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9. One Week In Japan

by Mike Matas

2 months ago

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Music by Patrick Brooks

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James Wang 2 months ago

So. good.
HDtimelapse.net 1 month ago

Lovely jorney!
Tom Banks 1 month ago

this is great! I did something similar :) vimeo.com/17148340
Anton Kudin 2 months ago

amazing. looking at them one-by-one now :)
Jean-Philippe Cyr 2 months ago

WOW! If the music has not been composed for this video, the combination is just a pure miracle.

It's amazing how some photos just stick in your head even if 3990 others have passed in front of your eyes.
Giancarlo Bruno 1 month ago

Well said!
CJ Melegrito 2 months ago

Epic.
Maxime Chermat 2 months ago

This video is awesome !
Love your sensivity & ur work.
Congratulations
SWL 2 months ago

Both the pics AND the music are absolutely awesome. Is that music available on iTunes?
François 2 months ago

epilepsyyyyy
Abbas 2 months ago

Amazing video. Japan looks awesome! Or maybe it's just your photography skills I dunno
Chris Trott 1 month ago

Simply incredible.
kyle driffill 1 month ago

Absolutely amazing work & pure inspiration.
nuc 1 month ago

perfect!!!
Matt Webb 1 month ago

Amazing. So jealous and makes me want to go visit Japan even more now.

What camera did you use?
Lucas Wade Palmer 1 month ago

@Matt Webb- I think its the dogpoo camera.
Jason Sondhi 1 month ago

turned out really well! Loved the frantic pace.
Sam Morrill 1 month ago

Great job. Did you crawl through the pillar in front of the giant Buddha?
Pedro Stephano 1 month ago

You know you've just started a meme, don't you?
That no-one will ever replicate because you did it first.
Ace.
Gabriel Franco 1 month ago

cool.
Jay Ding 1 month ago

impressive! love it! Great job!
Nicole Rayos 1 month ago

Absolutely amazing. I love the concept. Your photos turned film gives us a sense of how one feels while you travel -- chaotic yet beautiful. What time of year did you visit Japan?
George Levitikos 1 month ago

Love it !
posted @ One Week In Japan post.ly/4h9sP
Uraninum 1 month ago

I really like your method.
The speed is excellent because we can't analyse all the pictures but an impression still, so we can feel the atmosphere of the place.
How many frames per second do you set ?
Georgi Bonchev 1 month ago

Amazing video! Really translates the experience you've had. Now I want to go there even more :)

By the way, did you shoot with this video in mind? There are some sequences that made me wonder.
Matt Thomas 1 month ago

Love the music. And how it syncs with the speed of the film. Amazing photography. You're really an inspiration.
Robert H. 1 month ago

Wow, this is amazing! :)
Which Camera/Lenses did you use for this?
Jujutacular 1 month ago

I can't say enough how fantastic this is. Gives me chills.
Christoffer Johansson 1 month ago

amazing
JJ Chalupnik 1 month ago

This might sound really weird, but I had almost the EXACT same experience when I visited Japan with my ex. I stayed with her family so I got a very local experience which I am sure you did too. I went to almost all the same locations/temples, (Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Tokyo, Namba, Rock Gardens, etc.)and was there for 3 weeks. Of course I didn't have a nice camera at the time so I don't have nearly as many beautiful pictures. I can't believe how similar my experience was to this. Really great little piece. It brought back some fond memories. Thanks for making it. :)
Miguel Galarza 1 month ago

Just photos? Excellent!
Ali N 1 month ago

Great job. I know it fluctuates slightly, but on the average, how many frames per second is this? 3-4?
Cody Min 1 month ago

so fantastic. even better than last time, i think. the film really made me want to see all the photos.
Martin Alvear 1 month ago

this is so enjoyable!!
capturingdevices 1 month ago

This makes me want to go back – thank you for this.
Konstantin Voronov 1 month ago

great work!
Kelvin Tay 1 month ago

I logged in for this, THIS IS AMAZING! :D i was just in Tokyo 2 weeks ago. thank's for the huge refreshing video :D
Adrian Hickey 1 month ago

Fantastic! Captures Japan beautifully and makes me want to try harder...
Francisque Sanchez 1 month ago

We've got an impression of being with you through that incredible journey, the piano composition is astonishing! Well done!

Makes me want to go all the way to Japan even more now ;)
Aaron 1 month ago

all of it was SO breath-taking. i felt at the beginning (at times) trying to catch up with the flow of everything. then i just made my awareness speed up, which was so amazing to experience. i don't mean this offensively, but i'm high right now, and this beautiful video completely blew me away. this inspires me to experiment more with stop-motion. thank you for uploading and thank yourself for being an artist.
Alejandro 1 month ago

Awesome, added to my channel vimeo.com/channels/270031
Vinícius Naldi | Capuxeta 1 month ago

great!
Conrad 1 month ago

We were there in the same month! But in different year :P Reminded me a lot of my own travel vimeo.com/18181634 Thanks for sharing it!
sit.still 1 month ago

thank you for sharing your great experience, really love it.
this makes me go back to japan so much.
fantastic travel documentary.

