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This documentary - tentatively titled 'Pedal', will bookend with the Pacific and Atlantic oceans... anchored to a small group's cross country trip and focusing on the inspiring people that cross their path.
Each week a vlog will be posted that will share stories from these people met along the way - as well as the main cast and the occasional behind-the-scenes footage. In the end, the bi-product of these vlogs will be used for a feature length documentary.
The end-goal of this project, both in it's vlog and documentary form, is to share people's reasons and motivations behind their trip. Most importantly to share what makes or drives a person to leave everything behind and to understand what they each take away from this overwhelming and painful journey. |
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| Title: |  FToM * Video Update - Post Week 144 | | Date: |  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:46:12 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-FToMVideoU... | | Description: |
Last week Loonachic printed off some of our FToM flyers and posted them around Chicago - which was not only amazing in and of itself, but someone saw one of Michelle's flyers and left the following comment... ;"i'd never heard of the project until i saw the sign (above) in front of my building and again in my lobby. i immediately came upstairs and looked into....and here i am. spent the last half hour reading about your project. good work michelle....keep spreading the word. flyers (apparently) work."It's been such a long, long time since we've been able to reach out to new people in ways that haven't been 99% online, so I wanted to do a video update talking about how exciting this whole experience was!
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| Title: | Teaser 016 | | Date: | Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:09:33 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0161... | | Description: |
Maybe someone better with words could explain why it is abandoned houses always feel so fascinating when on the road. ;I used to spend hours in them on my first bike trip... Tim and I would drag our bikes off the road, make lunch while sitting on a dirty, glass-covered floor. I would poke through old dressers, look for things that used to be important to someone. Baseball cards. Magazines with notes scribbled on the margins.
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| Title: | for thousands of miles * t-shirts | | Date: | Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:58:48 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-forThousan... | | Description: |
The http://vgkids.com were cool enough to let me come by and film them making the film's new t-shirts. I had no idea the machines they use to print shirts were so awesome - the way it drops and spins around is kinda' hypnotizing :P I think I shot way, way more footage of their machine than anything else. The tees are 100% organic cotton unisex alternate apparel shirts :) and all the profits help support our feature film. Get yours at http://pedal.bigcartel.com ♥
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| Title: | FToM on Kickstarter - We Did It! | | Date: | Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:04:22 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-FToMOnKick... | | Description: |
November 11th marked a few excited things: a 28th birthday, the 100th week of post production, and the day FToM on Kickstarter reached 100% of it's funding goal! Since then pledges have slowly kept coming in - and we want to make the best of this momentum and the remaining days (campaign doesn't end until Thanksgiving). We'd love to see if we can hit an even higher goal - Kickstarter is such a powerful and unique outreach tool and we want to raise the bar as high as possible. We've designed FToM tshirts that we're really happy with (Alternative Apparel 100 percent organic cotton unisex) and want to give as many as we possibly can to the amazing people who helped us reach this goal. If we can hit our new goal, we'll be able to include a tshirt for every single person who pledged above $20. Also - with 10 days left - I have a bit of a birthday wish: to get Livestrong / Lance Armstrong to pledge a $1 to the film. If you click this link http://tr.im/F7pG - it will pop open twitter, with a pre-written tweet all ready to send. I know we can do this :) I know if we just give one last hard push - we'll see some "serious shit"... to quote one of my favorite films.
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| Title: | FToM + Kickstarter = Love² | | Date: | Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:39:09 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-FToMKickst... | | Description: |
33 days ago, Amanda and I launched a brand new Kickstarter campaign to help fund the last stages of post-production: http://ksr.projectpedal.com Since then we've been backed by over 40 people, with pledges ranging from $1 to over $500! We have raised $1,638 towards our goal of $8,300! This is an all or nothing campaign. Meaning if we don't hit $8.3k, then no one's pledges go through. Help support 'For Thousands of Miles', plus get awesome stuff like Pedal buttons, posters, autographed scripts, a 64 Days DVD with audio commentary and even my personal typewriter. If you're new to this project, take a quick moment to check out our "hi, hello" intro page http://hi.projectpedal.com :) it's a very informal, brief recap of the last 6 years. Please consider backing our film with a $1 donation, or help spread the word by liking this video, sharing our KSR project with your followers on Twitter or your friends on Facebook. We are really excited about the next stages in post - and we are very, very grateful for all of your support!
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| Title: | Pedal - Vlog Week 92 | | Date: | Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:29:56 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PedalVlogW... | | Description: |
Up past my bed-time getting some writing done - wanted to check in to update people on how writing has been going, and also to say thank you for all the amazing support we've been seeing through Kickstarter. ksr.projectpedal.com (this will redirect) blog.projectpedal.com forthousandsofmiles.com
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| Title: | Post Production - Week 88 | | Date: | Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:31:17 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PostProduc... | | Description: |
I was up late last night working - and decided a video update was long, long overdue. I've been finished up on a huge step of post-production for almost two weeks now, and I've been waiting to make that announcement on video. Also - and more importantly, I need people's input on what the next step for me should be. new? hi.projectpedal.com blog: blog.projectpedal.com film: forthousandsofmiles.com
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| Title: | Teaser 015 | | Date: | Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:49:37 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0154... | | Description: |
So, people have been asking me to post a FToM teaser that had a little bit of dialog in it for a while now :) And I don't really have an excuse as to what took me so long to actually picking one out. This group was one of the first people Larry ran into after having to say goodbye to his best-friend Jay earlier this morning. I know it must have been hard on Larry to carry on as if nothing was wrong or out-of-place. http://projectpedal.com http://forthousandsofmiles.com
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| Title: | Post Production - Week 78 | | Date: | Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:58:31 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PostProduc... | | Description: |
Sorry this took so long to upload - I recorded this friday afternoon, and wasn't able to edit it while in Kentucky like I'd hoped :P But here it is - just an update on how I've been combing through the footage for the trip and making sense of it. It's a basic approach, but the baby-step process seems to be helping. http://projectpedal.com http://forthousandsofmiles.com
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| Title: | Stockpile Promo | | Date: | Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:39:40 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-StockpileP... | | Description: |
FToM focuses strongly on the idea of being connected by the places we've traveled. Rooted in the maze of back-roads stretching from small-town to small-town... all of us who've traveled by bike share in a personal experience that is difficult to put into words. Stockpile is a element of our feature film, an out-reach campaign to collect a pool of raw media from other travelers and with it, help visually express that our experiences on the road are intertwined in ways we often over-look. We can't tell this side of our film's story without your help - submitting is fast and easy to do, go to http://stockpile.projectpedal.com to learn more.
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| Title: | Teaser 014 | | Date: | Fri, 22 May 2009 13:04:27 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0146... | | Description: |
This was taken in Glacier Park Montana - it poured there for about two days. At this point in the trip Larry didn't even own a tent, I'm not quite sure how he managed to sleep and stay dry. He used a tarp and a picnic table to create a kind of make-shift tent. It's a strange thing to be so cold and so wet in weather like this - and not have a real roof over your head. Not only for just a few hours, but for days. When the sun finally comes out and hits your skin - it's an amazing feeling to be back on your bike. http://projectpedal.com http://forthousandsofmiles.com
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| Title: | Post Production - Week 73 | | Date: | Mon, 18 May 2009 21:05:55 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PostProduc... | | Description: |
This is a very big announcement... and it was a decision that was more than difficult for me to make. I don't know what else to say... :) except that I'm prepared to work harder than I've ever worked to make it all come together as planned. http://projectpedal.com http://forthousandsofmiles.com
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| Title: | Post Production - Week 70 | | Date: | Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:03:45 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PostProduc... | | Description: |
Larry shared a pretty personal and emotional letter recently - and I asked if he would mind my sharing it on the site. I realize that many people might find his words in the letter a bit strange - but that was half the point of me reading it... I'm curious how these feelings come across to other people. For me, the letter makes perfect sense, all the emotions seems right in line with what I went through... with what I'm still going through - but I know that won't be the case for everyone. projectpedal.com forthousandsofmiles.com
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| Title: | Teaser 013 | | Date: | Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:34:38 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0135... | | Description: |
This was taken around out 9th morning of our trip - we're either on the far end of Washington or just getting into Idaho. In the background you can half see a group of female bicyclists that we ran into several times up until Montana. They had a pretty inspiring mindset about traveling - and one of the women would later email me on the memories from her ride, saying: "...It haunts me now like a dream that only exists in my head, separate from everything in my day to day 'real' life." I thought that was one of the most perfect and beautiful ways I'd ever heard a person describe the after effects of their trip. On a tech note - this shot was taken with the Fx1 and the SGPro adapter :) http://projectpedal.com http://forthousandsofmiles.com
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| Title: | post production - week 68 | | Date: | Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:08:14 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-postProduc... | | Description: |
We're down to the last 24 hours of the Babelgum contest - we really have no idea where we stand at the moment, since the relaunch of their site it's been impossible to even do a rough count of our position. So it will be as much of a surprise to us as anyone when the release their shortlist on the 3rd. So keep your fingers crossed for us - if you can cast one last vote tr.im/gbpu and tell everyone you think might take a moment to vote. Remember, now there's no signing up for an account or downloading software. Voting could literally take as little as 5 seconds and two clicks. Okay, enough about the contest for now. I've been trying to get back into writing and editing mode, and haven't been able to re-acclimate as fast as I'd like after spending a few weeks neck deep in html, css, javascript and all kinds of other initials that are mostly over my head.
