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8. NYC boat party

by Edgar Maguyon

3 months ago

7. Glenn Tilbrook

by Edgar Maguyon

4 months ago

6. Ella Morton's Elegant Guide

by Edgar Maguyon

5 months ago

5. The Dusty Wright Show opener/promo

by Edgar Maguyon

5 months ago

4. Nostalgia (flare-free version)

by Edgar Maguyon

8 months ago

3. Nostalgia (original version)

by Edgar Maguyon

8 months ago

2. Le Nez en L'Air

by Edgar Maguyon

8 months ago

1. Paris Metro

by Edgar Maguyon

9 months ago

Original version.

2nd "Flare-free" version here: vimeo.com/3757244

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compressed to 720p 11mbps

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Daren Estrada 8 months ago

I'm new to Vimeo.. I love the look and vibe of your video!
Benj Haisch 8 months ago

rad stuff. how do you do all those film burns and stuff?
Armando 8 months ago

nice shots but i would tone down on the burn transition. feels like you just got the plug in and went nuts.
Edgar Maguyon 8 months ago

Thanks for the comments.

I did go a little nuts with the light leaks. The video was much more eerie before I added the "excitement" of the burns. I'll make a 2nd version with no flares.
Chris Crary 8 months ago

Were did you get those light flares at?
Dmitri Shushujev 8 months ago

same here... wanted to find how or where you got the exposure flare effect?

great vid by the way
Edgar Maguyon 8 months ago

Artbeats Film Clutter vol. 1. I dont have vol. 2; wish I did.

If anyone know of any other similar to Artbeats stuff, please lemme know
Dmitri Shushujev 8 months ago

Edit Effects by Photodisc Film... there are 117 clips but the whole pack costs around 800 USD which is quite a bit
Erick Aragon 8 months ago

edgar is the best;)
Stephen Niebauer 8 months ago

i love everything about this video.
Close Pictures 8 months ago

God, how boooring! But the looks, absolutely flawless! The visual standards are so high you want them to have your baby.

The leaks, burns and writing on the film stock are available as downloadable stock footage from guys like Artbeats.com
Anthony Luke 6 months ago

"God, how booring"???
Grow up "Close Pictures" What do you want? a car chase? You are just another ADD a-hole!
olaf h. ☞ nadu 8 months ago

great shots, great cut. i see some tilt swing effects, cool!
i love the music, what is it?
olaf h. ☞ nadu 8 months ago

...oops sorry, i see blue note stuff ;D
Paul Holman 8 months ago

Very nicely done.
Frederic Vercammen 8 months ago

What's the music?
Jorge Scassa 8 months ago

Verdaderamente... NOSTALGIA (el dolor del retornar) en tus imagenes como en la musica, Gran Trabajo!!!
Daniel Burke 8 months ago

Wow. nyc vibe>sublime. fabuleux!
Breezy 8 months ago

this was visually delicious
Kip McDowell 8 months ago

Very slick. Is some of this shot with a 35mm rig? It looks so surreal, almost like you are filming models of cars and trains.
Hidden Woods Media 8 months ago

Visually compelling.. Camera / Set up?
Andrew Martin 8 months ago

That's what I call eye-candy. What kind of camera did you use?
misterserialkiller 8 months ago

dude, this looks fantastic. what did you shoot on?
ZhiC 8 months ago

i'm not fan of those burning and colour effects,
but the shots were a delight!
the quality is neat... camera? ;)
Edgar Maguyon 8 months ago

Thanks for all the nice comments! I'll upload a "flare-free" version next week when I get another 500mb, Ha!

All shot on Canon 5d2 w/ the following lenses: 24L, 45ts-e, ex-85L mkII (sold it) and 135L.

Converted to 24fps in Apple Compressor. Did a little grading in Apple Color. FCP6 for basic edits/cuts/vignettes/etc. Grain, light leaks, film reel ins/outs from layers using Artbeats Film Clutter vol. 1
Ted Pemberton 8 months ago

I love when nostalgia is so strong that it just burns in your chest
rickflick 8 months ago

Works well for me. Music is a great choice.
Lam Thuy Vo 8 months ago

how is working with the 5D? I was contemplating getting it for a while, but then opted for the 50D cause it seemed more robust. Also: how's the sound?
David Suggitt 8 months ago

Love the tilt-shift effects. Makes the city look like a scale model if the original shot is from a high angle. Done a few like that in timelapse... comical and cute. The city in this flick looks depressing.... omg, made me want to get a rope!
Lance Bachelder 8 months ago

Really cool stuff! Brought it over to my Apple TV and watched it on my 58" plasma - looked insane - certain shot of bridges and traffic looked like miniatures - it that the TS effect?
Edgar Maguyon 8 months ago

Lam:

Working with the 5d compared to other vid cams? I really dont know as I have only been messing with video capture and editing for a few months ever since I got the 5d2 (replaced my 5d1); so i havent tried any other camcorders or video cameras.

