The Most Cinematic Thailand Videos You'Ve Ever Seen!

[Jumbo chilli]

Thank you.

I thoroughly enjoyed the videos.

Cheers.

[crowbait]

Loved the videos....we were in Chiang Mai in February and have meny happy memories. Thanks for posting

[brianP]

I think you need a cheap compressor to even out and bring your narrative to prominence, the video composition could be thought out before you film to avoid distractions and keep a focus and flow of your intended subject. Check out the VIDEOMAKER magazine with it's many tips and basic videography principals. I use tall bipods and tripods to keep scenes exciting. Try using greater and lesser heights to add impact to panaromas and b shots. Best of luck...

[toenail]

As mentioned above, is there a "third party" who is also filming or do you put the camera on a tripod when there are shots of you two or buzzing around in the car? Can't wait to see you film obtaining your work permit or crossing into the Burmese border every three months to get your passport stamped. (another taste of reality)

[GeorgeO]

Hi J and Sasha,

I think your work is outstanding, and pitched at exactly the right level.

I look forward to seeing more of your stuff!

GeorgeO

[oneday]

First off, great videos. As far as I'm concerned from a simple viewer's viewpoint, they looked very professional.

Now down to reality. I couldn't always hear what you were saying and the English accent probably tripped me up a little so if you covered any of the below items...my apologizes.

When you came to Thailand with your dog that must not have been easy. You must have had to get some kind of export permit or paperwork to take her out of England and certainly import papers to bring her into Thailand. I've looked into bringing our dog back to the US and it's a huge pain in the butt.

When you got the car, I'm not sure why you went all the way to Bangkok for a used car when there are 1000's in Chiang Mai. Also, there was nothing about about getting a Thai drivers license, though it's not necessary if you have an international license along with your national license from England. However, in one year the international will expire and then you must have a Thai license unless you go back to England and renew the international. Also no mention of the ins and outs of transferring the cars BLUE book into your name. I'm betting you never got a BLUE book. Also no mention of getting insurance. If you get in an accident and severely injure someone or even kill them then you will wish you had insurance.

I've lived here three years and have had to deal with all of these issues.

Good luck and as I said, great videos...very enjoyable.

[trigger571]

Absolutely fantastic guys. This is a true work of art. Well done!

[dragonaus]

Absolutely brilliant video of your journey so far Sacha & Jmayel.

Thailand Tourism, should sign you guys up....... what a way to sell Thailand around the world.

My wife and I, are from Australia and a tad bit older, waiting to sell our house and move to Thailand to retire, keep up your great work, really loved the captions/speed and the whole HD look.

Please don't listen to some people, with their supposed video advice, we thought it was easily the best doco travel video we have seen. Isn't it great you have Skype to keep in touch with your families in the U.K.

Look forward to many more episodes------------- and sell it to channel 4/BBC/ITV etc.

2 x Aussie fans of yours

[iang]

Well done guys - excellent viewing. Keep up the good work & keep doing exactly as you're doing & don't bother listening to any of the so called experts telling you what & how you should be doing it! Let's see their contributions first!

Looking forward to the next episode.

[freedom4life]

Totally over-dramatic, but irritating at times....ok to watch, if you have nothing to do.

[sunshine51]

Nice video , enjoyed it, very well edited. Can I make some suggestions?

Sometimes the 'non horizontal ' shots don't work, pans of scenery maybe better truly horizontal, as are shots in houses.

Other effects, speeding up, slowing down, distract a bit

Your voice overs are great for your friends, but are often obscured by the high level of the music track. I can't do voice overs unless I practice to slow down A LOT, maybe go back and listen again? You can always fade down the music while you are speaking then raise it again if you want.

I've just got back from that area,it's great, very leafy at present. If you go again, try to visit Mae Hong Song, a wonderful Wat on the hill, great little town, less 'touristy' than Pai. The airport is amazing, almost in the high street.

