http://FToMfilm.com http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-300x300_show_image449.jpg http://FToMfilm.com http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg An independent documentary film by Michael Ambs and Amanda Walker about love, taking chances and leaving everything behind. An independent documentary film by Michael Ambs and Amanda Walker about love, taking chances and leaving everything behind. 34.17218 -118.379014 no en http://blip.tv Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:46:12 +0000 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:46:12 +0000 85A61C60-C493-11DF-B3DC-8C1CF710B45D http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/ftom-video-update-post-week-144-4160833 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 4160833 4142009 file TV-UN 0.0 2010-09-20T08:46:12Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 419 gUWB_fslAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWB_fslAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post4160833&skin=rss Pedal-FToMVideoUpdatePostWeek144648.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-FToMVideoUpdatePostWeek144648-974.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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! ]]> http://blip.tv/file/4142009 Videoblogging People & Blogs ftom video update flyers Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:46:12 +0000 ftom, video update, flyers http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-FToMVideoUpdatePostWeek144648.jpeg ftom, video update, flyers ]]> FToM * Video Update - Post Week 144 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 B914C88E-C025-11DF-B60C-AA641958A7B5 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/ftom-everything-feels-connected-4139198 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 4139198 4120353 file TV-G 0.0 2010-09-14T17:30:09Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 193 gUWB_NIiAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWB_NIiAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post4139198&skin=rss Pedal-FToMEverythingFeelsConnected102.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-FToMEverythingFeelsConnected102-885.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
http://everythingfeelsconnected.com * http://ksr.FToMfilm.com ]]> http://blip.tv/file/4120353 Default Category Film & Animation kickstarter ftom travel filmmaking inspiration Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:30:09 +0000 kickstarter, ftom, travel, filmmaking, inspiration http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-FToMEverythingFeelsConnected102.jpg kickstarter, ftom, travel, filmmaking, inspiration ]]> FToM * Everything Feels Connected http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 FA380C42-831A-11DF-87CF-886F4FDD121F http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-016-3834182 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 3834182 3815145 file TV-UN 0.0 2010-06-29T01:09:33Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 29 gUWB6oMqAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWB6oMqAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post3834182&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser016102-102.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser016102-102-79.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/3815145 Art Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:09:33 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser016102-102.jpg ]]> Teaser 016 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 AA6CF6B8-2C8B-11DF-8AA4-FFCDE2C6C70D http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/t-minus-55-3346679 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 3346679 3327295 file TV-UN 0.0 2010-03-10T21:27:01Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 24 gUWBzKJbAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWBzKJbAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post3346679&skin=rss Pedal-tminus55135-387.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-tminus55135-387-916.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
t.minus 55 days * http://tminus.projectpedal.com ]]> http://blip.tv/file/3327295 Documentary People & Blogs t.minus Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:27:01 +0000 t.minus http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-tminus55135-387.jpg t.minus ]]> t.minus 55 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 2B99860E-12B3-11DF-93A9-A0C711503203 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-112-3201230 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 3201230 3181719 file TV-UN 0.0 2010-02-06T00:04:18Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 289 gUWBw7IyAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWBw7IyAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post3201230&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek112573.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek112573-526.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
I sound a bit under the weather in this video - but despite my sore throat I've been hard at work editing and writing for the film. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/3181719 Documentary People & Blogs mike ambs project pedal ftom 64 days production journal update filmmaking editing fcp Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:04:18 +0000 mike ambs, project pedal, ftom, 64 days, production journal, update, filmmaking, editing, fcp http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek112573.jpeg mike ambs, project pedal, ftom, 64 days, production journal, update, filmmaking, editing, fcp ]]> Post Production * Week 112 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 886E0DCC-0D64-11DF-AB6F-C5FA8E4B8A43 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/for-thousands-of-miles-t-shirts-3171299 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 3171299 3151766 file TV-G 0.0 2010-01-30T05:58:48Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 47 gUWBwchHAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWBwchHAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post3171299&skin=rss Pedal-forThousandsOfMilesTshirts101.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-forThousandsOfMilesTshirts101-458.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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 ♥ ]]> http://blip.tv/file/3151766 Videoblogging People & Blogs vgkids ftom pedal t-shirts ypsi store bigcartel Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:58:48 +0000 vgkids, ftom, pedal, t-shirts, ypsi, store, bigcartel http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-forThousandsOfMilesTshirts101.jpeg vgkids, ftom, pedal, t-shirts, ypsi, store, bigcartel ]]> for thousands of miles * t-shirts http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 659F0678-D3B4-11DE-9440-AF910ABBEB8A http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/ftom-on-kickstarter-we-did-it-2881148 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 2881148 2861343 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-11-17T20:04:22Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 239 gUWBr+1gAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWBr+1gAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post2881148&skin=rss Pedal-FToMOnKickstarterWeDidIt270.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-FToMOnKickstarterWeDidIt270-610.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/2861343 Documentary ftom kickstarter documentary film production mike ambs lancearmstrong livestrong Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:04:22 +0000 ftom, kickstarter, documentary, film, production, mike, ambs, lancearmstrong, livestrong http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-FToMOnKickstarterWeDidIt270.jpg ftom, kickstarter, documentary, film, production, mike, ambs, lancearmstrong, livestrong ]]> FToM on Kickstarter - We Did It! 34.17218 -118.379014 42075B6C-B158-11DE-B2C7-BA347A23D265 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/ftom-kickstarter-love²-2700666 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 2700666 2680775 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-10-05T02:39:09Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 172 gUWBpOteAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWBpOteAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post2700666&skin=rss Pedal-FToMKickstarterLove122.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-FToMKickstarterLove122-862.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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! ]]> http://blip.tv/file/2680775 Documentary ftom kickstarter documentary film production mike ambs Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:39:09 +0000 ftom, kickstarter, documentary, film, production, mike, ambs http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-FToMKickstarterLove122.jpg ftom, kickstarter, documentary, film, production, mike, ambs ]]> FToM + Kickstarter = Love² 34.17218 -118.379014 46FD66A8-B06C-11DE-B15B-E16A549DD646 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/pedal-vlog-week-92-2697292 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 2697292 2677401 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-10-03T22:29:56Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 386 gUWBpNEwAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWBpNEwAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post2697292&skin=rss Pedal-PedalVlogWeek92997.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PedalVlogWeek92997-755.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/2677401 Documentary mike ambs project pedal ftom vlog update post-production Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:29:56 +0000 mike, ambs, project, pedal, ftom, vlog, update, post-production http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PedalVlogWeek92997.jpg mike, ambs, project, pedal, ftom, vlog, update, post-production ]]> Pedal - Vlog Week 92 34.17218 -118.379014 B81550A6-8CDD-11DE-B28E-E616E6EC4597 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-88-2512908 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 2512908 2492895 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-08-19T16:31:17Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 439 gUWBmbBwAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWBmbBwAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post2512908&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek88773.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek88773-652.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/2492895 Documentary mike ambs project pedal ftom vlog update post-production Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:31:17 +0000 mike, ambs, project, pedal, ftom, vlog, update, post-production http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek88773.jpg mike, ambs, project, pedal, ftom, vlog, update, post-production ]]> Post Production - Week 88 34.17218 -118.379014 4F1F9568-5FF4-11DE-9A26-FC0EAEAD1418 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-015-2288095 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 2288095 2275213 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-06-23T12:49:37Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 27 gUWBi9RDAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWBi9RDAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post2288095&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser015185.