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14. The Ambience Affair // Burials

by Souljacker

5 months ago

13. Origin - Teaser Trailer

by Souljacker

8 months ago

12. Souljacker Stinger April 2011

by Souljacker

9 months ago

11. Mean Hamburger (directors cut)

by Souljacker

1 year ago

10. Adrian Crowley - Season of the Sparks

by Souljacker

1 year ago

9. The Ambience Affair - Devil in the Detail

by Souljacker

1 year ago

8. Screenclick Television Advert

by Souljacker

2 years ago

7. Adrian Crowley - The Wishing Seat

by Souljacker

2 years ago

6. Adrian Crowley - "The Beekeeper's Wife"

by Souljacker

2 years ago

5. "Vacant Hearts" - The Ambience Affair

by Souljacker

3 years ago

4. "The Mouth" (please watch until after credits!)

by Souljacker

3 years ago

3. SoulJacker Showreel

by Souljacker

3 years ago

2. "Sirens" - Autoban

by Souljacker

3 years ago

1. "Lowtide" - Autoban

by Souljacker

3 years ago

No video cameras were used in the production of this video. It was created entirely from over 15,000 still photographs on a Canon EOS 400D DSLR, shot on location in the Wicklow mountains, February 2010.

Winner of Best Music Video at Digital Socket Awards 2011
Winner of Best Music Video 2010 at IMTV Awards.
Winner of Most Original Concept 2010 at IMTV Awards
Nominated for "Best Video" at BrayMVF 2010

Winner of Radar Music Videos "Music Video of the Month" February 2010. (voted for by the public)

Phantom FM's "Video of the Week"

Featured in the Irish Independent -dayandnightmag.ie/2010/02/17/the-ambience-affair-%E2%80%93-devil-in-the-detail/

Directed by Souljacker
souljacker.ie

myspace.com/theambienceaffair

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Jason Butler 1 year ago

Very cool.

Good song too.
Souljacker 1 year ago

Cool, thanks Jason
Amblegloom 1 year ago

Patience or what.
Souljacker 1 year ago

Patience and cold, the abiding memories ! But fun all the same !
Paddy Cahill 1 year ago

Excellent video, looks great
Souljacker 1 year ago

Cool, thanks man, high praise from maker of one of the best music videos of last year !
john-paul whearty 1 year ago

Clever use of the camera guys i like it
Souljacker 1 year ago

Great, thanks !
SB 1 year ago

Super! Lovely shots and a testament to patience!
Souljacker 1 year ago

Yeah, loadsa patience, thanks man.
The First 47 1 year ago

Beautiful stuff!
Paudie 1 year ago

Man, that was fantastic. It's got a really interesting visual look to it because of the stop-motion. Fair fucks to ye.

Some questions if you wouldn't mind answering them:

The shots where you're 'tracking' after the character - did you get him to pose specifically each time or did you shot quick consecutive frames?

Also, did ye rent the camera or is it yere own 'cause I imagine that amount of work would put a lot of strain on the sensor?
Souljacker 1 year ago

Thanks Paudie, most shots where the camera pans with the character we shot bursts of about 60-90 quick consecutive frames at about 3fps... we also got him to alter his movement slightly which I think helped create the strange feel, as for the gear I used my own camera 350d for some tests then borrowed a friends 400d for the main shoot... I don't think that it would put too much strain on the camera ... at least I hope it didn't anyway :)
Austen Lavery 1 year ago

How slow was he moving while walking?
Souljacker 1 year ago

Hard to describe really, very slow ???? through tests beforehand we worked out what looked good for what we were aiming for, only way to figure it out really
Austen Lavery 1 year ago

That is what I had imagine, and I must say, I think you pulled it off magnificently. No other way would have suited the video better, in my opinion.
Duarte Domingos 1 year ago

400d is awsome :)
Paul Johannessen 1 year ago

Lovely stuff guys - I kind of want to see it enlarged to full 16:9 - use the whole frame and give it a little more scope.

