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Sometimes living in a place long enough can dull you to all of the wonders that surround you, ever had that situation where someone comes to visit you from out of town and that's the only time you visit the "cool" and interesting places around your area?

Well similarly here in Shenzhen I know the city extremely well and know all sorts of interesting areas and places but rarely visit them. By interesting and cool, I mean the bits past the fancy malls and skyscrapers, the urban villages, the vibrant, neon-lit nightlife of every day that is only a short walk away or in some cases an hour or more on the metro!  

I want to show more of these areas and more of how daily life is for the majority of people here in China in my videos, and I try to sneak in as much B-roll (I'm sure you notice in my videos when I talk about something I like to cut away to scenes of people or things) as possible. I go on B-roll walks and they're more like an adventure than anything else! I love exploring back alleys, residential areas and little known areas of the city in order to capture glimpses of what life is really like in China. In fact I got C-milk to join me for a whole day of B-roll exploration a few weeks ago. I am getting lots of good stuff and I can't wait to show you all. 

Can't wait to see you in the next video! (oh and if you're curious, the picture I snapped here was of a beauty salon worker in a far flung area called ShaJing about an hour and a half away from the downtown area that I live)

- Stay Awesome!

SerpentZA

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Anonymous

If only there was a way to make B-roll and GDS set to Virtual Vice's EPs stand on its own, no discussion topic needed. Or maybe just have something like a half hour or more of A Day In The Life. Perhaps something like start with a typical lunch at some dive, run some errands, explore a bit, do a little shopping at the wet market for supper ingredients, make and eat supper, go walking around in the night life, maybe hang around with friends trading quick little stories, all with a little commentary mixed in here and there, with the goal of making it look unscripted even if it is just a little. I do love your topics (how do you come up with so many interesting ones!), and enjoy all of the footage, related or not, but sometimes not even having a topic could be interesting too. Kinda like start the day and see where it goes.

Anonymous

One more thing... Drones. Y'all ought to do a topic just on how to operate, and spend maybe half on tips for better videos using them. I think I've seen a few minutes here and there in your various videos, but one dedicated just to drones could become the go-to guide for aspiring drone flying vloggers. Keep up the awesome GDS's, and y'all stay awesome!