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99. Venice's People: Canon 7D 24p
22 days ago
91. Critics: Promo 1
2 months ago
Fourth in the unintentional "series", after Sofia, Dublin and San Francisco.

This time it's Venice Beach in LA that is the focus.

Very different from the other 3 in that all the sound and music was recorded on location using just the simple Rode Video Mic plugged straight into the 7D.

Big thanks to Sara Collaton saracollaton.com for inspiring and for her cameo as she adds much needed glamour to the piece.

New version graded with Magic Bullet Looks.

More on my blog at philipbloom.co.uk. Where I talk about what gear I used to including lenses, filters and support.

Original cut and ungraded version here: youtube.com/watch?v=Cl1g6SisLTM

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  • Jan van der Meer plus 22 days ago
    Great again and again Philip and go on and on, next your #100 clip here. Pitty you missed Amsterdam Beach and yes I do play guitar also!
  • iamkalaniprince plus 7 days ago
    Jan !, when are you going to be on Maui, I promised you a personally guided island trek ! Should be a blast..

    Wow Philip, nice piece here.. I lived in LA for 5 yrs and would frequent Venice just to people watch.. It's where I saw my first Canon XL1 in real life, Ha ! Seems like a looong time ago.. Funny how Venice seems to be this timeless enigma that just keeps running.. Was it your first time there ? This is one of my favorite video's of yours just cause it feels so raw and representative of Venice beach... Very nice.. You gotta do the 3rd street promenade next.. Some crazy talent there..

    Love and Aloha, iamKP-
  • Jan van der Meer plus 7 days ago
    Yes we can do a nice 'Philip People' copy on the Maui People, put them in line I'm coming! (Please go for the Hawaii dream beauties, dont like the Venice bunch!) ;-)
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  • Florent Porta plus 22 days ago
    The best video you ever done I think !
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  • Matt White 22 days ago
    This is great Phil, I think it is the most interesting of the series. There are many types of people in the world.
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  • Wiland Pinsdorf plus 22 days ago
    Very good Philip! Venice is really a human zoo...
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  • Wilberto Ramos 22 days ago
    I wake up...coffe... Philip Bloom Video....PRICELESS
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  • Gareth E Evans plus 22 days ago
    A great job once again Philip, really enjoyed this one was interesting and loved the shots towards the end with the basket ball and gym where the sun is setting and its backlighting them with a nice orange glow...
    well done
    Gar
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  • stuart atkins 22 days ago
    hey philip, love the shots at dusk with the sun in the background. that was probably my favorite in the "series". congrats on a new blossoming relationship too, so glad you honored her with that cameo. still learning from you sir.
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  • Adam Gaulding 22 days ago
    Great addition to the people series, albeit an unintentional series. Cheers!
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  • der gaertner 22 days ago
    that one really touched me!
    for me, this "series" begins to be a kind of (also unintentional) statement about human condition.
    thanks!
    tom
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  • Chris Beaumont plus 22 days ago
    Really fantastic, and a big improvement on the last few, which, while excellent kit demos and wonderful looking videos, have lacked substance and meaning. This one was thick with meaning, and had a great mini-documentary feel.

    As well as showing off what cock slappingly good video the 7D can produce, for me this video has also propelled your 'people' series into something more serious and interesting, and I really look forward to seeing how far you can go with it. Great work!
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  • RogerB1 plus 22 days ago
    And yet, another winner! thanks
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  • Robert Lyon 22 days ago
    Love Venice Beach
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  • David Aldrich plus 22 days ago
    Really, Really brilliant! No background music works well here because Venice Beach has it's own sound track!
  • Philip Bloom plus 22 days ago
    cheers David appreciate it.
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  • WakeGirls.com plus 22 days ago
    I think this is the best one yet in the "series". You found a gem in New York hat guy. Great work as always Phil. If you get tired of that 7D I'd be more than willing to take it off your hands.
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  • Jessica Lehrman 22 days ago
    This is absolutely AMAZING! You really captured my home, thank you!
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  • Blake Whitman staff 22 days ago
    4:00
  • Philip Bloom plus 22 days ago
    Ooops. Did I break Vimeo rules with that shot or do you want a blow up? Let me know which one ;-)
  • Blake Whitman staff 22 days ago
    just really admire your framing Mr. Bloom.
  • Philip Bloom plus 22 days ago
    i was actually wearing the same underwear as this fella coincidentally. Except mine were under my shorts and orange!! Thought you would like that info!
  • Blake Whitman staff 22 days ago
    pics or it didn't happen.
  • Philip Bloom plus 22 days ago
    you want me to send you pics of my underwear? REALLY? I need to speak to Dalas...
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  • Sean Cruser 22 days ago
    as someone from the area, you really nailed it.