Generally though, the 5d2 is a blast and really fun. Wasnt planning on using the vid feature much as I have it mainly for stills; i guess i was wrong. It has a full frame 35mm still-frame sensor (which is even bigger than a 35mm video-frame) and makes for top quality light capture. The lack of 24/25fps is a drawback. So is the lack of manual control until a firmware update; so professional vid work where you need similar shutter speeds to match other clips' looks will be hard to replicate, and also selective Aperture/depth of field.

The 3rd big drawback is the internal crap quality sound/soundboard. It has AGC (Auto Gain Control), which can't be manually turned off. So if your recording in a near quiet ambient setting (like a room) the AGC will pump up the gains and result in a nasty hiss. I tried a cheapy Sony mc908c mic, and it is very apparent. Easy fix is to just record externally and sync later in post.
Lam Thuy Vo 8 months ago

yeah, i figured that it's mostly good for aesthetics but not s good to do interview-heavy, feature-length projects. If only red cameras weren't so expensive. Though the sound-synching sounds tempting.

Anyhoo, thanks so much for this!
Eduardo Villarroel 8 months ago

me encanta q las imagenes sean tan limpias, tan suaves tales como imagen y todo el video me hizo pensar q te encogiste y caminaste por una maqueta de cuidad grabando con nostalgia! :) muy bueno!
ZvonocK 8 months ago

Big thump up for the photography!
Very sensitiv
Well done
Fabian 8 months ago

Good clip.
Jo Shmo 8 months ago

can't wait for the flare-free version. The flares were a nice contrast to the overall look of the video, but i'd like to see how it would look without it
Olaf Hartong 8 months ago

great stuff, made me feel homesick ;P
Daniel van Moll 8 months ago

I really digg this tilt & shift look. Great soundtrack, too.
MIchel 8 months ago

Do you originally come from photography? just because the DoP ist really great...nice color-grading as well
Edgar Maguyon 8 months ago

Yes and thanks.

Stills and Photoshop is alot more precise with colors in post than Apple Color or Final Cut; which I find very loose in post and kinda a guessing game with grading.
Stian Servoss 8 months ago

Amazingly done. Very powerful images and good use of dept of field. Lovely!
Enrique Briceño Pot 8 months ago

beautiful!
Russell Hampton 8 months ago

Nice work Edgar!
GPD 8 months ago

Edgar, Nice and Cool~
Th MZA 8 months ago

i don't really mind th flares, but they are extremely conspicuous after, say, th first five

V. nice to look @, you kept it lively + devoid of meaning

--mza.
Seb Farges 8 months ago

nostalgia... maybe like my work...

vimeo.com/3558003
Harald Hutter 8 months ago

Nice Mooooooood!
ouya alexandre 8 months ago

Great soundtrack, great shot, nice effect. Thancks for that!

Could you tell how to make the burn film effect ?
I would like to make a film like this in Paris...

Ah! je viens de voir en naviguant que tu es du coin... encore bravo pour ce dernier film qui est tout simplement excellent !
Carl Olson 8 months ago

Clever transitions, DOF, and vignetting. Great coloration.
bob lorrimer 8 months ago

Edgar, a little overlong for me, and I think you need a little more control over your shotmaking to sustain interest. (Tripod or slider or dolly or jib.)

If You are new to video though ... it is a virtuoso attempt! (Considerably more advanced than anything I can do!).

Bob
Antoine Dutilh 8 months ago

the bursts of contrast in the transitions really worked well man. also liked the long shots with the small depths of field effect, looked really good :D
Chris Simpson 8 months ago

I really enjoyed this. I like your composition, Depth of Field and movement. I can't wait to see the Non flair version, I personally thought there might be a bit much of that going on, also maybe a few too many cross fades. Other than that, I really liked it!
Will Sandercock 8 months ago

fantastic song choice for this vid. flows perfectly :)
Vic Holt 8 months ago

Great job! Love the effect where you make things look like small models by messing with depth of field! What lens?
Edgar Maguyon 8 months ago

Thanks. The lens is a Canon 45mm ts-e. Very fun and a nice standard focal length lens. I like it better than any of the other 50mm's Canon offers.
Vic Holt 7 months ago

Hope you dont mind but I posted this on my facebook page as an inspirational video for me!? It's just a link to the video.
ADhoc_IMC 8 months ago

very nice!
Valentino Hesse 8 months ago

hello. I like the macro model using the blur effect. what are you cutting? and me too are interested in editing technique and transition effects. I am using Magix movie edit pro 14. How you use those?

ps. beautiful video
Edgar Maguyon 8 months ago

I cut with final cut pro. Basically simple cits, edits, and transitions using the selective pen tool for key-framing.
Ryan Mackfall [CBP] 8 months ago

is this NYC?
Kim Duclos 8 months ago

It's no pretty. You had me in a completely different city at first - you must have really shot this from your own, very personal perspective. It was finally the bridges that gave it away.
Andrew Stride 8 months ago

fuzziness = smallness = in someone's head = memory?
-GO- 8 months ago

Now that IS jazz!
Very cool
Jay Xemmel 8 months ago

I didnt get the sense of depression, more a sense of EXTREMELY lived in, which isnt bad at all.

