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by wes johnson

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by wes johnson

1 year ago

The music is Yann Tiersen's "L'autre Valse d'Amélie" from the "Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain" Soundtrack.

(also known as the greatest film ever made...)

Thanks to all for enjoying this so much.

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Carole Beauchamp 9 months ago

Ok, Wes, how long did it take you to train those birds?Great shots.
Lauren Erickson 9 months ago

Haha, that's what I'd like to know. This was beautiful though!
yDrop 8 months ago

Great long shot - loved how you resisted temptation to move camera and let the birds do their thing...
wes johnson 8 months ago

That's a bit of a funny story, actually. Fate made me keep it static. I didn't have my tripod with, if you can believe, and I had to rig one from a light stand, a super clamp and a grip head. That it even worked is nothing short of a miracle--I had to block the wind from passing (and honking, of course) cars, because the stand was so unstable. To look at me making this film must have been a sight.
Red Productions 9 months ago

that was tight! love the Amelie and the tobacco grad.
Blake Whitman 9 months ago

incredible. looks like the progression of reading music.
GROCERYBAG.TV 9 months ago

What After Effects preset did you use to achieve this?
P B 9 months ago

oh goodness
GROCERYBAG.TV 9 months ago

;)
tritochke 9 months ago

beautiful :)
Joob Kool 9 months ago

very tight
Rachel Sender 9 months ago

so lovely. And the music fits in so well.
Evan Norris 9 months ago

That was awesome! Great shot!!!
Rusty Rogers 9 months ago

I like the angle on the pole... it adds to the dizzying flight.

Starlings are really strange like this, moving like schools of fish. An obvious defensive mechanism. I've seen thousands moving like black swooping clouds. Cool and creepy all at once.

Really nice vid, thanks for the post.
wes johnson 8 months ago

Great comment. Thanks for that.
Roger Gibson 9 months ago

Wow. Loved it. Music and length of video just right
Martijn Doornenbal 9 months ago

so many... suddenly moving as one! amazing.
DEONPLAYGROUND 9 months ago

It took me 9 seconds to hit the 'heart' button! Gorgeous...and Yann Tiersen rocks!
Taylor Rudd 9 months ago

You held out that long??

Lovely video. Is the music from Amelie?
wes johnson 8 months ago

Yes, from Amélie, also known as the greatest film ever made.
zack mctee 8 months ago

I waited until the end because I couldn't stop watching the video. Great work! long shots that capture a moment so well are way better than heavy editing.
Ulises González 9 months ago

niceee
Dan Young 9 months ago

That was fun to watch - I think it would be great if you could train them to make words now...

Or use it as a part of an After Effects Project to spell out - A Wes Johnson Production
Cauna Del Mare 9 months ago

What have used?
Paul Davis 9 months ago

Oh wow. That is too cool!

You didn't park your car under them did you? =P
platypus fox 9 months ago

pleasant. cheerful. excellent.
lichnosam 9 months ago

amazin'
Dan Valentine 9 months ago

That's so cool. Love the music too.
Doublea 9 months ago

Too cool, Hope the wire doesn't break....
Marcel Trindade 9 months ago

Crazy birds! be quiet! the man is trying to take a picture!
Ran Gamboa 9 months ago

That is insane. And very, very cool.
Henry 9 months ago

Mesmerizing!
Minh Bui 9 months ago

this reminds me of that pixar short with those birds that came with the monsters inc dvd lol
9 months ago

nice man
Chernovfilm.ru 9 months ago

Amazing!!!
Sriram 9 months ago

Beautiful
M.Dmitriy 9 months ago

Здорово!! :)
vizage 9 months ago

you're lucky man
marcelo brazuca 9 months ago

umbeliveableeeee!!!
Gérard Mouillaud 9 months ago

Good choice this waltz of "Amelie Poulain" for this waltz of birds !
Simple and excellent
Patrick Kempe 9 months ago

Loved your film. I was so absorbed, I ended up with an untouched and cold cup of coffee!! LOL!
Gaina 9 months ago

I love simple things like this which put a big smile on my face. Well done :)
Brian Berneker 9 months ago

Very nice shot. Just goes to show you that the best footage doesn't have to be very high tech or overproduced!
wes johnson 8 months ago

Amen. Please watch "Sunrise Run" as well. I think you'll enjoy it.
christian carlsson 9 months ago

yeah mon, nice shot!
Jayson Moo-Young 9 months ago

wOw ^_^
byte4byte 9 months ago

You never know how something you create will affect someone else... thank you for this video wes.
Alec Sky 9 months ago

awesome footage! also great choice of music (Yann Tiersen is great)
Dathan Manning 9 months ago

how simply beautiful is that? love it.
Gurpreet Waraich 9 months ago

awesome :)
Kimberly Boland 9 months ago

I really, really, love this...you have inspired me
wes johnson 8 months ago

I want to say that there were literally hundreds of cars passing by this. I too was on my way home from a shoot, and dinner was on the table. But I made myself stop, and Nature paid me greatly for it. There is a wealth of simple and glorious beauty our there---just waiting to be recorded. Don't pass it by. It reminds me of one of my favorite Ansel quotes:

"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter."

