one of the most hauntingly brilliant piano pieces I've ever heard. After the change it goes to "First Time Outside" from the movie "Secret Garden" by Zbigniew Preisner. Buy these CDs if you can find them! I've had them and enjoyed them for nearly 20 years, I felt like they fit the mood perfectly for this video.

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  • Greenwave plus 11 months ago
    I have no words for it. Thank you ... i enjoyed it very very much,
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  • William Fredette 11 months ago
    Really beautiful, Paul. Would you mind sharing some details of your workflow from edit to compression for Vimeo? I'm not happy with the amount of compression artifacts I get after putting the footage from my Canon XH A1 through the wringer...
  • Paul Frederick 11 months ago
    William,
    I shoot with an EX1 in progressive ( a mix of 720 and 1080), the key to me is to shoot progressive. Then edit native XDCAM 720p in FCP. Output a self contained movie with Apple Pro Res. Import into MPEG STREAMCLIP. Select Export as MPEG-4 (new window defaults to H.264) make sure it says "Limit data rate to 5000 kbs" and set quality to 70 %. You can do higher but the file size is HUGE. The key is the "limit data rate to" selection. VIMEO says to use 3000 to 5000 range. I always use the max.

    Good luck!
  • William Fredette 11 months ago
    Thanks, Paul. This is helpful. Is the "self-contained movie" that comes out of Pro Res a Quicktime file? (I'm in the Windows world).
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  • Pedro Miguel 11 months ago
    Great shots, Paul. I will keep them in my memory as an inspiration.
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  • 4Moorhens2 plus 11 months ago
    Outstanding!
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  • Paul Frederick 11 months ago
    Awesome comments guys thanks!
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  • BumKi Cho plus 11 months ago
    Beautifully done. I loved the great contrast shot at 1:28 and golden sun set timelapse at 2:56.
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  • J_Girona 11 months ago
    Very beautiful images...!!
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  • Tom Dowser 11 months ago
    Great video, and beautiful music two. I've always loved the Secret Garden soundtrack, and The Promise is beautiful also.
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  • Jan 11 months ago
    inspiring shots
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  • rick fiduccia plus 11 months ago
    Spot on! The change really works, 2 thumbs up.
  • Paul Frederick 11 months ago
    Thanks Rick! I was going back and forth in the edit on how to deal with the change between the two songs. I tried a slow dissolve to black but it just wasn't working for me. The cut is dramatic and sudden, and works better I think.
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  • Kunter Tätte 11 months ago
    This was perfect! It felt as if the music was created specially for this video.
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  • Jesus 11 months ago
    Precious video, precious music, a great work very enormously, I like. Enhorabuena. Jesus
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  • Mark Williams 11 months ago
    Paul, Nice work. Great choice of music. It looks like you put a lot into editing on this piece and it really shows. The music transitions worked for me.

    natureflixs.com
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  • Ashley Harrison 11 months ago
    Wow! Absolutely beautiful!
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  • wymmca 11 months ago
    so great man!!!!!! :~)
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  • chris leppla 11 months ago
    absolutely beautiful
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  • devincastro 11 months ago
    This is absolutely brilliant.
    Beautiful.
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  • Kai Hellyeah 11 months ago
    I wish I'd see a snowflake today.
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  • Brian Berneker 11 months ago
    That was beautiful! You have reminded me how much a part "photography" plays in filmmaking. I've been so preoccupied with sequencing action that I almost forgot to actually LOOK at what's in front of the lens! I will definitely rediscover my photographer's eye after this one!
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  • matteo 11 months ago
    Molto ben fatti tutti i video . C'è della poesia..... ti aiutano a pensare.... .t.y.
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  • Anne 11 months ago
    I am in awe. Such a great theme, such beautiful images, and such impeccable taste in music.
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  • Paul Frederick 11 months ago
    Thanks for all the great comments! Scarletbeat, the music is key to driving all my videos. I HAVE to have the right music and then I edit to it, I use it to decide where the video is going, what clips to use...it's the single most important factor to making a video that is cohesive (for me anyway!). Thats why I don't have new videos every week, it takes time to find music that "moves me" and that I have images for. When I hear music, I see images in my head that I have shot, if I think what I'm seeing would be cool to show others, I crank out a video!
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  • Brian Boudreau 11 months ago
    Beautiful footage Paul, great job on the edit and music
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  • Bjarki Gudjonsson 11 months ago
    Nice job. I like the first shot best. Do you use any kind of external focus-pulling mechanism or are you pulling on-camera?
  • Paul Frederick 11 months ago
    I just pull on camera. I could use a focus puller but it's usually just me, I also don't have a follow focus or any thing like that, just a turn of the lens! I practice several times and note where my hand is positioned then try to nail it during the shot, sometimes it takes a few tries.
  • Bjarki Gudjonsson 11 months ago
    I hear you. Thought it might be a hassle with the mount extending your lens even further. I'm really intrigued by your gear. We used an FX1 here until we upgraded to an HDCam. The FX1 is still used on occasion - it's unbreakable.
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  • The Funky Monkey plus 11 months ago
    Amazing atmospheric footage, loved it!
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  • Jared Foster plus 11 months ago
    That was excellent! What do you use to protect your equipment in such wet weather?
  • Paul Frederick 11 months ago
    To be honest, it's a simple plastic grocery bag! I pull it over the front of the camera, then poke a hole in it to slide over the lens! The back is still open to slide your hand in so you can work the controls. No worries if it gets lost as they are everywhere!
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  • Raphael Pöham 11 months ago
    really inspired me^^

