Editor Reacts to "Watchtower of Turkey" by Leonardo Dalessandri
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- About this video -
Leonardo Dalessandri's "Watchtower of Turkey" is probably one of the most well-known videos among filmmakers. Leonardo created this stunning video in 2014 and it has since gained several million views.
So in today's video we're gonna analyse the techniques he used especially the transitions and sound effects, that made this video really stand out. If you haven't already, make sure to watch Leonardo's masterpiece here: • Watchtower of Turkey
The incredible voice over for the video was written and spoken in by Meryem Aboulouafa. You can follow her on soundcloud through the following link: www.soundcloud.com/meryemaboulouafa
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Thanks for this awesome review, Florian :)
Really glad to hear that from you, man and awesome you got to check this out! Such a masterpiece you created there 😍 Hope I did it justice in the review. Such incredible work!!
@@FlorianLand This video and Hong Kong Strong from Brandon Li are my absolute goals as a film maker. Thank you for this awesome review!
Leonardo I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your work, its beautiful and emotional, I get inspired, hope one day will be able to touch people heart as you do..
Regards from Brasil
Charlles Guedes
Where are you man :( please make more videos, where can i find your works
where are you bro why why are you not making any video
Still, to this day, the best travel video on the internet..
you're so right, marcelo! pretty much untouched 😍
Watchtower of Turkey still gives me goosebumps after all these years and all these replays. It's just so good. Nice analysis man!
Same for me, Sven! And even analysing it now makes me appreciate it even more finding more and more of the fine details. really glad you like the break down 👊😀
The OG travel video, amazing how many filmmaking careers this one video is responsible for 👊🏻
haha you're so damn right, Duncan! I think I saw this video for the first time way after I knew sam kolder and all those guys and I was like: "aaaah, now I know where they got those inspiration from" 😂
@@FlorianLand do reaction videos on Matty Brown's videos....
Turkey❤❤my favorite country.
never been there actually. but its on my list 😍
@@FlorianLand 😻🌈
Turkey is awesome. Ah ah 😍❤️🇹🇷
mix si thanks❤️
I watch "Watchtower of Turkey" whenever I feel disconnected from my passion, and this Analysis just makes me want to appreciate the beauty of the video..Bless up!!
Watchtower will always vide THE BEST video on youtube. The one that started all. Is just perfect from beggining to end. Is just a Masterpiece of filmmaking
you're so damn right, my friend! totally agree. love that one so much 😍
@@FlorianLand Could you please explain me what the video actually wants to say/what's the message of this masterpiece?
I speak natively German maybe I just don't understand it because of the language :D
Its quite simply the best travel video ever made.
That is amazing man! Huge respect from İstanbul,Turkey
Thanks a lot! Really glad to hear that 👋😀 greetings from Germany!
So I have watched Watchtower of Turkey over a 100x maybe even more, and I know you analyze the video editing techniques but I don't know if you ever notice the next sequence relating to the next scene. For example, the moment the kid flaps his arms and the next shot goes to a bird shot and the color of the blue swing set to a blue cloth and so many more of them. it is truly a masterpiece of a video. Great analysis
it certainly is one masterpiece of a video. The 13 minute analysis of mine can certainly not even do it any justice! There would be sooo many more details we could look at that it would easily be worth making a 1.5 hour video on this right? Really glad you enjoyed my rough analysis anyway and very thankful for your support ❤️
Totally agree. Its not just the colors its the sounds that are matched up. Amazing work. Love Turkey!
Another good breakdown. 'Watchtower of Turkey' was probably the video that got me more interested in editing.
thanks man, it's actually same for me. when I saw this one the first time i was like "damn, one day I gotta be able to make videos like this too". Haha still no where close though 😂
@@FlorianLand haha, yea I still have a way to go, having said that I haven't put alot of energy into mastering this kind of editing style....
well it's never too late to get going, is it? 😜
@@FlorianLand haha, never indeed!
