Saturday, January 9, 2010

the beauty of people






I discovered Fifty People, One Question about a year ago and fell in love. It is a beautiful film project that was created by Benjamin Reece of Deltree and Nathan Heleine of Crush + Lovely in 2008. Every time I watch these videos I have the desire to travel and capture the beauty of people on film. I honestly can't imagine a more exciting career.

The series inspired me to do my own little video while traveling abroad in London. It was my first attempt at videography and while the lighting is awful, and the sound terrible (not to mention, I was without a tripod), I was quite pleased for it being my first video. Although, I hate the random text my professors recommended me adding for a better grade on the assignment, since it was difficult to hear at some parts. I couldn't get it to look just the way I wanted. I walked around St. James Park near Buckingham Palace, asking random strangers one question: Who or what is God? Simple. & also a suitable question, since our assignment was to report on religion and conflict. Here is my video:


I also recommend checking out one of my new favorite projects, Pictory, which is "a showcase for people around the world to document their lives and cultures." Please do take the time to watch one or two of the videos. I promise, promise you won't regret it. ★

TWITTER LINKS: Nathan Heleine | Benjamin Reece | Pictory | 50P1Q | Crush + Lovely | Deltree

30 comments :

  1. i love those fifty people, one question videos! they're adorable and great for a laugh :) and your own version of who or what is god is also fantastic. i love all those accents, haha! :)

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  2. are you a Christian Krissie?
    your video was awesome. i enjoyed it a lot. very inspiring. thank you.

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  4. Awesome... great work here. The answers are very interesting.

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  5. Hey thanks for visiting before. I like your blog here and these videos are splendid.

    Love, Fox.

    *cupcakes for you*

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  6. These are such cool videos! I love the first two espesh.. Oh, and your video is awesome! It looks so proffesional...
    Oh, and thank you for you comment, it made me smile :-)
    Panda xx

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  8. I love that YouTube channel =)And your video looks great don't worry!

    L <3

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  9. very inspiring!

    fashionstolemyheart.blogspot.com

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  10. This is so good! Thank you for sharing. I love your video - what a random mix of people with such interesting views on a much-debated topic.

    I really enjoyed reading and watching this post. :)

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  11. oh, this looks really interesting, i'm glad you posted this otherwise i wouldn't have heard of it! ♥

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  12. I loved all of the videos, and yours of course! It was kind of funny to me how all of the people were a bit taken aback by the question at first, haha ;) But great work! You should do more!

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  13. beautiful videos, it's amazing how the little details are so revealing. you have a cool class!

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  14. me too!!! :)

    do you have a facebook account?

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  15. Danica,

    I do. But I rarely ever go on it. I'm too much of a Twitter addict instead. But this is my Facebook:
    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=646062291

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  16. aww shucks. well, blog friends it is.

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  17. Wow! These are so much fun to watch. Thanks for sharing. I love how they capture so much diversity - in the people, in the answers, etc. You're right - this would be a very interesting career!

    Thanks so much for stopping by!
    quirkyexplosion.blogspot.com

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  18. love the first video very much !

    thanks for the comment you wrote on my blog .
    keep posting more inspirations !

    HOPE YOU'VE HAD AN AWESOME WEEKEND!
    much love from .
    glisters and blisters .RS

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  19. "god is something UP there" -- that was a funny response.

    great video!

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  20. i really love this.
    thank you so much for sharing it :)

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  21. Oh, I love videos like these. Post secret has some really good ones.

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  22. hello. your blog is ever so lovely♥ these videos are very inspirational & i liked hearing where everyone was from and there thoughts. i'd love to visit london and new york. thank you for following my tumblr. im a new follower of your blog and tumblr and i love them very much. samatha x

    http://lillieandteddy.tumblr.com/

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  23. That project is my favourite! I'm so glad you showcased it, and I'm excited to watch yours when I get home =)

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  24. This was such a great post!!! I absolutely loved it.


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  25. This post, these videos, made my day. I'd seen the One Question ones before but rewatching them really made me smile :D And yours is wonderful too! I think you really did a fab job, well done :)

    And as for your suggestion as to what to do with my wall - thank you! My boyfriend said the same thing, so that just might be exactly what I do :)

    Your blog remains my very very favourite xx

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  26. words... that#s a great porject.
    oh, how many years did you stuy german? i love german oh and i love english but i'm quit bad too, sooo..

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  27. I love the idea! beautiful. people are so funny, amazing and alike at the same time.

    xx

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