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"Carol Of The Bells"---"slleB ehT fO loraC"

I wish I could rewind time to experience New York again...if I rewind the moments back to the beginning then that means they haven't started yet, and I can relive them again, right? haha. Shot with Canon HV30.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
!SAMTSIRHC YRREM

---I'm available for freelance camera/editing work. Let me know if you're interested---

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Carlos Crooks 11 months ago

Awesome video man once again. Too bad your in Seattle. One person I would totally go out and shoot with. Anyways, very nice and I look forward to seeing more of your work.
TK and Happy Holidays
Matthew Brown 11 months ago

Hey thanks man! I'll hopefully have my short film done editing wihtin the next month and get it on here. Thanks again for the nice comment! Merry Christmas
-GO- 11 months ago

Great film. I'd love to go to New York for Christmas
All I can say is samtsirhC yppaH!
Matthew Brown 11 months ago

HAHAHAHA! uoy knaht

I was going to spell the title backwards, but I didn't think it would work. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas, too!!! erac ekat
Alex Itin 11 months ago

nice way of avoiding cliche
Rebecca Melin 11 months ago

This is beautiful. : )
I, too, wish I could rewind time and enjoy my experiences in the city- (especially now that I have my HV30!! lol). I love New York. Great job. :]
Matthew Brown 11 months ago

Thank you! Yeah it definitely is a great city to shoot in. Thanks for the compliment!
RDJim 11 months ago

Real pretty images there Matt.
Pierre 11 months ago

Had also a great time in NYC, but it was in october. Nice imagery even in reverse and good edt :)
A Rigged Production 11 months ago

Nice man, real dramatic. Loved the final shot of the sky and plane. You really got around, how many days were you there for or at least did it take you to shoot all of that?
Matthew Brown 11 months ago

I was there for 3 days, but only had time to shoot two of the days, so I was bouncing all over the place, haha. Thanks so much for the nice comment! Merry Christmas.
Juneteenth Works 11 months ago

Great video, you captured some of the best moments of NYC during Christmas. I really enjoyed this, the clarity of your shots were perfect.
Matthew Brown 11 months ago

Thank you man! You have some amazing imagery in your videos too! I'm glad a New Yorker was pleased with the video, haha.
Hugo Bernatas 11 months ago

AMAZING :D I like your work
Haidar Hakim 11 months ago

Very nice Matthew, i love it, very well done.
olaf h. ☞ nadu 11 months ago

that was absolutely great!
Harley 11 months ago

Sick!
Next year should be in Chicago.
That'd be great too.
Great work
Jeremy Adams 11 months ago

Beautiful Shots! I've got an HV30 as well and you are inspiring me to really work on getting some beautiful shots like that! Some of those colors were just AMAZING! Good Work!!
Mike Revelle 11 months ago

i loved the angles and shots! wicked creative.
jamesfeatherstone 11 months ago

jesus christ that was awesome
Matthew Brown 11 months ago

Haha, thanks dude!
olimpia311 11 months ago

I like it! :o)
Zach B 11 months ago

Really good job. Nice editing, and interesting twist with going in reverse. Only a few, in my opinion, angles were a little unnecessary, but above all, quite dramatic and visually epic. My favorite shots were of the escalator and rockafeller ice rink.
Matthew Brown 11 months ago

Yeah, I went a little wild on a couple of shots, haha. Thanks for the input, and Happy Holidays man!!
Oscar Villarreal 11 months ago

Woah! Excellent work, highly impressive! Hmm, how much do I need to save up, if I trade in my Vado HD pocket cam... loved it man... :-)
Matthew Brown 11 months ago

Actually, the HV30 is getting down to about $400-$500 now. It's getting pretty cheap. Thanks for the compliment man! I appreciate it. And Merry Christmas!
Andrew Walther 11 months ago

yowza!
Mark Ellis 11 months ago

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!

Perfect cuts!!
Red Sanders 11 months ago

that was beautifully shot! what a fantastic way to capture your first trip.
alan marino 11 months ago

Great great work man!!! Did you shoot 24p or 30p on the HV30. Any color correction. Very impressive!
Just got a Jag35 DOF adapter 4 mine and flipping out.
Matthew Brown 11 months ago

Hey thank you man. I actually shoot in 30p on all my stuff and then render it out in 24. I like the 30p because in post it doesn't really harm anything if I want to slow a clip down. It doesn't give the "ghosting" effect like 24p does. If I knew how to work around that I'd shoot in 24p all the time. Merry Christmas dude!
Sami Takieddin 11 months ago

Hey Matthew... yeah the ghosting happens because of 24 frames being recorded in a 60i stream (18 progressive frames and 12 interlaced ones in succession). Sony Vegas thinks the clips are 60i and treats them as such.

Heres how to fix that:
eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/07/13/canon-hv20-24p-pulldown/

Its quite time consuming, but the result is proper 24p video that looks great.

Hope that helps.

