My Meditation - From Trauma to Freedom (Award Winning Short Documentary)
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Oh Man, you've made me cry.
For me, father of two young girls, the story of Karen is shocking and inspiring at the same time. I can't imagine what she's been through but she found her peace and new aim. That is so good and I'm so happy about that even that I don't know her personaly.
I am writing this because it is your merit that the story is so touching and shows the heroine's drama. A well-written script, which is a huge and important part of our work.
The pictures are great, they show the technical aspect of slackline and its difficulty. In addition, it shows this sport from every perspective, not just the final over the precipice.
the sound also does a great job! the sounds of climbing carabiners, Karen's very clear voice and sensationally selected music build the atmosphere of the whole movie.
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!
This means so much to me Jakub. Honestly, you are the kinds of people I’d love to reach. Thanks SO much for your words
Thank you all for checking this short piece out. It means a lot!
Keep an eye out for the Behind the Scenes film which will go live next Monday (9th)!
Don't do it. Kills all the magic of your work.
I love doing it
@@JeffBodeanCinemaIt doesn’t have to destroy anything precious, irreducible, sacred to show the ways creativity was formulated into medium. The creativity itself remains a mystery, pristine and indestructible. For me this is the meaning of this film. Many young women and girls are forced mostly be men sexually. If all of them suddenly knew they were indestructible, the world would change for the better in an instant. Here’s to another step towards that instant 🥂
I almost sold my BMPCC6K and now I am keeping it and I thank you for that! A good film does not entirely rely on an expensive cinema camera. If you know how to use your tool, regardless the lack of certain specs and low selling price, you can make a beautiful story, a film, an art! Thank you for this beautiful short!
Thanks a lot Alexander. And I couldn’t agree more! This camera is capable of so much. The color science and DR is amazing! Go out and shoot some dope stuff with it :-)
What a beautiful way to heal yourself 🥹
It absolutely is!
Brave woman and great documentary. Inspirational story. Hope this can be shared with many who are thinking "today is a good day to die". Healing can only come from within you.
Beautifully said! I hope more people will see this too. It needs to be heard :-)
Captivating story and beautiful shots!
Thanks a lot mate! Cant wait to work on our project!
Jaw dropping all around from the grade to the shots to the story to her looking like a cheetah!! Love it 🔥
Haha thanks so much mate. This means a lot!
Great work Sjoerd. 'My Meditation' is captivating, moving, and inspiring. And in reference to the title - it is true filmmaking; It's so refreshing when the technical tool (the BMPCC 6k Pro in this instance) is not upstaging the subject. I truly felt immersed in the story and felt that it came first here. Karen is the hero, and her journey and being is healing to so many people. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Your comment absolutely touches my heart. This is why I do what I do. Thank you SO much for letting me know what you think.
Beautifull way to tell her story, from the light 🌅
indeed! Im really glad I could tell my story this way and Sjoerd made such a beautiful film out of it!
Thanks a lot man! Such a good feeling to read this. Cheers!
@Karen de Boer @Sjoerd Wess de boer thanks to you both for sharing such an emotional and inspiring piece. Saludos!
Everything about this video was amazing, this is what many filmmakers strive to do.
Thanks a lot Christiann
Deep, strong, healing. Congratulations
Thanks a lot!🙏🏼
Such a strong woman, beautiful video.
She is! Thanks Romain!
This short film was very captivating for me, and the story behind it heart-warming. I commend Karen for being able to get through her trauma, and that she shares her story to help other women. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful film.
Thanks a lot. Comments like these make it all worth the effort! Cheers!
KKCCTC another step forward beautiful soul captured flying free
Thanks my friend!
Kkcctc! ❤
A touching story it is. Great job for serving it so well with great filmmaking.
Thanks a lot Pat! Appreciate it
Powerful, touching and inspirational.
Thanks a lot Marc!
I absolutely loved it!
Thanks a lot Merel!
Moving, profound and beautiful. Thank you.
Thanks a lot Roderick!
Beautiful. Poignant. Heart Rending. Wonderful.
Thanks man!
This is so beautifully shot, edited, graded and produced. The narration by Karen is mesmerising. Well done Karen for your achievements and for finding a path that lead you to a purpose. 🙏🏼
Thanks a lot for those amazing words my friend. Means a lot to both myself and Karen!
Thank you so much!
Wow, what a beautiful short doccie!! Very well done Sjoerd!!
Thanks a lot Robert. Means a lot to hear this!
Amazing, feel like watching this over and over again.
Thanks a lot man. This means a lot!
Straight Fire ! Love it !
Thanks a lot Luke!
Powerful and beautiful ❤️
Thank you!🙏🏼
Beautifully done
Cheers!
5fth time I have seen this = ) really beautiful story and photography
A wonderfully told story through beautiful imagery and the voice over draws you into Karen's world. Great job and hope she is in a good and happy place now.
Thanks a lot Ian! Your words mean a lot!🙏🙏
Wonderful short film. Thanks for sharing.
Thanka for checking it out🙏
Pfff good story, and great cinematography. Also grading is so on point ❤️
Thanks a lot Michel! Amazing to hear this!