Cheers

( BTW my previous comment was just a send up, great videos but maybe not 'the best')

Thanks for your feedback msg362.

We appreciate all comments and realise that not everyone will react positively to things that we make public. That is the double edged sword that is the internet.

Working the narrative into the video is difficult because we don't own all the professional equipment you'd need for a proper studio set up. That means the audio can sometimes end up with a lot of background noise which can only be subdued so much in post production. That is why we don't dip the audio all the way down when the voice over begins. Otherwise it would sound quite terrible.

We obviously do play the videos back over and over before we publish them. On our system it sounded good this time. But there is always room for improvement and better equipment over time.

With regards your comment about the non horizontal pans and speed shifts. Most modern edits (music videos, MTV cribs, General Cinematography) contain these techniques to add interest and fall in line with the bars of music. Usually to keep the audience focused on whats important.

Can I ask if you make videos yourself? You seem to be quite analytical with your comments towards our work and I was wondering if you create videos also? I'd love to see some.

Again thanks for your comments, we genuinely take everything on board.

P.S we are in fact going to Mae Hong Son for my birthday in August. We traveled through there years ago as well. So you can expect that we'll make a video about it.

Hope you enjoy the future episodes.

- 8 miles from home

http://8milesfromhome.tumblr.com/

@8milesfromhome

Hi Folks & A Happy Woof to the pooch....

I'm a working photojournalista and have been one for 30 years now. I'm based between Phuket, Bali

and a small rural village on the eastern bank of the Mekong River in Cambodia. I have also just

returned from 80 days in Burma...on assignment.

There are a lot of critics on this forum I must say, so may I suggest you take their comments about

technique for what it's worth which to me isn't much. When I learned my profession the hard way

I worked for the now defunct WTN (now APTN), ITN (news), BBC, NBC (USA) CH 10 Aussie and a

host of others...I was and still am freelance.

My 10 satang about your videos....Brilliant! Keep em coming. We need to see stuff like this on the

forum instead of all the nasties that have been happening lately. Thailand is a wonderful country;

too bad many people bitch & complain about it much too often....for those folks all I can say is

that there's an airport near you and numerous flights leave LOS daily...be on one.

There's nothing negative I can say about your work....make more videos and good luck

to you folks.

Chock Dee

SS51

[HipDude]

Totally over-dramatic, but irritating at times....ok to watch, if you have nothing to do.

Guess it's okay if you're a tourist and don't live here. Otherwise, who cares?

[PooMik]

Great videos, they realy shows Thailand from the Thai side and not just another "Turist" video! Keep them coming, i will watch and share them all ;-D

[dkg1960]

I really enjoyed this video feature on this couples adventures in Thailand, captivating viewing and well put together well done.

Regards

dkg1960

[stoko42]

Hi Man, Woman and Dog

I really enjoyed watching the videos. I have spent time living in Pai and Chiang Mai. I am now in Chiang Rai. Looking forward to seeing your video about this province. There are many interesting places to visit like Doi Mae Salong. Nice to see Thailand portrayed in a positive light for a change.

[Boycie]

Great Videos, must take you a very long time in the making but they're well worth it, we loved them.

If you plan on visiting Kanchanaburi, please get in touch.

J, Sacha and Eden, I would love to meet you all and show you around my fantastic province

I retired here in my young 30's over 5 years ago, i'm from the UK and it was the best decision that i ever made.

Best wishes

Boycie, Marlene and Marmaduke

[DrTuner]

That was very nice to watch. Still, somehow apocalyptic .. very few Thais around. On purpose, I'd guess ?

[realtalk]

I couldnt get through the 2nd episode. Just seems a bit too staged, reading pre-written lines and alot of dramatic posing to the camera.

Definitely got some post production talent, but not for me im afraid.

I hope you enjoy your time in Thailand x

[tjhorner]

Great Job. Very enjoyable....keep them coming

[JulesMad]

I really enjoyed watching this! Great job!

