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1. RLT did move from Missouri to California.
The
move was drawn out longer than expected though as
James became very sick and had to delay the move
several days. Feeling better and ready to go
the Yukon (which had been the chase vehicle during
our
adventure) had major mechanical problems that
needed repair before carrying the edit station
from Missouri to California. The combination
of the two issues ate up the entire first week of
November! Once James finally did hit the road, he
made record time getting out to L.A. in just 2 days.
2. The very day that James showed up in
California,
he turned the edit station over to an Avid certified shop
in Irvine, CA in order to fix the problem as fast as
possible. Getting the audio files and timelines to our
Sound Designer was riding on how quickly the edit
station could be fixed and returned to James. At the
time this original newsletter was written, the
shop still
had the editing system. Everyday for weeks, James
called the shop in anticipation of good news, everyday
he was told "it should be ready tomorrow." Frustration
doesn't
even begin to describe the feeling we had because as
long as the shop had our editing system we were in a
holding pattern. There was nothing that could be
done.
Fortunately, in the time between when this
newsletter was written and when it was translated to
the electronic format you receive it in,
James did receive the editing system back (along with
a few new audio tricks)
and is working on getting the audio files to our Sound
Designer as we speak.
So, that's as far as we've gotten! Only 2 out of the 5
goals checked off! Although we now have the editing
system back, we got it back the last day of November.
Not at all what we expected. But
we're grateful to be back in business and moving
forward once again.
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While November was not the month we hoped for in
regards to RLT, we've all been keeping busy. On top
of just about all of us traveling for the Thanksgiving
holiday to
visit family, James has been searching for apartments
in So. Cal, Steven has been working hard and doing
very well as a Karate Instructor, Michael
has been doing some traveling, and Chris and his
wife are getting
ready to make a move from Boston to Cincinnati
where they'll start new day
jobs. So there has been a lot going on, just not the
kind of stuff that we hoped for RLT.
This would also be a good time to welcome our new
newsletter subscribers. Despite the fact that we
haven't really been promoting ourselves too much yet,
we've continued to grow our newsletter by about 8% a
month. That is due primarily to word of mouth and
newsletters being forwarded by you all. Thank you
and please continue to do so!
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For those of
you who
are new we just finished up our final trailer which we
hope to promote to interested cable networks. The
trailer runs about 3.5 minutes long but
gives a great
overview of our adventure and the excitement and
depth a cable series can provide for RLT. The trailer is
compressed for high quality video, therefore it may
take a few minutes to load to your machine. Be
patient. It will be
worth your while.
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There's one very important note for our Newsletter
Members: This will be our final private
newsletter. From now on all past and future
newsletters will be posted publicly on our
website.
We hope that this will help make RLT more visible to a larger audience, including possible Television Networks. We also hope it will help us garner even more support through new fans who come across our website in searches and want to learn more about RLT! But don't worry. As Newsletter members you will still receive a monthly notice to let you know the newsletters are posted to make sure you remain up to date with "Road Less Traveled!" A personal note from James: "I owe many of
you a
sincere apology. I've been in an absolute tail spin
between trying to get out to California, trying to find a
place to live and, more importantly, trying to get our
editing station back from the shop in order to keep
RLT moving forward.
Needless to say I've been very busy and as a result have fallen behind on many e-mails. I sincerely respect and appreciate everyone who has stayed in touch and has great interest not only in RLT but my efforts as well. It warms my heart to know that you're out there and you're looking forward to seeing "Road Less Traveled." So I apologize to those of you who haven't heard back from me yet, and I promise to be in touch soon!" -James Beatty |
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Trying to summarize a
5
week adventure into a 4
minute trailer is tough stuff to say the least. And I can
assure you, there
has been a lot of behind the scenes work between
gathering facts and research about some of our
destinations, logging video, recording with Rick
Johnson, working with our Sound Designer, keeping
these newsletters going, providing monthly clips,
and of course the actual editing of all the video you've
seen to date.
When you think that most of this work has been
orchestrated and conducted by James himself, it's
quite a feat.
So then what are the next steps? First off... WE WILL BE ACITIVELY LOOKING FOR AN AGENT TO REPRESENT US while James continues work on a pilot show. If you'll remember our goal is to format this adventure as a cable television series. That way we can show you more of our adventure than just an hour or two. Our trip was so filled with amazing experiences and remarkable sites that in order to preserve the vastness of the adventure, and frankly the storyline, we need to try to tell it this way. So from here we move into the pitch. We will be
getting together in the near future to compile our
thoughts on just how to present this project to
potential buyers.
We've already begun to build some contacts and
resources from which to start. We are also hoping
to be able to tap our friends over at Spinning Blue
Productions who put together the recent
documentary hit "10 mph: Seattle
to Boston".
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So, enjoy the teasers, the trailer. Check the website for updates regularly. And tell your friends about the "Road Less Traveled!" To learn more about Sam Correro and the Trans Am Trail Click here Michael Murray continues to do a terrific job with the RLT website. Michael also re-designed the Trans America Trail website. If you ever have a need for web design, or if you just wanna check out some cool stuff, visit motorradmedia.com!
Ride On!
RLT Newsletter
Unseen Voices Film and Video Productions, LLC
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