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Official music video for New Buffalo's "I've Got You and You've Got Me" remixed by Broken Social Scene.

Directed by: Karen Abad

Shot on Super 16mm with the Arri SR3 and a Bolex H16 Reflex on Kodak 7219 500T Vision 3 and 7205 250D Vision 2.

This music video was created as part of my thesis for my MFA in Cinematography for Graduate School. (karenabadmfa.tumblr.com )

Special Thanks to: Runaway Music Canada / Arts and Crafts

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  • gajorro plus 2 years ago
    love it. great job:)
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thank you very much. Couldn't have done it without my reliable small crew.
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  • Ben Millett 2 years ago
    Brava. Well done. This was really great.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Ben. All those late nights and back straining days paid off.
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  • Antoine Bandele 2 years ago
    Your style is very subtle but distinct.
  • Antoine Bandele 2 years ago
    Letting the film burn off at the end was a great choice.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks I hope I can cultivate that style even more in my last year of grad school.
  • Daniel Akwasi plus 2 years ago
    This is serious!
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  • James Bayliss 2 years ago
    x. wow.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    ;-)
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  • Matthew Fredrick 2 years ago
    I love the colors, i dont know if its just because of the film or how you color corrected it.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    It's a bit of both, mostly color correction since I did an unsupervised transfer without a colorist during telecine. But the new Vision 3 stock and the 250D are extremely beautiful. The color fidelity is unreal and I think it surpasses all the previous stocks, especially when you compare the Vision 2 and Vision 3 500T. I mean all film is good...it just looks different, you have to pick the right stock that will suite your story, mood and theme. So in many respects it is the stock, but a LOT of post work was done as well. I think it takes both, without one, the other would suffer.
  • Matthew Fredrick 2 years ago
    Well great job, Im stuck with video for now. haha its cheaper and faster. But aesthetically, there is no match to film, still.

    ps.

    your link above is including the parenthesis and not directly linking to your site. But cool site
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    thanks for the heads up! my regular blog is karenabad.tumblr.com but that one is just restricted to progress on my thesis films :-)
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  • russ bird 2 years ago
    heart! well done! letting the story tell itself.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Russ :-)
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  • chris leppla 2 years ago
    awesome!! : )
    shooting it 16mm was perfect!
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Mmm film is love~
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  • Tyler T Williams plus 2 years ago
    lovely. I love your shot selection.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks for acknowledging that Tyler, it means a lot to me.
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  • Matt Spahn 2 years ago
    wow!! Awesome!
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    These new cuts look way better huh. I think I'll revisit this in a year before I turn it in for my final thesis presentation and see if I can fine tune it some more.

    Great job and thanks again bdb, love you so much and miss you.
  • Jack Creswick 2 years ago
    Doesn't film look great!! Good grading too. It's always instructive to revisit after a year or so; I think you'll probably want to tighten up some of the walkout/walkin cuts and personally, I'd like to see a few more frames on the head of the balloon-release shot. Good work Karen.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Agreed. Unfortunately, there's no more footage to work with...due to extenuating circumstances that I won't go into that occurred during our shoots. Let's just say were were EXTREMELY lucky to get what we did. The most difficult thing about tightening shots is not having extra footage to fill the "tightened up" parts with. Since we shot with film it's far too expensive to just..go out and shoot pick ups. I have 5 more films to make in Super 16mm and 35mm so no more monies. However, maybe I can rearrange some stuff. Thanks so much for your feedback Jack :-)
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  • Brönnimann 2 years ago
    good style...
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks man.
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  • loonachic 2 years ago
    i've got you and you got me.
    you have talent and we have you you to watch and envy.

    we love you. i love you.
    this is great :)
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    lol hush. I don't know if its so much talent as dropping 100Gs a year to learn. hahaha. probably both.

    i <3 u.
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  • Tom Hammond 2 years ago
    very well done. not to mention love the fixie.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Tom. Yeah that's Matt's it was a present from his friend. I want it. ;-)
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  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks so much guys.
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  • Andrew Cornett plus 2 years ago
    beautiful work as always.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks andrew ;-)
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  • Tony Clavelli 2 years ago
    Another great job, of course! but I'd also like to compliment your ice cream man selection--those big watermelon popsicles are marvelous.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Haha...believe it or not, the ice cream packaging/newspaper etc was design from scratch so that we wouldn't infringe on any copyright. ;-) Rocket Blast (watermelon!) I remember Matt and Athena kinda freaked because the Popsicles had black dots in them (supposed to replicate seeds in a watermelon) haha.
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  • kateopolis 2 years ago
    it's beautiful Karen.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thank you darling.
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  • Craig Samuels 2 years ago
    Gotta love 7205!