Great video as always. Love your work!
alan marino 11 months ago

i'm loving 30p too. HV30s rule and so do u.
keep up the good work and move to LA and become a shooter.
Merry back at u.
alan marino 11 months ago

or cutter for that matter...great edit
pierre bedard 11 months ago

Bravo Matthew, j'aime beaucoup ton video, j'aime aussi l'image de ton Canon, vraiment superbe.
Merci et joyeux Noel.
Vaun Raymond 11 months ago

Matthew,

Beautiful video! I've been a video producer for over twenty years and I teach production at a couple of community colleges here in Seattle, so I really admire good work when I see it.

When I first read that you shot this with an HV-30, I assumed that must be some expensive high-end camera. When I looked it up, I was shocked to realize that I spent ten times as much for my camera (the XH-A1), but none of my stuff looks this good.

My HD looks especially crappy on Vimeo. Even though I follow all their instructions for compression and uploading, my video is always really jerky on Vimeo.

Also, my colors are never as rich as what you have achieved, even though I use custom "film look" settings including Steve Dempsey's "Panalook."

Since you are here in Seattle also, would you let me buy you lunch some time and pick your brain a little? Aside from being very creative and talented, I get the impression that you may have some specialized technical knowledge.

I'm developing a Web video production company with a friend of mine, and we may be looking for freelance shooters in the future, so who knows? Anyway, I'd love the opportunity to talk to you. You can reach me at: vaun@u.washington.edu. Also, check out my latest website at: lakeunionhistory.org.

Merry Christmas,

Vaun Raymond
americanvirus 11 months ago

Mathew, I really love what you're doing on here. I can't wait to see your short film.
jiri dvorsky 11 months ago

Great work !!!
Brett Moulton 11 months ago

This is fricken kick ass mate , you have pulled out some shit hot quality out of that cam.Awesome shots , mad , mad ,mad , well done mate , I have never been to new york , but now i feel like I have .....awesome , thanks for the share.
The Funky Monkey 11 months ago

Got to agree with everyone here.. This is fantastic!
Spudgun 11 months ago

I love this. As always, superb photography. Please don't take this as a critique, but it would have had equal, if not MORE impact and panache if it has played normal, ie; FORWARDS.
Have a great Christmas.
Steve Lucin 11 months ago

wow, this is beautifulo stuff man!
Kevin R. Scott 11 months ago

Brilliant... what a way to remember your first visit to NYC.
Voxinabox 11 months ago

That was great. Well done :)
stw254 11 months ago

Excellent piece, Matthew. Vivid colors and good tempo. Even the reverse scenes look good. Thank you for sharing.
Daria M 11 months ago

Wonderful piece - perfect depiction of NYC at Christmas time. GREAT color & clarity! Thanks!
Christopher Galasso 11 months ago

Great footage, man. I was just up there last week and was at almost every place you shot at, ha.
Gem@ 11 months ago

Fantástico, maravilloso...
Joseba1 11 months ago

Muy bueno. Great job Matt. Very nice.
Your edition program ?
Filters?
JON ZOMBIE 11 months ago

wow so crisp. may i ask what setting the camera was on during those Time Square night shots?
Matthew Brown 11 months ago

Thanks. It was on the tungsten light setting and Cinema Mode for Times Square.
Sansom Media 11 months ago

very fun concept. love the work. escalator was my favorite shot. did i see a few clips that weren't reversed?

like of the week!

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Matthew Brown 11 months ago

Hey thanks man! I did put some of the clips in forward motion to "snap" back into "reality" for a moment. I think the escalator has got to be my favorite shot, too. It was awesome to get the little girl in the pink coat walking by as I approached the top. Thanks for the clip of the week dude!
Paul Frederick 11 months ago

Mathew....simply AWESOME! Your shots are great but I think the editing is even better. Keep up the great work!
Jon Garcia 11 months ago

Very cool... felt like I was there. And the editing was great.
Joel Eusebio 11 months ago

Hey man i LOVED the concept of everything moving backwards... Everything came out beautifully. Great JoB!!
Oscar Villarreal 11 months ago

Matthew, Now that you have owned the HV30 for a while... what are your thoughts on it? Have you worked with the AVCHD format much? I am curious on the performance of AVCHD vs DV/HDV during editing. The Canon HF10 is close to the same price as the HV30 these days.
Roberto Dessì 11 months ago

simply awesome but..."this video is not available for download" :(

I beg you, Please upload the original file so we can download it!!!
egamiFX Studio 11 months ago

Awesome footage!!!

