New York State of Mind
Loading ...24 hours in New York City, shot over two different days last year. Working with the Driendl Group I’m lucky enough to gain access to some amazing locations. Starting with sunrise over the East River, moving on to shoot Jerry Driendl at the old Yankee Stadium, back to the lab for a bit, then out to a packed Times Square. Just when I thought the day was done, huge snowflakes started falling from the sky, so it was time to break out the kit again and try to capture the fleeting interaction of nature and the city that never sleeps. A beautiful end to another day in the city. I love the energy of NYC.
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November 20th, 2009 at 6:16 am
this was beautiful!
i loved the colors
November 20th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
thank you!
November 20th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
this is a heartbreakingly beautiful piece. it makes me nostalgic and miss nyc. well done!
November 20th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Absolutely gorgeous. Stunning.
November 20th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Awesome video. Beautifully done.
November 20th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Excellent video Josh. You have some amazing access.
November 20th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Excellent subject and execution of your talents.
November 20th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
great work, Josh! loved the sequence of you still against the light pole, everyone moving around you… very cool
November 20th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
amazing. can’t wait until january — I will be back!
November 21st, 2009 at 1:34 am
Wow!! I could watch your work all day long. It’s mesmerizing and beautiful. I hope to see much more of your work out there some day…
November 21st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
You really caught feeling of NYC…very nice!
November 23rd, 2009 at 11:32 pm
U nailed it bro! Makes me want to go back. Great shots!
November 24th, 2009 at 1:01 am
this is amazing, i love the way you captured the city perfectly…my favorite nyc video for sure
November 24th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Thanks for the comments everyone, I’m glad you like it!
November 24th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
A lot of the nuances were lost with this compression so I posted a higher res version here - http://vimeo.com/7790052
December 11th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Great job! You not only have a feel for the frame of the shot but also the flow of the editing. Nice work.
December 22nd, 2009 at 8:17 am
loved the vid and music.
beautiful NYC
December 22nd, 2009 at 11:34 am
Awesome Josh! It really is breath taking…….and you know I don’t dish out comments like that unless I MEAN it! Good luck Cuz! Miss yall!
December 22nd, 2009 at 2:20 pm
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December 22nd, 2009 at 5:56 pm
I’m in a New York State of mind now. Great video!
December 22nd, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Only an outsider defines New York by Yankee Stadium and Times Square. I am a New Yorker, you are not. But still not a bad video.
December 23rd, 2009 at 1:28 am
Cool video, great music too. I especially like the time lapse parts.
December 23rd, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Very cool! Makes me miss NYC! Great Job cuz!
December 24th, 2009 at 5:28 am
Josh, great job.
December 25th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
I live this piece!!! Brings me back to NYC in mind and spirit everytime I watch it!
December 25th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Really awesome stuff and cool music
December 27th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
ahh this is wonderful! how lovely, fantastic piece (:
December 29th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
makes me want to vist ny
December 29th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
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December 30th, 2009 at 12:00 am
special thanks to josiah gatlyn and all the skateboarders out there that remember 411vm and want to see it come back!
December 30th, 2009 at 2:27 am
Beautiful. I think it would benefit from some shortening though. The stadium and especially the ending became rather repetitive.
December 30th, 2009 at 6:53 am
Abosloutely amazing, deserves a win whether 411 starts again or not, hope to see it start though
December 30th, 2009 at 8:14 am
great video man…BRING BACK 411VM! PLEASE! At least do an online site or something.
December 30th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Very well done. It captures the beauty that is NYC. Great job Josh and can’t wait to see more. Thanks Josiah for bringing this to the top.
December 30th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
That was pretty bad
December 31st, 2009 at 6:44 am
JAY-Z “empire state of mind” is to ears as this video is to eyes
December 31st, 2009 at 8:45 am
Amazing shots and effects but where is the story line?
