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136. Memory Bank 120396a: NYC
6 months ago
125. Who?
9 months ago
Friday, May 29, 2009

First day of work at Vimeo, Blake told me to leave the office for a couple hours and just shoot random stuff. Hello New York, you are pleasant, thanks for letting me be in you.

"A True Story of a Story of True Love"

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  • Ben Millett 6 months ago
    I really liked you coming out of the timelapse into the bush. That abrupt shift was just what was needed.
  • Aw thanks Professor. Hee hee! :-) How's the summer looking for you?
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  • heather 6 months ago
    I love that even with something so simple you seem to make it equally as beautiful and amazing as you are!
  • mike ambs ☂ plus 6 months ago
    Just what I was thinking :)

    I think you are going to have the time of your life in NY at Vimeo HQs <3
  • Psh you guys are silly. Um I'm already having the time of my life and I've been here less than a week! Mike Ambs..I need to see you stat.
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  • Remyyy plus 6 months ago
    Really super nice (as usual) !! The music is great too, well chosen (ok, as usual too, ahah).
  • Thanks Rems, Same for you as usual. ;-)
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  • Daniel Hayek staff 6 months ago
    <3
  • :-p
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  • Dylan Baldridge plus 6 months ago
    lol I love the similar head movements of the pigeon and the squirrel round 1:30

    Makes me wanna be back in NYC sooo bad.

    How long you out yonder?
  • September 1st.
  • Dylan Baldridge plus 6 months ago
    We should hang out sometime.. I'm coming up from the 25th thru to the First of July.
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  • Kevin Sheurs staff 6 months ago
    great video, welcome!
  • Thanks Kevin, I have yet to see you fly...it needs to happen soon.
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  • Blake Whitman staff 6 months ago
    I told you to go shoot a video, not edit it!

    FAIL.
  • ße ωell ;-) plus 6 months ago
    ...give the girl a break!!! It was pretty random ;-)

    Edit: flamer - lol ;-)

    <3 for Karen :)
  • I was thinking of struploading the 50clips/4 16GBs or so of raw footage, but apparently vimeo has some rule about not being able to upload clips that are more than a gig? I am not sure I have to look into it...
  • Krrish Spyker 5 months ago
    Should this one be counted as the best video by the Vimeo staff yet? Well..,one of the best for sure! :)
  • haha i don't know about that but thanks Krrish
  • Krrish Spyker 5 months ago
    Yw Karen! The color corrected/tweaked visuals look amazing! The camera is so incredibly steady! Loved it! And like Ben mentioned in 1st comment, 'timelapse into the bush', loved how the shots were so random and yet so thoughtful!
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  • Mark Rigler 6 months ago
    cool
  • Thanks Mark
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  • Andrew Cornett plus 6 months ago
    love love love it... and now i hate my flip. fml.
  • hahaha now now! It's not what you use, its how you use it.
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  • SectionJake 6 months ago
    I miss New York. Love the video Karen.!
  • Thanks a lot Jake! NY is pretty awesome so far..except maybe for the fact that it's rained a couple times since I've been here. but it's all good.
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  • Jon Salazar 6 months ago
    so jealous
  • <3
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  • Luke Pygman 6 months ago
    Really great Karen!
  • Thanks Luke!
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  • evanoah sea☆ 6 months ago
    sometimes when you experience someone else's work you can hear a soft sound coming from their heart behind the video. it's rare but oh so special when you find it. it fills the spaces in the song with compassion - like a warm peaceful ray of sun. like this. right here. like you do so often. thank you-
  • Oh you...
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  • Johnny Wishbone plus 6 months ago
    What a lovely random snapshot of NYC. Really nicely put together with the music, and love the depth of field shot with the focus change.
  • Thank you Johnny! I like it here so far.
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  • Nicola Di Marco 6 months ago
    brava
  • :-)
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  • Lee Honey 6 months ago
    Nice! Can I have a job at Vimeo?
  • You're gonna have to fight a bunch of sharks first and do some crazy stuff. They're tough.
  • Lee Honey 5 months ago
    Hey fight sharks yes , fight gorillas yes, Get good at stuff on computer and edit video hell no Im an idiot, did u see my Instructionals video? What a half wit lol
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  • Howard Berry 6 months ago
    Love the squirrel and the pigeon! <3
  • I thought that they were fun to watch too. Sometimes they even interact.
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  • Mattia Santino Merli 6 months ago
    Wait a minute! There's someone that pay for this? OMG I would like to do this for free!! (I'm joking, of course!!) Anyway, congrats for the job, enjoy it and... let me guess: 5D mark II plus 24-105?
    Regards,
    Mattia
  • haha.

    HVX200

    Stock kit.

    Thanks Mattia!
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  • Seán Bray plus 6 months ago
    O.k, so I'm a little jealous :P I love NY, and the video was awesome! Good luck at Vimeo Karen :)
  • It's super fun. NYC is really cool, just getting familiar with it more and more each day.
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  • Aaron Miller 6 months ago
    Karen this is real nice. Good luck at vimeo, be sure to give steve a hard time for me!
  • I'll make sure I beat him up.

    haha

    ;-)
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  • Adam Horn 6 months ago
    Sweet timelapse tranS
  • Thanks Adam
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  • Jessica Bigarel plus 6 months ago
    welcome to NYC, Karen.
  • Thanks! You're here too? For good or just for a bit? We should meet up at some point.
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  • Tyler Nab 6 months ago
    Awesome Karen! I had no idea you were going to work at Vimeo! Im going to be in New York June 8th - 13th. Hopefully I can go by Vimeo, that would be awesome!
  • Yeah you totally should
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  • Pirata718 6 months ago
    hey jerk next time you are right outside my work joint, stick yer head in. jeeeeeeez.

