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1. Rebirth

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Shot on Rebel SLR.

Still photos. Color in AE. Edit & some smoothcam in FCP. Music by fennesz.

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Clear Media 7 months ago

Samm, you are so creative. I absolutely love this thing. The music and water make a cool backdrop. Gonna invite you to check out this link. visualstorynetwork.com Just joined. Your stuff is way better than anything I saw there so far.
3to1 Studios 7 months ago

There is so much mood that you can feel by watching this piece. Excellent work!
weedze 7 months ago

I totally agree, a true masterpiece where music and images a combined together to 1 piece, one feeling, a real feeling! Suberb!
bryan andrew lee 7 months ago

Great stuff, I love the color correction.
versa 7 months ago

cheers YMCA! :) 00:17 awesome foreshortening.
Nick Davis 7 months ago

wow, awesome. that took some great visualizing.
Brandon Dull 7 months ago

you go to AIP?
Mothlight Creative 7 months ago

No, just moved here from Chicago.
Michael Giacometti 7 months ago

wait.....you guys are from Chicago?! AND just moved away? That's unpossible! I didn't think anyone left. :D
Mothlight Creative 7 months ago

Not "from," spent the last five years there. It's true... most never leave.
Paul Davis 7 months ago

Beautiful!
►Alex Leahu◄ 7 months ago

i love the shutter-kind of sound...this is creative.
Spronomy 7 months ago

Northside, eh? I'm up in Beaver Falls. Do you know the Beleza coffee shop? Unfortunate that they had to close...
Mothlight Creative 7 months ago

Beleza is our second home! So saddened at it's closing!
David Merfield 7 months ago

Great color treatment.

Did you switch between AF and MF for the changes in focus?
Mothlight Creative 7 months ago

Just changed the MF.
Filippo Broggini 7 months ago

Wow!
That is amazing.
Can u teach me how to do that??
Or maybe redirecting me to some website.
Thanks.
Ciao!
Mothlight Creative 7 months ago

The technique here is ultra simple. Just take constant pictures with the dslr and color-correct it in AE.
Mansoor 7 months ago

thanks are you referring to Adobe After Effects?
Mothlight Creative 7 months ago

yup.
jor.G3/cantos 7 months ago

yOU guys are so inspiring to me.
aMAZING job_
Justin Bell 7 months ago

The amount of quality in this site is amazing. I love experimental videos like this, makes me want to do something experimental with one of our car reviews.
Jim DeGraff 7 months ago

Perfect!!!
Kevin Johnson 7 months ago

Absolutely beautiful! The images are so lovely, and a still image camera the perception of movement is just beautifully different.
marius indrei 7 months ago

Beautiful Photography and Colors. Well done
Guillaume W2V 7 months ago

the colors are just excellent
mauricio valenzuela 7 months ago

that is beauty
cldfx.com 7 months ago

It's great. I've just posted it!
Mothlight Creative 7 months ago

thanks!
Caspar Conrick 7 months ago

this is amazing
rickflick 7 months ago

I like this very much. Just a note of constructive critisism - the puppy and little girl seemed out of place in the otherwise surreal and otherworldly effects.
Mothlight Creative 7 months ago

thanks for the feedback. to me this piece is about days that feel like memories as they're happening, which is why I liked those moments. thanks for liking it!
Priya Lorenz 7 months ago

beautifully shot and the music fit perfectly : )
Kaushik 7 months ago

Stuning colours! Perticularly at 01:11 to 01:16 and I love image at 01:16, stuning!

Superb colours indeed!
Esben Blaakilde 7 months ago

W O W . . .
That is sweet sir.
Did you do anything in particular with the shot of you(?) walking the street from 00:06? It seems like your walking through a set piece where people live. I've never seen that expressed so clearly before..
Esben Blaakilde 7 months ago

Oh yeah, lemme ad a question more: What is the framerate you're using?
fred roumagne 7 months ago

bravo! my english is very bad... but i try! This is a very beautyfull work. It's a mélancolia feeling, i love it. great!
Xandra 7 months ago

how did you do that?... is awesome
Dave Gottshall 7 months ago

Awesome !
David Kenny Productions 7 months ago

Nice Cinematography! Did U Use Strobe In Final Cut To Get That Strutter Effect?
Mothlight Creative 7 months ago

no, it's all organic.
Manuel Romero 7 months ago

really nice. it has a good feeling.
Héctor Camarillo 7 months ago

wooa pretty touching man i love this
Mothlight Creative 7 months ago

thanks!
tim prebble 7 months ago

beautiful work! the soundtrack really suits it too
Kantor 7 months ago

i love your style. Very interesting.
Nathan Sage 7 months ago

Gorgeous. Gorgeous, and inspiring.
Yannic Venus 7 months ago

realy nice, love the idea
effesessantasei 7 months ago

It looks like walking with you !
Valentino Hesse 7 months ago

Wow. cool
Christian Guerrero 7 months ago

Breath-taking :)
Daniel Bruce 7 months ago

Brother, I'm blessed and inspired by this video :) truly I am. I'm into both photography and cinematography. Just finish a music video, took about 2 yrs to complete. but I'm gearing toward more stuff like this. do you animate in photoshop ? and bring them into after effects, you mind emailing me the steps.. pictureyou2@gmail.com
I would like to give this a shot. I'm inspired brother very cinematic thought provoking.