Made me remember why I moved to Thailand

Best of Luck with your new home and Thai adventures!

[crazydrummerpauly]

First off, great videos. As far as I'm concerned from a simple viewer's viewpoint, they looked very professional.

Now down to reality. I couldn't always hear what you were saying and the English accent probably tripped me up a little so if you covered any of the below items...my apologizes.

When you came to Thailand with your dog that must not have been easy. You must have had to get some kind of export permit or paperwork to take her out of England and certainly import papers to bring her into Thailand. I've looked into bringing our dog back to the US and it's a huge pain in the butt.

When you got the car, I'm not sure why you went all the way to Bangkok for a used car when there are 1000's in Chiang Mai. Also, there was nothing about about getting a Thai drivers license, though it's not necessary if you have an international license along with your national license from England. However, in one year the international will expire and then you must have a Thai license unless you go back to England and renew the international. Also no mention of the ins and outs of transferring the cars BLUE book into your name. I'm betting you never got a BLUE book. Also no mention of getting insurance. If you get in an accident and severely injure someone or even kill them then you will wish you had insurance.

I've lived here three years and have had to deal with all of these issues.

Good luck and as I said, great videos...very enjoyable.

The stuff about the International Driver's Licence is wrong, as it often is on here. Because it is VALID for a year does not mean it is a legal Licence to drive in Thailand for one year - it is not a Licence, it is a Permit, and inside Thailand it is valid for only 3 months - all the ex-pats driving around on an International after that, technically-speaking are driving ILLEGALLY in LOS. This does not mean that you can't get away with it given the lack of precise legal knowledge possessed by most BiBs who stop you.

Edited June 28, 2012 by crazydrummerpauly

[haybilly]

Bit of a pretentious title to the topic, eh--The Most Cinematic Videos, etc....I think we have all seen some pretty amazing videos made about Thailand before these ones and I'm sure there will be plenty more.

[edwinclapham]

It was a pleasure opening up your thread guys and seeing such positivity and creativeness displayed.

I think you have set a very good example to what being an ex pat is all about.

The north has much to offer and looking forward to seeing more of your posts in the near future.

Very refreshing! and thanks for sharing.

[lianab]

First off, great videos. As far as I'm concerned from a simple viewer's viewpoint, they looked very professional.

Now down to reality. I couldn't always hear what you were saying and the English accent probably tripped me up a little so if you covered any of the below items...my apologizes.

When you came to Thailand with your dog that must not have been easy. You must have had to get some kind of export permit or paperwork to take her out of England and certainly import papers to bring her into Thailand. I've looked into bringing our dog back to the US and it's a huge pain in the butt.

When you got the car, I'm not sure why you went all the way to Bangkok for a used car when there are 1000's in Chiang Mai. Also, there was nothing about about getting a Thai drivers license, though it's not necessary if you have an international license along with your national license from England. However, in one year the international will expire and then you must have a Thai license unless you go back to England and renew the international. Also no mention of the ins and outs of transferring the cars BLUE book into your name. I'm betting you never got a BLUE book. Also no mention of getting insurance. If you get in an accident and severely injure someone or even kill them then you will wish you had insurance.

I've lived here three years and have had to deal with all of these issues.

Good luck and as I said, great videos...very enjoyable.

The stuff about the International Driver's Licence is wrong, as it often is on here. Because it is VALID for a year does not mean it is a legal Licence to drive in Thailand for one year - it is not a Licence, it is a Permit, and inside Thailand it is valid for only 3 months - all the ex-pats driving around on an International after that, technically-speaking are driving ILLEGALLY in LOS. This does not mean that you can't get away with it given the lack of precise legal knowledge possessed by most BiBs who stop you.

Gee give it a break -you don't know what kind of licence they have. I'm looking at cars in Bangkok as well even though there are even more cars for sale locally than in Chiang Mai.

plus; you are wrong - An international licence isn't a permit - it is actually just a translation accepted by over 150 countries under United Nations sanction.

