Suwon's Hwaseong Fortress on CNNGo!

Truth be told, I've been sitting on a little news for a few weeks. A while back I decided to try my hand at producing a QiRanger Adventure for a slightly different market. I opted to submit a piece to CNNGo, the Asian travel arm of CNN International.

To my delight, they accepted my pitch and I set off filming one of my favorite places. Not only did I need to write a short article, I needed to capture the beauty of Suwon Fortress and do it proud (most notably, since my last video of this place was an 11 minute ramble as I walked through its grounds).

I shot video over four days. Yes, four days. I had to make sure my costuming was set in a way that I could easily keep it consistent throughout the process.

I also enlisted some help on the project. Jo came out with me three times and operated the camera while I was out doing narrations. I also asked my friend Daichen to write the music for the main portion. He came through and I'm really pleased with the tune.

http://youtube.com/daichen

While editing the video, I had to cut so much out. To think I was worried that I wouldn't have enough to fill the running time and I wound up with just the opposite... five minutes wasn't enough to include all the great video I captured, but certainly enough to focus on what story I wanted to tell.

I would be honored if you'd surf over to CNNGo and check out the video here!

http://www.cnngo.com/seoul/visit/citypulse/suwons-hwaseong-fortress-510555

Thanks and I look forward to reading your comments on what you think of this first endeavor with CNNGo.

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[wjdtmdwn747]

What a great job~!!

[qiranger]

@wjdtmdwn747 Thanks!

[thizizliz]

Holy smokes - congratulations! I can't say that I'm really surprised but I can say how happy I am for you and Jo! Well done - this may have been the best narration I've seen you do yet, but I'll bet you'll find ways to continually hold our interest and make us want to get that passport out! Wonderful.

[qiranger]

@thizizliz Thanks Liz. It was a great joy to help tell the story of one of my favorite places.

[bnkjgc34]

just watched the cnngo video. great job!

[qiranger]

@bnkjgc34 Thanks!

[qiranger]

@ElevenColors ;-) That would be awesome!

[qiranger]

@joethebom Maybe one day.

[qiranger]

@OhCurt Thanks Curt! I appreciate it! It was a fun project, but so hard to sit on for a month.

[qiranger]

@delawheresdan Thanks for the complement... just make the effort to get out and vlog! The rest comes with time!

[qiranger]

@bry0000000 Thanks Bryan. How are things over in Japan?

[qiranger]

@autumnyaar Thanks, it was a blast!

[qiranger]

@shaftaloo91 Thank you!