Thanks for the shot of the GW Bridge..... miss my barrio :)
s.k. thoth 11 months ago

Cool video, Matthew! I was sent this video by a friend, and... there I was.
Naren 11 months ago

Very cool man. Good work. I just went to NY this past winter as well. Got a good hour worth of footage. Haven't had time to edit yet though :(

Very inspiring. Looking forward to more.
Claudia Robinson 10 months ago

damn, this is wonderful!! you need to go back to NY :-)
Philip Kendall 10 months ago

so beautiful. Makes me want to be in NYC in Decembertime.
Paul Tarlevs 10 months ago

Do you use a 35mm adpater? If so, what kind?
Matthew Brown 10 months ago

No adapter.
Paul Tarlevs 10 months ago

Impossible. Look at 0:58
Matthew Brown 10 months ago

I'm not as close as you think I am to those people. I'm actually about fifty feet away and have zoomed in. The further away you are from something and have zoomed in on the object the more shallow the focus will get.
Paul Davis 10 months ago

Stunning!
henriquedesousa 10 months ago

Fantastic video! Congrats :)

Can you please tell me the software you used to color correct?
Thanks!
James James 10 months ago

You consistently win the prize for inspiring me here on Vimeo, Thanks Matthew!

And Please btw, Who is this rendition of Carol of the bells by - it is Totally and Majestically MAGNIFICENT!
Jason Wild 10 months ago

AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING!
Sooo epic with that music.
Disdausdebil 10 months ago

WOOW! That was AWESOME!!! The music fits perfect to the images!
Dustin Drew 10 months ago

You are the greatest on Vimeo.
Netanio 10 months ago

Excellent work. I've always wanted to visit New-York and your video just made my feeling stronger. (don't like the music though)
Matthew Brown 10 months ago

Haha, it was the best Christmas song that went with the video. Which song would you have used? Thanks so much for the comment. You should go to New York! It was my first time there, and I think I'm going to have to move there. It was probably one of the best times of my life. GO!! Take care.
Bobby Craddock. 9 months ago

Great film. It brought back some good memories for me. My brother lives in NYC in the lower east side. I miss him so your film has prompted me to go visit him soon. You made the city and people so inviting. Thanks.
Matthew Brown 9 months ago

That is awesome! I really do hope you go and see it and take in the city. That was my first time there, and I've been obsessed with it since, haha. I think it's the most amazing place I've ever been. Although, the coldness was a bit intense, haha. Thanks for the really nice comment!
D Gates 9 months ago

Sweet!

Just shows what a talented person can do with a consumer camera, that some folks couldn't match with pro gear.
Video Spotter 8 months ago

Great video Matthew. Very creative. Brought back some memories of my first time at NYC, just before you, last summer 2008.
I really like some of the areal shots you made so I was wondering how did you get access to some of the tops of the buildings?...beside Empire State Building I also visited.

Thanks
Melissa Lejman 8 months ago

You captured a really beautiful christmas feeling! Amazing images.
Christopher Sowers 8 months ago

This piece has me questioning time... It could be going backwards and we wouldn't even know it.
Wolfgang Gaebler 7 months ago

I love the city and I totally feel the same way... I've made a private movie about NYC, but it's more than one hour... now I think about reediting it in "rewind mode"! Wonderful idea... ;-)
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Haha, that would be awesome to see! To me, it's just a happier memory to see them end at the beginning.
Manuel Drexl 7 months ago

haha good idea the music from Home alone! anyway very beautiful..
Emeric 5 months ago

Just discover your video and just couldn't resist to add a 85th comment and a 307th like ;-) This is just great ! Now I just want to do two things : try to make a backward video and .. go to NY ;-)
Matthew Brown 5 months ago

Thank you so much! You'll love New York! Let me know when you make the backwards video. I'd love to see it!
Emeric 5 months ago

Hi Matthew ! Finally had some time to make a backwards video ... It's here vimeo.com/5444299 if you would like to check it ! Thanks again for inspiration ;-)
Grant VK5GR 5 months ago

You brought back a lot of memories from my visit to NYC 10 years ago. I wish I had a HD camera back then (although I am now going to fish out my old Hi-8 SD Analogue footage and reminisce - may post some more New York from an Aussie's perspective in 1999 when I can edit it). I love short films set to music. The more of these I see the more I want to experiment with my own. Thanks for your film and giving me the desire to keep working to improve my own films.
Matthew Brown 5 months ago

Thank you! I will look forward to seeing your video! Let me know when it is finished! Take care! P.S. I actually just re-visited my old Hi-8 camera that I used in high school. Lots of awesome memories with it. Thanks for sharing! :)
Kurt Lorenz 5 months ago

I can't find the "Matthew Brown" button on my HV30!
Viviane Spaco 4 months ago

Men! I`m your fan!
Hello from Brazil!
kiss

Vivi
Jack Garland 4 months ago

Its really amazing how that hv30 can shoot in full 1080! it so small most people don't think it could shoot so good.
Frank Kelly 3 months ago

Popular video, and rightly so! Beuatiful shots, works wonderfully well with the song and I love the choice of playing backwards - I wish I'd seen your work before I shot my last project - 140! 140faq.blogspot.com - your work would have been a great addition. Maybe on the next one!
Matthew Brown 3 months ago

Thank you very much, Frank! I would love to be a part of it for your next one! And thank you again for the nice words!! :)
Vlad Malenchenko 3 months ago

Very beautiful! Especially the Christmas tree is awe-inspiring.