Oakland

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Some common and some uncommon places to see in Oakland.

The quiet emptiness at sunrise. Tai Chi every morning. Farmer's Market on the weekend. A game of chess. Groceries in Chinatown. Comfort food at the truck. And basketball at the park.

1st Place Winner of the Oakland Convention and Visitors Bureau's "2010 I Love Oakland! Video Contest" http://oaklandcvb.com/media_videocontest.cfm

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Travel & Events

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• OaklandCVB2010
• Oakland
• Lake
• Merritt
• Oakland Marathon
• Chinatown
• Grand Lake Theater
• Lakeshore
• Uptown
• Jack London Square
• Port of Oakland
• Middle Harbor Shoreline Park
• Smith Park
• Taco Truck
• XHA1
• Igus Slider
• Formatt ND Filter
• Slow Motion

[tmdao89]

thank you for making this video and allowing people to see this side of Oakland! I recognize about 95% of all these spots! big ups man!

[conradtse]

@tmdao89 Very cool. Yeah, it's recognizable places that are sometimes right on front of us.

[dudetran]

That was the best video EVER. what song did you use?

[conradtse]

@dudetran Thanks! I made the song up in front of the piano 1 day trying out a theme and luckily had the sense to record it in case I wanted to use for something later. (I have a hard time playing clean the whole way =) so was lucky to get it in one go ... you can still hear some places where I mess up a little.) At first I used the song as a placeholder to help me see how I might edit the video, and gradually realized that the song fit perfectly with the subject matter. Just worked out!

[quanmansports]

I appreciate your response. I am looking to upgrade my camera. Does this only shoot on dv tapes or does it take a memory card. also were you shooting at 24 fps?

[conradtse]

Unfortunately, the XHA1 only takes miniDV tapes and so I do have to wait for the video to play in real-time during the transfer/capture to my computer. It's in HDV (mpeg2) format so it's more forgiving to my older computer than other more compressed video that I've had trouble playing back smoothly like from the H.264 (mpeg4) from the DSLRs.

I shot the video at 24p. The slow motion was at 60i, using it on a 24p timeline in Premiere/AfterAffects and slowing it down there.

[fishgust]

I wish more people would see this side of Oakland...

[lthdaanng]

My home. <3

You really captured the beauty and essence of Oakland. This is a wonderful video.

[TheDerek1207]

GREAT VIDEO MAN!! I AGREED WHAT EVERYBODY SAID ABOUT THIS VIDEO

[linnylinh91]

Oakland will always be my hometown. Thank you, for wonderfully capturing the beautiful nuances of Oakland.

[skwoo1]

Beautiful work. Congratulations. Very compelling.

[evavideoblog]

This is beautiful.