This is such beautiful work and girl you have inspired me today. However down and low your life throws you, there is always new things to explore and try and be Pro at it.
Ill make sure to forward this to Karen! Thanks for the kind words.
This film is beautiful. The power of storytelling and cinematography - I love it so much! Even brought a tear to my eye. Thanks for sharing Sjoerd, you have a new subscriber 🙏🏼
Thanks a lot for sharing this comment man. Means a lot! Really does!
Prachtige film Sjoerd en wat een heerlijke shots. Alles klopt in deze👌🏻
Thanks Ruub!🙏🙏
Dude, those morning shots!!! Fantastic
Luckily the two times 3am wakeup call worked out haha
Thanks mate!🙏
@@SjoerdWess That's the best, when the hard work pays off :)
Absolutely
This is incredible, keep up the good work dude. Your killing it
Thanks so much!🙏
I found your channel because of a Davinci Resolve tutorial... I stopped by your channel to find more and then I watched your short documentary.
What an amazing story, She is a very strong young lady and you created a very powerful story about her journey. Very impressive, great job.
Thanks a lot man. It means a lot you take the time to dive deeper into my channel. Im working out more videos on Davinci, so make sure to stay connected
This is beautifully done.
Thanks a lot!
This is such a beautiful film Sjoerd, visually and story wise. I love your music choice and the way you allowed her story, life and exquisite imagery to draw us in :D
Man! That is a huge compliment! One I will always bring along. Cheers man.
@@SjoerdWess Well deserved... it is a beautiful film and a lovely experience to watch! (I'm getting a BMPCC6K Pro this week so it's inspiring to see what can be achieved :D ) Enjoy the day!
That camera is capable of anything you throw at it. Amazing, really. You’ll love it!
@@SjoerdWess yay :D ... it kinda looks that way hehe... thanks!
🙏🙏
A beautiful and touching film. Thank you for making this
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, you made me cry. What a beautiful piece of art. Thank you for the inspiration, as I aspire to use almost the same tools (BM) to tell stories that deeply affect lives.
Thanks so much man. This is amazing to hear🙏🙏
So beautiful! Bravo
Thank you so much 😀
Fantastisch eindresultaat! Alles klopt, prachtige beelden, super goed geluid, goede geluidskeuze en final edit. Dit smaakt naar meer!
Super tof dit Joris. Thanks man. 🙏🙏
@@SjoerdWess Geen probleem! Ik ben zelf wel een groot fan van de beeldkwaliteit van Black Magic ook....ik film zelf met Panasonic nog maar wil, ivm Canon EF glas, uiteindelijk wel upgraden naar de BMPCC 6K. Gebruik je naast Artlist ook nog andere stock websites voor je muziek/soundbites?
Zeker doen. Kan het alleen maar aanbevelen! Ik gebruik ook Audiio, hele fijne library!
@@SjoerdWess Goed om te horen Sjoerd! Ik zal Audiio ook ff checken zo.
Wow, ik ben echt onder de indruk! Super mooi gedaan Sjoerd! Echt een project om trots op te zijn
Dankje Charlotte! Tof om te horen😊
As an editor, journalist and photo-journalist i must say: excellent 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks so much!
@@SjoerdWess im just being honest - thats my journalist opinion...
@@SjoerdWess ill write an article on the movie - not the movie per se, but the process - i think one can make a documentary with an phone, not everyone needs (or can afford) a cine-camera setup... Also, i think your movie has an really strong message, and does make people think - all wrapped in under 5 minutes... Great!
@@omniart5714 Epic! Share it when it's done please!
Thank you so much for that. It was a totally beautiful and deeply inspiring piece of work.
Thanks so much, Tim! This means a lot
What a wonderful piece of storytelling art. Very inspiring... I love it. Sound, color, story, really amazing balance ;).
Thanks so much! This means a lot!
Wowww it was beautiful! 😍 🙌
Thanks a lotttt man!
@@SjoerdWess perfect compositions, beautiful scenery, crisp audio, great natural lighting and interesting/cool/sad/inspiring story. I hope yt pics up this video!
@ This is amazing to hear man. Wow. And yes, I hope this video gets picked up to encourage people to speak freely about this topic.
Really well told. Such an important conversation.
Thanks alot Jonas. I absolutely agree. A topic that needs more attention imo.
You are definitely an inspiration, man. I'm so happy to see your video. Fantastic job- hands down!!! Great story and outstanding shots! I would love to see a behind the scenes about this! Thank you for being back 🙏
Brother! Thanks a lot mate :-) glad you liked it. Monday the bts plus some funny stuff will go live! Thanks for sticking around🙏🙏
@@SjoerdWess you kidding?! I'm glued here
what a great piece!
Thank you so much☺️
Wow. Great views. Loved it, Sjoerd.
Cheers!
So beautiful!
Thanks a lot!
you nailed it darling 💓💕💕
Amazing shots and wonderful Colors ❤️🥰
Cheers man
Really nice work. Bravo !
Thanks so much!
Beautiful piece, sir!
