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Post Production Pye Speaking Chinese

December 2, 2011 - Article by Pye

Believe me, I know it’s weird, but this Persian American speaks Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese (along with a couple other Chinese dialects) and pretty much no Farsi (Iranian). Yeah, you don’t really understand, I don’t really understand, don’t worry, we are all in the same boat. All I can say is I have always enjoyed studying Chinese languages… yeah… so, moving on…

While working on the UNDFIND Kickstarter project, we had the idea of doing a commercial in Chinese. I mean, after all, it would be great if TheOneBag became a hit in China right?

Well, I thought of this idea, why not do a commercial about appearances and how they can be deceiving. You will have to watch the commercial to see the rest, but for those of you that speak Chinese, well, you should get a kick out of it.

Don’t worry, for those that don’t speak, it does have subtitles, and laughing at me should still be equally enjoyable ;)

I am afraid to say this, but feel free to comment and tell us what you think below. Enjoy!

Commercial (Mandarin w/ English Subtitles)

Behind the scenes video (Mandarin and Cantonese w/ English Subtitles)


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About Pye
Pye (AKA Post Production Pye) is a founder and the Managing Editor for SLR Lounge. Pye is also a Partner of Lin and Jirsa Photography, an Orange County based wedding, engagement and portrait photography studio.
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  • Dan

    That was a bit of a mindtrip. I am thoroughly impressed sir!

  • Brandon Willis

    How many languages do you speak!?

  • Drewster

    Ai yah, your Cantonese is better than mine Pye.  That was completely awesome and impressive … much like all your tutorial videos which have helped me immensely.  I should show this to my parents but then they would say that I should be ashamed of my poor Chinese language skills ;P  Keep up the great work!

  • Ron L.

    Goodness, you’re Chinese is definitely better than mine! I just barely learn how to say Canon in mandarin because of you!  Keep up the great work!!!

  • Payam Jirsa

    Lol, do I really have that face? ;) 

  • Payam Jirsa

    I would say that I speak 3 fluently (English, Cantonese and Mandarin) and I am functional in Hakkanese, and just starting out with Taiwanese. 

  • Cory Huff

    Really? Really? I miss your too-smart for your britches face. Rock out Pye.

  • Homan

    That’s awesome.  Very impressed with your language skills. – Homan

  • Connie Sithi

    This makes Pye, like, 10x hotter than he already is. AWESOME guys! You guys keep on impressin’. 

  • http://www.puzsart.com Marcell Puzsar

    Unbelievable Pye ! Even impressed my Taiwanese friends :) Greetings from San Fran

  • Cindy

    OMG awesome!!! ^_^

  • http://twitter.com/emilykuphoto Emily Ku

    Wow your Chinese is so good!  Very impressive!

  • http://twitter.com/dcemu_bandit Timothy Yee

    I’m ashamed to be Chinese. Lol.

  • Mahsa_ghahreman

    wo0o0owww … ! love you dear brother ,you are a good actor . and you speak yery good chinese :)

  • Mahsa_ghahreman

    wo0o0o0ow….I love you my dear brother ,you are a good actor ,and you speak very good chinese … 

  • Joe Gunawan

    You’re insane, Pye, haha! Man, I gotta start taking lessons from you, lol!

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