December 31st, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Great work. I especially like the use of the tilt shift lense for Time Square. Best of Luck! -director of “Your Future Husband”
January 1st, 2010 at 5:57 pm
a bunch of pretty images but no story and that’s what’s most important…but like i said, nice images
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:47 pm
awsome 5 star!!!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:07 am
looks kind of like a cinematography reel or something. No real message. cool shots though.
January 4th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
hate theyankees but you did a good job.the colors pop
makes you want to go to ny.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
Nice shots, BUT….what’s so original about filming the NYC skyline? Or Yankee Stadium? Isn’t this a pretty cheap ploy?
January 4th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
It’s a shame this video is a finalist. It’s really a shame this is one of the top videos. There is no story, no message, and no point.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Looks fantastic, but lacks the imagination and creativity of some of the other videos.
January 5th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
shot amazingly!
January 6th, 2010 at 6:52 am
I loved this video. Very serene and peaceful as I never tire of the skyline.
January 6th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Beautiful! NYC is one of those cities forever in motion and I think this captured that. Nice work.
January 6th, 2010 at 11:41 am
fictionrider-the story is ny, the star is ny,the dialogue is the visualazation,the colors pop,do
agree not enuff 2 win
January 6th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
So sick josh. Great job! Good luck…
January 6th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Brilliant Josh! You really captured the essence of that beautiful city!
January 7th, 2010 at 3:54 am
Josh great vid, had a quick question for u. Remember editing the DC vintage footage adverts for 411vm? What was the music in Mike Carrol’s?
January 7th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
this was brilliant. one of the best ive seen
January 8th, 2010 at 10:05 am
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January 8th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Nice vantage points!! The sequence of it all is powerful and moving1!
January 8th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
I watched it here and then went to your Vimeo link: http://vimeo.com/7790052
I DIG IT!
January 8th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
good video, however…lacks originality. i’ve seen this video before, but it was originally directed by Spike Lee.
January 8th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
I like it.
January 10th, 2010 at 1:02 am
411VM was the bible for skateboarding for over 15yrs. Vote for josh…
January 10th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
great video,fun, thought provoking!
January 11th, 2010 at 11:23 am
Very nice work.
January 11th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
this is great. the imagery of new york. beautiful. that is all.
January 11th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Saw this before, i think it was directed by Spike lee, not very original
January 12th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Amazing job, Josh!! i am sending your link on to everyone I can think of. Good work! I hope you win!!! =) -Heather
January 12th, 2010 at 10:26 am
The world is full of awesome beauty and you have captured some of it in way that is soothing and uplifting to view. Mahalo from Maui. Joanne
January 12th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
Dreamy, great work Josh-
Grant
January 12th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Great Work Josh! Your talent shines through, you capture the essence of NYC,Hope You win,,,Frac
January 12th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Awesome, I hope you win! GM
January 12th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Really beautifully done!
January 13th, 2010 at 2:16 am
Great work. So artistic and captivating in such a little amount of time. I wanted to see more … Congrats to you.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:43 am
Steve Berra told me about this video on his website. Josh should film something for the berrics if this helps him win. Tell Koston to vote
January 13th, 2010 at 6:49 am
I gave Love Sparks a 1. What are butterscotch kisses anyway. Weirdo
January 13th, 2010 at 7:39 am
steve berra and everyone at the berrics wishes you tons of luck!
January 13th, 2010 at 7:44 am
great video. special thanks to berra for putting this on the berrics! hope you win man.
January 13th, 2010 at 8:42 am
Not original, this sucks.
January 13th, 2010 at 8:49 am
i pee’d in my pants, but not in a good way. might i add that i’m not wearing panties and i’m a male.
ni
January 13th, 2010 at 8:51 am
i love the effect of the lens baby in times square, it looks like a toy world almost
January 13th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Absolutely great
January 13th, 2010 at 11:03 am
The was very beautiful, and the subject (NYC) is my favorite place in the world. I miss it terribly.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:16 am
5 stars! gotta show my love for NY as a former east coaster
good luck!! –”NEXT” (…sound familiar?)