    so nice quality...
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  • Beautiful. Fitting music, great subject matter, colors, lighting. Very inspirational.
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  • Wayne Avanson plus 11 months ago
    Another cracker Paul, but why no download so I can add it to my collection?

    I like the sudden break in the music, but he second one being in a different key jarred a little for me.

    Best wishes of the season

    Avey
  • Paul Frederick 11 months ago
    Like some of my others, it depends on the clips and if they are being used as stock clips elsewhere. Just being over protective I guess! Happy Holidays to you to!
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  • Paolo Corduan 11 months ago
    Hi I'm from Spain,great video..excellent :-)
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  • wymmca 11 months ago
    I really can’t stop watching it again & again. The music is so deep that gives me a lot of shivers especially the second one. Your piece of art left me speechless .Tooooooooo many thanks!!!!!!!!!
  • Paul Frederick 11 months ago
    Awesome! Love to hear when something I made makes this kind of connection!
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  • John Wilkinson 11 months ago
    Absolutely fantastic Paul.
    How did you get the redish sky in the second part?

    What a great piece of work. One I would love to emulate.

    Well done mate!
  • Paul Frederick 11 months ago
    John,

    That was a product of just stopping down the lens to F11 to compensate for the backlit tree! There were thin clouds moving fast behind it. When you iris WAY down, it tends to warm up the image some, the sky was slightly red, but by stopping down it enhanced it.
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  • iTurk 11 months ago
    I have speechless! Congratulations! And thanks for sharing.
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  • Axel Cottin 11 months ago
    BEAU-TI-FULL!!! what else...
    very great job --respect-- peace
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  • Walter Fischer plus 11 months ago
    its from Paul-a brand of quality.
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  • Paul Frederick 11 months ago
    Thanks for the great comments!
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  • Busetti Luciano 11 months ago
    absolutely beautiful
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  • AxisDude 11 months ago
    Wow, this is awesome! Just beautiful.
    Thank you for this one!
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  • Joseba1 11 months ago
    absolutely wonderful. I'm looking for a winter like me and still missing excenas. Either way, I find your work to say the least, inspiring.

    Thank you for sharing Paul.
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  • Jan van der Meer plus 11 months ago
    Very inspiring, want it to snow over here now!
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  • Paul Frederick 11 months ago
    Not sure where you are from Andrej but that translates just fine! Thanks!
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  • ANTHONY JACKSON plus 11 months ago
    Man this is beautiful
    nice work.
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  • Rick Godin 11 months ago
    You-the-man! Did you get out last week at -18f? I sure didn't. Let's touch base some time. Great job!
  • Paul Frederick 11 months ago
    Hey Rick! Nope. I was out of town. We need to go shooting someday together, I could use some new locales. Of course, sounds like it'll need to be warmer! Give me a call sometime!
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  • Zofiafotoeule 10 months ago
    Beautiful! Thank you! :)
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  • Antoine Lassagne 10 months ago
    Superbe !! And thanks for sharing your workflow.
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  • vab 10 months ago
    After making a trip to Yosemite, it's always a pleasure to see other footage shot in a snow environment. Yours are beautifully composed and inspirational!
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  • The Duke 8 months ago
    Bleeding Gorgeous!
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