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Here's a link to Part One: vimeo.com/4124360

I saw some flowers today and thought that at least something is okay in the world.

Music is by The Album Leaf "Twenty Two Fourteen" thealbumleaf.com/
Amazing band that you should check out! If you haven't heard them before you should really go and listen to their music. It's really emotional and inspiring.

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Eric Johnson 7 months ago

Once again, I really like the motion.

This is great.
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

I'm glad you like it, man. Thanks for the comment!
ailatanotos 7 months ago

This is so beautifull, i love it.
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Thank you! BTW, you have the coolest sheets!
ailatanotos 7 months ago

jajajaja!! yes, thanks
Kori W 7 months ago

Wow dude, awesome...you make it look so easy.
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Thank you, Kori!
Sasha Stefan 7 months ago

I said it on MySpace and I'll say it again here on my true home, Vimeo... You are my hero!
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Haha! Thank you!!
milli moondingo 7 months ago

you are a sensitive soul mathew! ;)*
i really loved this vid, music an' visual!
thanx so much, again! xo
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Thank you so much, Mari!
Domi Barranquero 7 months ago

Great work!
Mitchell LeBlanc 7 months ago

Absolutely brilliant Matthew! I know you have the HV30, as do I, so may I ask which lens / adapter you are using? Or what you're using that's not part of the stock HV30?

You're quickly becoming my idol on Vimeo. ^_^
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Hehe, thank you Mitchell! I actually don't use any adapters or anything besides the naked HV30. I really want to get a lens adapter sometime soon. I just put the HV30 on manual focus and always have a it zoomed in a bit to get some depth of field in there. Thank you so much for the really nice comment, man! I appreciate it!
Mitchell LeBlanc 7 months ago

I appreciate the reply Matthew. There must be something I'm missing, as I can't seem to get nearly as much DOF as you do in your videos. Even with MF on and zooming...

Got a special trick?
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Hmm, I'm not sure then. I just make sure the camera isn't zoomed all the way out, I usually have it zoomed in almost to where it reaches the "blue no-go zone" on the zooming monitor thing, and then quickly focus in on my shots. That usually does it for me. Try keeping it zoomed in almost to the blue zone. Keep in mind, this will make your shots less steady, but it's great practice to learn the art of the steady hand. It's helped me quite a bit. I hope this helps man.
Mitchell LeBlanc 7 months ago

Ah, yes I see now. It also helps to shoot in Aperture mode. Shooting in CineMode gave me almost no shallow DoF.
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

CindeMode didn't give you any shallow depth of field? That's the mode I usualy shoot in. It's strange it didn't work out for you. Either way, I'm glad you're testing it out and that the aperture more is working out for you.
Mitchell LeBlanc 7 months ago

For some reason it didn't give nearly as much... Thanks for the help!
Allen Ellis 7 months ago

I don't use the HV30 but make sure your iris is open as much as possible, as well. Along with making a more shallow depth of field, this has the side effect of making things brighter, so the typical way to compensate is to use a faster shutter speed.
⾺ Dan Huston 7 months ago

Hi Mitchell

I'm totally butting in here - hope you don't mind Matthew haha!
Before I got my macro lens and my tele lens, I watched a video by Videopia (Eric) about DOF - here it is:

vimeo.com/1213261

I am self taught and still learning but I found this very informative. Hope it helps...
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Also Mitchell, I'm not sure if opening the iris all the way is going to help all the time. Sometimes it's best to play it safe. When working in uncontrolled lighting situations opening the iris all the way can blow out your colors to a horrible degree and your footage is screwed (only when you're trying to shoot very color things like autumn trees or something). If the iris is open all the way on overcast days and you barely get the sky in the shot, the sky will get very hot white and possibly ruin the shot. I've screwed up quite a few times while playing with the iris in the past. I say if you're in doubt on whether opening the iris all the way is a good idea or not, just shoot everything flat and adjust the brightness and saturation in post...this way at least your footage isn't harmed by unwanted light and color degree hot spots. This is just what I've experienced.
Mitchell LeBlanc 7 months ago