Thanks a lot!
Phenomenal Work!! Amazing shots, and a captivating story
Thanks so much man!
Nicely shot and put together Sjoerd!
Thanks a lot!
Dang! wat een story! Heel cool gemaakt man, wat een opening shot ook! Leuk om te zien dat je kanaal aan het groeien is, helemaal verdiend! eerste beetjes zijn het moeilijkst, lekker bezig man ga zo door je hebt talent. Elke keer als ik werk van je zie, realiseer ik me toch even wat een kwaliteit die BMPCC kan leveren, prachtig man misschien toch maar eens switchen!
Thanks Rick! Mega tof om dit van je te horen. Het was even stil op het kanaal, maar wil alles vanaf nu weer oppakken :-). En indd, die BMPCC is fenomenaal!
Beautifully done!
Thanks a lot!
Taking a front row seat for this.
Thanks a lot, Yann! Hope you like it!
Happy to see you are creating again
Im back mate! Stronger than ever I think. Haha
Incredible story
Absolutely man. Thanks for watching
Ouhaaaaaaaaa Love it , The story , the image , the sound design. Dope work man . From france lots of good vibes for you
Gregory! Thank you so much my friend. These words are amazing! Thanks!
Wow! That was really fantastic! What a great story that just captivated me! And the footage was beautiful!
Thanks a lot❤️
Beautiful
Thanks Viggo!
Amazing work!
Thanks a lotn
Wonderful!
Thanks man!
A beautiful short, thanks for registry this in film.
Pedro, thank YOU for taking the time and watching it. I appreciate it!
@@SjoerdWess its a pleasure see your content. Please continue making vids and shorts, I love these kind of short docs.
Grad you bring this up. This is exactly what I would love to be doing.. Making these short videos is so fullfilling
great story!
Thanks a lot Leandro!
Really Beautiful!
Thanks a lot man!
Bravo, Sjoerd!
Thanks a lot man!
Thank you for the wonderful work!
I also wanted to make a movie inspired by you.
Thank you again.
Prachtig, Sjoerd.
Thanks Wouter!✌🏼
The story melted really good together with the shots. Great job man
Thanks Nick. Means a lot!
This is very beautiful!
Thanks a lot mate🙏
🥺🙏🏽🖤✊🏽💪🏽
Thank you❤️
Very nicely done!
Thanks a lot!🙏
Excited to see this!
Hope you like it mate!
Fantastic film and story. I only wish that last shot was her completing the walk across. Beautiful nonetheless!
Jason! Thanks a lot, man! Would be cool, but that takes like 4 minutes on its own, haha :-)
@@SjoerdWess Not the whole clip, just a few frames... like her stepping off... as though completing the journey.
But, totally not needed as it's great just the way it is.
@@jasonm.hanrahan3769 I see! That would be cool. Good to think about for next film! Thanks buddy!
This is amazing work , very inspiring
Thanks a lot man🙏
Some epic shots here!
Thanks mate!
Really good! Well done mate
cheers man!
Congrats on your mention on Blackmagic Design's current home page.
Thanks a lot mate!
A tragic event is exposed with beauty.
Beautifully said!
Great work mate! Very well put together and what incredible light!
Thanks a lot buddy! Trust me, that light cost us a lot of effort haha. Next week the BTS will go live! Stay tuned for that and you’ll find out haha
wonderful work
Thansk a lot my friend!
Beautiful film..very talented as cinematographer. Do you have behind the scenes or breakdown too?
Thanks dude! Yep, BTS is in the description, the link!
well put together!
Thanks man!
I dont know why I hadn't already subscribed...FIXED! You are very good!!!
Score! Thanks a lot mate! Glad to have you here!
Stunned bro
Thanks brother! Glad you liked it!
hi Sjoerd really simply beutiful this work, i wanted to ask about what aspect ration did you used for this doco thank you
Hey Pat! It was shot in 6K DCI and 4K DCI.
@@SjoerdWess thank you but im not sure about the Aspect Ratio i like it and i wonder the size, thank you
Hyped
Yea bruh!!
Amazing documentary bro...
Thanks brother!🙏🙏
wow what a story
Its heavy, isn't it..
WOW
Thanks dude!
👏🏾
🙏🙏🙏
Beautifully shot, edited and presented! Well done sir! Liked and Subbed! How does one enter a short film to a contest? I've always wanted to submit one, but haven't even began to explore it. Where would I start? Cheers!
Hey man! Thanks a lot.
Check filmfreeway.. make sure to do research as there is a lottttt of weird maffia shit going on when it comes to festivals!
Great..
Thanks dude!
Sjoerd, can you share what mic you used to record the narration? Thanks in advance.
Thanks! Its the Shure SM7B
Was the noise added intentionally or...? Just curious....
It was. I love it
Link to bts plz
In the description
Came here expecting to hear some music you have made or produced- since you are overly critical of others music.
I watched this instead and let me say- I definitely am not impressed- at all, I’ll take a look at your other stuff but if it’s like this I don’t expect much
Hahahah, what a pessimistic guy you are. I dont even care about your comments no more