Chinese Chess

First video test with my new Canon T3i (600d). Portrait of men playing Chinese Chess outside Boston Chinatown. Please forgive my shaky hands, I hadn't invested in stabilized lenses yet. I shot and edited the video, and the music is "Recurring" by Bonobo. Enjoy!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Joe
• Sherman
• Chinese
• Chess
• Chinatown
• Boston
• canon
• t3i
• 600d
• video
• portrait

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@zstaum4

I was using a shotgun mic, which is very directional, so it picks up almost exclusively what it's being pointed at. Also, I brought up the audio at that point, and lowered the music a bit, I think.

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@12345788s

I mostly used the Canon 50mm 1.4, but after making this video I bought a few stabilized lenses, which helps with camera shake during video. Both the Sigma 17-50 f/2.8 and the Canon 24-105 f/4 have constant apertures and IS, and have great image quality.

[zstaum4]

This is great! (saw the link on Noahs wall). I love the music. and I really like the tile tapping on the table @1:05. How did you isolate that in editing w/o getting other background noise?

[12345788s]

what lens do you use?