    :P haha

    i wish i had break when you were in union sq cuz i would've tackled you.

    i love the crossing in the beginning. wow, we really are that frantic and quick, eh? haha. and those 2 dogs almost look like mine. haha.

    oooh and i love the green hedge focus unfocus. verry veryy veerrry cool, miss.
  • I was by your work, i was in your work. pshhh.. The 2 dogs almost look like one dog hahaha a fat dog. You me drinks soon.
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  • Dan O'Connell 6 months ago
    karen i love dinosaurs too .. what kind of video camera do you use?
  • An HVX was used for this video :-)
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  • Sunny Thaper plus 6 months ago
    Way rad! I wish I had the ability to make everyday normal typically boring stuff into something beautiful as you have.
  • Oh Sunny that's awfully kind of you to say. I'm sure you could.
  • Sunny Thaper plus 5 months ago
    Maybe with some drugs.
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  • Anthony Petito 6 months ago
    loved that union square shot. wish i had a restaurant in that place lol. really nice quality. love the colors!
    great video!
    tbe birds, the street lights, the bush. so many great shots!
  • thanks for your feedback Anthony! Very awesome. :-)
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  • Stephen Coghill plus 6 months ago
    Couldnt get this video to play, it loads, but doesn't play.
  • Uh oh I think it's fixed now (i hope).
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  • Soxiam staff 6 months ago
    i miss zen palate.
  • alican 6 months ago
    yeah, I too
  • Please do it in the office.
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  • LOCOSP 6 months ago
    niece work, i would love to work for Vimeo :) ...
  • It's definitely fun. Thanks!
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  • jor.G3/cantos plus 6 months ago
    cONGRATS for your new job!!! you.re one of the biggest artists around here so you really belong in that office!!!!

    xx
  • Aw, thanks really. That's really really kind of you to say. Thanks a lot. <3
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  • jose reguera 6 months ago
    Really nice :)
  • Thank you Jose
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  • Dylan Glockler 6 months ago
    Karen is the lovliest color I know. It makes me feel like I'm in NYC. Oh but I am! Friday picnic in the park!
  • You're my favorite snoot. So when are you free?
  • Dylan Glockler 5 months ago
    My birthday is Thursday. What are you doing that night? There's a tasty Mexican place in my hood I was thinking of eating there after work. I won't have much time though! It's 5Am now, off to work.
  • Sounds like a date. Txt me when you're about to get off and I'll make my way down there. Or you can pick a place to meet. Around what time do you think you'll get off?
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  • androoow 6 months ago
    hello karen some really nice shots there...but ..why no info on camera used? or a music track credit???
  • song is in the description/tags by the books. hvx200. thanks androoow.
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  • lovely little video. is the music the books?

    makes me miss new york so much. i think i saw the cafe i worked in flick by v.fastly.
    i want to work in vimeo! get me a visa and a job! now!
  • yeah it is they are awesome.

    NYC is pretty cool. Awww. :-)
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  • James Sharpe plus 5 months ago
    Hey Karen, love this little video, it work so well with the music.

    Are you based in New York now?

    Me and my girlfriend are heading over to New York in two weeks for 5 days. Have you got any ideas of things we should see or do specifically relating to film? I'd love to find somewhere to meet some filmmakers and hang out.
  • I am here till september 1. That's awesome. Hmm I'm not really too familiar with everything here so asking me probably won't be the best of ideas, but if you wanna hang out I would be more than happy to grab a bite or a drink with you two. :-)
  • James Sharpe plus 5 months ago
    That's really nice of you it'd be great to meet up with you :) I'll private message you my email address.
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  • Irina Shatalova plus 5 months ago
    Oh, God, this is a real New York!
    Are we going there soon!!!
    See you, dear Karen!
    Hmm ... But where to get the Russian dinosaurs...?
  • We will see each other and it will be awesome!!!
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  • VendelasCity 5 months ago
    Mazel tov, Karen!
  • ;-) Cheers!
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  • ailatanotos plus 5 months ago
    Cool as always Karen!!

    I love to know NY through your eyes.
  • Thanks so much you're wonderful.
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  • Sune Amstrup 5 months ago
    You belong with vimeo :)
    Hurraay!
  • Aww thanks Sune~
  • Sune Amstrup 4 months ago
    I really hope the best for you. And since the rest of the Vimeo team seem so nice people, I'm sure there taking good care.
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  • David C. Hill plus 5 months ago
    I like your randomness !
  • Thanks David, I love random!
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  • Paula Lima 5 months ago
    staff... miss you sweetie. love your memory bank!!
  • Miss you bunches paula! I still have to color correct your film! I'll do that tonight <3
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  • Helena Bulaja plus 5 months ago
    looks like it was a really nice day...like the cut, and specially the pigeons bath and the other with the squirrel... : )...very nice...
  • It's so nice to find cute lil critters in such a busy city!
  • Helena Bulaja plus 5 months ago
    o yes.....the vibe and the energy of New York is so fantastic, and it always amaze me how in all that frenetic and super busy situations one can find a pice for it self....but I really like the pigeons... very nice shoot....here vimeo.com/4898101 is our version of NYC....something less peaceful but I hope you will feel it....I really really do like New York....and all the people that make the city to be so vibrant....
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