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser015185-891.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/2275213 Documentary for thousands of miles project pedal larry mckurtis bicycling travel glacier national park conversation explore Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:49:37 +0000 for, thousands, of, miles, project, pedal, larry, mckurtis, bicycling, travel, glacier, national, park, conversation, explore http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser015185.jpg for, thousands, of, miles, project, pedal, larry, mckurtis, bicycling, travel, glacier, national, park, conversation, explore ]]> Teaser 015 34.17218 -118.379014 246D9D06-5BA3-11DE-A7B2-99C786D84210 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-78-2266781 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 2266781 2254907 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-06-18T00:58:31Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 384 gUWBiq4BAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWBiq4BAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post2266781&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek78928.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek78928-373.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/2254907 Documentary project pedal for thousands of miles documentary editing final cut pro vlog weekly update mike ambs post-production punakea forklift Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:58:31 +0000 project, pedal, for, thousands, of, miles, documentary, editing, final, cut, pro, vlog, weekly, update, mike, ambs, post-production, punakea, forklift http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek78928.jpg project, pedal, for, thousands, of, miles, documentary, editing, final, cut, pro, vlog, weekly, update, mike, ambs, post-production, punakea, forklift ]]> Post Production - Week 78 34.17218 -118.379014 BEDFEF7C-550B-11DE-BB28-B56875871BD6 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/stockpile-promo-2230561 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 2230561 2219633 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-06-09T15:39:40Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 370 gUWBiJMFAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWBiJMFAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post2230561&skin=rss Pedal-StockpilePromo995.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-StockpilePromo995-343.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/2219633 Documentary project pedal for thousands of miles stockpile travel bicycle explore share cross country trips contribute Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:39:40 +0000 project, pedal, for, thousands, of, miles, stockpile, travel, bicycle, explore, share, cross, country, trips, contribute http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-StockpilePromo995.jpg project, pedal, for, thousands, of, miles, stockpile, travel, bicycle, explore, share, cross, country, trips, contribute ]]> Stockpile Promo 34.17218 -118.379014 149CB54C-46D1-11DE-B614-B11039AE36F0 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-014-2156968 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 2156968 2146309 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-05-22T13:04:27Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 31 gUWBg9QMAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWBg9QMAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post2156968&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser014723.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser014723-868.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/2146309 Documentary teaser film project pedal larry mckurtis bicycle raining glacier park Fri, 22 May 2009 13:04:27 +0000 teaser, film, project, pedal, larry, mckurtis, bicycle, raining, glacier, park http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser014723.jpg teaser, film, project, pedal, larry, mckurtis, bicycle, raining, glacier, park ]]> Teaser 014 34.17218 -118.379014 AD3CCA6A-43EF-11DE-A437-AFD762E2BE23 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-73-2139633 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 2139633 2129024 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-05-18T21:05:55Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 377 gUWBgsxVAg http://blip.tv/play/gUWBgsxVAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post2139633&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek73767.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek73767-242.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/2129024 Documentary mike ambs project pedal for thousands miles vlog weekly update big announcement post production Mon, 18 May 2009 21:05:55 +0000 mike, ambs, project, pedal, for, thousands, miles, vlog, weekly, update, big, announcement, post, production http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek73767.jpg mike, ambs, project, pedal, for, thousands, miles, vlog, weekly, update, big, announcement, post, production ]]> Post Production - Week 73 34.17218 -118.379014 C352F8E6-29E7-11DE-BDC8-A3EABA73D462 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-70-2007068 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 2007068 1996968 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-04-15T18:03:45Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 359 gUX6wQAC http://blip.tv/play/gUX6wQAC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post2007068&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek70307-789.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek70307-789-737.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1996968 Documentary mikeambs projectpedal vlog weeklyupdate larrymckurtis letter Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:03:45 +0000 mikeambs, projectpedal, vlog, weeklyupdate, larrymckurtis, letter http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek70307-789.jpg mikeambs, projectpedal, vlog, weeklyupdate, larrymckurtis, letter ]]> Post Production - Week 70 34.17218 -118.379014 A3095BE8-214F-11DE-B0A0-8E7CF6EF9904 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-013-1966443 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1966443 1956747 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-04-04T19:34:38Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 42 gUX4g08C http://blip.tv/play/gUX4g08C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1966443&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser013366.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser013366-305.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1956747 Documentary projectpedal forthousandsofmiles film documentary teaser bicycle Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:34:38 +0000 projectpedal, forthousandsofmiles, film, documentary, teaser, bicycle http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser013366.jpg projectpedal, forthousandsofmiles, film, documentary, teaser, bicycle ]]> Teaser 013 34.17218 -118.379014 CC721F4C-1F65-11DE-A8D3-FE62AB89E3AA http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-68-1957144 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1957144 1947479 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-04-02T09:08:14Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 477 gUX3unwC http://blip.tv/play/gUX3unwC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1957144&skin=rss Pedal-postProductionWeek68164-348.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek68164-348-47.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1947479 Documentary mikeambs projectpedal vlog weeklyupdate ftom babelgum Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:08:14 +0000 mikeambs, projectpedal, vlog, weeklyupdate, ftom, babelgum http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek68164-348.jpg mikeambs, projectpedal, vlog, weeklyupdate, ftom, babelgum ]]> post production - week 68 34.17218 -118.379014 F14F2F9C-118E-11DE-9C6B-84968D8780D0 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-65-1890265 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1890265 1880695 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-03-15T18:27:29Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 191 gUXzsD0C http://blip.tv/play/gUXzsD0C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1890265&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek65959-726.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek65959-726-124.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1880695 Documentary weekly update post-production projectpedal mikeambs vlog film Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:27:29 +0000 weekly, update, post-production, projectpedal, mikeambs, vlog, film http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek65959-726.jpg weekly, update, post-production, projectpedal, mikeambs, vlog, film ]]> Post Production - Week 65 34.17218 -118.379014 7D304FCE-090F-11DE-B400-D79ED2819E03 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-64-1851580 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1851580 1842084 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-03-04T22:54:59Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 373 gUXxgiAC http://blip.tv/play/gUXxgiAC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1851580&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek64976-102.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek64976-102-392.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1842084 Documentary mikeambs projectpedal ftom vlog weeklyupdate post-production 64days babelgum tminus Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:54:59 +0000 mikeambs, projectpedal, ftom, vlog, weeklyupdate, post-production, 64days, babelgum, tminus http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek64976-102.jpg mikeambs, projectpedal, ftom, vlog, weeklyupdate, post-production, 64days, babelgum, tminus ]]> Post Production - Week 64 34.17218 -118.379014 DBEA2640-0908-11DE-9A28-DF2EB026F9DD http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-012-16mm-1851418 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1851418 1841921 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-03-04T22:07:32Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 28 gUXxgH4C http://blip.tv/play/gUXxgH4C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1851418&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser01216mm129-894.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser01216mm129-894-144.