THE DREAM IN ACTION

Fifty People, One Question: New Orleans from Benjamin Reece on Vimeo.

I found this video by Benjamin Reece a few weeks back and after re-finding in I’ve decided that it is just too aww inspiring not to share. This post is out of the norm for Ryan A Graves.com but I think you’ll be glad that I shared it. Here is a discription of the film from Cameron Moll’s blog:

Benjamin’s recent projects is “Fifty People, One Question: Restored”. The idea is simple: Ask 50 people a stimulating question. Record their responses. The result combines cinematography, music, editing, and human emotion to produce one of the most compelling, well-produced indie videos I’ve seen in recent memory.

Remarkably, the video was shot entirely with an amateur-grade Canon HV20 camcorder — the same one I own (correction, I own the HG10) — but with a 35mm adapter and Nikon lens. Music is by Four Tet. Opening song is “Slow Jam” available at iTunes and Amazon.