Thanks for all the help guys! I will certainly take your advice to heart when I take my camera out next. =)
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Hey Dan! Thanks for showing the video! That is exactly what I was trying to get across earlier! haha. But Mitchell, don't zoom in too far. The "blue zone" on the zoom indicator is a warning that your image is now starting to lose its crispness, and the graininess will start visibly showing up on playback.
HighlyDeceptiveVideo 7 months ago

Awesome edit!
Nathan Hamblin 7 months ago

And again very nice, music selection is perfect. Beautifully edited. Thanks!
tamak tamak 7 months ago

Nicely done... did you use magic bullet looks for the color? Im trying to get my arms around how to increase saturation and achieve an overall 'look' like you've done here but either under do it or over do it... your footage looks great.
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

I just use regular color color correction and brightness/contrast settings. Thank you for the comment!
Vaun Raymond 7 months ago

Another brilliant piece, Matthew. Your work is always full of surprises and unusual techniques. I especially love your use of shots canted 90 degrees to the side.

Would you mind if I show this piece to my class at the Art Institute of Seattle? I'm teaching a Fundamentals of Video class, and I'd like to show "Petal" as an example of unorthodox composition that really WORKS.

I'm also still curious about how you achieve such smooth playback on Vimeo. You've said in the past that you shoot at 30p and "render out" at 24p. What software are you using to do this? I've tried exporting 60i and 30p video from Final Cut Pro as a 24p Quicktime movie, and the results look awful. The only way I've been able to get smooth playback on Vimeo is to actually shoot and edit in 24p.

Let me know if you'd ever like to come and do a short guest lecture at the Art Institute. I believe I can get you a small stipend for screening a couple of your pieces and answering students' questions. If you're interested, contact me at vaun@u.washington.edu.

- Vaun Raymond
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

That sounds great, Vaun! Share away! I'd love for you to show your class the video. Do you need a raw file or the video for less compression?

People criticize me for not being a fan of Final Cut Pro. I own it and still prefer to use Sony Vegas. I have no idea what the issue is for it not letting you render out like that. It does sound kind of strange to render 30p out to 24p, but Vegas does it flawlessly. I think the Art Institute has Sony Vegas hidden somewhere in their labs. I'm not sure where, though.

I might be willing to go and speak in your class. I graduated about a year ago from that very school actually, haha. I had some amazing professors. Tell Dan, Lynn, Kenny, and Don I say hi. I hope to hear from you soon, and let me know how you'd like me to get "Petal" to you. Take care!
Greg Stanton 7 months ago

Matthew, I recently subscribed to your videos and have really enjoyed them, you've got real talent. I am using a Canon HF100 and I purchased Vegas 9 Platinum a couple of weeks ago. I've been trying to render 24p videos with little success. 60i to 24p seems to crash Vegas; 24p to 24p yields colors way out of whack. When rendering, do you use Render As...Video for Windows (*.avi), Template: HD-1080-24P YUV?
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Hello Greg, thanks for the kinds words. I'm not sure why it's not working, but I render out as an .mp4. Have you tried that yet?
Greg Stanton 7 months ago

Hmm, I tried .mp4 and it kills Vegas. I'll search Sony's site for help....
⾺ Dan Huston 7 months ago

I've shared this with a ton of friends here - it's really gorgeous Matthew. I'm usually not a fan of extreme color saturation but it is perfect here - perfect.
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Thank you, Dan! You're awesome, man! I really appreciate it!
evanoah sea☆ 7 months ago

very much enjoyed this. the rise at 1:07 was one of my fave moments. thank you
Maria Bowskill 7 months ago

Brought here by my friend Dan...yeah him up there, fantastic. i'm a fan
Cloude Milles 7 months ago

molto bello!
congratulations!
Jim Goodin 7 months ago

Dude you are just amazing. as they say and I think I said in an earlier comment Matt, you got eyes. I love the fact in this that you truned the cam all kinds of ways, I do that some and like the sense of throwing the viewer in a spin, actually you've inspired me to do that more. Dan [Huston] turned me on to your work. Just really great Matt.
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Thank you, Jim! I've been trying to experiment a lot with what the camera can do. I'm glad you liked it, and I hope to see some videos from you messing with the angles. I'm excited to see!
Diane 7 months ago