great rhythm to the motion too - real nice
Oliver Wilkins 1 year ago

innovative, simple, creepy, dig it
New Romantics / Iris Piers 1 year ago

fantasic!! both song and video! Canon EOS 400D DSLR is the best!
mpared 1 year ago

posted at the curious brain
Stethebee 1 year ago

10 out 10 video and song. Inspiring what you can do with patients, a good idea and some get up and go.
Leon O'Tron 1 year ago

youtube.com/watch?v=7AQSLozK7aA
Austronauto 1 year ago

Very nice, the music fits the video soooo good!
The video reminds me There there of Radiohead
Itamar Luria 1 year ago

That was really cool. Amazing location. Better than Radiohead video. The end is a bit disappointing, what happened to the girl at the end of the "pier"?
craig adams 1 year ago

amazing! really this is truely awesome!
MILapse 1 year ago

Love it! amazing ambiance and great execution. Kudos!
oQamy.VISUEL 1 year ago

Wouaa, very good : )
Luis Palha 1 year ago

The looks is amazing. Great job
Benjamin Stone 1 year ago

incredible. great job!
Luke Pygman 1 year ago

This is beautiful man!
Brian Buckalew 1 year ago

Gr8 job! Loved it all. Thanks for sharing your talents with us.
Patryk Dobrowolski 1 year ago

WOW, creepy and lovely - the combination we all adore!
Yasir Ali 1 year ago

ufffffffff.. amazinggg job!!
DCTV 1 year ago

Looks fantastic well done lads. Love the creepy old walk!
- John
Danann Breathnach 1 year ago

C'est fantastique!
Alberto Perez 1 year ago

The effect you get from the frame by frame walk reminds me of those dreams were one is trying to run away from something but can't. Like a heavy gravity pull, love it!
Eohon 1 year ago

sweet
Irrum 1 year ago

Some really nice work. His movement is so strange but works really effectively. Tell me SOOOOOOUUL Jacker, where was this filmed?
Souljacker 1 year ago

Thank you Irrum!

It was all shot up around Loch Dan in Co Wicklow:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lough_Dan

A little difficult to access but we were thankfully light on gear - camera, tripod and a couple of sandwiches...
Mike 1 year ago

Cool film........ 15,000 frames on a 400D...... the sensor can take it, Im sure the shutter mech. is a little more, shall we say..... run-in...!! ;-D))
Chad Berger 1 year ago

Amazing! good job, I can't imagine all the work it took. What did you use to edit it?
Souljacker 1 year ago

Thanks Chad it was cut on Final Cut Pro with some of the effects done with Motion...
Will Beresford 1 year ago

Wow, this is the most amazing thing ever! Strong work!
jay rajamanickam 1 year ago

Fantastic work! Hats off!
Karan Kadam 1 year ago

Excellent work! Very patient of you :)
Gail Soliani 1 year ago

This was really great! I only wish the girl in red turned around at the end!
christina lu 1 year ago

i can watch this video over and over again.

i want to film in the woods now! i feel so inspired. (but central park will have to do for me in the hood...)
Souljacker 1 year ago

That's really cool,

Thanks Christina !
Kim Bergie 1 year ago

Really enjoyed that! Visually it was very well done and the location was amazing.
Opposition Chris 1 year ago

Yeah, I love this thing. It's awesome.
Tom Gallon 1 year ago

This is inspired. Did you have any trouble with aspect ratios etc in the edit?
Olya Po 1 year ago

It's awesome. I love it so much that I'm listeting to this song few times a day. And video is gorgeous, the location and colours.
Katerina Dulaeva 1 year ago

interesting motion!
good luck!
Souljacker 1 year ago

Thanks Katerina !
Ty 1 year ago

Amazing!
David La Roche 1 year ago

wow, this must have taken forever
Ciara Kennedy 1 year ago

This is beautiful, also gutted you got to Lough Dan before me.
Szabolcs Gergely (szabiakanich) 1 year ago

Reminds me somewhat of mute films from the 1920s, I don't know why. Probably because of some of the staccato movements.
Tomas Bates 1 year ago

wow great stuff! did you use many different lenses during the shoot/video?
Lina Chajkovskaja 7 months ago

lovely.)
Daniel Restrepo 5 months ago

Beautiful!
Jorge Teivelis Neto 4 months ago

Very very nice work with the photos and editing! Congratulations!
veri 2 months ago

amazing looks