Road Scholars In China, Part 1: Sightseeing

This is the first in a short series of videos documenting our tour of China with the Road Scholars company. It’s been over five months since we returned home but I’ve only found time to work on it the past two months, off and on.

“Road Scholars in China, Part 1: Sightseeing” is about 12 minutes long and is in full HD so it is best viewed on a large screen – or at least something larger than a smartphone.

Tech stuff: I shot this in a mix of HD and 4k using a Panasonic GH4 camera (and occasionally my iPhone 6!), and several Panasonic lenses including the 12-35mm f2.8 zoom. Audio was recorded primarily with a Rode VideoMic Pro but I also used the built-in camera mics and a Zoom H1. PremierePro, AfterEffects, Audition, and Photoshop were all used in post production.

Credits.
Music was provided by two of the young students who did a traditional instrument demonstration for us in Luoyang. Unfortunately, I do not have their names.

Audio for the rain downpour sequence at the Chongqing was provided by www.freesfx.co.uk (mixed down by me from multiple clips).

Most still photos are by my wife, Kay. Occasionally, though, I need a shot that neither she nor I got so I find a third party. First I go to our fellow travelers and I was able to use photos by Eric Slutz (Forbidden City) and Dona Pluta (Pudong area at night, Shanghai). Dona sent me vertical/portrait orientation photos so I composited two of them to make the horizontal/landscape composition used in the video.

Other still photos (found on the web) were provided by:
Severin Sadler (Great Wall)
Captain Zhu (Shanghai)
“Wonderful HQ Wallpapers” (Shanghai Pugong
“Mountain” (Shanghai Museum exterior)
Renee Riley (Longhua Temple and Pagoda)

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