The subtext is everything: He was looking, 8x10 in tow...
Jesse Shannon 8 months ago

your willingness to be aware of this wonderful moment of simple beauty has rewarded us all. bravo.
Henry Selvey 9 months ago

What an adorable piece! What a great fit of music and subject!
Henry
Joob Kool 9 months ago

It's fantastic. I also made such kind of shot by change vimeo.com/3407518
Alex Itin 9 months ago

Fantastic find
murejib 8 months ago

Nature BEATS After Effects particle system !!!
Those birds made a great gift to you )) You should buy them a tonne of grain))
wes johnson 8 months ago

Amen. You know, I've gone back several times since and they weren't there. A total gift.
Nigel Matthews 8 months ago

Great camera angle. Interesting how the birds never sit too close to one another...
wes johnson 8 months ago

My favorite thing to watch is the upper-right frame, where exactly what you described happens again and again. One bird jumps in and creates this hilarious domino effect.
josh@firestorm 8 months ago

epically awesome
shane hunt 8 months ago

beauty is everywhere and not always where you expect it
silvr 8 months ago

bonus cookie for yann tiersen!
MC BuggZ 8 months ago

personal spacing has never been so rhythmic and wondrous...
önder menken 8 months ago

ı like it wery much.
Edwin Pedroza 8 months ago

Super relajante...!!
Jon Rawlinson 8 months ago

lovely!

music from amelie works perfect!

blogd it! hope thats cool!
jonrawlinson.com/2009/03/powerlinerflyers/
Vivianne Canteclaer 8 months ago

Very special!!! Lucky you. The shot with only one colors makes it beautiful!!!!!
What a dynamic film.
Keith Rivers 8 months ago

what would be amazing is if you composed music to the birds moving... i'm sure someone on here will, and if they do, please send me the link...i'd love to see the end result. :)
Matthew Gagnon 8 months ago

O.o Sounds interesting, But I have no way (or aptitude) to do that...
I'd love to see the video if someone does that.
wes johnson 8 months ago

I agree that it could syncopate even better with an original scoring---but doubt any gifted composer would take the time to do it! If I could afford Yann Tiersen, I would put him straight to work...
Renzo Fornazzari 8 months ago

it´s was Individual or Group Training?? ¿¿JA JA??
Matthew Gagnon 8 months ago

Beautiful
Ben 8 months ago

That is one massive meeting. Wonder if they were able to come to a decision?
Charlie Jennings 8 months ago

Very nicely done.
Diego Stocco 8 months ago

Beautiful, really poetic.
3to1 Studios 8 months ago

Fortunate series of events. Great work!
Goodwin Amundson 8 months ago

LOVE IT!!, are these sparrows, because i have seen them do that, but not quite as profusely.
Aaron Boot 8 months ago

The angle really does it for me. Really wonderful.
Jose, a secas 8 months ago

What a good luck to be there in this moment! XD
Airam F. 8 months ago

This is beautiful and ultimately inspiring ♪
Adriana de Barros 8 months ago

Great footage!

I'm featuring this today at illusion.scene360.com
Andrew Waldron 8 months ago

at first i thought this was VFX wow pretty cool
Sasha Fornari 8 months ago

awesome. nature is amazing. great shot!
latiachola 8 months ago

amazing!!!
bravo bravo!!
Truitt 8 months ago

Beautiful video, and the music works in great synchronization. You may be interested in a similar type video "shadows". Please let me know your thoughts.
Frederic Vercammen 8 months ago

Lucky you

I like it
Mark Ragunton 8 months ago

this almost looks as if this was done via animation software, really lucky capture man.
Eric Jasso 8 months ago

Very nice! Brightened my day.
Avi Flax 8 months ago

Great video! Suggest you add a credit for the music to the description.
Remyyy 8 months ago

Slowly waking up and that's just perfect, thanks ! (thanks Sox for the discover)
CreativeCrowds 8 months ago

Cool, the music fits...
Nancy Dimanahan 8 months ago

so natural and amazing! great job! i want to see more like this!...
D. M. Daly 8 months ago

Great catch, and an absolutely wonderful choice for music.
Desiree Lindemann 8 months ago

beautiful video! I absolutely ADORE when birds do their power-line ballets :)

What song did you use in the video? I love it.
Claudine 8 months ago

this is just beautiful :) i love the color, and perfect lighting; their all silhouettes. nothing else to say, just wow. btw, did you make any speed adjustment on this? :)
no-one 8 months ago

it does looked like the birds were dancing to your music! Nice
ingrid f 8 months ago

wonderful
Joseph Hung 8 months ago

Aaah, emergence. One of the most beautiful natural phenomenons in this world. Like a massive round of musical chairs with hundreds of players, extraordinary!
viraj 8 months ago

very nice :)