[TantraMantra]

Bit of a pretentious title to the topic, eh--The Most Cinematic Videos, etc....I think we have all seen some pretty amazing videos made about Thailand before these ones and I'm sure there will be plenty more.

Please can you recommend some.

[crazydrummerpauly]

First off, great videos. As far as I'm concerned from a simple viewer's viewpoint, they looked very professional.

Now down to reality. I couldn't always hear what you were saying and the English accent probably tripped me up a little so if you covered any of the below items...my apologizes.

When you came to Thailand with your dog that must not have been easy. You must have had to get some kind of export permit or paperwork to take her out of England and certainly import papers to bring her into Thailand. I've looked into bringing our dog back to the US and it's a huge pain in the butt.

When you got the car, I'm not sure why you went all the way to Bangkok for a used car when there are 1000's in Chiang Mai. Also, there was nothing about about getting a Thai drivers license, though it's not necessary if you have an international license along with your national license from England. However, in one year the international will expire and then you must have a Thai license unless you go back to England and renew the international. Also no mention of the ins and outs of transferring the cars BLUE book into your name. I'm betting you never got a BLUE book. Also no mention of getting insurance. If you get in an accident and severely injure someone or even kill them then you will wish you had insurance.

I've lived here three years and have had to deal with all of these issues.

Good luck and as I said, great videos...very enjoyable.

The stuff about the International Driver's Licence is wrong, as it often is on here. Because it is VALID for a year does not mean it is a legal Licence to drive in Thailand for one year - it is not a Licence, it is a Permit, and inside Thailand it is valid for only 3 months - all the ex-pats driving around on an International after that, technically-speaking are driving ILLEGALLY in LOS. This does not mean that you can't get away with it given the lack of precise legal knowledge possessed by most BiBs who stop you.

Gee give it a break -you don't know what kind of licence they have. I'm looking at cars in Bangkok as well even though there are even more cars for sale locally than in Chiang Mai.

plus; you are wrong - An international licence isn't a permit - it is actually just a translation accepted by over 150 countries under United Nations sanction.

There is no such thing as an International Licence - that's the whole point. It is a Permit ->

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Driving_Permit

And there is no intrinsic contradiction between it being a Permit and a translation - it's both.

It is called a Permit to distinguish it from a Licence, which requires a test by the local authority.

If there ever was an International Licence, it would have to be given to drivers who passed some new globally-administered driving-test.

But the main point is, and why i bothered to post at all - if foreign drivers have an accident, the Thai insurers are within their rights to refuse

to pay out if all the driver has is an International Permit and it has been used in country for more than 3 months. The origin of this is the fact

that the Permit was originally created for holiday-drivers, not for long-term residents to drive about in a foreign country.

[dragonaus]

Some of you guys are truly amazing.

This lovely young couple and their dog are on a great journey, one they will remember for ever and you scrutinise areas of their video expertise or their stay after a short time in Thailand.

I'm afraid you need to get a life, not one that is full of negatives.

[yummypizza]

Now that was really cool,glad to have people like you here in the neighborhood,great filming and great idea,you're kid/s will cherish and benefit from what you have recorded for ever,well done..

Edited June 28, 2012 by yummypizza

[soundman]

OK - further debate on D/L's and IDP's should be in the motoring forum.

Here.

Thank-you.

[Suradit69]

Absolutely fantastic guys. This is a true work of art. Well done!

I agree. Excellent work.

Some of the technical suggestions given in this thread may be valid and meant to be constructive but, as you'll soon learn, a few of the folks on ThaiVisa will be negative about everything and anything. Don't let it deter you. A small number of the denizens of TV are, by their nature, spontaneously irritated by the success and happiness of others, especially those enjoying life in Thailand.

I hope you continue to share further video episodes in your life journey here in Thailand. Best wishes to you both and to Eden.

Edited June 28, 2012 by Suradit69