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January 13th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
nice. no mellow drama.
January 13th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Josh, it’s really weak of you to let Steve Berra cheat for you and pull an enormous audience to blindly vote for your video.
January 13th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Your video is beautiful and nice, but be honest there are better videos and stories in the competition, let them win.
January 13th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Telling people to vote down the competition is just low.
January 13th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Eh, its too long. I can’t pay attention. There’s not enough going on.
January 13th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Your a fucking asshole telling people to down vote other videos! Way to play fair dude! Hitting below the belt I have to say!
January 13th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
I’m in a Los Angeles State of Mind, but vid is awesome! Good luck!
January 13th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Ok First off, dont be missled, imlame but not as lame as you. The only good thing about this video is the music and that could even better.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Keep trying, one day you’ll be a professional… maybe.
January 13th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
You are a sore loser, and I’m voting one start for that. you cant just down-vote people like Olan Rodgers.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
I don’t see this as an accurate picture of your day. However, I love this video’s use of color and scenery.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
its cool i guess but like got old quickly and it was just a bunch of shots of new york, which is such a lonely place,
January 13th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
shit was tight
January 13th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
YOU GUYS SUCK I HATE THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!
January 13th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
LOSE!!!!!
January 13th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Brilliant, I loved this film, amazing makes me want to move to the big apple.
January 13th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
There’s not enough going on. Just random clips of the city. The first minute was ok, but I couldn’t stay focused.
January 13th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
AWESOME video Josh. Really freakin coo!
January 13th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
i heard about your not so cool move you did concerning olans video. that is so low, man.
January 13th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
haha i agree with dpsman
January 13th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
never been to new york i want to go now lol seems like a good place
January 13th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
This is a great video. You can definitely handle a camera very well.
January 13th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
love it…great eye
January 13th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
This is awesome, great work!
January 13th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
this video blows
January 13th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
yeah, great!!
January 13th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Wow, what kind of dbag gets Tony Hawk and Bam Margera to pimp his video.. somebody who is afraid of REAL talent thats who
January 13th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Ya Friedberg! NY Rules! Go Yankees!
January 14th, 2010 at 12:08 am
this is almost good
January 14th, 2010 at 3:58 am
This video got all it’s views and ratings in 1 day?
I sense massive shenanigans…
January 14th, 2010 at 5:51 am
this was pure amazing. what is the name of the song? it just made it even better.
January 14th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Just to set the record straight, Olan fabricated the down vote story. I never once asked anyone to down vote any entry in this contest.
January 14th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Thank you to everyone who took the time to watch, vote and comment!
January 14th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Olan didn’t make up that story, everyone just realized that YOUR video was shooting up, and his video was actually going DOWN in votes.
January 14th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what people were doing to get you to win.
January 14th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
It’s not that YOU told anyone to, it’s that your voters might have done it on their own. No big deal, it’s just lame. Whatever!
January 14th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
i voted for this because of the berrics, but i also think that future husband and i met a girl were both way better than love sparks
January 14th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
I’ve never been to NYC, but now I think i need to
January 14th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
New York portrayed in silence, is very interesting.
January 14th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
It is lame, an unfortunate side effect of the system. The 1st time I shot up to 4.12 only to be crushed back down to 3.8 when LS blew up.
January 14th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
FYI Here is Olan’s tweet - “The guy is telling peole to downvote me lol wow way to play fair @nikonfestival.” 7:06 AM Jan 13th
January 14th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
i should restate that the berrics brought this to my attention, i voted for it because i did think it was better than the rest.
January 14th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
also i think you owe berra one haha
January 14th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
if story is fabricated, then why draw more attention to it (several times)? if it’s fabricated then why care what complete strangers say?
January 14th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
you had the privelege of ignoring it and letting the contest play itself out, but you didn’t. which leads me to believe something else…
January 14th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
leads me to believe that you are clearing your name because just MAYBE some underhanded sh** was going on…good luck Spike Lee.