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| Title: | Post Production - Week 65 | | Date: | Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:27:29 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PostProduc... | | Description: |
Big announcement for us in this update - we launched our brand spanking new film site :) It was a total re-design from the original page and I spent weeks coding it and hope that people like it. You can check out the new FToM site at ForThousandsofMiles.com And as of today we have 19 days left on t.minus! You're allowed to vote for 64 Days on Babelgum once a day which could help us fund the remainder of post-production! :) tminus.projectpedal.com
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| Title: | Post Production - Week 64 | | Date: | Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:54:59 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PostProduc... | | Description: |
A quick update on what I've been keeping myself extremely busy with the last week - keep checking back at forthousandsofmiles.com :) it won't be long before we launch the new site. And don't forget there's still a month left of voting for 64 Days in the Babelgum film fest! Winning would give us all the money needed for post-production! tminus.projectpedal.com
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| Title: | Teaser 012 (16mm) | | Date: | Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:07:32 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0121... | | Description: |
This is the first teaser from the 16mm footage we took during the trip. This is probably my favorite shot out of all four reels... the speed and feel to it is very beautiful. All the 16 was shot with the intention of acting as a "memory" for Larry. I just wish I had more than the 15 minutes I have - it intercuts very powerfully next to the HD footage. http://forthousandsofmiles.com http://projectpedal.com
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| Title: | Teaser 011 | | Date: | Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:57:37 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0118... | | Description: |
This was one of the rare days that the wind was to Larry's back - which also meant that I didn't have to fight the wind when working the crane. Most days it felt like trying to steady a massive sail with a camera on the end of it - but this day, the wind kept perfect pace with us, and I could move the camera almost anywhere without any real resistance. This shot is a snippet from the middle of a longer 360Ë? that follows Larry. But if I posted the whole rotation, it would be about 2 min... and that's not much of a teaser. http://projectpedal.com http://forthousandsofmiles.com
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| Title: | Post Production - Week 59 | | Date: | Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:10:18 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PostProduc... | | Description: |
It's been another busy week - I just finished getting the Netflix Competition and the Rooftop Films DVDs all sealed and ready to go for tomorrow! And I was about to export a new teaser, then sit down and get a few more thoughts down on paper for the film. I have to say the Netflix Competition is a long shot - more accurately; it's a really, really, really crazy long shot - but it feels good to enter and at least give it a shot. You never know unless you try. But I'm pretty excited and anxious about the Rooftop Film Fest. I don't know if it's possible, but I've wanted to attend for the last several years. And being accepted would be a great excuse to buy a ticket to NY!
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| Title: | Teaser 010 | | Date: | Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:09:32 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0102... | | Description: |
This is almost a cut & paste right from the first 14 minutes of the feature film - I just decided to pull the music out because I'd like to keep that a secret... or something like that. This is Larry watching the sunset on the Mississippi... he sat there are watched the sky for a long time on that bench. http://forthousandsofmiles.com http://projectpedal.com
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| Title: | Teaser 009 | | Date: | Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:51:24 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0092... | | Description: |
Zach B asked (in the comments of Teaser 008) for a clip that didn't have a bicycle in it - he wanted something that was perhaps a macro, or had a silhouette in it... so I tried to include a bunch of those with this shot-pick. This sunset and the blades of grass in the wind with the crickets reminds of 'Days of Heaven'. There's something about this clip that is heavily nostalgic for me. I can remember so clearly nights from my past bicycle trips, laying in my sleeping bag on the grass... hearing the bugs... watching the sun sink behind the horizon as I tried to finish writing in my journal about that day when I'm watching this. Hope you enjoy it. Thanks for watching. forthousandsofmiles.com projectpedal.com
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| Title: | Post Production - Week 57 | | Date: | Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:48:19 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PostProduc... | | Description: |
It's been a few weeks since our last video update :( it's always hard to keep up over the new years. But it feels good to do one of these, we've been keeping ourselves very busy since being back in LA. Here's a quick update on what's been responsible for my lack of sleep the last week :) http://projectpedal.com
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| Title: | post production week 55 | | Date: | Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:40:40 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-postProduc... | | Description: |
getting ready to fly back to Michigan for the holidays. just a brief wrap up of what mike and i have been working on. we're trying to get more organized and set some good goals for ourselves. honestly, this is very boring and i wouldn't bother watching it. :/ and i mumble anyway. sorry folks. would've redone it, but i just don't have the time. waking up at 5 am to catch my flight. HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! we'll be back to work in full-effect in January :)
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| Title: | Teaser 008 | | Date: | Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:11:27 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0083... | | Description: |
I wish I had more shots like this... but sadly the crane was snapped in half during the trip :P but that's another story for another time :) projectpedal.com forthousandsofmiles.com
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| Title: | Post Production - Week 52 | | Date: | Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:07:50 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PostProduc... | | Description: |
It's been a year since sitting down and importing the first hour of footage into the computer... a lot has been checked off since then, but there's much, much more left to do before we're done. It's exciting... it's overwhelming... mostly the overwhelming part :P http://projectpedal.com
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| Title: | Teaser 007 | | Date: | Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:21:35 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0074... | | Description: |
This was still in Washington... probably only 3 or 4 days into the trip. It was a very beautiful area... big skies... endless evergreens... slow climbing hills. I remember when logging and tagging this footage - just how much we captured here... I have tons and tons of wide open shots, tons of close ups of everything from Larry... to evergreens... to chipmunks :) forthousandsofmiles.com projectpedal.com
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| Title: | 64 Days - Part 4 | | Date: | Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:38:15 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-64DaysPart... | | Description: |
It's taken Amanda and I a long, long time to put out this episode - and in the last several months since we released 8, the script for 9 has gone through many changes. The last two weeks that we've been working on this has been exciting, I didn't realize how much I miss posting new episodes. I'm watching the progress bar on Vimeo slowly climb past 8% and it's a little before 1 in the morning as I'm writing this. It's gonna be a long night - but it's worth it. So - a brief introduction to this episode. This is the 9th episode overall that we've put out, and it's the 4th chapter in the 64 Days series. It introduces in greater detail the three crew members: Olan, Olivier, and Jef. Who all flew out from Belgium to work on Pedal without any pay... at least yet, I hope I'll be able to change that when the film is finished *fingers crossed*Our time on the road with them taught us both so much. It was an experience I will never forget - and never really know how to properly put into words. Well, enough talk. I hope you enjoy it. Amanda and I worked very hard on it.If you do enjoy it, as always we'd love to hear your comments and questions - but also, if you have a twitter account, we'd really be flattered if you send out a quick twitter about it. Which you can do all with one click here. We're also excited about being able to embed this episode on your own blog in beautiful HD - we purchased 10,000 HD embeds from Vimeo so you can see it in full resolution *anywhere* on the web - so please help us put those 10,000 embeds to good use!And as I mentioned in my last post - here's a link to the PDF of episode 9's script. This was scanned in about two weeks ago, so you'll notices some slight differences in what's typed out and what ended up in the timeline. We tend to make small changes and rearrange the edit up until the last minute. Thanks for being so patient with us - and thanks for all the support.
