The human experience is so fascinating.

I agree... simply a-maz-ing...
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causing great surprise or sudden wonder.

So precious and sad...The young couple where the young man conffesed running over the cat...That was brave of him and then she told him of her love poems...So sweet....Amazing the things we all have hidden within

Post secret always makes me cry.

This is beautiful...

what was this shot on? beautiful work...

It's always motivational to read or watch anything postsecret.
I love it!


Thanks Frank!

Yes please let us know what camera/lenses you used to make this. What beautiful, clear cinematography

Inspiring, disturbing, haunting and always brutally honest... That unpredictable emotional roller coaster we know as postsecrets!

Frank is keepin' it real :)

Excellent! I also want to know what this was shot on. Great depth of field.

Not surprisingly... this is power, beautiful, and absolutely brilliant.

there is something about hearing other people's secrets that makes me feel like the wonder in life isn't gone (lame but true).

I think I've watched this 5 times in a row. These secrets are surprising without the anonymity of the postcards. Amazing.

Wow, really good stuff and SO WELL SHOT!

I think these ppl are so brave to tell their secrets.... now if we could only get everyone in the world to do the same.... beautiful video

Words cannot describe how amazing that was. It helps you make it through the day when you know ppl have the same kind of secrets you do. Help you feel like you are not alone

This is beautiful - visually and spiritually.

Awesome work!

The couple at 4:00 is incredible. If it's genuine... :)

i'm in awe of this video. it was simply breathtaking to watch...it makes me so happy to see that these people have secrets just like i do. and it reminds me of how beautiful people truly are. i hope to one day have the bravery of these people and share my secrets with the world.

I'm always amazed when people are willing to share the most private part of themselves. This was put together beautifully.

Wow. Thanks all for watching and for the amazing response. This project was a gift to work on.

i dont have any words to fully descibe my thoughts about the video....
except it is amazing and it made my day. :]

To the girl with the void in her heart: My baby sister (who is three) came into the room as you shared your secret and said "Oh wow, she's beautiful."

I created an account to post that comment bc I thought it was important that I share that with you.

Post Secret has allowed me to tell a secret to someone I love and he still loves me. Thank you, Frank.

Thanks so much for sharing this! Wish I had some secrets to share :)

amazing amazing amazing !

Doing what you do best. Good stuff. Good luck with the event in NOLA this weekend.

I'm actually, unexpectedly, very moved.

The camera work/quality and editing is really fantastic also, by the way. Great job.

What's the song at beginning?

people are beautiful and fascinating

I can really relate to 3:30.
ps i love how this was made overall, kudos (:

this made me cry early in the morning.... I feel so lucky somehow. And yes, please, tell us what song(s) have been used in this! Especially the last one, when the credits are running!
Thank you so much!

awesome vid!~

There is something beautiful about them trusting all of us viewers with their confessions. I will probably never get to meet any of them or anyone that knows them, but I would just like to say their secrets are safe with me.

Очень Круто!

I'm not that good in talking/understanding English and this sucks hard because I don't know if I got the message of the couple at 4:00.
He ran over the cat so he killed it or what does it mean?
And she has love poems written by herself and tells him that he wasn't allowed to read them cause they were about him?

Beautiful video and powerfully human

I love that this was shot on a 5D MKII. Brilliant work, and great editing, too.

And if you're lucky enough to fall in love with a girl who fills books with love poems about you, you've done alright.

Good-stuff, moving.

exhYle.....the guy ran over her cat and killed it and did not tell her. That was his secret. It was a bad secret.

She has books of poems written about him and she loved him...her secret was beautiful..

as always, there is a common human voice and a current that makes you connect to every person...
brave and beautiful

Did you use any lights or reflectors or just the soft light of the shade? What time of day was this shot? I'm assuming throughout the day.

Beautiful video--sensitive in the way it was filmed and edited and with so much respect for the people interviewed. Loved it.

Hmm I'm not sure how "I ran over your cat" is equal to "Well I write love poems about you that I can't show you." But what do I know?

Damn you guys. Those moments of humanity you capture, kill me every time.

One of the best videos I've seen.....loved the way you carried out a simple concept!!!

What wonderful messages: Vimeo seems like a special community and I'm glad I'm now a part of it.

I want to, again, thank the brave people who shared their broken and beautiful humanity with us.

I would also like to thank Benjamin and Nathan for artistically and respectfully capturing these rich moments.

And thanks to all of you for your kind words.

-Frank

Secret: I had a one-night-stand with one of the guys in this video during a time when I was manic. So strange to see this...

looked nice, what did you shoot on?

I didn't want it to end!

Great project! I have a similar one called "Spontaneously Yours" bit.ly/4zLaW7

Wow, amazing confessions, you have of way of making people open up and share really personal things. It's powerful.

!!loved it

Ben, I would like to congratulate you for using video and music with the ends of portraying secrets as the "inside" to the emotions of human beings. A detail which is most of the time avoided in huge cities, like NYC. I felt identified with these human beings due to the seriousness of their confessions, mostly portrayed in their faces. I will remember this video as a secret... I saw this video, I felt like I know this people and I loved it.

inspiring

"I killed your cat" = courage

Very cool idea. Capture things that have never been told.

