Introduction

This short poetic documentary is a cinematic exploration of the daily life Chinatown in Manhattan. In the poetic mode, it reshapes the visual perception of space and time in Chinatown. A cinema camera and a set of lenses were used in the production to record footage in various frame rates. The narration in the form of a letter was recorded. The documentary was edited and color graded in Avid Media Composer, the sound was recomposed, mixed and mastered in Pro Tools.

Tian Leng