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17. SWEET SWEET LIES - The Day I Change

by Ben Lankester

3 weeks ago

16. MAZDA - Express Your Spirit [International Campaign]

by Ben Lankester

2 months ago

15. CLAPTON FOX - Dear Dead Friends

by Ben Lankester

4 months ago

14. JOSH ROUSE - Las Voces

by Ben Lankester

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13. I LIKE TRAINS - Sea Of Regrets

by Ben Lankester

4 months ago

12. SWEET SWEET LIES - No One Will Love You (Like I Do)

by Ben Lankester

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11. NO*TOKYO - Ego Healer

by Ben Lankester

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10. CLAPTON FOX - Scan Brown Mink

by Ben Lankester

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9. A Hole In The World

by Ben Lankester

1 year ago

8. EXIT CALM - Don't Look Down

by Ben Lankester

1 year ago

7. THE ZEPHYRS - Creative Faith

by Ben Lankester

1 year ago

6. EXIT CALM - Hearts And Minds

by Ben Lankester

1 year ago

5. AIR FORMATION - Low December Sun

by Ben Lankester

1 year ago

4. DORIAS BARACCA - The Only Touch

by Ben Lankester

1 year ago

3. I CONCUR - Sobotka

by Ben Lankester

1 year ago

2. EPIC45 - Ghosts On Tape

by Ben Lankester

1 year ago

1. EPIC45 - Summer's First Breath

by Ben Lankester

1 year ago

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Ore Okonedo 2 months ago

what was this shot on if you dont mind me asking ?
Ben Lankester 2 months ago

Hi Ore - it was shot on the 5D and 7D
François Mathey 2 months ago

Great video, great song.
FX Films 2 months ago

the visuals build and fade with the track beautifully, really liked it!
Krayzer 2 months ago

This is great man! What lenses did you use by the way?
Ben Lankester 2 months ago

thanks curts - we mostly used the zeiss zf 28mm, plus the zf 100mm and canon L series 50mm 1.2
Yemi Bamiro 2 months ago

Ben, what a beautiful piece of work. I almost teared up. Congratulations, one of the best and mature promos I've seen this year. Massive achievement.
ben boullier 2 months ago

Top notch. Good work bro
James Fraser 2 months ago

This is some great work brother. Beautiful concept and cinematography, you should be proud.
Vignoto Photo 2 months ago

Agreed!
Igor Bruso 2 months ago

Amazing! I love it!
Please tell me what lenses have you used for your canon's!?

Cheers!
Ben Lankester 2 months ago

thanks igor - we used the zeiss zf 28mm & 100mm, and canon L series 50mm 1.2
rosane halpern 2 months ago

Simply amazing ! absolutely ! please, please keep on amusing us !
Alex Pescosta 2 months ago

Great work! the scene on the highway, with the trucks passing, is amazing!
ben armstrong 2 months ago

Odd and depressing.
Steve Weiss 2 months ago

Ben,
It was shot nice, no question, edit, everything all top notch. But I feel we have all got to the ability to create pretty pictures and now we need to move on to good storytelling whether docu, narrative or a music piece. My belief if this piece would be amazing with a strong beautifully recorded OCN that helps the viewer through the vague story. The mans thoughts. Much like the Dark Side of the Lens. Otherwise, I would cut the length in 1/2. To me, it's to long for a silent film, especially on the web. I also would like to hear what a wonderful sound design of foley and real sound efx would do to the piece. Might work, might not work.

Bottom line. Beautifully piece but with a tiny bit of work I think it could be much more powerful.
Julius Kleipool 4 weeks ago

Steve,
I don´t think this video was made for people with an attention span no longer than 30 seconds. How can you think 8 minutes is too long for such story? There are hundreds, if not thousands of people from Africa and the Middle-East who are waiting and trying for years to cross
from France to the UK to reunite with their families! I don´t think there is any need for some voice-over
Steve Weiss 4 weeks ago

Julius, I'm not making any political statements whatsoever. I feel for the plight of the people from Africa who want to immigrate. My evaluation is strictly that of how this piece works as a film. I feel you will capture a much larger audience and tell your compelling message if you make your story more understandable. The question is not that people have a 30 second attention span, it's whether you grab them as a story teller and have such a compelling story that they could sit and watch for an hour on their computer. It can be done on the web. My comments were aimed towards that end.
Julius Kleipool 3 weeks ago

Steve, Thanks for your comment. I guess I understand what you mean. For someone who has no clue about this topic it won't be understandable But the only thing I am saying is that not every video material needs explanation. The images say a lot, so does the music, why add a voice over or text?
Steve Weiss 3 weeks ago

In your case you have to have an explanation ONLY because you are specifically trying to get me to understand a cause. If you want to give me some beautiful images and music, that's great and I can enjoy that for about 3 minutes and except it for what it is. But I know you are trying to do more then that and that which requires a story to be told. Don't be scared of an OCN, it can be wonderful poetic text that someone is reading. It could be the thoughts of your main character, it could evoke so much emotion that your viewers will cry. I love you images and I want to be moved. Please move me. Please watch Dark Side of the Lens and let me know what you think?
Julius Kleipool 3 weeks ago

I am not scared of an OCN, and I know it can be beautiful. In fact, I am a big fan of Dark side of the lens. The full movie 'Live of artist' (80 min. docu online available on relentlessenergy.com) is incredible as well. But such videos need explanations and poetic words. I have seen tons of surf videos, and I know if Dark side of the lens didn't have this additional inofmration and voices it would just be like any other surf movie; some sealife shots, high waves, sun going down etc edited on a cool song. There is no story in that!! but in this video there is...and it's a good one. (by the way, I am not the one who made this video, just someone who likes it very much :)
Steve Weiss 3 weeks ago

I dig what you are saying Julius, that's cool. I didn't get the story and because of that I lost interest. You lost me as a viewer and that's bad. So after a while I felt it was too long with the "lite story" and I moved on. Trust me, incredibly poetic OCN and this will have 500K views.
Julius Kleipool 3 weeks ago

:) thanks man! My 500k has yet to come...cheers and all the best
Kade Mayert 2 weeks ago

got to say I'm with julius with this one.
Luke Sparkes Arnaoutakis 2 weeks ago

Both have wonderful perspective but I'd go with Julius's instincts too.
SunTime Films 2 weeks ago

I thought it was beautifully shot, but did lose a bit of interest because I had no idea of what the guy was trying to accomplish. Like steve said not familiar with the reuniting.

