See who’s watching this movie(There are a few interesting companies on the list as well.)
Archive for January, 2007
I nearly forgot that I took pictures while shooting the water buffalo movie. (There are a few other establishing shots in there, too.)
VIEW PHOTO GALLERYWow, what a response. We’re touched by all the emails, feedback, comments, and different web sites that have already picked this story up in such a short amount of time.
News:
- I have added a ‘low-bandwidth’ version of the movie here for all the viewers with slower connections.
- in just about 48 hours, we’ve had people contact us wanting to fly to China to give a gift of some sort themselves, we’ve had book offers, thousands of people have already viewed the movie, people want to donate more water buffalos, I’ve received a lot of nice words about my cover of The Fray’s “How to Save a Life” in the soundtrack (… alright!), and most importantly, people are thinking about this issue, talking about it, debating it, it’s great!
Thank you all for your kind words and thoughtful emails, and if you enjoyed the short, please pass it along to a friend.
WATCH 4 GENERATIONS: The Water Buffalo Movie Comment ยป
“4 Generations” is a film short documenting my journey in southwestern China (near Tibet) to first find, then deliver a water buffalo to a poor family. The water buffalo led us to a family with an phenomenal story. Inspired by author, educator, and founder of photo.net, Philip Greenspun’s post, and donated by Philip and his friend Craig.
View the Trivia & Facts, FAQ, Comments, Photo Gallery.
Yesterday we drove down to Da Zhuan, a villiage in China’s Yunnan province, and found a water buffalo. We then found a family and delivered it to them.
I’m now putting the video together, it should be ready in a few days.
Watch Video [72k SWF]We are leaving for Da Zhuan in a few hours. I’ll keep everyone updated on the progress. We may stay overnight there, so I’ll have my phone if anyone needs me.
As an American living in China, I’ve been greatly affected by this internet shortage due to the earthquake in Taiwan last week. I’ve conducted some China-to-US speed tests:
Average download speed: between 100-500 bytes/second
Average upload speed: between 20-100 bytes/second
That means that uploading a 35k index file to the US can take up to 29 minutes. I believe this is slower than a 300 baud modem, correct me if I’m wrong.
But anyway, Chinese sites are really fast and I try to get news and stuff from the local English web sites.
I ran across a page where they discuss flaws of Chinese movie stars (and I thought Perez Hilton was hardcore!)
Water Buffalo Update 2
In two days we will embark on a southbound journey to buy and deliver a water buffalo to a family that needs it. I’ll be taking pictures and video.