hit me up on flickr flickr.com/photos/thegoodbyeletter/

or check out my website danielebrucephotography.com

Thanks
Guillermina Pico 7 months ago

hey this is very touching..nothing new to comment but nice feeling...it totally changed my middle nite nap mood
mamasr 7 months ago

that is beauty . wonderful work man
AlmostStainless 7 months ago

Excellent! Really enjoyed it!
Cameron Williamson 7 months ago

i wish i have the skill and creativity to do that with my Rebel
Brennan L. 7 months ago

It's funny, I've been running around with a rebel for a while now, and I think I've always wanted to make something like this, but they have never turned out.

Deeply inspiring.

And, since I'll probably be buying the new 500D (Rebel T1i) with HD video...

Love it, man.
Emilie Madeline Lovette 7 months ago

awesome! Loved it!
Cat Stripe Productions 7 months ago

That was awesome.
Jack Van Oudenaren 7 months ago

God i can feel the breeze so vivid!!!!!
Jack Van Oudenaren 7 months ago

you need a dialogue between two lovers over it
Mathew Augustus 7 months ago

considering it's for Pittsburgh it's a bit too generic i think but very well made.
get_more 7 months ago

Hola, mate! video is brilliant! So beauty. added you to nomorebrains.co.uk did all the trackbacks, but if something is just wrong — pm me.
cheers
Fuela Fire 7 months ago

ah, this is lovely. thank you.
Taner Baubec 7 months ago

This is very inspiring.
Don't know much about photography. How many photos is this video made of?
Juan Balpuesta 7 months ago

Awesome!
I really want an HD camera and start learning on color correction, it's awesome!
Boogie Street Guitars 7 months ago

Freakin' Tremendous!! Great work!

Eric McKenna
BSG
Max Winkler 7 months ago

wow, i really loved that. just getting into this sort or work myself with a new camera. just out of curiosity, how many frames make up this piece?
Lichen Ruber Planus 7 months ago

very very beautiful. great work! I appreciated a lot the shots when the actor is followed from behind. and great colors too
Ted Wiegand 7 months ago

Nice creation! It has a rawness that compels you to watch with a haunting soundtrack that carries the flow of images.
I felt I was witnessing someones moments in flashback.
Eric Crawford 7 months ago

Beautiful work! Kudos!
David Hepburn 7 months ago

lovely stuff, totally inspiring
The Bakery 7 months ago

Great technique. How often were you shooting? 1 shot per second? You must have burnt through the memory cards...?!
Habit:bmx 7 months ago

simply amazing.
makemassair 7 months ago

Really impressed with this.
Eric Tsutomu 7 months ago

Great color. Great music.
modularz 7 months ago

nice
pierre_amateur 7 months ago

It is very wonderful !!!
Thanks for such beauty.

Pierre from Moscow
Tom Getty 7 months ago

Go, go, go! Loved it.
Sriram Durbha 7 months ago

Lovely!! two questions: what lens did you use? and is that 3 frames per second?
If you are in pitt, could please take a video from mt washington looking over down town, or maybe one while riding the cable near station swuare/duquesne ? that would be awesome!!
Luke Dwyer 7 months ago

wow, i hope that before i die i can create something as beautiful as this. Thankyou!
Dimitri Visser (aka misvid) 7 months ago

inspiring
eugenio garcia 7 months ago

great job i love it ! did you duplicate some of the stills ?
Vika GCaballero 7 months ago

this is so deeply texturized... i loved it!
Carlos Sánchez 7 months ago

Amazing work, love it!
mikehedge 7 months ago

love it!
Dustin Driver 7 months ago

Inspiring! I've been trying to get a similar effect with my rebel SLR. It's not easy. At all. This took real creativity, skill, and patience. I applaud you.
Cyanide Elixir 7 months ago

Absolutely stunning
TWBuddha 7 months ago

Beautiful. What music did you use?
Luciano Cirone 7 months ago

muy bueno muy lindo
Roz 7 months ago

YOU MAKE ME LOVE MORE THE WORLD,
EVERYTHING SEEMS MORE BEAUTIFUL.

Kisses
anthony thompson 6 months ago

samm - awesome. your passion is displayed. boom.
Mothlight Creative 6 months ago

thanks anthony - hopefully we'll be working together soon.
Tackham Ra 6 months ago

good! Thanks~*
John Carl 6 months ago

Proof that one doesn't need a video camera to make beautiful video...
PVS 6 months ago

Simply poetry...
Бојан 6 months ago

I love the second shot.
paul wood 6 months ago

Hi, I was wondering whe piece of music is, playing on the soundtrack?

thanks
Frederic Vercammen 6 months ago

original stuff
Erika 6 months ago

Great shots.