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| Title: | 64 Days - Part 3 - Ext Cut | | Date: | Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:19:42 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-64DaysPart... | | Description: |
I guess I should start this post off by answering two questions: 1) "Why did we re-release Episode 8?" And 2) "Do I really have to re-watch this?"First; Episode 8 was extremely exhausting for Amanda and I to write, record and edit. And by the time we were 2/3rds of the way finished cutting it together, we stepped back and said, "ehh, this is getting long, I think it's good enough the way it is now". And we chopped off the whole ending we had written. What bugged us about doing that after the fact, was that the ending is what tied the whole episode back into the rest of the 64 Days series. And second; If you're pressed for time, then my honest answer would be, "No.", you don't have to watch the *whole* thing. But if you wanted to see the major change, then you could skip to the last 3 minutes. As for the rest, there are only minor changes... many things taken out, several small things added in.I believe Amanda and I said this before, when we first posted Episode 8, that we would never be 100% happy with this episode. That there was just too many things that could never be squeezed in - but I think we both try to remind ourselves that 8 was one of our most successful episodes. Not in number of views, but definitely in comments and reaction. People really opened up after watching it, and no matter how many little things we know we had to leave out, I think we still managed to make something people can relate to. Okay, enough stalling. I hope you like the extended cut of this episode. As always we'd love to hear your comments and questions - but also, if you have a twitter account, we'd really be flattered if you send out a quick twitter about it. Which you can do all with one click here. Thanks!
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| Title: | Teaser 006 | | Date: | Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:18:36 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0064... | | Description: |
This was one of the rare days that the wind didn't blow directly into Larry's face... he could really fly when he wasn't the only object in the way of the wind ripping across miles of field... I love this part of the country - the big sky, the endless green. It's all so flat and boring and unchanging... but something about it really eats away you after a trip. http://projectpedal.com http://forthousandsofmiles.com
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| Title: | teaser 005 | | Date: | Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:09:26 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-teaser0052... | | Description: |
This day was a really long, slow climb for Larry - the hills just kept winding their way through the evergreens and after every turn, was another upward slope. We pulled off the road after a while and walked around on a hill-side. Where we took this shot, and tons of other ones. We used all of our equipment on that hill: our Fx1 (with the 35kit), the Z1u, and Olivier's 16mm. It was a beautiful spot - and I hope to go back and sit there one day... just take in the view :)
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| Title: | post production - week 45 | | Date: | Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:01:22 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-postProduc... | | Description: |
Amanda and I had another Thursday meeting - we worked on Episode 9, and recorded some VO for the end of 8. Re-wrote a large block of the 9 script to include things I'd left out. Picked out some music. And decided on the next teaser. Moving along. We can't wait to release the next episode. I didn't realize how much I miss that feeling of excitement from the first few waves of reactions. http://hi.projectpedal.com http://blog.projectpedal.com
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| Title: | Teaser 004 | | Date: | Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:52:33 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0045... | | Description: |
This was the last time I laid in the grass. My head closest to a tree, my feet pointing towards the river. Watching the leaves dance back and forth in the wind. Enjoying the cloudless blue sky. The warm sun burning up the cotton in the air. We were still in Glacier Park, Montana. One of the most heartbreakingly beautiful places I've ever seen... http://projectpedal.com http://forthousandsofmiles.com
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| Title: | Teaser 003 | | Date: | Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:42:25 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0032... | | Description: |
This is Larry. This is somewhere between point A and point B. Where ever it is... I miss it. I miss kneeling on-top of the van, working the crane, watching Larry push through the wind. Knowing that every mile meant something to him... something people wouldn't see passing by in their cars. Something subtle. projectpedal.com forthousandsofmiles.com
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| Title: | Teaser 002 | | Date: | Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:50:13 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0028... | | Description: |
I believe Olivier shot this with the SGPro 35 Kit and the crew's FX1... we had Amanda's 300 zoom lens mounted (which was a lot of fun to film with). We waited at the highest switch-back in Cascades National Park for Larry to pass and ride down into the valley. We took a lot of footage from this ledge, it was a very beautiful spot to spend an hour. Amanda was hoping our 2nd teaser would be a clip from an interview we just transcribed, but I had this as a backup, and she hadn't gotten a chance to come over and tell me which section she wanted :P forthousandsofmiles.com projectpedal.com
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| Title: | Teaser 001 | | Date: | Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:54:51 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Teaser0012... | | Description: |
Amanda & I decided we have so much extra footage floating around the timeline, that it would be fun for us to randomly pick 20 seconds here, 30 seconds there and post it on a consistent basis :) This first teaser is just Larry cruising along some road... somewhere *shrug* I'm too lazy to look it up :) but it's pretty where-ever it is. forthousandsofmiles.com projectpedal.com
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| Title: | 64 Days - Part 3 | | Date: | Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:29:34 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-EpisodeEig... | | Description: |
writen by amanda: so this is episode 8. initially we planned on making this 3 parts. first the story of our break-up, followed by the story of our relationship, and ending with the decision for me to continue working on pedal. a few days ago we decided to end it after the 2nd part. mostly because it was getting too long. we plan on adding the 3rd part to a future episode, most likely episode 9. i have to say that mike and i are both very worried about this episode. i am normally pretty shy and get very awkward in front of the camera.. and although i have a lot of face time in this episode, that's not what i'm worried about. i'm happy to say.. after this episode, i think i'm finally starting to get over that and warm up to the camera. i'm pretty happy with my camera time and our voice overs. so, no.. that's not what worries me. i can't speak for mike and i'm not sure exactly what his worries are, probably something like, people won't like this episode as much as the last two. but for me, i think of this episode as the story of one of the most important times in my life and i just want it to be perfect, and i don't think that it is. i'm afraid it was rushed, i'm afraid things were over looked, i'm afraid it might be boring. so.. that's that. i hope i'm wrong. i look forward to your honest comments.
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| Title: | Post Production - Week 9 | | Date: | Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:29:02 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PostProduc... | | Description: |
I usually like to have written at least once post between each vlog update, but this week has been a bit much for me. I've been feeling swamped - sort of overwhelmed. My to-do list on RTM keeps growing, and growing. And I haven't been able to keep up. But, I'm feeling better these last two days - the new Episode should be up by this Friday, short of any natural disasters. (Last episode, if you missed it, is here: http://www.vimeo.com/610377)
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| Title: | Post Production - Week 6 & 7 | | Date: | Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:36:39 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PostProduc... | | Description: |
Amanda and I recorded a vlog-update last weekend after working on some not-so-exciting (digital) paper-work stuff for 5 hours, and that vlog didn't quite make sense after watching it, so I did one tonight and tried to fill in the blanks of what we missed. Thanks a lot for your questions and comments, I hope we did a decent job of answering some of them here. Now, if you'll excuse me, I just realized it's 3 in the morning, and not 1 (like I was thinking for some reason), and I'm exhausted. Long, long day.
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| Title: | 64 Days - Part 1 | | Date: | Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:51:04 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-EpisodeSix... | | Description: |
64 days was the exact length of Pedal's production, the number of days we were out on the road. It feels really exciting to be releasing episodes again, I've been editing and filming the last few nights till 5 in the morning, and although it's been hell on my cold, I've had a blast doing it. I'm anxious to get started on part 2 - when Amanda and I originally began writing the production related episodes, we were expecting to fit everything into 3 cuts. But that doesn't look to be the case any longer - we're finding we have a lot more to say, and many different layers of the whole experience to cover. We'd love to hear your feedback - it will help greatly in deciding what questions to answer in what order. Thanks for watching.
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| Title: | Post Production - Week Five: Here's to Sleep | | Date: | Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:22:51 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PostProduc... | | Description: |
It's about 3 in the morning - I feel like I'm up way past my bedtime, but I've been filming footage for Episode 6 with the help of Amanda and Justin, and the last hour or so been recording some different voice-overs. Although I still need to clean up and tie together better the last two sections. I hope this post make some sense - it does to me at the moment, but I feel completely out of it... this post might need an update when I wake up fully rested.
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| Title: | Post Production - Week One: My Workflow | | Date: | Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:59:20 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PedalVlogW... | | Description: |
A few months back, Tiffany (TheFekGeek), suggested I start doing weekly vlog updates on Pedal. This post makes week one, I can't promise they won't be completely pointless from time to time, but I'll try to use them as a way to keep myself on track and focused. I've been importing footage for the last two days - it's been incredibly exciting for me. I wanted to put my workflow out there, and let people suggest ways to improve it, or even completely change it. If you want to check out the app' I'm using, it's called Punakea (anyone know how to properly pronounce it?). Again, I'd love to hear your feedback.
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| Title: | Bar Harbor | | Date: | Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:03:31 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-BarHarbor3... | | Description: |
After 3 years of planning and hard work - and 64 days of straight filming while living out of a van and driving across the country - we are finally done with this part of the project...
