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Shotlisted for a 2011 UK VMA!

Directed and made by Ninian Doff
niniandoff.com
twitter.com/NinianDoff

Camera: Adrian Westaway
Arms: David Watson
Crows: Clapham Common

This song is from Fulton Lights EP "3 Songs" which is available here: itunes.com/fultonlights/3songs
More from Fulton Lights here:
myspace.com/andrewspencermusic
facebook.com/pages/Fulton-Lights/14724402214
twitter.com/fultonlights

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  • ladyintheradiator01 7 months ago
    great!
  • Ninian Doff plus 7 months ago
    Thank you!
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  • KSOUTH 7 months ago
    amazing nin!
  • Ninian Doff plus 7 months ago
    Whoo! Thanks Krystal
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  • LasGafas Films 7 months ago
    absolutely amazing! this really rocks!
  • Ninian Doff plus 7 months ago
    Thanks loads
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  • James Lees plus 7 months ago
    Mr Ninian Doff, this just made my day. Best promo I've seen for ages, I fucking love it. Very good work sir.
  • Ninian Doff plus 7 months ago
    Thanks so much James. Really like your videos too.
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  • Iorek 7 months ago
    I love this- brilliant idea, fantastic execution- great work!
  • Ninian Doff plus 7 months ago
    Thanks Iroek!
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  • Koja plus 7 months ago
    Super superb!!!
  • Ninian Doff plus 7 months ago
    Thanks thanks!
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  • Nathan Drabsch 7 months ago
    Very, very cool.
  • Ninian Doff plus 7 months ago
    Thanks Nathan - your stuff looks cool too.
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  • Berkanism 7 months ago
    like it
  • Ninian Doff plus 7 months ago
    cheers!
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  • Paperplane 7 months ago
    Amazing ! p8perplane.tumblr.com/post/7921852600/fulton-lights-staring-out-the-window
  • Ninian Doff plus 7 months ago
    Thanks for sharing it. Appreciate it.
  • Paperplane 7 months ago
    Thanks for your work Ninian ;) Really nice job !
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  • Melting Point Media 7 months ago
    Love it!!!!
  • Ninian Doff plus 7 months ago
    Thanks!
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  • Patrícia Madeira 7 months ago
    Congratulations! Just love, love your video. Really cool!
  • Ninian Doff plus 7 months ago
    Thank you!
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  • Tony Zagoraios plus 7 months ago
    Man..that was great!!
    Keep on//
  • Ninian Doff plus 7 months ago
    Great, thanks!
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  • Joe Moya plus 7 months ago
    very creative...great editing
  • Ninian Doff plus 7 months ago
    Thanks Joe!
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  • Ian Durkin staff 7 months ago
    wow!
  • Ninian Doff plus 7 months ago
    Thanks Ian. Cool to get a vimeo staff view!
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  • mpared plus 6 months ago
    Amazing ...its up at thecuriousbrain.com/ well done!
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Thanks so much for blogging about it Michael - really appreciate it.
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  • cento lodigiani 6 months ago
    Brilliant!!
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Hey thanks - your work is amazing.
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  • alcinoo plus 6 months ago
    Brilliant idea and great editing! ahah!
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Cheers!
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  • Trolleywood Productions plus 6 months ago
    I love it! Here's to you for knowing how to use special effects effectively! cheers!
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Thank you
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  • Vera 6 months ago
    Yay!
    Also, wheeee!
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Whoooo!
    Also, thankyoooooo!
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  • Jeison Barba 6 months ago
    brilliant idea, i love this!
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Thanks Jeison, nice vids on your channel
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  • François Mathey plus 6 months ago
    Clever idea, perfect execution :)
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Thank you - really impressive graphics on your channel
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  • Alexey Odintsov 6 months ago
    fine )
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Thankyou )
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  • DC 6 months ago
    The most hilarious thing I saw in a while...!!!

