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92. They Blink Morse Code To Find Their Love
1 year ago
Special video, for a special friend.

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Sebby,
Je t'aime beaucoup. Joyeux Anniversaire!
Je t'embrasse, Karen.

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Music: The Lively Arts - "Fireflies"

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  • Georgie Hammerton 1 year ago
    That is totally the most beautiful thing ever ever ever. I am filled with joy and fairy dust after that :)
  • Fairy Dust? Georgie!!! haha.
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  • Sébastien Abes plus 1 year ago
    i generally really enjoyed your work Karen but this one about me is golden, so much emotions, i m really happy to be your friend :)
  • <3 Happy Birthday my lovely.
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  • Sébastien Abes plus 1 year ago
    beep beep
  • Boop beep beep weep wop doot doot dot ^_^ meow chirp toot toot boot grrr Rowwrr beep! haha

    oh i forgot one...
    chomp chomp
  • Sébastien Abes plus 1 year ago
    chomp on this !!
  • Chomp le requin. haha :-X shhhhhhh! <3
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  • Bryan Wuest 1 year ago
    wow, wow, wow.
  • upside down that is
    mom, mom, mom
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  • Ray Martinez 1 year ago
    this is so cool! you're videos totally inspire me. i cant wait to make my own someday.
  • Oh Ray, I'm glad, that is very nice of you to say. Psh i think you can make some killer vids with your awesome music.
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  • Monconic 1 year ago
    i love this so much! the visuals are stunning! thanks for sharing.
  • Thank you so much Elliott :-)
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  • Oh Karen. Fireflies in the zyphoid and all, this was beautiful.

    Maybe this is how we get to that good part in the movie.

    <3
  • This is the part of the movie where I don't want it to end...because everything is just right.
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  • karen, this is fantastic, and thank you.
  • Aww thank YOU J Chap for watching, but also for being a cool dude.
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  • ⾺ Dan Huston plus 1 year ago
    Always beautiful - this type of work from you makes me smile and just feel happy
  • aww thanks Dan :-) [ ]
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  • victoria 1 year ago
    sweet sweet sweet sweet as can be :)
  • sweet like candy kisses and lemonade drops of love.
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  • dwyzak 1 year ago
    Heartwarming.
  • Heart explosion :-)
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  • loonachic plus 1 year ago
    aweeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!! this is beyond great!!!!!
  • Aww thanks meesh meesh :-)
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  • ße ωell ;-) plus 1 year ago
    sweet :)
  • Thanks BeWellRobot!
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  • VendelasCity 1 year ago
    Karen, how long does it take for you to put together one of your video creations?
  • It depends. Anywhere between one day (20 hours or so) to two weeks (but I only work on it a couple hours a day). This one took slightly longer than all the others because a lot of work went into it. I was fortunate enough to have my best friend Joe help me with things like making the Mobile, and standing in. It took a couple hours to just make the diorama, and I used that for only a couple of seconds..haha.

    I try not to take too long to make these little videos on vimeo because I get bored easily and my buffer for attention with each thing I make lasts around 4 hours or so and then I become bored and it becomes tedious. I have video ADD. I have to keep coming up with different things so I'm not bored. But I also have to juggle these things around doing more important work.

    Videos that I make seriously for class or films take months of planning and weeks of prep.

    :-)
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  • Makivo 1 year ago
    great stuff.

    Karen, your work rocks.
    I love all the cut outs you use in all your videos.
  • Aww thanks a lot Makivo. It helps too if you make something very emotional for someone special, you want to invest more work into it...even if it's a silly little video.

    With whimsical dreams, anything is possible. :-)
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  • Michael Perry plus 1 year ago
    cant wait to see this kind of stuff on L4F soon :)
  • Oh man I'm excited about video coming to L4F. I haven't been on there lately since I've been busy, but also because I maxed out on my upload limit for photos hahaha. Since I got Flickr pro from a wonderful friend, I have been dumping my photos there. haha.
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  • Michael Perry plus 1 year ago
    awesome by the way
  • haha thanks MP :-)
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  • Jared Foster plus 1 year ago
    That grass looked so soft I want to take a nap there. Also did you shoot all those shots of yourself on a tripod? You have amazing vision and it was a fun journey.
  • Mmm I love shooting grass so much, that's my favourite. I wish I could've taken a nap on the gras. Zzzzzzzz.

    For the park stuff, I had my best friend stand in to where I was going to be and I framed and focused the shot, so that he could just hit record when I was ready to go. The Skateboarding stuff I just put the camera on the ground and used the skate as a focus of reference.

    I appreciate your kind words, thank you so much. It was a fun journey for me as well to try different things and learn After Effects/motion tracking haha.
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  • Capucha plus 1 year ago
    Aaw, I absolutely adore this, Karen. You're wonderful :))
  • Thank you so much Capucha <3
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  • Blake Whitman staff 1 year ago
    Love.
  • Sounds like this:

    pitter patter pitter patter. CLUNK.
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  • Teah 1 year ago
    Oh Karen, I wish I have your skills.
    And your backpack.
    And your flats.
  • hahaha Magic bag/silly flats.

    I love flats...but I'm sure you know that by now hahha.