Thanks for the review Florian,
As a Turkish director who is living in istanbul, i want to add some info which i think it will be beneficial,
4:53 Its an old neighborhood called “balat” in old peninsula where you can always find colorful old fisherman’s houses and hanging clothes. Atatürk airport is nearby, so i can say the plane there is %100 percent real :)
7:10 The drone shot in cappadochia is not a drone shot its a baloon shot:) Its forbidden to fly drones there and maybe thats why there is timewarp used there because baloons fly so slow
11:50 The tipping point in the last section; the voice used there is Atatürk’s sound who is the founder of modern Turkish Republic and from a very famous Turkish Republic’s 10th year speech. The sentence there is also very touchy for Turks he says proud of being a Turk after summarising the war of liberty between Turks and Imperial forces that invaded Turkey. That supported video’s fame in Turkey.
Thanks for the great work Leonardo, and thanks for the detailed review Florian
Cheers
When you pause the video its continues in my brain
Sick breakdown of a even sicker edit. And that from 2014! With the hyperlapses and extremely fast edits, that guy was ahead of time man. Thanks again Florian, keep up the Editor Reacts videos, absolutely love them. Cheers!
You're so damn right, Marcel! Just think about how we were all blown away by sam kolder making three hyperlapses in a video in 2017 and all along there was this masterpiece created years before that. Leonardo = such a champion!! Really thankful for your support on these videos, man!! Keeps my motivation up super high 👋😀
You are godsend. I wanted to see some critiquing and discussion of tricks in this amazing editing job and you provided exactly that. You opened my eyes to some of the devices I didn't know about. Thanks bud.
Amazing analysis Florian!
This is very fascinating analysis, thanks Florian.
thanks a lot, ahmet! really glad to hear you enjoyed this one 💪😃
Thank you so much for doing these videos, extremely helpful for me as a beginner filmmaker/editor
Very nice breakdown! Thank you for these perspectives, and for following through with my (and others) suggestion!
excited to hear that and thanks again for suggesting! 👋😀 already curious to hear what you'd wanna see broken down next 😎
Thanks for the content brother! A little obsessed with your channel - really fast-paced and without any "fat" - good work my man, keep it up!
Learning a lots from this series, great work.
thank you so much your video.. Your labor so valuable.. I learned a lot of details from this video... Thanks again...
Amazing review man you are too good❤️
Crazy video too Leonardo🙏🏼❤️
I had to watch your commentary before I watched the original! Thanks for the share! Mindblowing work
For next time I feature a video I recommend you watch the original first, then the analysis and then the original again. You will see everything so differently 👋😀
Nice analysis ;D Nice editing!!! :O Beautiful and mind blowing
Absolutely crazy analysis 😍
You the best instructor
Always love the break downs 🙌 this video is a classic
Stoked to hear that, Luke! Just had to cover this, it's so unique. Really glad you enjoyed it 👊😎
Ooh fire! 🔥 From Turkey 🇹🇷
Dude this video is my inspiration. Keep up the good work. A new sub from Vietnam with respect.
Same for me, it's such a master piece, right?! 😍 thanks a lot for the support and excited you're joining us here. Welcome to the channel! 👋😀
I'm really enjoying this series Florian!
Super cool to hear that, Justin!! Fires me up to make more of those. next one should be dropping later this week 💪😀
Love your stuff man, super helpful content on top of entertaining, keep up the amazing breakdowns!
super excited to hear that, Jason!! thanks a lot for supporting and already be excited for more videos 👋🤓
@@FlorianLand hell yea dude. Just watched the Neistat breakdown.
hope you liked it man!
Damn so lit explanation. 🌸 With these reacts videos i find so much amazing artists to follow them. Great job done. 👏
that's awesome, man! so glad I can introduce you to some of these champions! 👋😀
this vedio strengthened my determination in learning editing, thanks for your analysis
Ich weiß noch ganz genau wie mich Watchtower of Turkey damals umgehauen hat!