Well done.
Michelle Verdugo McDonald 8 months ago

gorgeous
Michelle Marie 8 months ago

i like video and music
Zenwerkz 8 months ago

3rd watch today...and counting! Trez bon.
Keith Rivers 8 months ago

god i love the canon 5d
Keith 8 months ago

more visual excellence, excellent.
Cundra Setiabudhi 8 months ago

nice music... nice shots.. but the candy fxs are a bit too distracting.
Mads Peterson 8 months ago

I agree with everybody!
Edgar Maguyon 8 months ago

In addition to adding a flare-free version soon, Im gonna replace this one with the flares desaturated a bit. I think the flares' main prob is that they are too colorful and will work better if not as vibrant.
MIchel 8 months ago

Hey Edgar, me again with another question :)
came back to watch it once more, now I'm wondering if you used any filters on this? ND, Pol...or did you shoot completely without filters?

Thx, looking forward to seeing more nostalgias :)
Edgar Maguyon 8 months ago

no filters. A GradND would be nice for landscape photography.

i shot alot in bright sunny conditions, so I had to do the lens twist trick on the camera to set the aperature (since it shoots vid in auto mode and closes the iris to like f22-f32 automatically in bright sunlight, bleh)
Wojtek 8 months ago

great stuff! beautifull images. a bit too much falshes for my taste... but overall very compelling and... nostalgic ;)
Jonathan 8 months ago

Great job! I really enjoyed this.
Shari Bee 8 months ago

new to vimeo, love what you are doing in this video! nice visual rhythm
sunjay brownlee 8 months ago

DOUBLE wow on this one.!!

a candy to the eyes and music to the ears. SWEET!

keep up the good works...thanks for sharing. :)
Wolfgang Gaebler 8 months ago

Now, I have to buy the 5D... ;-)
batsheep 8 months ago

wonderfull..... i love it
Alastor Sinclair 8 months ago

Good work, love the colour correction you did.
robert proch 8 months ago

mysterious sketches
Kanaloa Surf 8 months ago

That camera is amazing
edvard brun 8 months ago

Interesting light and I love your use of reflections on the water... so what city is this ?
jastatu 8 months ago

Oh... truly love the feelings this video evokes. Thank you for sharing.
Anuj Choudhary 8 months ago

Reminds of of my old city..
Cundra Setiabudhi 8 months ago

yes Edgar, I agree with you... may be you don't need to remove all the candy effects. Its still good part of the story..
may be just toning down it's color or decrease the opacity, I don't know.. need to exercise it... anyway thanks for sharing your great job.
splintersurgeon 8 months ago

great . wow .
Randall Deeb 8 months ago

Excellent use of transitions (in tandem with the music—though I'm just glad I don't have epilepsy, you know, from all the color-flashes), vignettes, and superimposed semi-fades [???—what's the technical lingo for that effect, I wonder?].
Coma 8 months ago

I love the composition and the out-focus fields.¡. Very nostalgic, and fits on beat with the music. Although maybe my selection of music would have been diferent.

Brilliant
Jamie Hannigan 8 months ago

Very lush, atmospheric mix of music and visuals. Lovely tilt-shift and use of cross-fading, reminded me of that Peter Fonda film THE HIRED HAND, but uh, less sunny. Maybe ease back on the colour blips - so many of them in time to the music draws too much attention to itself.

But a lovely piece of work, well done.
Tj Nelson 8 months ago

AWESOMEwork.
gurkan tumer 8 months ago

i like it.
congrats...
Luca van Grinsven 8 months ago

how do you do the color-effects? these glows..
Borek Lupomesky 8 months ago

Nice photography, but ... I really have issue with overuse of tilt-shift lenses. I always keep thinking that I am seeing macro shot when I see those "tilted" pictures. Also, lots of aliasing artifacts in the video. But all in all, well done, no doubt about it.
Edgar Maguyon 8 months ago

Thanks for the tip. Should I slide the "anti-alias" slider in Compressor? How far does one typically slide it to? (for now, I leave it at 0% since Im not sure what the end results will be after a long export)
LRC 8 months ago

It's Great! Did you originally shoot this in 1080i and then convert it to 720p?
Edgar Maguyon 8 months ago

1080 converted to 720p for vimeo
Justin Noel 8 months ago

I like it. What did you shoot this on?
Edgar Maguyon 8 months ago

Thanks. Canon 5dII