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| Title: | JETSET Update (Joke) | | Date: | Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:10:49 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-JETSETUpda... | | Description: |
Steve & Zadi asked me to a quick 20 second update for JETSET, I did this while waiting for Larry one day as a joke... it didn't really turn out all that funny. My time is supposed to run out, but it's kinda' ehh :P
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| Title: | Leaving | | Date: | Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:24:22 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Leaving490... | | Description: |
We just got a text message from Larry to come meet him in La Crescent, Minnesota, because he met Ted, and "Ted is awesome". Unfortunately we were sitting in a parking lot behind the train-tracks that run through New Albin, Iowa, 24 miles south-east when we heard - hopefully we make it back in time (Ted is apparently heading towards Chicago, which means I have no idea what route he is taking). I'm not sure what is going on due to having absolutely no cell phone service. Ted will be the first person (on a trip of any kind) that we've met in two weeks - not sure where the hell everyone went, but, I'll admit, it's been making me a bit freaked-out. Today is "one of those days". There are moments when all the "little things" involved in making a documentary are somewhat frustrating and time-consuming. All the errands and back-tracking and blah, that don't actually get anything on tape - just slow us down. I have moments of extreme jealously - watching Larry ride. I'm in desperate need of another long, long-distant bicycle trip. Today, while brushing my teeth, I started thinking about my 10 year reunion for Onsted, MI, if I wanted to go or not. See, I have a real problem telling people what I'm up to. It makes me uncomfortable and awkward - reunions seem like one big "what-are-you-doing fest". But I had the thought of riding a bicycle from my apartment in North Hollywood, up the coast to San Francisco, zig-zagging my way towards Glacier and heading east back to Onsted in time to catch the reunion... I think that could clear my head enough and actually enjoy it that way. Not that any of this has much to do with making Pedal. Moving on: a lot has been happening out here on the road that I've yet to mention on the blog. Sometimes things unfold slowly and you have be cautious about opening your mouth too soon. Two things. First: a couple of weeks ago the crew took a train back to Los Angeles. Second: the person who was going to help us with $8,000 we needed, no longer is. And... end post. Just kidding - I guess these things need some explaining, eh? Let's talk about the latter first. Everything sounded promising at first, but once we read the fine print of the, I'm sure, typical Hollywood contract, we felt it wasn't for us. At all. We were giving up a little too much... 35% of profits is a lot to hand out for only 8 grand, especially considering how tiny of a percentage that is compared to the overall budget. That's that in a nutshell - perhaps more details will be included in a future episode. So we found most of what the film needed through family and friends - we are still a bit short, but we are also still talking to other people. We came pretty close though to signing a lot away. Now for the crew: I should make it clear that there was no falling out, that we are all still on good grounds, and that the Black Sheep are still a big part of Pedal. But... one morning the three of them sat me down and said, basically, that there were too many people working on this project. They felt that they hurt more than they helped - and although they brought a lot to the table (this is me speaking here, not their words), I can see now that they had a point. It was a hard goodbye, everyone had a bit of something in their eye. Amanda and I were blank-faced when their train pulled away, we went and watched 'Knocked Up' at the local theater, and had a good time. It helped relax us a bit - take out minds out of the "what the hell are we going to do now" mentality. Things since have been a much lighter, faster production. It's not the same without the three of them, they are missed. I still laugh at the craziness that went down in the short time that they were here. They left a good deal of their equipment with us, to make sure the transition behind the scenes didn't effect the film in any way. I feel it's gone good. [...] Having said that. We just finished an interview with Ted behind the subway. Footage of that soon - he was a really cool guy, I like the way he's doing his trip - he buys a gas station map and marks down places he wants to check out, and off he goes. Tim and I did a bit of that after Glacier on our way to the coast, but nothing like what he's doing. Don't forget to watch the latest JETSET episode - I recorded a quick update for Steve & Zadi and they were awesome enough to include it in their show.
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| Title: | Hans & Elly | | Date: | Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:38:41 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-HansAndEll... | | Description: |
"Command Center" is the new nickname given to the van by Larry. It's quickly becoming the "Command Center / Weather Tracker 3000 Plus" (or something close to that) because we have a 12ft crane bolted to the top of the roof-rack, and it's making all the locals do a double take as they drive by. I've been asked if I was doing amature radio. My computer says it's 10:31pm, but I just realized it's after midnight here in Parshall, North Dakota. Which leaves me just enough time to microwave a cup of easymac and down a Dr. Pepper, post two rough interviews from earlier in the week, and finally: sleep. This first clip is of Phil and Liz, who were the first people we've met riding east to west (aka: into the raging wind). The sound on the FX1 is just the shotgun, the wide had the boom, so this is pretty much un-listenable. But it looks nice. Every once in a while, when the wind calms, you can hear what they are they are saying. When I have more time, after we are back from the road, I'll be able to sync up the close and the wide for a second round of post. This clip is of Hans and Elly, who, let me just say, I love. We've been on the road for 25-some days now, and we've met a lot of great people who are very cool, and fun to talk to. But it's been hard finding the "voices" I had in mind for Pedal. Perhaps many of the people we've talked to so far are too early on in their rides to really dig deep into their experience. Hans and Elly are on their 2nd bicycle trip - their first was 30 years, when they spent 9 months traveling by bicycle from Holland to New Zeland. Their stories are amazing - I can't wait to hear more. They really understand that trips like these are 99% mental. Amazing people. Goodnight for now, world. Just for the record, I'm sporting a "Morgan Spurlock" at the moment - total 'fu manchu'. tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, bicycle, coast-to-coast, community, funding
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| Title: | Phil & Liz | | Date: | Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:09:25 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-PhilAndLiz... | | Description: |
"Command Center" is the new nickname given to the van by Larry. It's quickly becoming the "Command Center / Weather Tracker 3000 Plus" (or something close to that) because we have a 12ft crane bolted to the top of the roof-rack, and it's making all the locals do a double take as they drive by. I've been asked if I was doing amature radio. My computer says it's 10:31pm, but I just realized it's after midnight here in Parshall, North Dakota. Which leaves me just enough time to microwave a cup of easymac and down a Dr. Pepper, post two rough interviews from earlier in the week, and finally: sleep. This first clip is of Phil and Liz, who were the first people we've met riding east to west (aka: into the raging wind). The sound on the FX1 is just the shotgun, the wide had the boom, so this is pretty much un-listenable. But it looks nice. Every once in a while, when the wind calms, you can hear what they are they are saying. When I have more time, after we are back from the road, I'll be able to sync up the close and the wide for a second round of post. This clip is of Hans and Elly, who, let me just say, I love. We've been on the road for 25-some days now, and we've met a lot of great people who are very cool, and fun to talk to. But it's been hard finding the "voices" I had in mind for Pedal. Perhaps many of the people we've talked to so far are too early on in their rides to really dig deep into their experience. Hans and Elly are on their 2nd bicycle trip - their first was 30 years, when they spent 9 months traveling by bicycle from Holland to New Zeland. Their stories are amazing - I can't wait to hear more. They really understand that trips like these are 99% mental. Amazing people. Goodnight for now, world. Just for the record, I'm sporting a "Morgan Spurlock" at the moment - total 'fu manchu'. tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, bicycle, coast-to-coast, community, funding
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| Title: | Larry Riding in Idaho | | Date: | Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:08:50 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Larry_Ridi... | | Description: |