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1841921 Documentary forthousandsofmiles projectpedal 16mm teaser film documentary Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:07:32 +0000 forthousandsofmiles, projectpedal, 16mm, teaser, film, documentary http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser01216mm129-894.jpg forthousandsofmiles, projectpedal, 16mm, teaser, film, documentary ]]> Teaser 012 (16mm) 34.17218 -118.379014 EEED0646-FCFA-11DD-89D3-831D152B642B http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-011-1792247 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1792247 1783041 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-02-17T13:57:37Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 39 gUXtslsC http://blip.tv/play/gUXtslsC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1792247&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser011260.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser011260-373.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1783041 Documentary larrymckurtis projectpedal forthousandsofmiles bicyce travel Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:57:37 +0000 larrymckurtis, projectpedal, forthousandsofmiles, bicyce, travel http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser011260.jpg larrymckurtis, projectpedal, forthousandsofmiles, bicyce, travel ]]> Teaser 011 34.17218 -118.379014 C4D066FE-EB80-11DD-AF6F-8C277305E7EA http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-59-1712506 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1712506 1703908 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-01-26T08:10:18Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 282 gUXow14C http://blip.tv/play/gUXow14C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1712506&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek59883-341.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek59883-341-604.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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! ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1703908 Videoblogging mikeambs projectpedal vlog weeklyupdate Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:10:18 +0000 mikeambs, projectpedal, vlog, weeklyupdate http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek59883-341.jpg mikeambs, projectpedal, vlog, weeklyupdate ]]> Post Production - Week 59 34.17218 -118.379014 A973B5A0-EB80-11DD-8323-B9947A053E03 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-010-1712504 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1712504 1703906 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-01-26T08:09:32Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 39 gUXow1wC http://blip.tv/play/gUXow1wC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1712504&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser010232-194.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser010232-194-56.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1703906 Documentary projectpedal teaser forthousandsofmiles documentary travel bicycle larrymckurtis sunset mississippi Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:09:32 +0000 projectpedal, teaser, forthousandsofmiles, documentary, travel, bicycle, larrymckurtis, sunset, mississippi http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser010232-194.jpg projectpedal, teaser, forthousandsofmiles, documentary, travel, bicycle, larrymckurtis, sunset, mississippi ]]> Teaser 010 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 B022A0AC-E2E1-11DD-B033-A4764A14F30E http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-009-1678235 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1678235 1669673 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-01-15T08:51:24Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 30 gUXmt38C http://blip.tv/play/gUXmt38C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1678235&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser009264-934.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser009264-934-216.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1669673 Documentary Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:51:24 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser009264-934.jpg ]]> Teaser 009 34.17218 -118.379014 423E1A26-E2E1-11DD-AD3D-8B8FCD6CC4E0 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-57-1678233 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1678233 1669671 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-01-15T08:48:19Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 221 gUXmt30C http://blip.tv/play/gUXmt30C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1678233&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek57440-170.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek57440-170-810.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1669671 Videoblogging mikeambs projectpedal vlog manonwire netflix film Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:48:19 +0000 mikeambs, projectpedal, vlog, manonwire, netflix, film http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek57440-170.jpg mikeambs, projectpedal, vlog, manonwire, netflix, film ]]> Post Production - Week 57 34.17218 -118.379014 8B217A1E-D196-11DD-89B0-878F87AB816C http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-55-1616963 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1616963 1608588 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-12-24T08:40:40Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 206 gUXi2ScC http://blip.tv/play/gUXi2ScC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1616963&skin=rss Pedal-postProductionWeek55362-483.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek55362-483-819.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 :) ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1608588 Videoblogging project pedal Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:40:40 +0000 project, pedal http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek55362-483.jpg project, pedal ]]> post production week 55 34.17218 -118.379014 00F7E92C-CCDC-11DD-B80C-A018CDE8A121 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-53-1598301 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1598301 1589960 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-12-18T08:15:17Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 321 gUXhx0EC http://blip.tv/play/gUXhx0EC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1598301&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek53807-901.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek53807-901-877.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
Just a video of Amanda and I hanging out working on Pedal stuff... another late night. Trying to get organized :) ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1589960 Videoblogging mikeambs amandawalker projectpedal vlog weeklyupdate Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:15:17 +0000 mikeambs, amandawalker, projectpedal, vlog, weeklyupdate http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek53807-901.jpg mikeambs, amandawalker, projectpedal, vlog, weeklyupdate ]]> Post Production - Week 53 34.17218 -118.379014 166106B2-CCD3-11DD-9DDC-E5649C3B44DC http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-008-1598225 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1598225 1589883 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-12-18T07:11:27Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 49 gUXhxnUC http://blip.tv/play/gUXhxnUC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1598225&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser008330-672.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser008330-672-439.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1589883 Travel bicycle trip crane jib projectpedal film documentary indie field larrymckurtis Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:11:27 +0000 bicycle, trip, crane, jib, projectpedal, film, documentary, indie, field, larrymckurtis http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser008330-672.jpg bicycle, trip, crane, jib, projectpedal, film, documentary, indie, field, larrymckurtis ]]> Teaser 008 34.17218 -118.379014 951D9458-CCD2-11DD-84EA-EEA8F9253CA6 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-52-1598221 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1598221 1589879 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-12-18T07:07:50Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 246 gUXhxnEC http://blip.tv/play/gUXhxnEC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1598221&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek52414-176.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek52414-176-160.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1589879 Videoblogging mikeambs projectpedal vlog weeklyupdate postproduction Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:07:50 +0000 mikeambs, projectpedal, vlog, weeklyupdate, postproduction http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek52414-176.jpg mikeambs, projectpedal, vlog, weeklyupdate, postproduction ]]> Post Production - Week 52 34.17218 -118.379014 48EFFC94-BEC0-11DD-8A20-BC0D26462652 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-007-1529778 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1529778 1522132 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-11-30T09:21:35Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 46 gUXdsBYC http://blip.tv/play/gUXdsBYC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1529778&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser007488-409.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1522132 Documentary projectpedal larrymckurtis bicycle travel forthousandsofmiles Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:21:35 +0000 projectpedal, larrymckurtis, bicycle, travel, forthousandsofmiles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser007488-409.jpg projectpedal, larrymckurtis, bicycle, travel, forthousandsofmiles ]]> Teaser 007 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 2D2875AC-BE77-11DD-AE9D-DF6C7B006246 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/64-days-part-4-1528943 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1528943 1521296 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-11-30T00:38:15Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 921 gUXdqVMC http://blip.tv/play/gUXdqVMC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1528943&skin=rss Pedal-64DaysPart4170.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-64DaysPart4170-265.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1521296 Documentary Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:38:15 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-64DaysPart4170.jpg ]]> 64 Days - Part 4 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 95958326-BE74-11DD-BC34-AD4D255DAAB2 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/64-days-part-3-ext-cut-1528902 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1528902 1521255 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-11-30T00:19:42Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 979 gUXdqSoC http://blip.tv/play/gUXdqSoC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1528902&skin=rss Pedal-64DaysPart3ExtendedCut502.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-64DaysPart3ExtendedCut502-785.