Shameless Plug: Urban Tranquility by Mark “Mungkey” Vicente

I love working in digital media, particularly working with video and photography. I’m passionate about it, and I make some sort of money with the work that I do around it. But it doesn’t really matter to me if I do get paid or not, in fact, I’ve done a lot of projects for free almost for free. I just love working in digital media, I love the creativity and the freedom (somewhat) that is allowed working in this industry, and I love most quite a few of the people that I work with. It’s just a great bunch of guys doing great things and creating great stuff.

I thought I had it pretty good until I found out what my good friend Mark “Mungkey” Vicente has been doing during his free time while working in Abu Dhabi. He sought out to buy a Canon EOS 7D and while waiting for it to get delivered he self-studied and researched his way into this masterpiece of a first project called Urban Tranquility. Watch and be amazed –

Video Montage: Urban Tranquility – Abu Dhabi, UAE (Canon EOS 7D) from mungkey on Vimeo.

To put into perspective why this is a topnotch project, this is Mungkey’s first ever video project. On a new camera. On a different system (Canon, he was a Nikonhead before.) The video quality and is amazing (saying something about Canon EOS 7D’s HD video techonology and Mungkey’s directorial and cinematographic eye), The editing is smooth and seamless, and the photographic skill and selection is perfect. We’re talking genius here. I hope someone in the industry sees this and gives him a deserving job. He is creative, passionate, and really good at what he does. I’m rooting for you, Mungkey.

After watching the video over and over again, I feel ashamed with how I’ve been so lax in nurturing my passion in visual production, at the same time I’m inspired and motivated to keep learning and improving in my craft. What worked for this type of output was passion and perseverance above all else. I am looking forward to Mungkey’s future projects. He has set a the perfect first impression.