    Beautiful!
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    I want to use the 50D more too, it has a lot of really rich and vivid colors.
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  • Chrizzle 2 years ago
    Haha! I love your expression on the second to last photo. :)
    The video is magical. Pure bliss to watch. Good job!
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    That's how I look all the time! haha not really, but thanks a lot for being supportive of my work Chrizzzle nizzle shizzle.
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  • Sam Westrop 2 years ago
    Lovely camerawork and his bike was so cool :)
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thank you so much for your feedback Sam. I hope I can continue cultivating my passion for cinematography.
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  • Aaron Baker 2 years ago
    made me tear up a bit, and miss you. before i realized you made it, watching it reminded me of you. when i exited from full screen happy mode i saw the description and giggled. of course. i am so lucky to know you.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    haha wait, how did you end up watching it? Oh I miss you so much too. We must be reunited in the near future. But seriously, I'm lucky to know you too Aaron. :-)
  • Aaron Baker 2 years ago
    i read your blog; usually if i see a video that you've posted i'll just play it before i read what you've written about it. bss is also my favorite band of all time, so i was interested to hear what it sounded like. i seriously watched the whole thing thinking that guy looked familiar, and that the whole idea would be something you liked. i felt real silly after, then amazed.
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  • Paul Davis 2 years ago
    You're amazing. Absolutely amazing!
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Acccckkk! Shhhh! hee hee
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  • Benjamin Dowie 2 years ago
    Nice!
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    :-)
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  • pewk 2 years ago
    (l)
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    What's that?
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  • Valdemaras 2 years ago
    It's simply amazing, excelent job!
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks for the feedback Valdemaras?
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  • Zack McTee pro 2 years ago
    you seriously destroyed this.
  • Zack McTee pro 2 years ago
    absolutely killed it.
  • Zack McTee pro 2 years ago
    slayed.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    haha you're hilarious.
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  • Afif 2 years ago
    You're amazing.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    hahah I don't know about all that. but thanks
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  • huw caddy plus 2 years ago
    everything about this vid makes me feel good, i need 16mm in my life.x
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    I'm glad. 16mm makes my life feel good as well. ;-)
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  • mercedes lindsay 2 years ago
    wow..sweetest video ever!
    perfect match, the footage and the song
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks for the kind feedback mercedes ;-)
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  • Justin Kane plus 2 years ago
    sososososososososososo darn pretty! congrats. great song, great direction, great stock, great!
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Aw thanks so much Justin :-) <3
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  • Jesse Krompier plus 2 years ago
    nice!
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thank you Jesse.
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  • Guido Evers 2 years ago
    awesome, i thought i was watching a real videoclip. keep on doing this!
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    haha thanks Guido
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  • VJnet plus 2 years ago
    sweet
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    So when are we hanging out?
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  • FM Pampuch 2 years ago
    b.e.a.u.t.y.f.u.l. ! ! ! :)
    ...espacially when one is in love...
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    hahaha. I wouldn't know about that.... Thanks
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  • Bliss7 2 years ago
    Totally adored this! :D
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Weeee!!
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  • Wout Gijsbers 2 years ago
    You just made my day :). Thnx
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Wout. Hope your week is awesome.
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  • Diego Bolsoni 2 years ago
    Great video (Y) :D
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Diego. (Y) haha what's that.
  • Diego Bolsoni 2 years ago
    :) rsss.
    It means "Positive" shortcut to MSN.
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  • mike ambs plus 2 years ago
    Lovely video :) The shot at 2:21 is magical <3
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Reminds me of you as well. :-)
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  • Chad Treanor plus 2 years ago
    loved it! great camera moves and great color grading. Loved the fixie, tattoos, interiors as well as the balloons; well done.

    if you don't mind my asking but what was your budget like for film and processing? Thanks for sharing
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Chad. Well..I'm working on my thesis for grad school which is comprised of 5 short films on Super 16mm, 35mm, and HD...and my start off budget is around 13grand...

    For this film, I didn't break a grand, just a couple hundred. ;-) It's hard for me to figure in processing and film because I pay for my class, and it comes with an allotment of film. All I know is, I'm saving hundreds of thousands of dollars by doing it through grad school.
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  • Martin Zahuta 2 years ago
    Oh... my... god!
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    haha Thanks Martin.
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  • Danny D'Acquisto 2 years ago
    Ah man, this was super interesting! Really well done, obviously. Also, really (for lack of better word) sensitive. Definitely achieves the emotion I think you guys were going for. Awesome to see stuff like this.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Danny, I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was a lot of work, but well worth it.
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  • Ddplay 2 years ago
    I love england building and life.
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Cool...
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  • Joshua B. Pribanic 2 years ago
    Slay Fest!

    16mm - nice.

    Loved it...
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    16mm is love.
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  • Simon Packman 2 years ago
    Nice raw 16mm look. Vivid blues and greens. Really good photography. Did you use any lighting?
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Yes I did actually for the interiors and flexfill and bounce for the exteriors.
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  • Simon Packman 2 years ago
    great locations aswell
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Simon, it was really nerve wrecking during the shoot since it kept raining and at some points pouring, so we chased the sunlight.
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  • Shady Kodsi 2 years ago
    I like the mood, its done very well!!
  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Shady, very thoughtful of you.
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