Cooler Kanal, Florian! :)
haha ging mir ähnlich 😅 ich glaube, ich habs mir damals dann direkt drei mal nacheinander angeschaut 😂 richtiges Meisterwerk! Danke man, freut mich sehr zu hören und cool, dass du den channel gefunden hast 👊😃
amazing explanation
Really great the you reacting to this video. It's epic and where alot of guys inspiration comes from. What I'm getting from this video is how important sound design is
Same for me! I learned so much from this video, it's an absolute master piece. And for sure to show importance of sound design there barely is a better example than this one! 😃
@@FlorianLand you should do a video on sound design on your favourite videos you have reacted to so far and compare how the artists used the sound design
That's a pretty good idea man! Thanks for the thought. I'm currently collecting everything in a looong idea list, so let's see when I'll get to that 👋😃
beautiful work man!
thanks a lot, my friend! glad you liked the video 😊
Another great reaction video bro! :) Super nice.
Haha i literally just make them so that you finally learn how to edit proper videos 😂❤
You guys been asking for it, so here it is! Hope you learned something again today. Which video shall I analyse next? 😀
Hi! Great review, but you are a repeat offender ;) I like all the videos you present, but I also love videos that are completely different like this: th-cam.com/video/dMefkbKfsd8/w-d-xo.html . Awesome filmmaker and a very funny guy. :)
And hey - 10K subs are just around the corner :)
One of Nigel Sylvester videos. 😀
CASEEEEY
Tylor Cut India Video such a class one
Jr alli Hawai
Ahhh Nice! Das ist eines der Videos, die mich am meisten geprägt haben bzw. meinen Stil. Finde es wirklich super, dass du dazu eine Analyse machst. Sehe das auch ähnlich wie du. Die Emotionen in diesem Video, die z B durch die Gesichter kommen erzeugen nochmal ein andere Stimmung, als einfach nur Aufnahmen von einem schönen Strand. Was ich an dem Video sehr cool finde ist, dass er sehr viele Übergänge schon bewusst gefilmt hat und nicht erst hinterher künstlich erstellt hat. Die Sounds in dem Video sind natürlich auch sehr gut, wie auch bei JR Alli. Wieder ein sehr interessantes Video 👍
Ja, geht mir da ganz genauso wo dir! Habe so viel von dem Video gelernt und immer noch MEGA beeindruckt jedes Mal, wenn ich das anschaue. Wenn wir irgendwann mal auf das selbe Level kommen, was transitions und sfx angeht, dann ist alles geritzt ✌😂
@@FlorianLand Finde es nur schade, dass er auf TH-cam nicht mehr aktiv ist und keine Videos mehr macht. Aber nach Watchtower of Turkey hat der wahrscheinlich verlockendere Angebote ohne Ende bekommen :)
Muss ehrlich gestanden sagen, dass ich fast nichts über ihn weiß. keine ahnung, wo es ihn danach hinverschlagen hat, aber in der tat: schade, dass es nicht noch viel mehr davon gab
Hey florian, I found your channel due to TH-cam recommendations and I must say so I'm glad I did. You have added so much value to my learning curve that I can't thank you enough and I am actually not a filmmaker or anything, I'm a guitarist who helps his friends every now and then with taking videos of them doing stuff and doing minor edits. I have actually used some of the learning from this channel on a very small scale into my tiny videos. My friends have been liking my stuff lately thanks to you and this has motivated me to take the next step to get more creative with my limited gear to go out and shoot things and moments I love, stitching them together to add value to other people's lives. I am sorry if this a long note I didnt intend to take so much time. I habe recommended you my buddies and they send their regards and subscribes. Looking fwd to more from you.
ah man, this is so cool for me to hear. Really happy I could help you with those videos and so awesome your improving through this and eventually level up your game now! Thanks a lot for sharing this, my friend! Really appreciate you and thanks a lot for the support ❤️ hope you're friends are enjoying this as well 😊
@@FlorianLand My buddies love you man. I haven't posted anything online yet and I know that you must be really busy but I would love to leave you a link once i have something that i think might be worth your time cuz your feedback would mean the world to me. I really appreciate you writing back to me though, just shows the kind of effort you put into your channel and the people who follow you.
that was epic. Thank you
Love this series of vids
pumped to hear that, carlos! I'm already onto the next one. should be dropping in a couple of days 💪😀
nice work bro love it!