    "High 5, YO bITc..S!! "
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Ha ha. Glad you spotted the Hi-5. thanks for the comment
    N
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  • First Dark 6 months ago
    Holy crow!!!
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Ha ha!
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  • Katrina Kouba 6 months ago
    Wow! Love it! What software did you use to create this? Great work.
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Thanks so much. All graphics work done in After Effects.
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  • Karlis Stigis 6 months ago
    I love it.
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Thank you
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  • Feargal 6 months ago
    Seriously great Ninian. You, of course, know it'll be stolen by some heartless, lazy creative (me) in the not to distant future.
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Ha ha ha! I've got my eye on you Feargal!
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  • QwaQwa 6 months ago
    Awesome! I love it!
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    thanks!
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  • frank otero plus 6 months ago
    How'd you track the video so well to attach the arms? Did you use regular motion tracker in AE, Mocha, or what? This video is one of my favorites I've seen this year.
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Thanks loads Frank! I used the motion tracker in AE which needed a bit of tidying up afterwards but generally did a nice job. I might be totally wrong on this, but I think Mocha is based around looking for a flat object to track (i.e a wall or floor) and so wasn't sure it would know what to do with feathers!
    Finishing up a new video right now on which I have been using Mocha - and it's pretty amazing software.
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  • Váscolo plus 6 months ago
    We Also work whit pigeons!!!, they are like rockstars!!! congratulations for your video!!!
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Thank you! Although if you look closely in this video pigeons don't get any arms, they stay normal birds - only crows are cool enough for arms.
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  • Susan Eisler 6 months ago
    Not only brilliant.... Inspiring!
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Thank you very much indeed!
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  • Daniel Mendez 6 months ago
    Muy chido!!
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Gracias!
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  • Tiago Daneluz Nascimento 6 months ago
    Really great work.
    Congratz Ninian.
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Thanks, appreciate it.
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  • Pavel Pogudin 6 months ago
    it's fun and cool for first time, but watch for a one effect over 3 minutes, with no story - it's boring.
  • Ninian Doff plus 6 months ago
    Well, glad you liked it the first time! It does actually have a simple 3-act narrative but shame you didn't pick up on it. Still, thanks for watching and commenting.
  • Pavel Pogudin 6 months ago
    it's only my opinion. maybe it's wrong ;) So keep going!
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  • Edi Aguirre 6 months ago
    awesome
  • Ninian Doff plus 5 months ago
    Thanks!!
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  • NetoGonzalez.me 5 months ago
    Well made..... Bravo!
  • Ninian Doff plus 5 months ago
    Thank you!
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  • Mr. M. G. plus 5 months ago
    Saw it - Love it!
  • Ninian Doff plus 5 months ago
    Read that - liked it!
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  • LUFT CAVERZNOVICH 5 months ago
    Good!!!COOL!!F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C!!!MASTER!!!THANKS!!!
  • Ninian Doff plus 5 months ago
    cool!!!T-H-A-N-K-S!!!GREAT!
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  • LUFT CAVERZNOVICH 5 months ago
    This is really wittily. This is really funny added a drop of solar life!Good mood and good luck in everything!
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  • Chris R. Moberg plus 5 months ago
    GOLD! Was this a tracking nightmare?
  • Ninian Doff plus 5 months ago
    Thanks! It was wierdly not too bad. Only when there's big bits of blurry movement that it descended into frame by frame tracking hell.
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  • Chris R. Moberg plus 5 months ago
    And out of curiosity, did you shoot all the birds first, edit your footage, then figured out what positions you would need the band members/actors to be in?
  • Ninian Doff plus 5 months ago
    Exactly. I first wrote a script so that rather than just filming any bird I was specifically looking to film, for instance, a hi-5 or a solo drummer or an interview. So I had a list of things to tick off when we filmed. Then I edited the footage before filming the greenscreen stuff. So that the arms weren't too stiff I actually was quite free with the arm performances and angles... but luckily it somehow matched up nicely!
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  • Chris R. Moberg plus 5 months ago
    I don't know if you planned this in advance, but I am sure the high contrast black and white colour really helped with that.
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  • Jurriaan Hos 5 months ago
    Brilliant!!!!!!!!
  • Ninian Doff plus 5 months ago
    Thanks Juriaan, your animations are really impressive.
  • Jurriaan Hos 5 months ago
    thanks! I saw some crows this morning and I couldn't help myself laughing aloud. I'm still really impressed.
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  • Alexa Sirbu 5 months ago
    I absolutely love this! You had a brilliant idea. :)
  • Ninian Doff plus 5 months ago
    Thanks! :)
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  • Sui Zhen plus 4 months ago
    this one is great! haha so much fun.
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  • Oz Smith plus 4 months ago
    Ha! Love it. 1:35, great move!
  • Ninian Doff plus 4 months ago
    Thanks! All the crows own work! They got serious moves.
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  • louise 1960's 4 months ago
    are you amazing or what? seriously awesome stuff dude!! i laugh a lot with the bike one and this one is just the coolest thing ever. YEAH!
  • Ninian Doff plus 4 months ago
    thanks! Congratulations on writing the nicest comment on the internet.
  • louise 1960's 4 months ago
    uoh! nice! happy to know that n___n
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  • Sean Breathnach 4 months ago
    Brilliant!
  • Ninian Doff plus 3 months ago
    Thanks!
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  • Don Medien 4 months ago
    What a great idea! I really like it.
  • Ninian Doff plus 3 months ago
    Thank you
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  • guyphenix 4 months ago
    Congrats on the nomination, very much deserved.
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