I had a terrible jet lag during incredible ReFrame collective, San Francisco, flying from Moscow. Would crash at 8 pm, (that's why many of fellow wedding filmmakers were wondering why I've never been seen at a late time, parties, etc. Sorry:)
... waking up 3am in the morning, thinking of a storytelling, "what and how"
This piece was shot around 5-6 am, on the streets close to the Clift hotel, the magic of this early hours, wanted to find out about characters of the people on the streets.
Rob Bagot, thank you so much for helping me, with light and audio. shot on Canon 7D. The shot of the bridge took a night before, sharing a car with awesome fellow filmmakers Sage Hall and Joe Simon. Music by the Art of Noise.
..a quick edit, possibly need to do some C.C.
Appreciate feedback!

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  • David Perry plus 1 month ago
    Great work. Enjoyed all the dialogue and you did a great job of keeping it moving and interesting. Was Rob shooting at the same time for your side shots? What did you use for audio?
    Thanks for sharing.
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Hi David! Thank you! Rob was not shooting, just holding the light or the mic. I've use a long shotgun Azden | SGM-2X on a 7D, at times, it was hand held by Rob.
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  • Cloud Nine Creative plus 1 month ago
    Wow. Simply amazing work. Pleasure meeting you in person, Oleg!
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Bruce, thank you! It was my pleasure to meet you!
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  • Kat Small 1 month ago
    Love your work Oleg. You really captured the stories of the streets in this piece. Missing the party's would have been worth it to shoot with you!
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Thank you Kat! Next time will shoot together!
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  • Oleg, this is a really great piece you have here! Also, I love the title - "Bedtime Stories" - excellent, excellent title. Great meeting you last week at Re:Frame. Hope to be able to chat with you more in the future. :)
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Thank you, I thought the title has some irony built!
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  • Isabel Gonzalez plus 1 month ago
    Beautiful work Oleg, simply beautiful.
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Isabel, thank you!
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  • Shawn Landersz 1 month ago
    this was truly beautiful job!
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Shawn, appreciate the comment!
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  • RogerB1 plus 1 month ago
    Very well done. Loved it. Would like to be able to download it to play on HDTV through my PS3.
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Roger, by popular demand I release it for download!
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  • John Dumlao 1 month ago
    Absolutely touching. I'm always curious to hear their stories. One day, i'll do one here in San Diego.
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    John, look forward to see your take on it, and thank you!
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  • Phill Sheffield plus 1 month ago
    Your use of sound and dialog is incredible, you are able to get people to open up and talk to you in amazing ways.
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Phill, thank you. I work on that, opening people up can be very rewarding!
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  • Brian plus 1 month ago
    Good stuff. Wow. Very informative. I liked it. You solved a huge mystery for me as well. How Nancy Pelosi was elected to the House of Representatives.
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Brian, thank you! What was the mystery? I will look up who is Nancy Pelosi.
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  • bliss productions 1 month ago
    this IS san francisco captured and told so beautifully. wow. i know some of these faces, i would see them for days... months... years. so touching, i didn't want it to end.
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Kristen, thank you so much, I have more people taped that night, wanted to keep the piece to the point! I loved visiting S.F.
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  • creative video plus 1 month ago
    beautiful!
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    thank you!
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  • Oleg - Superstar!
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    No Way!
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  • Отлично! Трудно понять, куда отнести такой подход. К документалистике или к игровому кино. Не, это что то отдельное.
    Олег, мне тут вспомнилась московская бабуля возле ЗАГСа, которая ни с кем вообще не разговаривает. Только метёт. Жутко не простая у неё жизнь была и есть. И то, как ты в считанные минуты вызвал её на откровение.
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Спасибо, Сергей, бабулю помню! хочу снять кино, или просто сцену с такими людьми..
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  • desafinado 1 month ago
    very catchy and inventive!

    Oleg, your style is cool! :)
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    thank you, Ruslan!
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  • Olga Filonova 1 month ago
    супер!
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Mersi!
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  • Oleg, I love how you were able to get to a deeper level with the people. You really do have a special way of getting people to open up and be real. I felt that way too!
    I'm so glad I had the opportunity to shoot with you. I look forward to our next shoot!
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Sage, thank you so much. Still remember that fogy night overlooking the Bridge during a shoot!
  • I felt like we were in an episode of Scooby Doo!
    And it was a magical way to start the week:)
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  • absolutely awesome!!! very very nice work!!!!
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Glad you liked it!
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  • Ronald Acosta 1 month ago
    Oleg great meeting you last week at Re:frame and thanks again for all your tips! This piece is a perfect example of "everyone has a story." We just need to find out what it is and document it! Awesome work!
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Ronald, thank you! You are right on that, every person has a story and is amazing in their own way!
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  • So amazing. I'd love to see some raw footage to hear how and what you asked them.
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    Thank you! I try to find a context to each person, usually it's intuitive, hard to explain, and done on a spot!
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  • vitart 1 month ago
    Хороший репортаж!Динамично и не устаёш смотреть!Бомжи конечно колоритные)
  • Oleg Kalyan plus 1 month ago
    спасибо, они и не бомжи в нашем понимании, настолько артистичны!
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  • ALI STUDIO HD plus 1 month ago
    super moment oleg
    what dou you use lens.
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