Los Angeles-based filmmaker Daeil Kim’s roughly 63-second reel moves from a face at a blackboard to a piano by a window and a view through an interior railing, with the light and frame width changing shot to shot.
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The reel plays with the distance between people and the space around them. Close views of faces give way to wider rooms. Window light and wooden railings divide the image and show the camera’s choices.
Meet the Creator
Kim is a South Korean-born filmmaker based in Los Angeles. On Vimeo he describes the reel as a collection of film, commercial and music-video work he directed or shot.
Watch in Its Frame
Wide and narrower compositions alternate inside the same player. The black margins are part of the original and preserve each shot’s shape. Viewed uncropped, the arrangement of people, light and space stays intact.
Source Note
Vimeo currently titles it “2026 REEL - DAEIL KIM”; his website labels the same video “2025 Reel.” Vimeo’s initial upload record dates to January 2024. The revision date and the production year of each shot are unverified.
Daeil Kim’s approximately 63-second reel. Vimeo currently labels it 2026; the artist site labels the same video 2025. Original Daeil Kim / Vimeo embed.