The last post, which ended up not going through via crappy EVDO connection, was a bit scrambled and "ehh". So, I think it's time for a "proper" post. [Update: I just found out it did get through before I lost single. But it was still is a crapy post, and I already wrote this one... so some things get covered twice.] I'm sorry for the lack of updates, but we've been jetting from mountain range to mountain rage, and have had little connection. Not sure if that's Sprint's fault, or if it would be just as bad with a Verizon network. I'm in the van right now, listening to "Learning to Fly" off the iPod, we're heading back from Glacier Park towards Whitefish. "Why?" you ask: well, for a few unexpected reasons. A) first off, we backed up the rental van into a good sized rock, and it almost took the bumper clean off the back. Which sucked. This on top of a shitty night's sleep in tents that didn't quite hold up in the downpour from hell. Okay, it wasn't quite *that* bad, but it was bad enough to wake up every hour with a new part of the bag being wet. Seeing as there is no phone or cell connection at the base of the glaciers, we are heading back into town to take care of the whole insurance/rental situation. Fingers crossed that it works out okay. B) I broke my bike frame... that's a different story for a different time, but it's extremely un-rideable. And the last bike shop for a while is back in Whitefish, there was a used bike shop near the school. C) I feel a bit awkward about this "aspect" of the project, awkward in the sense that I don't like to talk about money. On one hand, I don't want to sound like a sympathy-case... and on the other, I don't want to pretend or hide the financial difficulties that exist in a low-budget project like Pedal. Or every low budget project for that matter. But we are about 8 days away from being rock-bottom broke. Which can be a slight distraction when trying to stay focused on the task at hand. But, fear not, there is someone who has said they can fund the remainder of the trip. Yes, we are cutting it close... uncomfortably close, but we don't have much choice. Some of you might be curious as to how someone can go from winning $25,000 to broke in three months time. Especially considering the budget on the site is only $9,000. Well, almost a full $10,000 of the 25k went to personal debts and expenses that needed to be taken care of. Then there is equipment that I never put into the budget because I was just not expecting to be able to make a film with anything but the dinky camera I already had. And to be honest, with only 9k, I'd probably be stuck without a crew. But winning the Network2.tv video contest allowed me to make the project I really wanted to make, not the one I could just get by making. So, I was encouraged to buy a camera that matched the one 'The Black Sheep' were bringing, a Z1U. There's 5 grand. I purchased a cheap 12 foot crane, that was about $900. I bought a glidecam system, which was around $1,800. Four long-life batteries for filming long hours on the road. Camping gear. UV Filters. XLR cables. Headphones. $1,000 in microphones, $600 wind-jammer. $760 in miniDV tapes (60 hours). Shipping fees. I had to take a month off from work in order to squeeze all the last minute planning in, there's 3 months rent. 3 months utilities. A laptop for editing on the road. 3 round trip tickets from Belgium to LA. $2,500 to rent a van for two months. Wide angle lens for $350. My own personal plane ticket and rental car cost for visiting Larry & Jay before the trip. Food. More food. Gas... almost four times the amount originally budgeted because the van is overloaded and gets poor mpg, plus we have to drive back to LA when done. And, of course, there's always "et cetera". Now add in all the problems and extra money here and there. I won't even go into that. Not to mention the thousands and thousands of dollars in equipment that the crew brought along. 16mm film stock. A fluid-head tripod. An army of SLR lens and filters. A 35 kit. You name it - that came loaded. All in all, I'd say the budget it pushing the $200,000 area. So that's the dark side of the low budget project... it's fun stuff to tackle with no financial backing (sarcasm). Not to mention the fear of putting all this time, energy and money into something that, now that you've started, might not make see to the end. It's enough to make a person sick. I have to finish this project. It's started - and there is no turning back. I don't know how - but there's no turning back now. Whew. Okay, that felt good to get off my chest. And please, don't feel like I'm pressuring you for a handout. Like I said, someone has said they'd help us finish the project. It's just a part of the project that I've been meaning/wanting to share for a while. It never feels like the "right" time, so what the hell, right? It's now 11:20 at night, Amanda has called the insurance people and they were great about it. We'll even be able to still get up at 5, like planned, and head back into Glacier to get a shot of the mountains against Lake McDonald. Afterward we plan to follow Larry to the peak of Logan's Pass, it's closed after the top because a huge section of the 'Going to the Sun Road' was washed away by glacier run off (yay, global warming). But Larry, being the monster that he is, wants to go to the top and then turn around just to "get it under his belt". Love that guy. We also ran into Galan, who reminds me a lot of Lyon. We ate breakfast this morning at the restaurant in Apgar and talked for 3 hours. Sadly, none of it was one tape, but he's great, we'll talk to him tomorrow before he heads too far north. Other than all that - we plan on spending the next few days around the Glacier area, there's so much great stuff to get, and it's basically biker-central for all the cyclist. We're wanting to head back down the road and talk to 3 women we met a few days ago, I think they have a great perspective on their trip - it's rare to run into a women only group. And it shouldn't be. Also, before I forget, I didn't have much time to go through footage while we were in Eureka, but I did dump a few random clips of Larry riding his bike (not the smoothest of shots we've taken, but I still like the look on Larry's face climbing up that hill). And a very pretty long shot we took of a broken down house/cabin/pile-of-wood, there's cars and junk in the frame that, if I used it later, I'd snip out. But you get the idea. We'd love to hear from you - see you on the other side (of Glacier Park). tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, bicycle, coast-to-coast, community, funding
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| Title: | Jack | | Date: | Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:11:18 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-JackInterv... | | Description: |
It's 11:50 at night right now, I'm curled up in my tent, 3 miles outside of Republic, Washington. I'm pretty heavy-eyed at the moment, so this might be a somewhat short post. I'm very excited to post the 1st sneak-peak raw interview of the trip. I met Jack Denson in Rockport and knew right away he was "one of those people" I'd love to talk with at several points during our way east (if he's willing, of course). He's got just a great personality, and he's very relaxed on camera. We lost him for a day after Marblemount, but drove past the bike shop in Winthrop and spotted him talking outside. Turned out he was spending the day at the KOA down the street and was happy to talk to us. One thing to keep in mind is we didn't have the "nice microphone" on the camera with the HDV35 kit, we ran the XLR into the wide, so this is a shot-gun mic mounted to the front of the FX1. We have the nice-nice sound on the other tape, which, if I had the time, I could have synced up the two. But I'm on the run, so that will have to wait. I think the interview went great - I can't wait to talk with Jack more, further down the road. Take a moment to check out his 'Crazy Guy on a Bike' page, also he's helping to raise awareness for Wounded Warriors, so take a moment to support them in any way you can. I would love to hear your thoughts or questions! Goodnight. tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, bicycle, coast-to-coast, community, funding
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| Title: | Larry & Jay leaving Anacortes | | Date: | Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:50:49 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-LarryJayLe... | | Description: |
No EVDO connection. No cell phone single. We've set up camp where the Skagit River runs into the Cascade River, surrounded on all sides by mountains ranging from 4,000 to 8,900 feet in elevation. It's very beautiful. People in town (Marblemount) say that we are "in for a treat" tomorrow - I'm looking forward to it. But I'm getting ahead of myself - I mentioned in my last post I was excited about uploading the first few "official" shots (I say "official" because we've been capturing tons with the two mp4 cameras and our Nokia), yesterday we stopped at a laundry mat in Concrete where I managed to import a few minutes here and there, and export them straight to quicktime-movies. This 1st clip is one of the many takes we captures with the sun setting behind the camp-site. It was very cloudy and grey all day but around 8:30 the sun came down under the clouds enough to just light everything up. I'm so happy with this 2nd clip - we had set up in the morning to get their "taking off" moment, and on the 45 kit (HDV35), the guys had their zoom-lens (200). But Amanda had packed her SLR camera and one of the lens she has for it is a very long lens (a 300), we swapped it out and it looks just amazing. Unbelievably sharp depth of field. We stopped by a field yesterday to shoot some tall grass with the mountains in the background - and I couldn't believe how many "layers" of field we could shift through. The great news is it's turned out to be much, much easier to film on-the-fly with the 45 kit mounted to the FX1. At first we were planning to only break it out for interviews. But Olivier is finding it very simple to focus and move at the same time - which I love, it's just one more "look" we can play with for the film. I also can't believe how much I'm loving the mp4 and Nokia footage, it gives a less "cinematic / grandiose" feel to the shot and makes it more personal. I've uploading some of it here, here and here... and one more here. We've been slowly and carefully breaking out our 16mm, we only have 30 minutes of stock for the entire two months (if anyone has any 100 foot daylight spools they'd like to donate, please let me know, we could use it). But... *deep breath* I do have some bad news. It was news that, I could tell, was very hard for Jay to come talk to us about. Amanda was curled up in her tent, and the four of us guys were at the picnic table looking at rushes and talking about whatever, when Jay let us know the situation with his knee. I've never actually talked about it here on the site, so this will require a quick catch-up: Jay is a snowboarder, actually a very good one. In the 2005 he took the bronze in the world championship. Yea, I know, he's good. But he's had knee trouble for years, gone through 5 major surgeries, and at the moment is actually completely missing his ACL. Both Larry & Jay have been training, in the mountains, a great deal - so it's hard to say if it's the added weight to the bike that caused the problem, or if it just finally caught up with him. But only 10 miles into the ride this morning and his knee almost brought him to tears, and Jay's a tough enough guy to know that's a problem... especially on a flat day like they had this morning. So, Jay is going to stay behind - Larry is pressing on... alone. He's, understandably, a bit terrified about the following 4,200 miles - but he's also a bit excited about the solitude. It changes things for us, not in a bad way, but we'll adapt with it. As a crew we are still trying to find the best balance for what we are doing - I know it will take some time in this kind of on-the-move environment. For example, Jeff and I had a hell of time today with a simple crane shot - not too sure if any of that footage actually worked out. But I am very sad to see Jay go - I know he was very excited and ready for this ride, I know he's sad to watch Larry ride on without him. But I understand and encourage him not to push himself to the point of ruining his snowboarding career, or even just simply ruining his knee. It's going to be a hard good bye tomorrow morning. Well, it's after midnight, I need to get some sleep. Goodnight for now.(PS) I found out that a lot of the videos I uploaded with Transmit on the road didn't get transfered correctly and have been bouncing out bad files through the feed, sorry for this, I'll only try to upload from now on with a more reliable connection. tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, bicycle, coast-to-coast, community, funding