Happy to hear that and thanks a lot for supporting 👊🙃
nice series man keep up the goodwork.
thanks a lot, umut! really appreciate the support 👊😀
One of the greatest video i ever watched.
This video really is amazing!
You're channels slowly but surely growing
yeah, man! it's pretty exciting, right? didnt' expect that when the year started. thanks a lot for supporting 👋😃
Such a deep analysis. Awwwsomeee......
Awesome to hear you enjoyed that one 👊😀
Great job!!
Thanks a lot, Jon! Appreciate your support ❤️
*good job bro, he is a first hero of cinematic travel*
My friends tell me about this video that he really excited about. Then we watched it together, at that moment... i can't express anything... then he just replay it once again, then tell me about the detail,
"look that dog, hear the candelier sounds, look at the door opening"
i need to rewatch the video about 3-4 times to understand the detail...
and the review from you is.... yeah.. its about the detail..
its very cool, i cant express it more..
very nice
thanks a lot, ariel! really excited to hear that and it's totally true, so many details you only realise after watching it several times and in the beginning it just blows your mind 😂 glad you liked the review 👋😃
Eines der besten Videos was editing anbelangt. 👍 Ich denke das war für viele ein Grundstein, was man heute auf TH-cam sieht.
Triffst den Nagel auf den Kopf!! Krass, wenn man sich anschaut, wie viel Ähnlichkeit heutige edits von JR Alli, Sam Kolder oder wie sie alle heißen mit dem Style von dem video haben oder?! 😀
ja, ist extrem. Aber selbst lässt man sich natürlich auch inspirieren 👌
Und manchmal passiert mir das ehrlich gestanden auch unterbewusst. Ich hab irgendwo was geiles gesehen und baue dann Monate später was ähnliches ein und stelle dann fest, dass ich irgendwen kopiert habe 😂😂😂
I was waiting for this YESS!
just for you, my man!! 👊😀
It is epic
Ashley Irvin Robertson 👋🤓
An amazing video!
Thanks again for the ongoing support, guys. Really appreciate it a lot ❤️❤️❤️
amazing
Ooo good choice dude! This started the epic transition “Sam Kolder” scene as most people know it today!
Thanks, man! Yeah, it's crazy how much you can see the current editors styles being inspired or built on top of this one, right?! 😀
Florian Land yeah man, for sure and drive video by you too! ‘Bout to drop a MikeVisuals reaction later 🔥
sounds epic, man! 👌😎
Thank you! I learned alot!
happy to hear that and glad to share that with you 👋😃
thanks for the helpful walkthrough
glad that helped you out my friend! more to come 🙃
Bro, I'm sure this series will explode even more! Great work with your descriptions of the edits - I like when someone talks about other peoples creations. I'm sure if you put some videos editing other people's footage or some kind of critic it will be interesting too.
Thanks a lot, Danny! Already super excited with how it went so far. Hitting 10k was something i thought could be the goal for this year, but seems like we could be hitting that already much earlier. so currently all just bonus for me 😀 I'm actually thinking about making live a monthly live stream in which I review like 10-15 videos sent in by viewers, what do you think about an idea like this?
@@FlorianLand sounds good to me! I will submit some videos haha just please leave the stream after for the people to watch after it ends. A lot of times I can't watch live because of a client's deadline or something.