Dan told me about 'petal' The colour and the flowers and the music all do it for me Matthew. Where is it?
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Thank you, Diane! It's about 1 hour 15 minutes north of Seattle. I got there a week too early when there were still a lot of green buds, so next week will be popping even more with colors.
Jim DeGraff 7 months ago

Outstanding piece Matthew !!!!
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Thank you, Jim!
Johnny Wishbone 7 months ago

Dude you rocked it again... love the super tight editing flips and rewinds as the beats kick in. Your stuff is so damn fresh & inspiring.
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Thanks Johnny!
Freddy Antonio Zapata 7 months ago

Very nice. Thanks for sharing man!
cbap 7 months ago

Great stuff. First random thing in my Vimeo 'inbox' that impressed!
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Haha, thank you man!
Eric Tsutomu 7 months ago

This is seriously so good. The motion makes it so much more interesting. Good choice of music too, because The Album Leaf is awesome.
Annie 7 months ago

Love it mate :)))
Great job, I LOVE the reverse slow motion :))))))
Excellent Vid :)))
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Thank you, Annie!!! :)
Harley 7 months ago

Im diggin' your backwards videos.
Great footage and keep up the fantastic work!
Benoit Daoust 7 months ago

like a baseball bat hahaha
like it !!
The Fibro Twins 7 months ago

freakin' delicious!
M A Welker 7 months ago

Really nice matthew, a great sense of movement and colour.
Bliss7 7 months ago

Love it out your there where you are! Great filming! I was there with my sister and have photos with her standing in front of the fields of tulips! Love how you captured the beauty of it all!
MidnightStar Video 7 months ago

Stunning!
Paul Davis 7 months ago

Absolutely amazing!
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Thank you, Paul!!
sphinxkk 7 months ago

beautiful petal
great job
Vaun Raymond 7 months ago

Thanks for replying and for offering to provide me with a high-res copy of "Petal" for my class. It's a nice surprise to learn that you graduated from the Art Institute. I graduated from there in 2001, so I've known Dan, Kenny and Don for a long time, and I agree, they are terrific!

This coming Wednesday I'm doing a class about composition, and I'd like to show "Petal" about 9:30 after the students screen their first "B-roll" projects (I'm afraid that if I show your piece first, no one will want to screen their own stuff).

I could simply show "Petal" from Vimeo on the LCD projector, although it wouldn't quite to justice to your piece. It would be nice to screen it on a TV monitor off of a DVD if I could get one from you.

It would also be great if you want to come speak to the class, although I don't want to impose on your time.

Please let me know if you would like to come in on Wednesday or if I could come pick up a DVD from you before then. Otherwise I'm sure screening it off Vimeo will be fine and that your piece will make a big impression on the class.

Thanks again!
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

I can burn it on a data disc only right now. I hope that is okay. The disc will only work in Macs. My DVD burner isn't quite working right now. I could transfer it online to a file sharing site for you to download. Would that work for you?
Lance Callas 7 months ago

amazing job!
Yapper Design 7 months ago

wauw! That video was amazing!! I realy liked that spinning camera technique. Verry professional!
Keep these videos comming m8 ;-)
You got it in you!
Todd Burleson 7 months ago

Beautiful!
I love the reverse.

TB
Berislav Petrovic 7 months ago

I was trying so hard to came up with some words that would describe how beautiful, inspiring, uplifting and much more this is but I gave up. There are no words to describe this Matthew. Once again, u left me speechless.
krizia torres 7 months ago

The Album Leaf is so good and so appropriate for this. I can't get over how truly moving this was. Thank you so much for this. I am in love with your work.
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Thank you, Krizia!!!!!!!! That is so good to hear!
Claudia Robinson 7 months ago

Matthew you are something else! I enjoy your video's so much. Thanks so much for this, it's quite inspiring for me. keep up the great work.
Hache 7 months ago

Really nice editing... the camera movements are so well done, I can't believ your doing that with a zoom in, you my friend are really talented, I mean REALLY... Loved this video.
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

I really appreciate it, Hache. Thank you!
Tim O'Donnell 7 months ago

The Album Leaf are great and go together with your work perfectly. The shots of old barns and tractors look like my new home town in central Wisconsin, but we're definitely missing the mountains! Again - Awe inspiring! Makes me feel hope and a yearning to go capture some of it myself...
mike ambs ☂ 7 months ago

Those camera movements turned out great - love the motion in this video :)
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Thank you, Mike!
Vaun Raymond 7 months ago

Matthew,

Yes, it would be great if you could send it to me online as a data file. Do you use Yousendit.com? I can try importing what you send into Final Cut Pro and then burning it to a DVD.