    impeccable skill too.
  • Philip Bloom plus 22 days ago
    that's a big compliment Sean, thanks
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  • JJ Kim 22 days ago
    One of my favorite so far...
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  • Phoric plus 22 days ago
    For a few seconds I was thinking "wait, this doesn't look like Italy!" :)

    I think every homeless man I've talked to on the street has a story about Vietnam.
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  • Loved how you devoted some longer segments to let "New York" tell his story–he was the real deal. Agreed this is my favorite in the series so far. Impressed with the Rode's sound, AGC can be a pain. Care to share your "tweaked" picture profile with the masses?
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  • unique_design 22 days ago
    really nice work pal ... interesting ppl ... nice framing ... 7D and lens(es) are great!!! ... nice editing its great to watch...

    i'm curious how much footage did u have / got for this.

    ... greetings from germany
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  • Mateo Perez 22 days ago
    Not another one!
    But really, great work keep making these.
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  • Chael Rosenberger 22 days ago
    In the words of Paris Hilton..."Luvs it".
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  • Stanislav Beremski 22 days ago
    Nice work Philip!
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  • 100peaks 22 days ago
    Completely great all around. Including the editing & sound.
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  • vongspoth studios 22 days ago
    Awesome, Philip! Your work inspired me to make this:

    vimeo.com/7409998
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  • shan mugaa 22 days ago
    i think i am staying in a damn hottest country in the world. my 7D shows the temp meter very fast. need to sort out the problem.any body have any idea how to get rid of the heat??? any way did some slow mo test recently..i liked it.. despite the heat.
    vimeo.com/7394380
  • Sean Duran 22 days ago
    Weird, I've shot for hours without any problems at all.
  • shan mugaa 19 days ago
    Really? where you shot it? in cold place? i wish my machine can stay cold for 4 hours.. so i can really do lots of stuffs..
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  • Ron Risman plus 22 days ago
    Philip, this is absolutely your best yet in your "people series"
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  • It Donned On Me plus 22 days ago
    Excellent work, an a great evolution of the series. I'm really impressed with the sound from the Rode, just wish it wasn't as big as the camera!
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  • Nino Leitner 22 days ago
    Your best one in the series yet. Undoubtedly.

    Just feels like the beginning and end of a much longer documentary. I hope you will do much, much more non-fiction with "real people" from places around the world. Thanks for your efforts.
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  • Focal Bliss plus 22 days ago
    Awesome Philip! Cheers!
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  • Luis Palha 22 days ago
    Great work. This should start a channel here in vimeo
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  • Luis Palha 22 days ago
    You talk about a tweak in the standard picture profile. What did you do?
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  • Jeremy Bernatchez 22 days ago
    Absolutely wonderful Philip!
    Loved the documentary feel to this one. Audio sounded great, and loved that musician's guitar playing!
    Was that your lensbaby thingamajig used in the basketball court shot?
  • Philip Bloom plus 22 days ago
    thanks Jeremy. No it's a 24mm Tilt shift canon. Way more cash!
  • Jeremy Bernatchez 22 days ago
    Hehe :) Well in any event that was one of my favs. I always love the backlit, silhouette kind of shot!
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  • Daniel Péger 22 days ago
    i love this one.
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  • Anders Dahl 22 days ago
    I was excited to see some good 7D footage, but this was much more than a camera demo. I have lived in Venice for almost 20 years and it was wonderful to see it with somebody else fresh eyes on scenery I see every day.
    The editing was perfect!