Yeah, for sure! I would certainly leave it up. Just firdt have to figure out all the logistics on how it actually works 😂
@@FlorianLand I'm sure you will - you are a smart kid (;
haha certainly will, never a question of "if" just of "how quickly" 😜
thank you, it is very nice .Hello from Turkey❤🎉
Im having goosebumps watching this
Like I had watching the watchtower video for the first 20 times haha 😂
The best video of the all tiiiiiime!
Mal wieder mega geworden! Du hast sicher schon was von Beautiful Destinations gehört. Würde mich freuen wenn ein älteres Video von denen mal dran kommt:)
danke man! Ja, aber sicher doch!! Auf meiner Liste ist aktuell das BD Video mit Zedd Epos I. Das war mal eins meiner absoluten lieblingsvideos 😍
TH-cam recommended me your video. New sub !👍😀 Keep making this type of videos.
that's awesome, my friend! props to youtube for doing a good job recommeding 😜 super cool, you're joining us here, a big welcome to the channel!! 👋😀
@@FlorianLand 👍😀
Nice work dude.. 😍😍😍🙏
thanks a lot, man! happy you're enjoying those 👋😀
This is amazing..yoh
Love your vids dude! Watchtower of Turkey is one of my favorites video's, thank you for reacting to it. Quick heads up; his name is Leonardo instead of Leonardi :)
Ah thanks for the heads up on the typo, just fixed it. Appreciate it and super happy you're enjoying the break downs! This almost doesn't even count as a video anymore. it's an artpiece!! 😀
his not using drone . he only use gh3 and gopro and a couple of lens . i read in the blog that people interviewed him . and he spend a month in turkey for this vid. truly inspiring vid .
yeah, I read that aricle after wards too, so he must have gotten that shot while being in a balloon himself? Only explanation to me... 😀
Florian Land yeah , i think that so .
Oh, my favorite! what about bridge in 0:13, I can't figure out how he made that it's moving/shaking. AE? :)
oh yeah, that one is sick! either AE or maybe even in camera, but the shot is actually reversed. so filming the bridge straight first and then make very quick rotating movement. that's how I would try to shoot it! makes sense? 😅
Auf das habe ich gewartet :D
Haha extra für dich, Meister! 👊😎
Ne mutlu Türküm diyene!
You are on fire! WoW
🔥🔥🔥 youtube domination in 2019, that's my evil master plan I'm working on here 😈
Amazing
happy to hear, thanks a lot 👋😀
Very nice video wauw . Greets from Belgium
glad you liked it, my friend! happy you got to check it out. Greetings from Germany 👋😀
I appreciate how you break things down. You have an ear for sound effects. FWIW the fast cuts work much better with a static shot IMOP. Props!
happy to hear that man and glad I can share those break down with you! had a period in which I got completely obsessed with sound effects. seems to have left an impact 😜
💥BAMB💥 I heard that. @@FlorianLand
haha good one 😂
Thank you bro
you got it man ❤️
Hi Florian! Do you know what voice effect he use for the speech of the girl at first seconds of video? I would aprecciate very much. Thank you!
This is very helpful! Thanks for making this reaction videos! Hope you could pick one of Nainoa Langer’s next
Pumped to hear you're enjoying those! Nainoa is pretty far up on my list already. could be in one of the next ones 😎
perfectly deep analyzed one! good job, i just discovered your channel and as i see for now, you catch every each editting scene, btw i really want you take a glance at this one '' Istanbul | Flow Through the City of Tales - Turkish Airlines'' Turkish airlines is really good at this area.