January 14th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
How on gods green earth are you getting FOURTEEN THOUSAND VOTES??? Although nice, not that nice. We can all see how this works. It is BS
January 14th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
maybe everyone should click on the “BREIF” tab and READ it before they complain that they thought the story was shitty.
January 14th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
personaly the other videos were good but not THAT good, josh’s was very artistic and most likely took more time to capture all of that.
January 14th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
This is what I saw @steve_berra Don’t forget to downvote the other guy. You were never at 4.12. I wrote EVERY rating average from the top 3
January 14th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Every vote for the entire last week I wrote it down. Im looking at it right now we all were at 3.88/3.89 so I dont know were that came from.
January 14th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Unless it was before the last week which there is no way of knowing who was down voting you then, I know whos network was down voting me lol
January 14th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Regardless the contest it over you won. Call it a day. Congrats.
January 14th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
This was a great video
January 15th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Nice job. But then again you are a professional and should not be in this contest.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
1) Weeks ago, when the top 10 were put up, I came on and checked out each of them individually.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
2) I based my vote on a combination of factors.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
3) Initially, whether or not it captured my attention enough at the beginning to make me want to watch the whole thing.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
4) Then on overall impression: technically, visually, creatively.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
5)Keeping in mind that it’s my opinion of what intrigues me, holds my attention, and is technically interesting.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
6) To my favorite I gave five stars, to the ones that I disliked I gave one, and to the others I gave three.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
7) At that point I didn’t bother coming back on until the last couple of days of the contest to see how things were progressing.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
January 15th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
9) Constructive criticism is one thing, but the illogical, non-factual, and unnecessary crap I’ve seen on here is insane.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
10) I didn’t feel the need to dump on the comment page of the videos I didn’t like, I just expressed my opinion with my vote.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
11) I also didn’t feel the need to comment on the page of my favorite, again expressed my opinion with my vote.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
12) I’m making up for it now w/ numerous posts on the page of the vid which received the most insanely ridiculous and unwarrented negativity
January 15th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
13)Ppl who post bs on the pages of the competition, simply because they are competition, dishonor and do a disservice to their favorite.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
14)Congratulations to everyone who took the initiative to enter. The collective creative impulse is essential regardless of popular opinion.
January 15th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Dug, though I want to win and have my own opinions theres nothing about “professional” in the rules I’d ask what your definition of that is.
January 15th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Some think I am but yet I’m broke as a joke and gave up everything to pursue my passion, is that “professional”?
January 15th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Can’t speak for Josh but confused by your statement.
January 15th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
admit it olan, in order for you to get more votes you fabricated to your “fans” that josh told people to down vote you.
January 15th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
and if someone was attacking my character you’re damn right i would defend myself. get over yourself olan.
January 16th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
I absolutely love this video. You have my vote josh!
January 17th, 2010 at 2:53 am
Olan, you know Steve Berra never said that. It was said TO him. You and Eric were the only ones promoting down voting to your followers.
January 17th, 2010 at 2:53 am
The facts are here: http://bit.ly/8pGEjz
This is the last I’ll speak on it. Good luck.
January 17th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Congratulations Josh!
As a native NY’er, it embodies everythng NY, especially the snow, TSQ, Empire State BLDG, & Yankees stadium = my vote.
January 17th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Although the other shorts were amazing, they lacked what I felt captured my interests and love. It’s unfortunate all the banter. As they say
January 17th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
silence speaks volumes, and your friends and family truly came out in support.. As did theirs… Enjoy! Looking forward to getting up!
January 22nd, 2010 at 7:25 am
i thought this was average at best. nothing exceptionally eye catching or not worthy. the sound clip was alright
January 22nd, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Well done!
January 26th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Well done mini travel video of NYC with excellent camera angles but I’m not sure of exactly what he does for a living just by watching this.
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Hi Josh, remember me? I was there at Yankee Stadium with
you that day or maybe the year before? Very nice work.
It looks great. Janice