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| Title: | Sunset (1st "Official" Shot) | | Date: | Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:40:07 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Sunset_v3_... | | Description: |
No EVDO connection. No cell phone single. We've set up camp where the Skagit River runs into the Cascade River, surrounded on all sides by mountains ranging from 4,000 to 8,900 feet in elevation. It's very beautiful. People in town (Marblemount) say that we are "in for a treat" tomorrow - I'm looking forward to it. But I'm getting ahead of myself - I mentioned in my last post I was excited about uploading the first few "official" shots (I say "official" because we've been capturing tons with the two mp4 cameras and our Nokia), yesterday we stopped at a laundry mat in Concrete where I managed to import a few minutes here and there, and export them straight to quicktime-movies. This 1st clip is one of the many takes we captures with the sun setting behind the camp-site. It was very cloudy and grey all day but around 8:30 the sun came down under the clouds enough to just light everything up. I'm so happy with this 2nd clip - we had set up in the morning to get their "taking off" moment, and on the 45 kit (HDV35), the guys had their zoom-lens (200). But Amanda had packed her SLR camera and one of the lens she has for it is a very long lens (a 300), we swapped it out and it looks just amazing. Unbelievably sharp depth of field. We stopped by a field yesterday to shoot some tall grass with the mountains in the background - and I couldn't believe how many "layers" of field we could shift through. The great news is it's turned out to be much, much easier to film on-the-fly with the 45 kit mounted to the FX1. At first we were planning to only break it out for interviews. But Olivier is finding it very simple to focus and move at the same time - which I love, it's just one more "look" we can play with for the film. I also can't believe how much I'm loving the mp4 and Nokia footage, it gives a less "cinematic / grandiose" feel to the shot and makes it more personal. I've uploading some of it here, here and here... and one more here. We've been slowly and carefully breaking out our 16mm, we only have 30 minutes of stock for the entire two months (if anyone has any 100 foot daylight spools they'd like to donate, please let me know, we could use it). But... *deep breath* I do have some bad news. It was news that, I could tell, was very hard for Jay to come talk to us about. Amanda was curled up in her tent, and the four of us guys were at the picnic table looking at rushes and talking about whatever, when Jay let us know the situation with his knee. I've never actually talked about it here on the site, so this will require a quick catch-up: Jay is a snowboarder, actually a very good one. In the 2005 he took the bronze in the world championship. Yea, I know, he's good. But he's had knee trouble for years, gone through 5 major surgeries, and at the moment is actually completely missing his ACL. Both Larry & Jay have been training, in the mountains, a great deal - so it's hard to say if it's the added weight to the bike that caused the problem, or if it just finally caught up with him. But only 10 miles into the ride this morning and his knee almost brought him to tears, and Jay's a tough enough guy to know that's a problem... especially on a flat day like they had this morning. So, Jay is going to stay behind - Larry is pressing on... alone. He's, understandably, a bit terrified about the following 4,200 miles - but he's also a bit excited about the solitude. It changes things for us, not in a bad way, but we'll adapt with it. As a crew we are still trying to find the best balance for what we are doing - I know it will take some time in this kind of on-the-move environment. For example, Jeff and I had a hell of time today with a simple crane shot - not too sure if any of that footage actually worked out. But I am very sad to see Jay go - I know he was very excited and ready for this ride, I know he's sad to watch Larry ride on without him. But I understand and encourage him not to push himself to the point of ruining his snowboarding career, or even just simply ruining his knee. It's going to be a hard good bye tomorrow morning. Well, it's after midnight, I need to get some sleep. Goodnight for now.(PS) I found out that a lot of the videos I uploaded with Transmit on the road didn't get transfered correctly and have been bouncing out bad files through the feed, sorry for this, I'll only try to upload from now on with a more reliable connection. tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, bicycle, coast-to-coast, community, funding
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| Title: | Anacortes Mp4 rushes (04) | | Date: | Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:40:02 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-anacortes_... | | Description: |
No EVDO connection. No cell phone single. We've set up camp where the Skagit River runs into the Cascade River, surrounded on all sides by mountains ranging from 4,000 to 8,900 feet in elevation. It's very beautiful. People in town (Marblemount) say that we are "in for a treat" tomorrow - I'm looking forward to it. But I'm getting ahead of myself - I mentioned in my last post I was excited about uploading the first few "official" shots (I say "official" because we've been capturing tons with the two mp4 cameras and our Nokia), yesterday we stopped at a laundry mat in Concrete where I managed to import a few minutes here and there, and export them straight to quicktime-movies. This 1st clip is one of the many takes we captures with the sun setting behind the camp-site. It was very cloudy and grey all day but around 8:30 the sun came down under the clouds enough to just light everything up. I'm so happy with this 2nd clip - we had set up in the morning to get their "taking off" moment, and on the 45 kit (HDV35), the guys had their zoom-lens (200). But Amanda had packed her SLR camera and one of the lens she has for it is a very long lens (a 300), we swapped it out and it looks just amazing. Unbelievably sharp depth of field. We stopped by a field yesterday to shoot some tall grass with the mountains in the background - and I couldn't believe how many "layers" of field we could shift through. The great news is it's turned out to be much, much easier to film on-the-fly with the 45 kit mounted to the FX1. At first we were planning to only break it out for interviews. But Olivier is finding it very simple to focus and move at the same time - which I love, it's just one more "look" we can play with for the film. I also can't believe how much I'm loving the mp4 and Nokia footage, it gives a less "cinematic / grandiose" feel to the shot and makes it more personal. I've uploading some of it here, here and here... and one more here. We've been slowly and carefully breaking out our 16mm, we only have 30 minutes of stock for the entire two months (if anyone has any 100 foot daylight spools they'd like to donate, please let me know, we could use it). But... *deep breath* I do have some bad news. It was news that, I could tell, was very hard for Jay to come talk to us about. Amanda was curled up in her tent, and the four of us guys were at the picnic table looking at rushes and talking about whatever, when Jay let us know the situation with his knee. I've never actually talked about it here on the site, so this will require a quick catch-up: Jay is a snowboarder, actually a very good one. In the 2005 he took the bronze in the world championship. Yea, I know, he's good. But he's had knee trouble for years, gone through 5 major surgeries, and at the moment is actually completely missing his ACL. Both Larry & Jay have been training, in the mountains, a great deal - so it's hard to say if it's the added weight to the bike that caused the problem, or if it just finally caught up with him. But only 10 miles into the ride this morning and his knee almost brought him to tears, and Jay's a tough enough guy to know that's a problem... especially on a flat day like they had this morning. So, Jay is going to stay behind - Larry is pressing on... alone. He's, understandably, a bit terrified about the following 4,200 miles - but he's also a bit excited about the solitude. It changes things for us, not in a bad way, but we'll adapt with it. As a crew we are still trying to find the best balance for what we are doing - I know it will take some time in this kind of on-the-move environment. For example, Jeff and I had a hell of time today with a simple crane shot - not too sure if any of that footage actually worked out. But I am very sad to see Jay go - I know he was very excited and ready for this ride, I know he's sad to watch Larry ride on without him. But I understand and encourage him not to push himself to the point of ruining his snowboarding career, or even just simply ruining his knee. It's going to be a hard good bye tomorrow morning. Well, it's after midnight, I need to get some sleep. Goodnight for now.(PS) I found out that a lot of the videos I uploaded with Transmit on the road didn't get transfered correctly and have been bouncing out bad files through the feed, sorry for this, I'll only try to upload from now on with a more reliable connection. tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, bicycle, coast-to-coast, community, funding
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| Title: | Anacortes Mp4 rushes (03) | | Date: | Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:39:55 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-anacortes_... | | Description: |
