It's no Danwei TV, but here is Imagethief's foray into video production. During our recent trip to Xinjiang, Mrs. Imagethief used her point-and-shoot digital camera to take about eighteen minutes of video, including several off-the-cuff stand-ups by Imagethief. We hadn't originally intended to do anything with it except show it with our travelling companions, but after reviewing the raw footage it seemed like a waste not to share it. In a past life I used to do digital audio and video production and I've still got some of the tools. I've cut the video down to eight minutes, played with the sequence to give it some narrative coherence and added a voice over. The camera is a nifty little device, but because it's the size of a pack of playing cards there is a bit of camera shake. Sorry about that. Nonetheless, I hope you find it entertaining, and I hope Imagethief's singular wit survives the transition to video.

Unfortunately, my blogging engine doesn't allow me to embed objects, so you'll have to see it at YouTube. (Apologies; YouTube's conversion engine appears to have knocked the audio about a half-second out of sync. If I can fix that later this week, I will.)

Also: downloadable iPod video version (49MB).

Written travelogue:
Imagethief and the hell of yurts, part one
Imagethief and the hell of yurts, part two
Part three coming soon!


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