    Very cool stuff.
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  • Kalle Oksa 22 days ago
    Great video! I got goosebumps.
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  • Gijs de Groote 22 days ago
    Great portraits Philip! Best in series! I'm kind of Bloom-addicted these days, watching all your vids! Really great and useful as I am planning to buy a 5D or 7D.

    Sounds is great on this one. Is 5DmkII the same or less quality? Or do you want external sound anyway?
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  • Nate Lipp 22 days ago
    Wow. I have been saying that documentaries need to be shot on digital SLRs for a while now, but there is the proof. That's what good glass and good exposures can get you. Good work.
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  • Cathal Hegarty plus 22 days ago
    I love the way you made use of live sound on this one Philip.. has to be one of my favourites.. a really great short..
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  • Richard Edkins plus 22 days ago
    stunning video mate !
    makes me wanna go back to Venice beach!
    and get a 7D :)
    but no, toys aside, nicely done film
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  • Jeff Frick plus 22 days ago
    Makes me want to run out and buy the 7D, of course, it doesn't come packaged with your eye. Inspirational
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  • Jim Froom 22 days ago
    Nice work. Enjoy watching your "people" series. Keep it going.
    Question. Do you think your last two, Venice and San Fran (5D) @ 24P would show well in a movie theater via digital projection? Do you think the average movie goer would notice a difference in the 5D's converted 24P and the 7D's 24 P on these two pieces?
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  • Boz 22 days ago
    Wow. Brilliant as usual Phillip! I do like the inclusion of interviews and live sound into the mix. It adds more depth to the piece. Nice work!
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  • Cyrus Dowlatshahi plus 22 days ago
    Awesome
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  • Lance Kuhns plus 21 days ago
    I like it cause there is sound. real people voices. real people stories.
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  • Tony Rain plus 21 days ago
    damn, you're making me more and more want to get a 7d! very nice work Philip!
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  • Ben Stovold plus 21 days ago
    Definitely your best yet - a sense of story, beautiful imagery (as always) and pace; just great atmo.
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  • Robert Hendricks 21 days ago
    Really well shot and edited. I enjoyed this very much.
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  • Emrys Roberts plus 21 days ago
    Best one yet Phil! :)
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  • Dale Kamp plus 21 days ago
    I echo the sentiments -- best one yet!

    I miss my Rode VideoMic. Thanks for showing me I should purchase another one. :)
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  • Tucker Parris plus 21 days ago
    Truly amazing...

    after watching People of San Fran. via Philip Bloom i was thinking wow i wish there was more of that guy singing at the end. the audio is fantastic, is it the stereo rode video mic?
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  • MuratCo 21 days ago
    refreshing stuff ~ particularly liked the brief sunset shots...

    it looked like you used more than one lens, correct me if i'm wrong; the basketball shot and one of the watch tower shots (3:30) seemed like a wide-angle; both of which have bands in the sky... i know magic bullet's vignette feature does that sometimes ~ but i guess that's not it this time.

    anyhow ~ neat work, thanks for posting.!
  • Philip Bloom plus 21 days ago
    bands are down to compression.
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  • Richard Bolland 21 days ago
    It has a very 50 people 1 question feel to it. Very nice. Best one yet.
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  • Mario Lavin 21 days ago
    Very nice! but you missed Harry Perry! (guy playing guitar on roller blades) a legend of Venice....
  • Philip Bloom plus 21 days ago
    i got him on my digital super 8mm camera during the LA meet up. Edit coming soon
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  • 23 Pictures 21 days ago
    You can be whoever you want to be in Venice! That's what draws people from all over the world to this amazing place.

    And on ThiS dAy, you were a film-maker ... u dig?

    'J-dog
  • 23 Pictures 20 days ago
    Philip,

    Just wanted to add how much I like the shot at sunset playing hoops ... I've spent many days on that actual court playing, so brings back good memories!
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  • Bill Strehl 21 days ago
    I agree with the general sentiment that this is the "best" in the series so far. It's the voices of the people that makes the difference for me. Two questions if you have time to answer.
    1. Did you get the guitar player all in one take?
    2. Many people have commented about the camera overheating. Have you had this happen?
  • Philip Bloom plus 21 days ago
    yes all in one take.

