Empty Mind Films

We are often asked questions about what equipment we use or where do we edit our films. The photo above almost answers both these questions. The camera is our latest acquisition – the Sony EXDcam, a High Definition professional camera which records full 1080p footage on high speed flash cards – incredible technology. We also [...]

In China, there is always a special group of people hanging around the streets and whispering to passers-by “want invoices?”
The invoices they are selling are mostly real invoices from restaurants or hotels since many guests don’t take invoices after they pay the bill. The price of the invoices is usually 10% of the real number [...]

Well we finally made it – a new release. It’s been two years since we completed The Zen Mind. Time really does fly by, especially when you make two films back to back. Starting in 2007, we commenced a very ambitious two film project to document many of China’s great martial arts masters. Let’s face [...]

It was really a surprise when my grandpa told us at one dinner that he would go to attend a meeting with his junior middle school classmates the next day.
Born in 1930s, the generation of my grandfather has witnessed many big events of China, including the Civil War in 1940s, the Great Leap, the Cultural [...]

Almost no one can imagine Beijing can enjoy so blue sky and nice weather during the Olympics. Compared with the stifling hours at the opening ceremony, when presidents of different countries were seen sitting quite close, waving the paper fans and wiping sweat, the following days seem to be from another world.
I went to [...]

Dubai may not be high up the list when you think of places to learn from martial arts masters, but that will soon change if one karate expert has his way.Kyle Helou is a graduate of the Japan Karate Shotorenmei (JKS) Instructor Training Programm, also known as Kenshusei.
Shugyosei, and his mission is to take karate [...]

The opening ceremony shows quite a few typical characteristics of China, except for the large population, the overuse of kids is obviously one of them.
In China, kids are always said to represent the hope of China. In the opening ceremony, the audience saw so many hopes of China as well as the long rich history, [...]

Cannot avoid talking about Olympics when you talk about Beijing and China recently.
On August 8, the opening ceremony of Beijing 29th Olympics finally uncovered its veil after so many political issues and disasters and safety concerns before this.
The ceremony undoubtedly won a lot of WOWs and applause all over the world with its dazzling lights [...]

Our friend Kyle will be posting some interesting stories on Japan, Martial Arts and the Shakuhachi.
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Sorry about the late report of Sichuan Province. You can not expect too much from three days interview especially when these interviews were arranged already. we spent most of the time in the bus and officials’ offices, there was just little time left for us to see Chengdu people in real life.
we got very [...]