"you know your cat that disappeared, I ran over it"

HA, funny for the wrong reasons.

this is so honest and beautiful, I love it.
I like the style, the people.
Whatever you're doing, keep doing it!

nice and sweet as always :)

Transcript for Fifty People One Question

[instrumental, happy music]

Old Man in Sunglasses: "All right, ask away."

[Red-headed woman with sunglasses on head laughs aloud.]

Mid-30 Year Old Man Says, "What is my secret?"

Woman With Gold Hoop Earrings says, "I don't have a secret."

Black-Haired Man With Stubble Says, "Well, I'm a pretty open book, so I don't know that I really have, um..."

Red-Headed Woman With Sunglasses Says "Erm, I don't know. Well, I have them, but I'm scared to tell it to you."

Red-Headed Girl in Plaid Shirt says, "Wait, um, I just have a question." The group surrounding her laughs. She continues, "Why would you share it now if you usually wouldn't share it with anyone else? It's a total stranger."

[Serene, soft rock instrumental plays in the background, continues throughout video.]

Black Man Hidden From Full Sight in Black Shirt says, "How about ever since I was 18, I didn't know how not to have more than one girlfriend?"

Boy in Purple Shirt says, "[inaudible to me--someone else fill in, please] If you have a girlfriend, right, and you like her, but there's another girl, and you don't want to break her heart? You go out with her..."

Woman with Big Sunglasses says, "I like to eat cereal, in my bedroom, alone, in my underwear." Laughs, then continues, "So there you go."

Boy in Light Blue Shirt says, "My secret is that I hate peanut butter and jelly."

Early-30 Year Old With Long Hair Says, "I used to fantasize about being a secret agent sometimes."

Boy in White Shirt says, "I hate birds."

Early-30 Year Old With Long Hair continues in background, "Having like 17 passports and a stash of cash somewhere? And what would I do, where would I go, you know?"

Boy in White Shirt continues, "I think because I hate when they fly, and I can't fly."

Early-30 Year Old With Long Hair continues, "Maybe because of a lack of excitement in my life. Maybe..."

Woman With Gold Chain-Link Necklace says, "The secret that I--I'm afraid to go back into my hometown."

Man with Suspenders and Gray Shirt says, "Last October, I broke my computer, and I told everyone that I spilled coffee on it, but I actually peed on it in the middle of the night." Group laughs.

Tall Man with Hairy Chest continues, "Well, I've been telling people that I have a real job, when I moved out, so they wouldn't think I was pathetic."

Heavy Man with Thick Glasses says, "Um, I--The first time I ever jerked off was to a LaToya Jackson video." Man with Curly Hair and White Shirt says, "Oh, awkward." Heavy Man with Thick Glasses continues, "Uh, hey, you're only 12 once, you know."

Cute Man with Big Rectangular Glasses says, with a French accent, "My secret is that I slept with a man."

Black Man with Glasses says, smirking, "I plan on breaking up a couple in another country for my own personal gain."

Man with Glasses Attached to Shirt says, "Really, true story."

Woman with Pearl Earrings says, "I transferred schools for an ex-boyfriend, and I told everyone that I didn't. Now you know. Ah, that's so weird. I just said it."

Woman with Glasses and Long Hair says, "I'm a lot better before you really know me."

Woman in Couple says, "Hey, dig in there deep." Man in Couple with Beard says, "Aye, you know, uh, your cat that disappeared? I ran it over." Woman in Couple says, "Hmm, let's see. You know, like, you know all those books that I have that I don't let you read?" Man in Couple with Beard says, "Yeah." Woman in Couple continues, "It's just all these love poems that are about you."

Man with Black Hair and Stubble says, "Uh, my-my grandmother. Well, I didn't get to be with her when she died, so..."

Boy with Braces says, "I believe sex [death] is a beautiful thing -- a beautiful part of life."

Woman in Yellow/Black Plaid Shirt says, "Um, I don't mind being honest about this." Laughs. Continues, "My best friend's dad died of cancer recently. He was really meaningful to me. We grew up together. He pretty much raised me, and when he was going to the hospital for his last--his last, like, goodbye, basically--uhh, I remember, there was a lot of people that were waiting for him. He asked--he'd only have two people in the room--and he specifically asked for me to be there. And that really changed my life."

Girl in Red Plaid Shirt says, "Yeah, like, seriously, that I act like an idiot because, I don't know... Because I have a void in my heart." Laughs.

(Transcription by Aliusrex)

simply amazing... i love the beauty of it all.

That is simply just awesome. Some stories actually got me very emotional since I actually lived some moments like those!

truly beautiful!

TRUlly Inspiring !!! I am so Glad to have been a Neighbor in your Neighborhood **

Two of them hit home, the girl that said she's much better before you get to know her.
I can't help but feel like I'm that way too, it's why I avoid getting closer to people, so they won't be disappointed.
The last one, I'm not sure how much she meant it, but as soon as I heard it, I started crying.

The girl that said shes so much better before you know her, I still feel that way. I'm much better from a distance, so to Andie, I'm with you. we can be close together. (the girl and I look alike, even more scary)

Danielle, even though you feel the same way, I still have this fear that if you did get to know me, you'd end up saying "Wow, she was right, she was better before I got to know her".
I don't know why, I guess it comes from a long history of feeling like people think I'm better, smarter, funnier than I really am and not wanting them to know that.