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Chinese New Year – 2010 Year of the Tiger

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Today saw the Chinese New Year celebrated in Melbourne. Megan and I found ourselves in the crowds watching the performers and doing our best to keep out of the exploding fire cracker debris.

Chinese New Year celebrations in Melbourne

Chinese New Year celebrations in Melbourne

Below is a short film showing one of the performances. Watch the High Definition (HD) edition on YouTube.

Once again the film was shot with our point and shoot Canon and edited in iMovie. This film is longer than any of my previous films. I wanted to keep in as much of the performance as feasible to give an idea of the build up to the fire crackers.

New Year's Eve 2009/2010 Fireworks Over Melbourne

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Megan and I ventured out to Docklands, Melbourne, Australia, for the New Year’s Eve fireworks.

The day’s temperatures reached 37°C and moments before the family session of fireworks started, the predicted storm rolled in. The lightning, rain, and wind put on a show to complement the fireworks.

Storms clouds gathering over Melbourne

Storms clouds gathering over Melbourne

I managed another couple of film experiments over New Year’s Eve. Both films where taken on our little point and shoot Canon. My goal with these edits was to publish as quickly as possible. Both films took less than one hour from importing into iMovie to publishing on YouTube; a fun challenge that turned out well.

Melbourne’s fireworks are divided into two. The first session, at 9:15 pm, is for families.

Watch Melbourne’s family fireworks in High Definition (HD) on YouTube.

The second session, at midnight, is the bigger show.

Watch Melbourne’s midnight fireworks in High Definition (HD) on YouTube.

I hope you had a fun New Year’s Eve, and have a great 2010.

Happy New Year.