    Thanks Teah <3
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  • Ayz Waraich 1 year ago
    man those fireflies are great...

    your stuff always feels honest and so heart-on-your-sleeve. I love that. ;)
  • Buzz buzz fire flies! oh man I don't know how much more my heart can take. A little piece gets ripped off and attached to every video I make..pretty soon I won't have anymore left. I'll just borrow bits of yours.
  • Ayz Waraich 1 year ago
    I'm not half as courageous as you in that department.

    You need to put some of this magic into a short film already.

    *coughcoughnotsosubtlehinthint*
  • haha i know. My writing needs to mature a little bit more...I need to keep practicing until I'm ready. But I have a feeling this will come sooner than later.

    I want to go into something knowing at least 97% sure that I'm up for it. haha.

    The 3% is for laughs and giggles of nervousness and uncertainty.
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  • Buck Flashroy 1 year ago
    You're too good at making videos!!! This was lovely.
  • aww bucky! <3 you're great at being a wonderful supportive friend.
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  • kateopolis 1 year ago
    Beeeauuutiiiifuuuul!

    U always make me "feel" the love Karen.
  • Aww I'm glad that that carries over Kate. :-) Thank you.
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  • zzz1492 1 year ago
    Great fireflies --
    both paper and sfx!
  • Buzz buzz buzz flutter blink! thankee
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  • rc28 1 year ago
    It's wonderful- please please make it available for download!
  • rc28 1 year ago
    Thanks for making it available for download- now I can play it over and over again!
    Really beautiful piece, love the music too. Well Done!
  • should be working now RC :-)
  • rc28 1 year ago
    Yes got it, thanks!
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  • Lynn Grover 1 year ago
    I'm in awe of your imagination and talent!
  • Awww. ! :-) Thanks so much, that's very kind of you to say, especially when you have son who's very good as well haha. You're the best.
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  • Sébastien Abes plus 1 year ago
    <3
  • xoxoxo.

    beep beep bonsoir lune. <3
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  • Remyyy plus 1 year ago
    You're never out of inspiration. Super Sweet as usual !!!!!

    Bon anniversaire Sébastien avec un peu de retard.
  • Aww thanks Rems. I'm inspired by other's talent and genius.
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  • Sébastien Abes plus 1 year ago
    merci bien Rémy :)
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  • Sergey Zeinalov 1 year ago
    it`s beautiful
  • Thank you Sergey!
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  • heather 1 year ago
    lady, you are crazy good and I love the way your mind works... hahah, man that sounds like a horrible pick up line!
  • haha hey baby.

    haha

    Sometimes I don't like how my mind works. Other times it's alright. Sometimes it stresses me out. or actually overwhelms me.
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  • Raybot 1 year ago
    your camera is so crazy intense.

    this video was absolutely breath taking.

    <333
  • camera is just a tool.

    mind is power.


    Thank you so much! <3 I appreciate it!
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  • Marion plus 1 year ago
    WOW, beauuuuuuuuuuutiful!!!! BRAVO!! Such great work and so touching, really beautiful....
  • hee hee Merci Marion. nice video for nice boy <3
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  • Marion plus 1 year ago
    oups, sorry, Joyeux anniversaire Seb!
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  • Sébastien Abes plus 1 year ago
    merci Marion ! :) elle a du talent Karen !
  • pfffff! smooch.
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  • Rookiedad 1 year ago
    woohoo! awesomeness!
  • Thanks Rookie Dad!
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  • Cody Jensen 1 year ago
    You should make a tutorial video of how you use your awesome color correcting skills.
  • haha maybe one day if i can reconcile the irritation I have with my voice. :-)
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  • assbach plus 1 year ago
    i really love the mix of old and new in here. the motion and general feel to this is making me feel good cause it transport a lot of emotion, lots of love and caring. the details and the whole story ... very nice one again!
  • Aww thanks a lot. You're right lots of emotion is involved in this one. :-)
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  • Irina Shatalova plus 1 year ago
    What a lovely glowing objects!
  • hee hee thanks a lot!
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  • Le PôLe plus 1 year ago
    Inspiration from love...?????
    It's very powerfull.
    You're some kind of "videopoetress" or somethings like that.
    I feel to go walking in country to feel the grass...
    You make a fine universe where it's possible to be wide open eyes in front small things of life...
    happy...
  • :-) Eh he, he's a very special friend to me.

    "Videopoetress" haha thank you very much.

    You should probably take some time to play in the grass it's very fun.

    Anything is possible in my universe, as long as I allow for it to be.

    :-)
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  • Greg Wallis 1 year ago
    Karen, that was just great. Really.
  • hee hee thanks Greg.
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  • Annie plus 1 year ago
    I just LOVE your work mate :)))
    You clever little veggie, you! ;)
    The fire flies are great and you inspire me to work harder on learning AE.
    Your work cheers me up when I'm down.
    Thanks Karen :))))
  • Aww thanks so much. Yeah learning new things is fun..and frustrating hahaa. But I guess if you want something so badly you can put your mind into a lot of different things.


    I really appreciate your feedback and thank you for taking the time to watch this.

    Have a great week!
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  • Santi Trujillo 1 year ago
    A visual poem, great work
  • Thanks so much Santi :-)
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  • Alzhan Anuarov 1 year ago
    nice.
  • hee hee thanks Alzhan!
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  • great stuff!!!
  • Thanks so much lester!
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  • Smog Films plus 1 year ago
    Beautiful present :)
  • eh he. you got a pretty cool roomate haha. :-)
  • Smog Films plus 1 year ago
    Yep, i think i'm gonna ask him his hand !
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