very glad to hear that man and super cool you found me here! I just watched the video you sent me and that's absolutely crazy! So many effects in there, that I wouldn't even know myself how to do haha I put it on my list and see if I can feature that in another video. thanks a lot for the tip 👊😀
A ton of inspirational stuff as always ;) ;)btw.is there a list for a the effectnames into german titles? cuz everytime I look for an effect that I caught in a cool video the effect is mostly called out in english and cant find the german equivalent ^^
haha I bet there is one actually, but I don't have one myself. What I'd highly suggest though is to change the software to english language. I did that very early on for that exact reason because all the good tutorials are in english 😂😂😂
That's Why i start the filmmaking! big loveeeeeeeeeeee
was a massive inspiration for me as well. thanks a lot for supporting 👋😀
the godfather of film editing
true words, man!! 🙌😎
Really great! How the f did he do the bridge at the start
Wow
I gotta change my canon Eos 1100 d and cos in next months I gotta travel a lot! Which canon would u suggest me to buy to make cool video and not too much expensive??? I have a lot of canon lenses so I don't wanna change brand.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. so essential to review bro
how about making a watchtower of innsbruck 😍😍👍
@@FlorianLand kannst dann in 2 jahren reviewen✌😌
ist gebongt, ich trag schon mal in die Liste ein 👌😂
Finally Sir.
just for you, bro! 😎
Which camera did he use?
How long coult take to edit the whole video? Weeks?
Once again great video analysis. Can you review "A taste of New York" by filmspektakel. I think this one greatly uses the sounds to add life in its video.
Thanks a lot, man! Yeah, in fact I do have that one on my radar already! It's not all the way on top of the list but definitely a candidate for another analysis 👋😀 gotta stay on the look out for when that will drop 😎
Thanks for giving professional hints and techniques on video making. As an older generation white haired dinosaur who started his amateur black and white photography profession in the early 1970's and a Turkish veteran professional tour guide, I only have 2 points to make which naturally escapes the the attention and comment of both the video maker and you as the editor.
1. Please rewatch 1.06-1.07. One of the boys is making the famous Turkish gesture of putting his thumb between his fingers saying FUCK!
2. The white haired gentleman with an impressive moustache is not a Turk. He is Mr. John Vincent Hurt, the British actor and his photograph is from his role in " Captain Corelli's Mandolin" as Dr. Iannis.
te guy who made this video is a phenomenon
Oh hi there, i did a similar one a year ago too .. very good job :)
Another amazing video Florian! One slight thing that I noticed you made a mistake on is when you said that he used a drone for one of the shots. I read one of his interviews about the video and he mentions that he only used a GH3 with 3 lenses and a gopro 3. I mean how good and portable were the drones 4/5 years ago? :-)
That can totally be right. Then he must have been in a balloon as well I guess? Mostly I'm just making assumptions, probably making lots of mistakes in my explanation. It's literally just my thoughts in that moment 😜
@@FlorianLand I didn't mean anything in a bad way, just wanted to talk you man, hahaha! Keep up the great work!
haha all good, my friend. I didn't take it that way at all ❤️ really thankful for your support
Totally agree with your point at 2:58 Flo! Content is so much more authentic when native people are in the videos NOT creators with designer clothes on !
100% agreed! The only thing with that is that you need to overcome the shyness in actually asking so many people if they would be okay in being on camera and then actually be put on youtube. that's actually what would scare me away from this a little 😂
Ben bukadar dikkat etmemişdim Good man 😬😬 :)
haha I only understand half of that sadly 😂 appreciate you commenting though 👊
now i discover new creator haha. thanks
It probably won't be the last one, glad I could show this to you 😊
there was an article about how he shot this video and which camera he where using. guess what.... a gh3 with 12-35mm and a 42.5mm 1.2 no slowmo 120fps... Here is the article: And oh everything was edited in final cut pro ! www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/articles/1582-watchtower-of-turkey-a-stunning-piece-of-cinematic-editing-and-sound-design-created-in-final-cut-pro-x-gets-nominated-best-of-vimeo-2014
thanks a lot man! The article is super super interesting. Actually only found out about it yesterday after I had already posted the video. 2TB of footage is absolutely insane 😂
Thank you for sharing, just read this. Super fascinating
Edit god