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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! ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1521255 Documentary Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:19:42 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-64DaysPart3ExtendedCut502.jpg ]]> 64 Days - Part 3 - Ext Cut http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 C89E417A-B3AE-11DD-829A-AC07A9454FFB http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-006-1480317 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1480317 1473228 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-11-16T07:18:36Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 34 gUXarWEC http://blip.tv/play/gUXarWEC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1480317&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser006485-389.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser006485-389-763.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1473228 Documentary project pedal film documentary travel bicycle Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:18:36 +0000 project, pedal, film, documentary, travel, bicycle http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser006485-389.jpg project, pedal, film, documentary, travel, bicycle ]]> Teaser 006 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 FBAF2C32-A850-11DD-B5DC-D9C2B02AFCE5 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-005-1428081 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1428081 1421104 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-11-01T20:09:26Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 346 gUXXlVUC http://blip.tv/play/gUXXlVUC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1428081&skin=rss Pedal-teaser005213-577.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-teaser005213-577-803.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
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 :) ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1421104 Documentary washington project pedal for thousands miles documentary teaser Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:09:26 +0000 washington, project, pedal, for, thousands, miles, documentary, teaser http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-teaser005213-577.jpg washington, project, pedal, for, thousands, miles, documentary, teaser ]]> teaser 005 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 0EEF63D6-A228-11DD-A889-DEAE0AC9225B http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-45-1401002 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1401002 1394560 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-10-25T00:01:22Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 231 gUXVwg4C http://blip.tv/play/gUXVwg4C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1401002&skin=rss Pedal-postProductionWeek45697-560.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek45697-560-206.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1394560 Videoblogging documentary pedal film meeting Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:01:22 +0000 documentary, pedal, film, meeting http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek45697-560.jpg documentary, pedal, film, meeting ]]> post production - week 45 34.17218 -118.379014 3BE3AB26-9E28-11DD-A08D-B6BFE2A686F3 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-004-1381657 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1381657 1375253 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-10-19T21:52:33Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 49 gUXUqn0C http://blip.tv/play/gUXUqn0C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1381657&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser004512-108.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser004512-108-858.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1375253 Documentary pedal film documentary teaser Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:52:33 +0000 pedal, film, documentary, teaser http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser004512-108.jpg pedal, film, documentary, teaser ]]> Teaser 004 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 1E279B3E-931E-11DD-8B82-C576FE89D275 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-003-1331602 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1331602 1325258 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-10-05T20:42:25Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 56 gUXRo3YC http://blip.tv/play/gUXRo3YC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1331602&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser003215-810.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser003215-810-27.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1325258 Documentary film larry mckurtis project pedal documentary Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:42:25 +0000 film, larry, mckurtis, project, pedal, documentary http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser003215-810.jpg film, larry, mckurtis, project, pedal, documentary ]]> Teaser 003 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 A9A666A2-8F88-11DD-BA41-FE09457BE843 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-42-1317202 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1317202 1310881 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-10-01T07:15:01Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 329 gUXQszYC http://blip.tv/play/gUXQszYC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1317202&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek42701-934.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek42701-934-722.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
Coming home to find post like this tinyurl.com/3q3ayu is what keeps Amanda and I going... Thanks :) ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1310881 Videoblogging mike ambs project pedal vlog weekly update link-love Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:15:01 +0000 mike, ambs, project, pedal, vlog, weekly, update, link-love http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek42701-934.jpg mike, ambs, project, pedal, vlog, weekly, update, link-love ]]> Post Production - Week 42 34.17218 -118.379014 C715E4BC-8798-11DD-B210-D2F5B838896E http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-002-1286592 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1286592 1280329 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-09-21T04:50:13Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 44 gUXOxCQC http://blip.tv/play/gUXOxCQC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1286592&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser002817-691.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser002817-691-881.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1280329 Documentary larry mckurits project pedal for thousands miles bicycle travel cascades national park sgpro hdv35 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:50:13 +0000 larry, mckurits, project, pedal, for, thousands, miles, bicycle, travel, cascades, national, park, sgpro, hdv35 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser002817-691.jpg larry, mckurits, project, pedal, for, thousands, miles, bicycle, travel, cascades, national, park, sgpro, hdv35 ]]> Teaser 002 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 4414BC5C-817E-11DD-9E20-9ECC75946952 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-39-1264217 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1264217 1258016 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-09-13T10:25:19Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 247 gUXNlT0C http://blip.tv/play/gUXNlT0C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1264217&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek39210-439.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek39210-439-91.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
I took this a few nights ago when I came home from work to find all of the hard-drives we'd ordered waiting for me :) ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1258016 Videoblogging mike ambs project pedal vlog weekly update hard drives thank you Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:25:19 +0000 mike, ambs, project, pedal, vlog, weekly, update, hard, drives, thank, you http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek39210-439.jpg mike, ambs, project, pedal, vlog, weekly, update, hard, drives, thank, you ]]> Post Production - Week 39 34.17218 -118.379014 069D329E-7D2F-11DD-9987-8112B25AA5DB http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-38-1246970 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1246970 1240786 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-09-07T22:48:01Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 237 gUXMjl4C http://blip.tv/play/gUXMjl4C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1246970&skin=rss Pedal-postProductionWeek38460-633.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek38460-633-218.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
mike and i, hanging out, transcribing interviews and thanking ya'll for all your love concerning our hard drive dilemma :) http://forthousandsofmiles.com http://projectpedal.com ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1240786 Videoblogging pedal film documentary vlog weekly update Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:48:01 +0000 pedal, film, documentary, vlog, weekly, update http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek38460-633.jpg pedal, film, documentary, vlog, weekly, update ]]> post production - week 38 34.17218 -118.379014 F5BF3F94-7C7F-11DD-A1EB-9C1DB6679309 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/teaser-001-1244897 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1244897 1238715 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-09-07T01:54:51Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 26 gUXL_kUC http://blip.tv/play/gUXL_kUC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1244897&skin=rss Pedal-Teaser001227-467.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser001227-467-902.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1238715 Documentary pedal bicycle film documentary teaser Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:54:51 +0000 pedal, bicycle, film, documentary, teaser http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Teaser001227-467.jpg pedal, bicycle, film, documentary, teaser ]]> Teaser 001 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 16D6FB46-5F9C-11DD-A68E-D5591F11E919 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-33-1140941 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1140941 1134801 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-08-01T07:33:09Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 192 gUXF0jEC http://blip.tv/play/gUXF0jEC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1140941&skin=rss Pedal-postProductionWeek33203-100.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek33203-100-30.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