You mentioned that you can only burn Mac discs. Does this mean you have a Mac? If you do, how do you use Vegas? I understood that Vegas only works on PCs. If Vegas worked on Macs, I'd go buy it tomorrow, based on your recommendation and how well it works with 24p conversion.

Thanks,

Vaun
vaun@u.washington.edu
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

I don't use a Mac, but for some reason when I make a data file it'll only work on Mac, haha. I'm going to get a new DVD burner soon, though. I wish Vegas could be used on Mac, but unfortunately not. I'll try uploading it to yousendit.com I use a couple other ones too, so if that doesn't work I'll give you the link to one of the other ones.
Tito Sacchi 7 months ago

I am really impressed with the semplicity and beauty of your compositions. I am a big fan. Keep up with the good work.
toshkobmx 7 months ago

Amazing!Good work!
rickflick 7 months ago

Nice one matt. The rich color makes it feel like Seseme Street. Sideways shots are a lark.
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Thank you, haha.
Norton Bittencourt 7 months ago

great job Matthew...
Patrick Wright 7 months ago

nice work! the tulip festival is full of great footage.
jonathan Perry 7 months ago

Great as always Matthew, - just popped out and bought an HG10 for £300 at Comet in the UK (managers special)so will have a play very soon and upload results.
Alex Miller 7 months ago

For me, the sideways motion tripod shots are what make this film.
A very innovative idea, I must say.
cody kern 7 months ago

Absolutely amazing and wonderful.
Thiago Barbosa 7 months ago

So GREAT! I don't know where you get the musics... They are all great too in all videos!
Matthew Brown 7 months ago

Thank you so much! I do a huge music search every time I make a video to find the perfect song for the video.
Nick Davis 6 months ago

This is one of my favorite videos on all of vimeo.
Jordan Hochstetler 6 months ago

I <3 you
Pieter Tierens 6 months ago

This is VERY nice
I like the whole sit back, look at the world and realise it's beautiful atmospere.
grtz Pieter
Jörg Brönnimann 6 months ago

special way of cutting, which creates a special way of athmosper...
what programm do you use for cutting?
Matthew Brown 6 months ago

I just use Sony Vegas. Thanks for checking it out man! :)
Sasha Kalicki 6 months ago

Another great video Matthew! You never cease to amaze me, one video at a time.
Ryan Spaulding 6 months ago

Wow man! You use a naked HV30 to its MAX! This is incredible!

Do you use any sort of stabilizer? Or any thing other than the camera in your hands?
zotyp 5 months ago

Hi Matthew! It's a great work of playing with Manual focus. I've just started to learn it, I have also a Canon Hv30:)
If it's not problem could you please tell me what video format do you use to upload vimeo: mpg? avi? mp4?
And approximately how large is your video file. I'm asking due my low upload speed and I try to find an ideal preset to reduce size but still save quality
thx in advance!
Matthew Brown 5 months ago

I use .mp4 and the file sizes on my videos are around 200MB +/-
zotyp 5 months ago

THX, I'm going to try it!
Chris Newsome 5 months ago

Mr. Brown ... I'm so ashamed of myself! You are about your videos, perhaps you are your videos.

There's a few great 'shots' along US31 between between Ludington and Beulah, Michigan. .?.. You'll go by Manistee on your way. .!..
Chris aka Ypsilee
Jason Lapeyre 5 months ago

Hi Matthew,

Beautiful work. Sorry to keep pushing for details, but I'm really interested in replicating the look you've gotten. I understand that you've shot this at 30p and edited in Sony Vegas. You say that you then render the project out to an .mp4. So from the dropdown menu in Vegas do you 'save as type' MainConcept AVC/AAC? Or the Sony AVC? And do you then change the frame rate to 24 within the custom options of that type?

I'd be really grateful if you could let me know. Just playing around to try and find a workflow that gives me images I'm satisfied with (and yours come pretty damn close!). Thanks.