    I had overheating on my pre-production camera but not my current one
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  • Andrey Stvolinsky 21 days ago
    Nice work.
    Good images.

    Thanx!
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  • kramon 21 days ago
    It's fantastic to see what that 'simple' and relatively cheap peace of gear can do!

    I'm a tv-director and I'm planning on using a DSLR as a "second unit" on a travel series...
    I can imagin that, when skillfully used, that the material coming from the DSLR might even 'overglow' the material shot with the much more expensive Digital Betacam...

    If you're doing any workshops in Europe some time soon, I will surely try to be part of that!

    Thanks so much for sharing!!
  • Nicolai Amter plus 21 days ago
    I have just shot a job in Ghana for a client. with a DOP shooting on a Sony PDW-F350L and me doing 'second unit' on my 5D mkII. Worked very well. Think the 5D stuff is much more film-like and not only because of the shallow depth of field. Will upload some soon.
  • Philip Bloom plus 21 days ago
    look forward to it Nicolai.

    Workshops are planned!
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  • Chael Rosenberger 21 days ago
    Shows the good and the bad of the 7d, or the dSLR's. Picture quality is very good, but the DOF is a blessing and a curse. I give you cudos for keeping the interviews in focus as much as they kept moving in and out of the focal range.

    Fine work as always. Like a glimpse of the under-belly of society.
  • Philip Bloom plus 21 days ago
    I could easily have made the the DOF deeper but this was my choice. I was shooting around f1.4 on some of them. My own fault!
  • Chael Rosenberger 21 days ago
    Well let me clarify and say I think it worked perfectly for your piece. Very intimate feel and well done, as all the videos I've seen you craft. My comment was meant as a general observation, thinking about other applications and such.
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  • Jonas Gebhardt 21 days ago
    Next will be video 100 made by you. I was about to say: Do something special! But it would be so wrong as all your videos are special. Keep em comin!
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  • Peter McKinnon plus 21 days ago
    Well done. My fav yet.
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  • Gary Ramsey 21 days ago
    Yep, that is Venice. Great capture of a strange little world.
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  • Tom Guilmette plus 20 days ago
    great stuff phil. this is the most "real" people cross section yet.

    well shot and edited. i hope you are sleeping right now dude ;-)
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  • Romain Fournier plus 20 days ago
    Downloading to watch it on the big LCD. Cannot wait but congrats in advance...
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  • Daniel Shimshoni plus 20 days ago
    BRAVO! This is by far the best of the People series.

    Having dialogs gives it much more "meat", the visuals are fantastic and the cadence is great.

    Inspirational.
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  • Matt E plus 20 days ago
    Great work Philip. You've inspired me to finish editing my footage from Venice Beach which I shot before Re:Frame in April of this year. Thanks!
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  • Brad Kremer plus 20 days ago
    Great colors... in the edit and in the people. Really enjoyed this one Philip.
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  • Ensemble Pictures 20 days ago
    Very compelling. The series is getting better and better.
    Congratulations!
  • Philip Bloom plus 20 days ago
    yeah, experimenting with it now. Bored of the old ones
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  • Daniel Croitoru 20 days ago
    4:49; 5:09; 5:17 my fav parts, that's all. and the guy with guitar ... i like what he's doing.
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  • Brian 20 days ago
    All I can say is that the color grade gives the video another atmosphere and simply looks amazing.
  • Philip Bloom plus 20 days ago
    I like it better for sure Brian.
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  • Abhishek Joshi 20 days ago
    fantastic work as always Philip,
    just wish you could've kept the non graded one up as well.
    I really liked it!
  • Philip Bloom plus 20 days ago
    it's on youtube if you still want to see it

    youtube.com/watch?v=Cl1g6SisLTM
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  • Make Some Tea plus 20 days ago
    Ourstandin work as always, Philip.

    I just saw the non graded version on utube. What picture style did you use?

    Also, just watched your 5DMk2 DVD. Very informational. Thanks for sharing. Would recommend to anyone interested in the topic.
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