Here's the link to the newly designed site ;) projectpedal.com Hope all of you (or at least most of you) like the name of the film. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1134801 Videoblogging project pedal weekly update vlog new site film documentary Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:33:09 +0000 project, pedal, weekly, update, vlog, new, site, film, documentary http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek33203-100.jpg project, pedal, weekly, update, vlog, new, site, film, documentary ]]> post production - week 33 34.17218 -118.379014 4837E41E-4BE4-11DD-8AA8-C1EF6F886B4D http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-30-1062637 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1062637 1056444 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-07-07T05:19:32Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 110 gUXA7lEC http://blip.tv/play/gUXA7lEC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1062637&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek30577-13.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek30577-13-487.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
Yay. Today I finished logging the first scratch disk of Pedal's footage, which is 1,700+ individual video clips. I'm moving on now to the 2nd (and last) scratch disk, which has about 250 clips on it. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1056444 Videoblogging mike ambs vlog weekly update project pedal baby steps Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:19:32 +0000 mike, ambs, vlog, weekly, update, project, pedal, baby, steps http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek30577-13.jpg mike, ambs, vlog, weekly, update, project, pedal, baby, steps ]]> Post Production - Week 30 34.17218 -118.379014 54195D6C-403B-11DD-BAB4-E9B00634D6DD http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-28-1019542 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1019542 1013209 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-06-22T09:12:24Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 178 gUW+nXoC http://blip.tv/play/gUW+nXoC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1019542&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek28178.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek28178-629.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
Well... that's it... I just finished capturing the *last* tape for Pedal. Whew. I should do something to celebrate... :P ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1013209 Videoblogging mike ambs project pedal vlog weekly update done importing Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:12:24 +0000 mike, ambs, project, pedal, vlog, weekly, update, done, importing http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek28178.jpg mike, ambs, project, pedal, vlog, weekly, update, done, importing ]]> Post Production - Week 28 34.17218 -118.379014 138A2EAE-4002-11DD-A19B-817BF235D015 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-27-1018973 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1018973 1012639 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-06-22T02:22:35Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 299 gUW+mUEC http://blip.tv/play/gUW+mUEC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1018973&skin=rss Pedal-postProductionWeek27816.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek27816-36.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
*This* close to having 100% of the footage imported - and the last few days have been full of all kinds of technical problems :P ]]> http://blip.tv/file/1012639 Videoblogging mike ambs vlog weekly update project pdeal Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:22:35 +0000 mike, ambs, vlog, weekly, update, project, pdeal http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek27816.jpg mike, ambs, vlog, weekly, update, project, pdeal ]]> post production - week 27 34.17218 -118.379014 2443CBEA-3B7C-11DD-881C-C5108A626808 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-26-1002828 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 1002828 996504 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-06-16T08:13:46Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 115 gUW9mzAC http://blip.tv/play/gUW9mzAC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1002828&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek26694-223.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek26694-223-142.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
Amanda and Mike drive to Santa Barbara to speak at a film class... ]]> http://blip.tv/file/996504 Videoblogging project pedal vlog weekly update mike ambs amanda walker Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:13:46 +0000 project, pedal, vlog, weekly, update, mike, ambs, amanda, walker http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek26694-223.jpg project, pedal, vlog, weekly, update, mike, ambs, amanda, walker ]]> Post Production - Week 26 34.17218 -118.379014 92B633DA-1B27-11DD-9776-8CEDFBD523DC http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-21-888229 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 888229 881767 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-05-06T04:47:47Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 183 gUW2nAkC http://blip.tv/play/gUW2nAkC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post888229&skin=rss Pedal-postProductionWeek21879.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek21879-637.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
Amanda & I go to borders to buy 'Four Eyed Monsters' :) ]]> http://blip.tv/file/881767 Videoblogging amanda walker mike ambs project pedal four eyed monsters dvd vlog weekly update Tue, 06 May 2008 04:47:47 +0000 amanda, walker, mike, ambs, project, pedal, four, eyed, monsters, dvd, vlog, weekly, update http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek21879.jpg amanda, walker, mike, ambs, project, pedal, four, eyed, monsters, dvd, vlog, weekly, update ]]> post production - week 21 34.17218 -118.379014 6671CD40-1B1B-11DD-871B-DA6A00C95FCB http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-20-888079 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 888079 881617 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-05-06T03:20:38Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 91 gUW2mnMC http://blip.tv/play/gUW2mnMC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post888079&skin=rss Pedal-postProductionWeek20587.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek20587-616.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
BUTTONS!!! need i say more??? to get yours send me an email with your address. we're getting new ones in. we'll post a pic when we do and you can choose the one you like. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/881617 Videoblogging amanda walker buttons vlog update project pedal Tue, 06 May 2008 03:20:38 +0000 amanda, walker, buttons, vlog, update, project, pedal http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-postProductionWeek20587.jpg amanda, walker, buttons, vlog, update, project, pedal ]]> post production - week 20 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 35996FA8-1110-11DD-8AD7-E1DDED15A5F0 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-19-855640 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 855640 849203 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-04-23T08:35:20Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 188 gUW0nTwC http://blip.tv/play/gUW0nTwC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post855640&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek19108.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek19708-606.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
I got a gift in the mail :) ]]> http://blip.tv/file/849203 Videoblogging mike ambs project pedal vlog weekly update Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:35:20 +0000 mike, ambs, project, pedal, vlog, weekly, update http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek19108.jpg mike, ambs, project, pedal, vlog, weekly, update ]]> Post Production - Week 19 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 128078EA-0CCE-11DD-98E2-C0407FA6E9C9 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-18-841970 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 841970 835544 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-04-17T22:31:50Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 164 gUWzslYC http://blip.tv/play/gUWzslYC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post841970&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek18577.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek18577-351.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Up late logging footage and watching 8 1/2... ]]> http://blip.tv/file/835544 Videoblogging mikeambs logging project pedal vlog update Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:31:50 +0000 mikeambs, logging, project, pedal, vlog, update http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek18577.jpg mikeambs, logging, project, pedal, vlog, update ]]> Post Production - Week 18 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 CC1CD6EC-07A9-11DD-96EE-E7DB4EDF251C http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/64-days-part-3-824374 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 824374 817996 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-04-11T09:29:34Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 838 gUWyqRoC http://blip.tv/play/gUWyqRoC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post824374&skin=rss Pedal-EpisodeEight64DaysPart3773-993.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-EpisodeEight64DaysPart3773-993-244.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/817996 Documentary Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:29:34 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-EpisodeEight64DaysPart3773-993.jpg ]]> 64 Days - Part 3 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 53D0820E-00F8-11DD-A757-A5F05C290F80 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-13-800473 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 800473 794165 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-04-02T21:04:04Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 76 gUWw7j0C http://blip.tv/play/gUWw7j0C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post800473&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek13633-471.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek13633-471-937.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/794165 Videoblogging Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:04:04 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek13633-471.jpg ]]> Post Production - Week 13 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 FECE9A76-00F6-11DD-90F8-FCEA24C671F0 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-11-800450 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 800450 794142 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-04-02T20:54:32Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 199 gUWw7iYC http://blip.tv/play/gUWw7iYC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post800450&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek11447-351.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek11447-351-336.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/794142 Videoblogging mike ambs vlog pedal documentary filmmaking Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:54:32 +0000 mike ambs, vlog, pedal, documentary, filmmaking http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek11447-351.jpg mike ambs, vlog, pedal, documentary, filmmaking ]]> Post Production - Week 11 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 6346B83A-DBEF-11DC-A20D-DE0935C0D5D4 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/64-days-part-2-677283 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 677283 671280 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-02-15T17:56:52Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 848 gUWprAcC http://blip.tv/play/gUWprAcC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post677283&skin=rss Pedal-EpisodeSeven64DaysPart2566.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-EpisodeSeven64DaysPart2566-485.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
