The Visual Assassin

Top spot

• Angel

  Tregubov (http://vimeo.com/tregubov)……. Mikhail has done a good job creating an atmospheric piece however it ultimately fails to deliver. The close up study of the face is beautiful and the music is great. The film is to long, the lens flare and sparkles are poorly executed. It is a stylistic piece with a rough story and [...]

• Vizinada

  Jason….. Jason has done a fine job here a standard music and pictures piece. Nice colours and not too long. The glide track work is not smooth if watching full screen.

• Salton Sea Beach

  Philip Bloom….. Here is the master at this sort of nonsense. Great pics, good natural up sound, nice music, excellent slider work and pull focuses but ultimatle too long. I can watch any more than 2 mins of this stuff. If you’re interested in DSLR work you’re interested in Philip Bloom www.philipbloom.net

• Clock

  Philip Bloom (http://vimeo.com/philipbloom)….. This stuff looks like a commercials shoot great macro lens work. Short and beautiful, Nice one Phil.If you’re into DSLR work you’re into Mr Bloom.www.philipbloom.net

• Yeah….Crete

  Christine Schmitthenner….. I love this one. It’s a story, its got good music, lovely pictures and it kept my interest. There is so much going on here if you look at what Christine used on the shoot http://vimeo.com/14783757 she throws everything at it.

• Didsbury in Bloom

  Simon Owen…… There is a lot going on in this film, Simon has gone for time-lapse,  hand held , slow-mo, and glide track. It is to long for my liking but you have got to appreciate the work that must have gone it to it.

• Shipbuilding

  Eear….. This is a massive 6 min film. (ok it is essentially a corporate) I really like the subject matter, the access is phenomenal. The music fantastically industrial. I like it. Dare I say it again IT IS TOO LONG.

• Zen Beach

  Stray Films….. This guy is new to the DSLR thing and this is what he produces. He knows how to handle a camera though. The shot at 1.00 to 1.48 is a brave shot and it works well. Some of the stuff is quite ordinary but other stuff is beautiful the sunset shots from the [...]

• Muaddin’s Awakening

  Cokau…. Do not know what this one is all about but I like it. I think though its not so much the pictures but the effects (visual and sound)  the editing and the music that make this piece. In face when you look at it again and again the shots are shoddy but a great [...]

• Skywalker

  Philip Bloom….. OK, the master does it again. What exactly has he done, what is he responsible for? It’s GVs with music. It’s too long and boring. However it is not done for entertainment, it is just practising with a camera. Some nice pics though. Is that harsh?

• Egypt Lebanon

  Khalid Mohtaseb….. Khalid has produced some fantastic images. The music works well with the pictures. The subject matter held my interest for the 3.30 mins.

• The Sword Maker

  Matthew Allard…. You have got to look at Matthews other stuff on vimeo. This guy is a proper working cameraman (see:http://blogs.aljazeera.net/profile/matthew-allard). He uses the DSLR cameras where required and he uses them to tell real stories. Nice.

• Indian Culture

  Ami Vitale

• Around Venezia

• autumn by the lake

• DARK SIDE OF THE LENS