really nice shots
don't understand a word he says

Too bad I don't understand russian. But who need to undertand it, with such a great film ! Like the mood and the light candles, the way you use DOF and the smooth camera movements.
What is beautiful with poetry is that even you don't understand the words, you can appreciate the music phrases.
To finish, thanks very much, Philip, to explain the way you do on your personal website. It's always informative to know the tips and material you use to made this piece of art. Bravo !!!

Oh, I forgot to say that it seems to have a little problem with the footer Vimeo embed video on you're blog. It's always written, even if you refresh it : "Sorry, there was a problem loading this video". Is it me, Vimeo, or the embeded ?

Greetings,

Stupendous catchlight at 2:53. Intentional or accidental?

Is his audio Zoom H4n? Sounds too good to be H4n.
Nevermind, I read the blog. 744t, cracking.

Very nice pictures, incredibly amazing how it's now possible to use candle light as the only lighting source with digital cameras due to the size of the sensor chip and the sensitivity of the CMOS, combined with a really fast lens.
Stanley Kubrick had to get a special lens from NASA to shoot Barry Lyndon using candles almost 35 years ago, but on 35mm film!!!

Allow me one minor critical remark:
While I think the DoF is amazing and really focusses our attention on the narrator and the poems (though most of us don't understand Russian), I really feel it's almost a bit too much in some shots. Of course I don't know what the client ordered, but on a personal level I think it'd be nice to see a bit more of the background, especially to appreciate the beautiful church interiors (which I know after looking at the production photos on your blog).
I think some variation in this regard would add even more to the overall feel of the film, and let us appreciate the clips with a very shallow DoF even more (again, fitting into the meanings of the poems etc.).

Anyway, just my 2 cents, very nice work as usual indeed!

Beautiful shots! Can't wait to see the end result. Also, please send me your entirety of knowledge so that I may do badass video as well.

good stuff, philip. this might have been a good opportunity to get your mitts on one of those old Canon 50mm f/0.95.

A Miller Victory. Good going

Good poems. Good read.
Video looks like DOF demonstrarion and doesnt fit the text.

the church... beautiful

I love how I don't need to understand Russian to be moved by this piece. The choice of music is superb, I would love to know what it is!

Also If its not too much trouble I'm really curious to know which focal lengths you shot the first 3 shots at, and the last one too.

Love the shallow dof Philip keep rockin it :)

Great performed, shot and edited Philip! You got into deep with last shot when candle blown out and music quitely continued.. I suppose you have russian roots on some generation.. )

This viddy made me feel like I m in an old church. And also on a bench in the park. I am scared by the man in the viddy.

Looking really good, did you record onto the Kingston Compact Flash Elite Pro 133X cards for this shoot?

every time i see this guy in the thumbnail i think its anthony hopkins

Lovely shots, framing, grading, pace and mood. Excellent!
I cant wait to shoot a proper film on the 5.

Beatiful. You hit the spot again, Phillip!
Thanx for sharing...

By the way. Video is just perfect except for the book he´s holding... It looks like a damn Windows manual! You should´ve put a cover in that...

almost no noise in the footage, that is excellent work :)

Hey Phil, did you put EX3 in commode? With Letus Ultimate ;)

I can interpret it for you, but will it look good with subtitles?

Does anyone have any idea what the music used in this was?

Really great stuff. I'm liking the gutsy lighting from below in places too, a brave choice that worked out nicely and more importantly suited the piece.

More 30p footage please Phillip, keep it coming

Really rassian spirit in this video.

wow greqt stuff philip
i loved this short film...

Mysterious Russian shadow of the past in this video ... just super ..

if you need a translation, let me know! Awesome job!