As always, we'd love to hear your feedback - it will help greatly in deciding what questions to answer and in what order. Thanks for watching. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/671280 Documentary travel adventure larry jay mike ambs amanda walker documentary makingof Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:56:52 +0000 travel, adventure, larry, jay, mike, ambs, amanda, walker, documentary, makingof http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-EpisodeSeven64DaysPart2566.png travel, adventure, larry, jay, mike, ambs, amanda, walker, documentary, makingof ]]> 64 Days - Part 2 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 25F63C0A-D9A9-11DC-B7CF-9C2A6EC6D35B http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-9-670449 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 670449 664483 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-02-12T20:29:02Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 208 gUWo9lUC http://blip.tv/play/gUWo9lUC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post670449&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek9603-809.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek9603-809-390.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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) ]]> http://blip.tv/file/664483 Videoblogging mike ambs vlog weekly update production editing stuck overhwelmed Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:29:02 +0000 mike, ambs, vlog, weekly, update, production, editing, stuck, overhwelmed http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek9603-809.jpg mike, ambs, vlog, weekly, update, production, editing, stuck, overhwelmed ]]> Post Production - Week 9 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 B4D26864-D55C-11DC-9CBB-CE75D1AC7183 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-8-658561 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 658561 652661 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-02-07T09:11:46Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 139 gUWomWUC http://blip.tv/play/gUWomWUC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post658561&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek8124-466.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek8124-466-375.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Weekly Vlog Update... ]]> http://blip.tv/file/652661 Videoblogging mike ambs amanda walker vlog update post production giggles laughing narration Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:11:46 +0000 mike ambs, amanda walker, vlog, update, post, production, giggles, laughing, narration http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek8124-466.jpg mike ambs, amanda walker, vlog, update, post, production, giggles, laughing, narration ]]> Post Production - Week 8 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 0399348E-CC46-11DC-B9BD-84DABC5EAA87 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-6-7-631653 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 631653 625817 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-01-26T19:36:39Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 351 gUWmx0kC http://blip.tv/play/gUWmx0kC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post631653&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeek67493.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek67493-927.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
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. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/625817 Documentary Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:36:39 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeek67493.png ]]> Post Production - Week 6 & 7 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 0F29B400-C38A-11DC-8897-E7771B4BB4FA http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/64-days-part-1-606674 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 606674 600916 file TV-UN 5.0 2008-01-15T16:51:04Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 575 gUWlhDYC http://blip.tv/play/gUWlhDYC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post606674&skin=rss Pedal-EpisodeSix64DaysPart1792.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-EpisodeSix64DaysPart1792-717.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/600916 Documentary mike ambs amanda walker jef olivier olan pedal travel adventure production documentary Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:51:04 +0000 mike ambs, amanda walker, jef, olivier, olan, pedal, travel, adventure, production, documentary http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-EpisodeSix64DaysPart1792.png mike ambs, amanda walker, jef, olivier, olan, pedal, travel, adventure, production, documentary ]]> 64 Days - Part 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 C47057D6-C143-11DC-8201-9A6EDE42AE24 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-five-here-s-to-sleep-600516 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 600516 594789 file TV-UN 0.0 2008-01-12T19:22:51Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 157 gUWk1CgC http://blip.tv/play/gUWk1CgC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post600516&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeekFiveHeresToSleep819.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeekFiveHeresToSleep819-206.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
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. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/594789 Documentary Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:22:51 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeekFiveHeresToSleep819.png ]]> Post Production - Week Five: Here's to Sleep http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 2C1D64B2-B129-11DC-8574-808B2F1A8624 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-two-a-e-doc-finishing-grant-562776 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 562776 557227 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-12-23T07:32:10Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 194 gUWirTwC http://blip.tv/play/gUWirTwC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post562776&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeekTwoAEDocFinishingGrant274.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeekTwoAEDocFinishingGrant274-924.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/557227 Documentary mike ambs project pedal a&e indie documentary finishing grant email nbc fire Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:32:10 +0000 mike ambs, project pedal, a&e, indie, documentary, finishing grant, email, nbc, fire http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeekTwoAEDocFinishingGrant274.png mike ambs, project pedal, a&e, indie, documentary, finishing grant, email, nbc, fire ]]> Post Production - Week Two: A&E Doc' Finishing Grant http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 FE7D2F4E-AD25-11DC-B746-AACA4C4D017D http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/post-production-week-one-my-workflow-553655 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 553655 548142 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-12-18T04:59:20Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 343 gUWh5hsC http://blip.tv/play/gUWh5hsC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post553655&skin=rss Pedal-PostProductionWeekOneMyWorkflow248.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeekOneMyWorkflow248-325.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
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. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/548142 Default Category vlog logging weekly update project pedal editing punakea work flow mike (me) Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:59:20 +0000 vlog, logging, weekly update, project pedal, editing, punakea, work flow, mike (me) http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PostProductionWeekOneMyWorkflow248.png vlog, logging, weekly update, project pedal, editing, punakea, work flow, mike (me) ]]> Post Production - Week One: My Workflow http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 28DFF83C-449B-11DC-84F1-ED08F673F2B6 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/bar-harbor-336237 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 336237 331485 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-08-07T04:03:31Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 170 gUWUw1EC http://blip.tv/play/gUWUw1EC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post336237&skin=rss Pedal-BarHarbor325-395.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-BarHarbor325-395-674.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
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... ]]> http://blip.tv/file/331485 Documentary mike ambs amanda walker bar harbor project pedal Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:03:31 +0000 mike ambs, amanda walker, bar harbor, project pedal http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-BarHarbor325-395.jpg mike ambs, amanda walker, bar harbor, project pedal ]]> Bar Harbor http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 E976733A-415F-11DC-A25C-FD61FE61A4A8 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/full-interview-with-cnn-331530 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 331530 326800 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-08-03T01:21:50Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 1362 gUWUnm4C http://blip.tv/play/gUWUnm4C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post331530&skin=rss Pedal-FullInterviewWithCNN680.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PedalCNN_v3699-354-928.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