No EVDO connection. No cell phone single. We've set up camp where the Skagit River runs into the Cascade River, surrounded on all sides by mountains ranging from 4,000 to 8,900 feet in elevation. It's very beautiful. People in town (Marblemount) say that we are "in for a treat" tomorrow - I'm looking forward to it. But I'm getting ahead of myself - I mentioned in my last post I was excited about uploading the first few "official" shots (I say "official" because we've been capturing tons with the two mp4 cameras and our Nokia), yesterday we stopped at a laundry mat in Concrete where I managed to import a few minutes here and there, and export them straight to quicktime-movies. This 1st clip is one of the many takes we captures with the sun setting behind the camp-site. It was very cloudy and grey all day but around 8:30 the sun came down under the clouds enough to just light everything up. I'm so happy with this 2nd clip - we had set up in the morning to get their "taking off" moment, and on the 45 kit (HDV35), the guys had their zoom-lens (200). But Amanda had packed her SLR camera and one of the lens she has for it is a very long lens (a 300), we swapped it out and it looks just amazing. Unbelievably sharp depth of field. We stopped by a field yesterday to shoot some tall grass with the mountains in the background - and I couldn't believe how many "layers" of field we could shift through. The great news is it's turned out to be much, much easier to film on-the-fly with the 45 kit mounted to the FX1. At first we were planning to only break it out for interviews. But Olivier is finding it very simple to focus and move at the same time - which I love, it's just one more "look" we can play with for the film. I also can't believe how much I'm loving the mp4 and Nokia footage, it gives a less "cinematic / grandiose" feel to the shot and makes it more personal. I've uploading some of it here, here and here... and one more here. We've been slowly and carefully breaking out our 16mm, we only have 30 minutes of stock for the entire two months (if anyone has any 100 foot daylight spools they'd like to donate, please let me know, we could use it). But... *deep breath* I do have some bad news. It was news that, I could tell, was very hard for Jay to come talk to us about. Amanda was curled up in her tent, and the four of us guys were at the picnic table looking at rushes and talking about whatever, when Jay let us know the situation with his knee. I've never actually talked about it here on the site, so this will require a quick catch-up: Jay is a snowboarder, actually a very good one. In the 2005 he took the bronze in the world championship. Yea, I know, he's good. But he's had knee trouble for years, gone through 5 major surgeries, and at the moment is actually completely missing his ACL. Both Larry & Jay have been training, in the mountains, a great deal - so it's hard to say if it's the added weight to the bike that caused the problem, or if it just finally caught up with him. But only 10 miles into the ride this morning and his knee almost brought him to tears, and Jay's a tough enough guy to know that's a problem... especially on a flat day like they had this morning. So, Jay is going to stay behind - Larry is pressing on... alone. He's, understandably, a bit terrified about the following 4,200 miles - but he's also a bit excited about the solitude. It changes things for us, not in a bad way, but we'll adapt with it. As a crew we are still trying to find the best balance for what we are doing - I know it will take some time in this kind of on-the-move environment. For example, Jeff and I had a hell of time today with a simple crane shot - not too sure if any of that footage actually worked out. But I am very sad to see Jay go - I know he was very excited and ready for this ride, I know he's sad to watch Larry ride on without him. But I understand and encourage him not to push himself to the point of ruining his snowboarding career, or even just simply ruining his knee. It's going to be a hard good bye tomorrow morning. Well, it's after midnight, I need to get some sleep. Goodnight for now.(PS) I found out that a lot of the videos I uploaded with Transmit on the road didn't get transfered correctly and have been bouncing out bad files through the feed, sorry for this, I'll only try to upload from now on with a more reliable connection. tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, bicycle, coast-to-coast, community, funding
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| Title: | Anacortes Mp4 rushes (02) | | Date: | Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:39:49 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-anacortes_... | | Description: |
No EVDO connection. No cell phone single. We've set up camp where the Skagit River runs into the Cascade River, surrounded on all sides by mountains ranging from 4,000 to 8,900 feet in elevation. It's very beautiful. People in town (Marblemount) say that we are "in for a treat" tomorrow - I'm looking forward to it. But I'm getting ahead of myself - I mentioned in my last post I was excited about uploading the first few "official" shots (I say "official" because we've been capturing tons with the two mp4 cameras and our Nokia), yesterday we stopped at a laundry mat in Concrete where I managed to import a few minutes here and there, and export them straight to quicktime-movies. This 1st clip is one of the many takes we captures with the sun setting behind the camp-site. It was very cloudy and grey all day but around 8:30 the sun came down under the clouds enough to just light everything up. I'm so happy with this 2nd clip - we had set up in the morning to get their "taking off" moment, and on the 45 kit (HDV35), the guys had their zoom-lens (200). But Amanda had packed her SLR camera and one of the lens she has for it is a very long lens (a 300), we swapped it out and it looks just amazing. Unbelievably sharp depth of field. We stopped by a field yesterday to shoot some tall grass with the mountains in the background - and I couldn't believe how many "layers" of field we could shift through. The great news is it's turned out to be much, much easier to film on-the-fly with the 45 kit mounted to the FX1. At first we were planning to only break it out for interviews. But Olivier is finding it very simple to focus and move at the same time - which I love, it's just one more "look" we can play with for the film. I also can't believe how much I'm loving the mp4 and Nokia footage, it gives a less "cinematic / grandiose" feel to the shot and makes it more personal. I've uploading some of it here, here and here... and one more here. We've been slowly and carefully breaking out our 16mm, we only have 30 minutes of stock for the entire two months (if anyone has any 100 foot daylight spools they'd like to donate, please let me know, we could use it). But... *deep breath* I do have some bad news. It was news that, I could tell, was very hard for Jay to come talk to us about. Amanda was curled up in her tent, and the four of us guys were at the picnic table looking at rushes and talking about whatever, when Jay let us know the situation with his knee. I've never actually talked about it here on the site, so this will require a quick catch-up: Jay is a snowboarder, actually a very good one. In the 2005 he took the bronze in the world championship. Yea, I know, he's good. But he's had knee trouble for years, gone through 5 major surgeries, and at the moment is actually completely missing his ACL. Both Larry & Jay have been training, in the mountains, a great deal - so it's hard to say if it's the added weight to the bike that caused the problem, or if it just finally caught up with him. But only 10 miles into the ride this morning and his knee almost brought him to tears, and Jay's a tough enough guy to know that's a problem... especially on a flat day like they had this morning. So, Jay is going to stay behind - Larry is pressing on... alone. He's, understandably, a bit terrified about the following 4,200 miles - but he's also a bit excited about the solitude. It changes things for us, not in a bad way, but we'll adapt with it. As a crew we are still trying to find the best balance for what we are doing - I know it will take some time in this kind of on-the-move environment. For example, Jeff and I had a hell of time today with a simple crane shot - not too sure if any of that footage actually worked out. But I am very sad to see Jay go - I know he was very excited and ready for this ride, I know he's sad to watch Larry ride on without him. But I understand and encourage him not to push himself to the point of ruining his snowboarding career, or even just simply ruining his knee. It's going to be a hard good bye tomorrow morning. Well, it's after midnight, I need to get some sleep. Goodnight for now.(PS) I found out that a lot of the videos I uploaded with Transmit on the road didn't get transfered correctly and have been bouncing out bad files through the feed, sorry for this, I'll only try to upload from now on with a more reliable connection. tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, bicycle, coast-to-coast, community, funding
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| Title: | Anacortes Mp4 rushes (01) | | Date: | Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:39:43 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-anacortes_... | | Description: |
