Thanks! And likewise!

Thank you. We were lucky with the track, they're an amazing band!

Great to hear, thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks! We hope to cook up a new one every few weeks, stay tuned! Cheers!

Gosh, I'm uncertain of the model, it was loaned to us by friends. If there is a standard of microscope used in high schools, it would be of that type. Note: Microscopes from Toys'R'Us likely won't work... we tried, it was awful :c

Man... add microscope to my list of items I need to purchase.

Thank you! I concur, múm is fantastic!

Thank you! The camera was just placed right next to the microscope with about a 1cm clearance, shooting straight down the viewfinder shaft. The microscope viewfinder itself had a lens it in, which I'm sure helps!

Gotcha, cool! I'll have to try this sometime! Excellent music, btw :)

Thanks Martin! Much appreciated!

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Heya! HD download has now been enabled! Hurrah!

Thanks man! You rock!

I happened to like the little glimpse of a finger ;)

It lets us know the video is real and not a fancy animation.

Ha! That's a great point, and yes, that probably is a finger ;)

Thank you! Indeed, Vimeo is quite a wonderful place.

That's a real excellent point, Bob. We had considered a narrative early on, but were ultimately quite happy with the result as an abstract piece open to interpretation. Thanks for the comment!

agreed

Cool, thanks guys!

谢谢!

Thanks for your comments, Patryk.

Although I fundamentally agree with your expectation of story in film, I absolutely disagree that it is even necessary in this particular piece.

Every shot is extremely abstract, it's clearly far more successful as something open to interpretation as opposed to a forced story told with frenetic bubbles, crystalline structures, and pulsing, amorphous blobs. But that is only my opinion.

Regarding gear, we used a Canon 30D with a 50mm 1.4 lens, standard high school microscope, intervalometer, and an old black sock (to block out the spill light). There was a kitchen table involved too, if one could consider that gear.

The idea behind this piece, and I suspect behind most abstract work, is that the ball is left in the viewers court- their imagination has free reign to see whatever they wish, and if the viewer doesn't see or feel anything at all, well, then that's just too bad.

For Patryk,
why are you commenting about this having no storyline? I'm not sure if I can even begin to understand your videos.

For elo | meno | pe,
I thought the 30D only shoots stills, but yet this looks like video? How was it done?

hi hayden, was i said above was only my opinion, respect that, pls. as it comes to my movies i know that they are disturbing and erratic-they meant to be like that from the very beginning:) - as it comes to understanding them you dont have to, many of things you will see in your life and i will not be able to understand them. this where great artists are born.AND-as it comes to the counter of people who see or like my video i dont give a damn about it:) i am not doing it for the number of sees but i am always glad when somebody looked at it and even better when will like it too. and hayden-u gonna be surprised, i gave u a heart for spring arrival:) because i like nature-keep the rhythm flowing and respect others people opinions:)ciao.

Hi Hayden,

You're right, the 30D only shoots stills. However, we set the camera on continuous shooting mode which enabled us to shoot at 5 frames per second. We used an intervalometer to engage the shutter release automatically, so our hands were free to manipulate what was on the microscope slide and focus. The intervalometer can also be used to take photos at predetermined intervals which makes it GREAT for time lapse work. It's essentially a button-pushing robot monkey.

We shot over 5000 images, then brought all of them into After Effects at 24 frames per second. When played back at this frame rate as a sequence, it looks like video. Ta da!

I hope that answers your question!

Thanks! That Se7en title sequence was quite amazing, eh? Blew my socks off the first time I saw it!

Thanks! We're just happy to share with the Vimeo community! You guys are cool.

Thank you!

Wow that's super flattering, thanks Anthony!

Thanks

Thanks marc. We like the song too.