I highly recommend *not* watching this - it's long and boring. And due to really bad phone reception it's a very awkward conversation... but, if you must. Watch away. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/326800 Default Category cnn larry mike ambs interview project pedal news to me Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:21:50 +0000 cnn, larry, mike ambs, interview, project pedal, news to me http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-FullInterviewWithCNN680.jpeg cnn, larry, mike ambs, interview, project pedal, news to me ]]> Full Interview with CNN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 EFE3AAC0-3E18-11DC-9FC8-AD223A09F2A1 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/phone-call-from-cnn-326013 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 326013 321292 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-07-29T21:16:13Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 78 gUWT82EC http://blip.tv/play/gUWT82EC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post326013&skin=rss Pedal-PhoneCallFromCNN751.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PhoneCallFromCNN160-984-32.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
Getting a voice-mail from CNN about doing an interview for Project Pedal... ]]> http://blip.tv/file/321292 Documentary project pedal cnn voice mail mike ambs Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:16:13 +0000 project pedal, cnn, voice mail, mike ambs http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PhoneCallFromCNN751.png project pedal, cnn, voice mail, mike ambs ]]> Phone Call from CNN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 5C009E12-3D73-11DC-94DC-AB7CF97E3E2A http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/interview-on-cnn-s-news-to-me-325352 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 325352 320631 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-07-29T01:30:58Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 131 gUWT7kwC http://blip.tv/play/gUWT7kwC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post325352&skin=rss Pedal-InterviewOnCNNsNewsToMe851.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-InterviewOnCNN554-387-653.jpg Public Domain
]]> http://blip.tv/file/320631 Videoblogging cnn project pedal mike ambe larry interview Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:30:58 +0000 cnn, project pedal, mike ambe, larry, interview http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-InterviewOnCNNsNewsToMe851.jpeg cnn, project pedal, mike ambe, larry, interview ]]> Interview on CNN's "News to Me" http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ 34.17218 -118.379014 6B6C1EE2-3794-11DC-907B-D43533AA8ADD http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/a-curve-in-the-road-316215 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 316215 311528 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-07-21T14:12:31Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 29 gUWTpxsC http://blip.tv/play/gUWTpxsC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post316215&skin=rss Pedal-ACurveInTheRoad389.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-ACurveInTheRoad389-163.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/311528 Documentary Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:12:31 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-ACurveInTheRoad389.jpeg ]]> A Curve in the Road http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 45B075EE-3786-11DC-9403-89A40A973E11 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/try-sleeping-through-this-316178 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 316178 311493 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-07-21T12:31:14Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 40 gUWTpnYC http://blip.tv/play/gUWTpnYC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post316178&skin=rss Pedal-TrySleepingThroughThis626.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Video043648-691-633.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/311493 Default Category Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:31:14 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-TrySleepingThroughThis626.png ]]> Try sleeping through this :) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 72C12E6C-373F-11DC-A08B-B30D362ACF35 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/let-er-ride-larry-315995 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 315995 311316 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-07-21T04:04:16Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 51 gUWTpT8C http://blip.tv/play/gUWTpT8C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post315995&skin=rss Pedal-CLIP0072295-143.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-LetErRideLarry736-861.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/311316 Default Category Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:04:16 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-CLIP0072295-143.jpg ]]> "Let 'er ride, Larry" http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 A4157C8C-34C1-11DC-A9A5-B9B79C25FF67 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/vlog-from-july-1st-311895 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 311895 307224 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-07-17T23:58:40Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 277 gUWThTsC http://blip.tv/play/gUWThTsC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post311895&skin=rss Pedal-VlogFromJuly1st495.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-VlogFromJuly1st495-108.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/307224 Default Category Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:58:40 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-VlogFromJuly1st495.png ]]> Vlog from July 1st http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 F8D3FF9C-324A-11DC-9861-D2B764E52D23 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/jetset-update-307943 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 307943 303282 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-07-14T20:44:09Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 44 gUWS5ksC http://blip.tv/play/gUWS5ksC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post307943&skin=rss Pedal-JETSETUpdate455.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-JETSETUpdate455-887.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
Steve & Zadi asked me to do a quick 15 second update for JETSET... here it is :) ]]> http://blip.tv/file/303282 Default Category Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:44:09 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-JETSETUpdate455.png ]]> JETSET Update http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 EE7CF0D8-323D-11DC-9FC7-85886F9B24E9 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/jetset-update-joke-307891 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 307891 303230 file TV-UN 5.0 2007-07-14T19:10:49Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 19 gUWS5hcC http://blip.tv/play/gUWS5hcC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post307891&skin=rss Pedal-JETSETUpdateJoke669.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-JETSETUpdateJoke669-512.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/303230 Default Category Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:10:49 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-JETSETUpdateJoke669.jpeg ]]> JETSET Update (Joke) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 1CCA822E-30A5-11DC-90BD-F7F4C7BD8E86 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/leaving-305549 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 305549 300893 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-07-12T18:24:22Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 122 gUWS03EC http://blip.tv/play/gUWS03EC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post305549&skin=rss Pedal-Leaving719.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Leaving490-301-689.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
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. ]]> http://blip.tv/file/300893 Default Category Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:24:22 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Leaving719.png ]]> Leaving http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 7DD0FECC-2D6C-11DC-99AD-ABC7BD51EEFE http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/riding-with-larry-300571 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 300571 295939 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-07-08T16:01:30Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 39 gUWSrH8C http://blip.tv/play/gUWSrH8C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post300571&skin=rss Pedal-RidingWithLarry227.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Star_v2674-344-279.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/295939 Default Category Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:01:30 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-RidingWithLarry227.png ]]> Riding with Larry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 105B66B6-2529-11DC-8F50-E29426A2E854 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/hans-elly-287653 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 287653 283049 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-06-28T03:38:41Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 229 gUWRyAkC http://blip.tv/play/gUWRyAkC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post287653&skin=rss Pedal-HansElly935.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-HansElly935-549.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
"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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/283049 Default Category Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:38:41 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-HansElly935.jpeg ]]> Hans & Elly http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 F9DE8B1A-2524-11DC-A3AC-CCF706789400 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/phil-liz-287635 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 287635 283031 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-06-28T03:09:25Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 116 gUWRx3cC http://blip.tv/play/gUWRx3cC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post287635&skin=rss Pedal-PhilLiz890.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PhilLiz890-167.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