No EVDO connection. No cell phone single. We've set up camp where the Skagit River runs into the Cascade River, surrounded on all sides by mountains ranging from 4,000 to 8,900 feet in elevation. It's very beautiful. People in town (Marblemount) say that we are "in for a treat" tomorrow - I'm looking forward to it. But I'm getting ahead of myself - I mentioned in my last post I was excited about uploading the first few "official" shots (I say "official" because we've been capturing tons with the two mp4 cameras and our Nokia), yesterday we stopped at a laundry mat in Concrete where I managed to import a few minutes here and there, and export them straight to quicktime-movies. This 1st clip is one of the many takes we captures with the sun setting behind the camp-site. It was very cloudy and grey all day but around 8:30 the sun came down under the clouds enough to just light everything up. I'm so happy with this 2nd clip - we had set up in the morning to get their "taking off" moment, and on the 35 kit (HDV35), the guys had their zoom-lens (200). But Amanda had packed her SLR camera and one of the lens she has for it is a very long lens (a 300), we swapped it out and it looks just amazing. Unbelievably sharp depth of field. We stopped by a field yesterday to shoot some tall grass with the mountains in the background - and I couldn't believe how many "layers" of field we could shift through. The great news is it's turned out to be much, much easier to film on-the-fly with the 45 kit mounted to the FX1. At first we were planning to only break it out for interviews. But Olivier is finding it very simple to focus and move at the same time - which I love, it's just one more "look" we can play with for the film. I also can't believe how much I'm loving the mp4 and Nokia footage, it gives a less "cinematic / grandiose" feel to the shot and makes it more personal. I've uploading some of it here, here and here... and one more here. We've been slowly and carefully breaking out our 16mm, we only have 30 minutes of stock for the entire two months (if anyone has any 100 foot daylight spools they'd like to donate, please let me know, we could use it). But... *deep breath* I do have some bad news. It was news that, I could tell, was very hard for Jay to come talk to us about. Amanda was curled up in her tent, and the four of us guys were at the picnic table looking at rushes and talking about whatever, when Jay let us know the situation with his knee. I've never actually talked about it here on the site, so this will require a quick catch-up: Jay is a snowboarder, actually a very good one. In the 2005 he took the bronze in the world championship. Yea, I know, he's good. But he's had knee trouble for years, gone through 5 major surgeries, and at the moment is actually completely missing his ACL. Both Larry & Jay have been training, in the mountains, a great deal - so it's hard to say if it's the added weight to the bike that caused the problem, or if it just finally caught up with him. But only 10 miles into the ride this morning and his knee almost brought him to tears, and Jay's a tough enough guy to know that's a problem... especially on a flat day like they had this morning. So, Jay is going to stay behind - Larry is pressing on... alone. He's, understandably, a bit terrified about the following 4,200 miles - but he's also a bit excited about the solitude. It changes things for us, not in a bad way, but we'll adapt with it. As a crew we are still trying to find the best balance for what we are doing - I know it will take some time in this kind of on-the-move environment. For example, Jeff and I had a hell of time today with a simple crane shot - not too sure if any of that footage actually worked out. But I am very sad to see Jay go - I know he was very excited and ready for this ride, I know he's sad to watch Larry ride on without him. But I understand and encourage him not to push himself to the point of ruining his snowboarding career, or even just simply ruining his knee. It's going to be a hard good bye tomorrow morning. Well, it's after midnight, I need to get some sleep. Goodnight for now.(PS) I found out that a lot of the videos I uploaded with Transmit on the road didn't get transfered correctly and have been bouncing out bad files through the feed, sorry for this, I'll only try to upload from now on with a more reliable connection. tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, bicycle, coast-to-coast, community, funding
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| Title: | Anacortes or bust | | Date: | Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:29:48 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-MVI_102551... | | Description: |
We pulled into camp last night around 1 in the morning - overall, I think we drove a total of 14 hours from Leggett to Anacortes. We watched the sun set as Jeff played us songs in French. Amanda and I woke up around 8 to head back to Seattle to pick up Larry and Jay from the airport. We expected it to take us around an hour and twenty minutes to head back into town - it took over two and a half hours, the whole time the crew is waiting here at camp with no way of knowing what is taking us so long. There's plenty more to share - but that will have to do for now. It's midnight and everyone is planning to get up around 5 to head out. We shot our first "official" shots for Pedal today - I can't wait to upload them to the blog. We'll see how it goes tomorrow. Also, don't forget to wish my Mom a happy birthday (on the 6th)! tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, bicycle, coast-to-coast, community, funding
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| Title: | Day One: Driving through the 'Graduate' tunnel... | | Date: | Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:15:04 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-MVI_097260... | | Description: |
I'm writing this while driving through the beautiful vineyards north of Los Alamos... thanks to our awesome new EV-DO card we bought for the trip. With Adrianna Krikl playing off the ipod it's *almost* very relaxing - if it weren't for a few straps between the roof and the rack vibrating wildly in the wind, creating what some might describe as the world's most annoying sound. But I'm glad I finally have a moment to slow down and write a post - the last two days have been go-go-go, and on almost no sleep to add icing to the "cake". I'm so excited about being featured on Have Money Will Vlog - it's been something I've been waiting a long time to announce, and the timing couldn't be more perfect. Jan and Ryanne recored a Skype conversation they had about Pedal's interesting history with HMWV, how things have evolved since I started working with Ryanne and then later with Jan. In the video they mention how Jan gave me the kick in the butt to ask Nokia (WOM) about sponsoring us with a video-phone, something I wasn't considering before for a number of reasons. A: Didn't think they would give me one. B: Didn't think I would use it. But, long story short, I asked, they gave the project a phone, and I can't wait to take full advantage of it. Thanks Jan! It's a great addition to the mix of media we are packing: 16mm, HDV, HDV with a 45 adapter ("HDV35"), mp4 cameras, Polariod, a wide range of SLR cameras and lenses we plan to do specific time-lapse shots with... I'm very excited about having so many different "looks" to choose from. But I have to run for now, we just parked at OSH to buy something to muffle the vibration. tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, bicycle, coast-to-coast, community, funding
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| Title: | Episode Four: This is it, Two months left... | | Date: | Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:56:54 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-EpisodeFou... | | Description: |
The idea of Project Pedal came about, thanks to Amanda, almost exactly four years ago - and for the last three years, I've been pouring myself into it with my fair share of difficulties along the way. But thanks to the encouragement of close friends, family and the readers/viewers of this site - I've always picked myself up and kept trying when things dead-ended with Pedal. I can't imagine where I would be without this site and without everything it has directly been instrumental in sending my way. My amazing crew, the Black Sheep... the professional advice and support of Matt... the much needed and much appreciated relationships with total strangers who've stumbled onto this site in there own ways. I've learned so much in the last three years, and if I had any advice to pass on to people reading - it would be, whatever your passion or personal project may be, don't go it alone. Start a blog, and be as transparent and inclusive as possible. I'm excited about these last two months and the two that will follow - I can't wait for the trip to come. I'm nervous. I'm excited. "Breath in pink, exhale blue". There's a lot of details to get into place - but... this is it, two months left. Here we go. tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, bicycle, coast-to-coast, community, network2, blip.tv, the black sheep, the flux, von 2007
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| Title: | Episode Three: Casting Call (or: Hello, my name is...) | | Date: | Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:38:48 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Episode3_v... | | Description: |
Hopefully you've watched Episode Two, and have a basic understanding of "how" the relationship between bikers and crew will function. Here's what we are looking for: A small group of bicyclists - already planning to ride coast to coast (west to east), preferably along Adventure Cycling's Northern Route, during the months June & July of this year. The less money you have as a group: the better. The more you are fundamentally opposed to staying in hotels and hitching rides: the better. So, how does this work? Easy - simply introduce yourself. You can do this by sending an email. You can write a blog post and leave a link in the comments of this site. You can use your friend's camera to post a video on Blip.tv, Revver or YouTube. Contact us through Pedal's mySpace. Be creative. This process is simply an introduction. The more you include - the better for starting a conversation. The deadline for introductions is May 1st. (Note: I should make it clear that Pedal is not a safety net... meaning Pedal will not be financially involved or supportive in anyone's travels. We are merely searching for people who are comfortable in being tailed - as unobtrusively as possible, of course.)
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| Title: | Episode Two: Logistics | | Date: | Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:52:24 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-EpisodeTwo... | | Description: |
The large majority of questions "slash" concerns dealt with PEDAL's exact process, and in relation to this; the exact results. 1) Who are we following? 2) Who are we interviewing? 3) Are we driving, or also riding bicycles? 4) How long will this take?Which brings us to 'episode two': logistics.
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| Title: | Episode One: From the beginning | | Date: | Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:27:11 +0000 | | Download File: | http://blip.tv/file/get/Pedal-Promo_420x... | | Description: |
This vlog marks the beginning - the roots of Pedal's inspiration, and its upcoming monthly video-podcast. I treated this cut as if I were starting from scratch, I wanted to explain what this project means to me, what to expect during filming, as well as after, and what I hope to achieve in the end. I'd love to hear your feedback, your questions, comments, confusions - they will greatly help me in shaping the next episode (and in not getting ahead of myself). tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, bicycle, coast-to-coast, inspiration
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