:)
therandygoat 1 month ago

So... I feel like I wanna be friends with you guys.
Lucas Zanotto 1 month ago

Wonderful!!!
In case you want to try it with your phone: memovy.com
Luar Klinghofer Bar Dov 1 month ago

Both this one and Morocco and Spain are fantastic! make such a huge desire to go to these places at this instant! If it was just possible,... Really beautiful! makes me remember I love the world. Cheers!
Robbie Wilkins 1 month ago

Oh so super beautiful. Nice work man! Love it.
Foodspotting 1 month ago

I love this! Brings back so many great memories... down to the Octopusses on sticks and Foodspotting's muse, Okonomiyaki. -Alexa
ROFILMS 1 month ago

beautiful pictures
Takeshi 1 month ago

Great! Like a the theory of relativity.
DEADBUG says 1 month ago

Nice!
Chris Koelsch 1 month ago

Amazing piece, kept me entertained the whole way through. Shared on my blog, thisnthatandsomeshirts.com
Nitesh Patel 1 month ago

Amazing, makes me think back to my trip!
Kanamé Onoyama 1 month ago

arigato
Mark Rijnties 1 month ago

Thanks a lot for this video, filled me with warm memories of my previous trip and inspired me to do the same thing for my next trip (to show family and friends), although I doubt it will get as good as this. :) Seems like you got a beautiful partner as well, the best to the both of you!
Lob77 1 month ago

Wow, watched it on Fubiz... tahn came here and watched it again! It really stands out! Thanks for sharing this with us, it made me think of the beautiful things we can do and the emotions they can give you, as humans! Great shots, great composition, great harmony between the rythm of the music (beautiful) and the fps, but most important beautiful work. Oh, and... i don't want to seem disrespectful but your girlfriend is beyond pretty!!!
Weldon Byrns 1 month ago

Beautiful. Really well done.
ddrt 1 month ago

so amazing.
Sergi Martin-Amoros 1 month ago

Delicious!
Javier Martínez 1 month ago

What lens did you use?
Aamer Kapadia 1 month ago

amazing concept mike! definitely looked like this was thought out - and the music was perfect. how did you put this together, if you don't mind me asking?
Adam Obrátil 1 month ago

reeeeally nice!
Oriol Japo Martín 1 month ago

Amazing!
Simon Edwards 1 month ago

Wow! I'm blown away by this edit. Definitley going on my ones wot I wish I made channel. fantasic!
Don Hendricks 1 month ago

...it will take me MONTHS to find my socks.......awesome!
Mads Ekblad 1 month ago

What program did you use to edit this wonderful film?
Hiroshi Suzuki 1 month ago

nice！(^_^)/
Oriol Japo Martín 1 month ago

This is what I understand by magic! Awesome, congrats!
Elaine Park 1 month ago

really inspiring! you'll have a memorable collection in no time!
Brett Myers 1 month ago

Amazing work (and perfect music).
alex 1 month ago

Simply luvly!
chin young 1 month ago

Simple photographs have never been so impactful.
Mehdi Mirzae 1 month ago

Awesome, i enjoy watching .
danielski 1 month ago

Excellent
Bia Alves 1 month ago

Awsome!
Roosevelt Davis 1 month ago

Cool
Tristen Espenscheid 1 month ago

lived in Japan for 3 and a half years and I loved it. I also love this video
Yes Román 1 month ago

Beautiful video! :)
Do the Green Thing 1 month ago

Love this video! We included it as part of our video of the day tumblr - dothegreenthing.tumblr.com
J Ryan 1 month ago

Awesome video! Almost 4,000 photos? Yikes! You did great! :)
Beto Ghidini 1 month ago

overwhelming
ryan bertsch 1 month ago

very cool! i saw some places i had been too. very neat :)
Fahrstuhlgeist 1 month ago

This makes me miss Japan so much!
Great video, thx =D
Florence Leyret-Jeune 1 month ago

Wonderful! Images, emotions, editing, music...what a great work!
Lightfoot 1 month ago

One of my all time favourite Vimeo films! Thank you Mike. Japan is such a beautiful land and you have captured her perfectly x
Gian Marco Gabarello 1 month ago

Amazing!
Mariano Cataldi 4 weeks ago

excelent video! Do you know where i can find the music?
Jacob Schwartz 4 weeks ago

Fantastic ADD fodder! If every slide show was only this captivating! You are on the correct track! Outstanding color grade as well. Canon?
touchfood 3 weeks ago

brilliant work - love the way you paused on certain locations creating a stop motion effect. The colour grade is also very effective - BRAVO
Mile Nagaoka 3 weeks ago

nice!!!!!
Victoria Perez Mola 2 weeks ago

Lovely Journey and amazing video!
Now I want to visit Japan
Stanley Murashige 2 weeks ago

That was wonderful! Thanks!
Wes Little 2 weeks ago

Ha - I liked your Morocco Spain clip so much I tried something in similar style:

vimeo.com/16743643

and it was this trip: Tokyo - Kyoto - Nara (I stopped in Osaka, Himeji and Kobe). Yours is better though, I had some tech issues and wasn't shooting with the concept in mind, only tried to do it with existing photos after the fact.

anyway, love it, keep up the good work. also, Japan rules.
Jean-Philippe Cyr 2 weeks ago

I'm back again. I cannot stop thinking about how this short film is so stunning and amazing. I'm struck each time I see it. The sequence is so fast, but at the same time, a number of photos are from the same scene. All this let you appreciate it even better, like you had little pauses in this velocity of change. All those photos from different subjects/angles and those stopmotion moments/pauses glued together let you travel kilometers of distance peacefully. And this is what struck me the most. It's zen while being so active.
Matthew Holdenried 1 week ago

Beautiful. Really Beautiful.
bigmsan 1 week ago

awesome!!!! Hello, Mike ! My name is Msan... Could you help me ? ... i want to use that music to my UCC... How can i use it ? do you know Patrick Brooks ???...
Frantz RONZEAU 1 week ago

I just watch it. Great idea. To see and to see again !
erick mcgregor 5 days ago

This was my life all wrapped up in 5 minutes.
ClàLaure 3 days ago

Awesome. :)