Congrats to the Cinematography!
Soongyu Gwon 2 months ago

ㅣlike~
Calum Creasey 2 months ago

There is nothing more powerful than captured moving image. How better to tell of a story than to tell the story?
Amazing
jCmena 2 weeks ago

Totalmente de acuerdo
Clashproduction 2 months ago

Really beautiful. Great clip.
ennio46 2 months ago

Grazie,ben!!!
djati waskito 2 months ago

nice flow storyline. it's dramatics. good work, Ben
Mr.LEE PICTURES 2 months ago

respect !
Alexis Dubosc 2 months ago

Whooo!! This is so much beautiful, awesome job dude
les films anonymes 2 months ago

Perfect in all its subtlety and simplicity. I think there is a story very clear.

The image is wonderful for the 5D. Is it true anamorphic?
Ben Lankester 2 months ago

thanks - the image was shot 16:9 and cropped to 2.40:1
les films anonymes 2 months ago

I thought it was filmed with anamorphic lenses, it's very special. What lenses did you use?
Edan Cohen 2 months ago

A beautiful slice of humanity - extremely powerful.
Steven Bailey 2 months ago

Some of the best DSLR cinematography I've ever seen.
ModernVision Productions 2 months ago

Masterfully done. As a travelling filmmaker and all around traveller I felt a very strong connection with this piece including the characters fate. Well done. Wish I would have had the pleasure of meeting you when I was working in England.
Filmm8kr900 2 months ago

What is the name of your actor? He was amazing!
Ben Lankester 2 months ago

our actor's name is Segun Akingbola
Shady Lane Films 2 months ago

Superb work - epic, inspiring stuff!
FKY 2 months ago

Awesome Video and Song and Actor !!!! Bravo
JORGE BOULLOSA (BULHOSA) 2 months ago

Excelente material!! Concepto, puesta en escena, musicalización y edición!! Buena energía contundente mensaje!!
AlexandreFMartins 2 months ago

No words and some ideas.
Mike Kobal 2 months ago

fantastic work, Ben!
Michael Ericson 2 months ago

This is so beautiful.
Vignoto Photo 2 months ago

Frikkin fantastic! Beauttifully cinematic. It fitted the wan music perfectly and held my attention perfectly till the very slow fadeout.
Kevin Guiang Paderes 2 months ago

Beautifully executed, authentically conveyed, and stylistically masterful. Good job bud.
Terry Thometz 2 months ago

Disturbing and beautiful.
Em Sao 2 months ago

Have you seen the movie WELCOME by Philippe Lioret or not? No offence, just asking. Great cinematography. Really stunning.
Nikita Pugachev 2 months ago

hello, how are you doing this - color correction
for that program?
thank you
Independent Media Channel 2 months ago

Incredibly moving, inspiring, beautifully shot and edited!
Turi Scandurra 2 months ago

Nice. Was it inspired by the French feature film "Welcome", by Philippe Lioret (2009)?
Alex Stoian 2 months ago

Very similar to Welcome, I agree.
Turi Scandurra 2 months ago

This one is more joyful… Welcome is very bitter.
Ben Lankester 2 months ago

hi Turi - we were aware of the film but had not seen it. we will be sure to check it out.
Eric Kolelas 2 months ago

Love it!
Great work man!! :)
mpared 2 months ago

Ben I love it thanks for sharing its up at thecuriousbrain.com/ well done!!!
Rad Miller 1 month ago

Hi Ben absolutely great film, directed, shot and acted with understated profoundness. . To me it is reminiscent of the French film '35 Shots of Rum' Dir Claire Denis . . one I highly recommend. Btw I'm very good friends with the lead singer of the band and think you've interpreted their powerful music perfectly.
Ayrat 1 month ago

Great! I liked it! Good song, thoughtfull video! Great work!
jean Diarra 2 weeks ago

Really nice, big emotion
Anfon Ha 2 weeks ago

Super cool, super story
Nick Addesso 2 weeks ago

Very moving!
TiredEyes 2 weeks ago

speechless
Eddou Betrous 2 weeks ago

Masha'allah. Beautiful.
Daniel Morris 2 weeks ago

Incredible and inspirational Cinematography, can only hope my work is this beautiful in the future. Great short, didn't patronise the viewer. And I don't think it would of worked any other way than its been presented, despite what some have said. Never underestimate what beautiful shots, greatly paced edit, and wonderful character building can do for a narrative.
Don White 2 weeks ago

Best fade ever at the end.
Halilibrahim 2 weeks ago

Aeesome i impressed
Jeremy Loscher 2 weeks ago

Truly amazing!
Dwight Gibson 2 weeks ago

What an amazing job. How did you get the water footage? were you on a boat or in the water as well? What housing unit did you use for the water seen? I was really love to see the behind the seens footage of this, it is truly remarkable. Great Job!
mot9old1 3 days ago

Wow!!!!! It's really good job guys!!!
Albert Rettew 2 days ago

Electrical tape isn't the best adhesive. He probably regrets using it.
Ryan Weitz 17 hours ago

that was absolutely amazing. so moving, great job