"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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/283031 Default Category Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:09:25 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PhilLiz890.jpeg ]]> Phil & Liz http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 62C90F8C-2346-11DC-A282-B398523CE4FB http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/on-the-phone-284621 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 284621 280025 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-06-25T18:03:32Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 80 gUWRsDEC http://blip.tv/play/gUWRsDEC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post284621&skin=rss Pedal-OnThePhone490.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-OnThePhone490-104.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/280025 Default Category Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:03:32 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-OnThePhone490.jpeg ]]> On the phone http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 A3924E14-22DA-11DC-B049-E0607B173CE7 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/driving-in-the-car-283888 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 283888 279293 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-06-25T05:12:15Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 30 gUWRqlQC http://blip.tv/play/gUWRqlQC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post283888&skin=rss Pedal-DrivingInTheCar312.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-DrivingInTheCar312-290.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/279293 Default Category Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:12:15 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-DrivingInTheCar312.jpeg ]]> Driving in the car http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 A109F912-22DA-11DC-925A-FA9A225696F0 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/waiting-for-the-fog-to-clear-283887 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 283887 279292 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-06-25T05:12:11Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 33 gUWRqlMC http://blip.tv/play/gUWRqlMC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post283887&skin=rss Pedal-WaitingForTheFogToClear851.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-WaitingForTheFogToClear851-219.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/279292 Default Category Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:12:11 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-WaitingForTheFogToClear851.jpeg ]]> Waiting for the fog to clear... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 9BFCBFE0-22DA-11DC-A531-D7DC1ECFCD86 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/crazy-crazy-dogs-283886 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 283886 279291 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-06-25T05:12:02Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 71 gUWRqlIC http://blip.tv/play/gUWRqlIC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post283886&skin=rss Pedal-CrazyCrazyDogs537.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-CrazyCrazyDogs537-766.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/279291 Default Category Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:12:02 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-CrazyCrazyDogs537.jpeg ]]> Crazy, Crazy Dogs :) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 98FF1982-22DA-11DC-AB64-819AB6FFDEBC http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/the-crew-brushing-their-teeth-283885 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 283885 279290 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-06-25T05:11:57Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 96 gUWRqlEC http://blip.tv/play/gUWRqlEC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post283885&skin=rss Pedal-TheCrewBrushingTheirTeeth420.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-TheCrewBrushingTheirTeeth420-883.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/279290 Default Category Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:11:57 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-TheCrewBrushingTheirTeeth420.jpeg ]]> The Crew Brushing Their Teeth http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 95A17316-22DA-11DC-A748-C0324F63940C http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/larry-singing-about-the-shower-283884 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 283884 279289 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-06-25T05:11:52Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 110 gUWRqlAC http://blip.tv/play/gUWRqlAC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post283884&skin=rss Pedal-LarrySingingAboutTheShower149.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-LarrySingingAboutTheShower149-645.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/279289 Default Category Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:11:52 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-LarrySingingAboutTheShower149.jpeg ]]> Larry singing about the shower :) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 9207F734-22DA-11DC-9321-87704F72E471 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/phil-liz-w-the-16mm-283883 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 283883 279288 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-06-25T05:11:46Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 26 gUWRqk8C http://blip.tv/play/gUWRqk8C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post283883&skin=rss Pedal-PhilLizWThe16mm171.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PhilLizWThe16mm171-505.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/279288 Default Category Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:11:46 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-PhilLizWThe16mm171.jpeg ]]> Phil & Liz w/ the 16mm http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 EE6B4F54-1E33-11DC-9988-8D9B0F3F1989 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/larry-riding-in-idaho-277086 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 277086 272507 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-06-19T07:08:50Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 64 gUWQ9UIC http://blip.tv/play/gUWQ9UIC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post277086&skin=rss Pedal-LarryRidingInIdaho694.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-LarryRidingInIdaho694-906.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/272507 Default Category Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:08:50 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-LarryRidingInIdaho694.jpeg ]]> Larry Riding in Idaho http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 C347F436-1E32-11DC-A9FD-D5EDD8D2B4CD http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/old-house-277079 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 277079 272500 file TV-UN 5.0 2007-06-19T07:00:28Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 31 gUWQ9TsC http://blip.tv/play/gUWQ9TsC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post277079&skin=rss Pedal-OldHouse578.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-OldHouse578-500.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
]]> http://blip.tv/file/272500 Default Category Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:00:28 +0000 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-OldHouse578.jpeg ]]> Old House http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 34F439E0-188A-11DC-92D2-A483AB5A4F2B http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/episode-267209 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 267209 262652 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-06-12T02:11:18Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 278 gUWQqC0C http://blip.tv/play/gUWQqC0C http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post267209&skin=rss Pedal-Jack340.jpeg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Jack340-909.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/262652 Default Category interview hdv35 jack denson project pedal Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:11:18 +0000 interview, hdv35, jack denson, project pedal http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Jack340.jpeg interview, hdv35, jack denson, project pedal ]]> Jack http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ 34.17218 -118.379014 85A722F6-1666-11DC-81FF-981C857644C8 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/larry-jay-leaving-anacortes-263612 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 263612 259069 file TV-UN 5.0 2007-06-09T08:50:49Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 168 gUWQjCAC http://blip.tv/play/gUWQjCAC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post263612&skin=rss Pedal-LarryJayLeaving_v3_fixed844-574.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-LarryJayLeaving_v3_fixed844-574-438.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/259069 Default Category larry jay anacortes project pedal hdv35 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:50:49 +0000 larry, jay, anacortes, project pedal, hdv35 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-LarryJayLeaving_v3_fixed844-574.jpg larry, jay, anacortes, project pedal, hdv35 ]]> Larry & Jay leaving Anacortes 34.17218 -118.379014 06CE4384-1665-11DC-9ADC-98B63D3546E6 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/sunset-1st-official-shot-263602 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 263602 259059 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-06-09T08:40:07Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 68 gUWQjBYC http://blip.tv/play/gUWQjBYC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post263602&skin=rss Pedal-Sunset_v3_fixed169-225.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Sunset_v3_fixed169-225-635.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/259059 Default Category anacortes hdv35 sunset project pedal Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:40:07 +0000 anacortes, hdv35, sunset, project pedal http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-Sunset_v3_fixed169-225.jpg anacortes, hdv35, sunset, project pedal ]]> Sunset (1st "Official" Shot) 34.17218 -118.379014 038596DC-1665-11DC-8BCC-E16353943E88 http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/anacortes-mp4-rushes-04-263601 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 263601 259058 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-06-09T08:40:02Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 65 gUWQjBUC http://blip.tv/play/gUWQjBUC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post263601&skin=rss Pedal-anacortes_rushes_04566-206.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-anacortes_rushes_04566-206-389.jpg No license (All rights reserved)
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 ]]> http://blip.tv/file/259058 Default Category larry jay anacortes project pedal mp4 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:40:02 +0000 larry, jay, anacortes, project pedal, mp4 http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-anacortes_rushes_04566-206.jpg larry, jay, anacortes, project pedal, mp4 ]]> Anacortes Mp4 rushes (04) 34.17218 -118.379014 FF7840EE-1664-11DC-A3ED-DAFA1CB1655D http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles/anacortes-mp4-rushes-03-263600 Pedal 31352 FToM for-thousands-of-miles For Thousands of Miles http://blip.tv/for-thousands-of-miles http://a.images.blip.tv/Pedal-picture609.jpg 263600 259057 file TV-UN 0.0 2007-06-09T08:39:55Z English Sports,Travel 0 0 0 Food & Drink 2 48 gUWQjBQC http://blip.tv/play/gUWQjBQC http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post263600&skin=rss Pedal-anacortes_rushes_03432-644.jpg