The latest self-made and self-produced film about 2 people doing something in the outdoors is "Paddle to Seattle". ( http://www.dudesonmedia.com/HOME.html ). Josh Thomas and J.J. Kelly built two plywood kayaks (they look a lot like Pygmy kayaks to me) and paddled 1200 miles from Alaska to Seattle and made a movie about it. It's not their first movie either. They made another movie called "Peddle to the Midnight Sun" in which they made two plywood bicycles and.... what's that?..... oh... my mistake. They weren't plywood bicycles, apparently, but you get the idea. Then there are the two outdoors people (one of whom has an MA in "art therapy") who are planning to leave somewhere on Earth Day of 2010 (April 2nd.... I dunno why they can't leave on April 1st; maybe it's not too late to change that) and paddle kayaks, canoes and dogsleds.... what?.... oh..... maybe they won't paddle the dogsleds... and make a movie about it and post their daily exploits for school children to watch and learn from. Then there's the guy who pedaled from Mexico to Seattle and Paddled from Seattle to Skagway. I don't think he built anything, actually. But he did make at least a few presentations about it. I was sitting here on the sofa in my Spongebob jammies waiting for the latest re-run of "I Love Lucy" when I got to thinking.... "Hey!" I thought to myself, "I could do that." So I am formally announcing my plans for a new adventure movie called "Grampa Goes South". In my movie (and updates on my weblog) school children all over North America will be able to follow Grampa (namely, me) as he travel south searching for weather that won't bother his arthritis or stuff up his nose. They'll be able to see him dealing with such emergencies as taking the awning on the RV in at 3am during a hurricane in Oregon, looking for the men's room at 4am, and trying to figure out how to program the microwave. With any luck I'll be able to get a few scenes of highway roadkill that will dampen eyes everywhere. The catch in my movie will be that both Grampa and the RV he is towing with his old pickup truck are old. I expect to make hundreds of dollars out of this. Donations are welcome. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
The ones that seem to do the best focus on the personal interactions between the introspective film maker and the people he or she encounters along the way, a la Ross McElwee's Sherman's March." Seriously, go for it! -----Original Message----- From: Craig Jungers So I am formally announcing my plans for a new adventure movie called "Grampa Goes South". *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Oregon is beautiful this time of year. It has rained about 2 inches from 8:00-10:00 am today. Bring your drysuit and snorkle. BRC Subject: [Paddlewise] Self-Produced Outdoor Movie Craze > The latest self-made and self-produced film about 2 people doing something > in the outdoors is "Paddle to Seattle". ( > http://www.dudesonmedia.com/HOME.html ). Josh Thomas and J.J. Kelly built > two plywood kayaks (they look a lot like Pygmy kayaks to me) and paddled > 1200 miles from Alaska to Seattle and made a movie about it. It's not > their > first movie either. They made another movie called "Peddle to the Midnight > Sun" in which they made two plywood bicycles and.... what's that?..... > oh... > my mistake. They weren't plywood bicycles, apparently, but you get the > idea. > > Then there are the two outdoors people (one of whom has an MA in "art > therapy") who are planning to leave somewhere on Earth Day of 2010 (April > 2nd.... I dunno why they can't leave on April 1st; maybe it's not too late > to change that) and paddle kayaks, canoes and dogsleds.... what?.... > oh..... > maybe they won't paddle the dogsleds... and make a movie about it and post > their daily exploits for school children to watch and learn from. > > Then there's the guy who pedaled from Mexico to Seattle and Paddled from > Seattle to Skagway. I don't think he built anything, actually. But he did > make at least a few presentations about it. > > I was sitting here on the sofa in my Spongebob jammies waiting for the > latest re-run of "I Love Lucy" when I got to thinking.... "Hey!" I thought > to myself, "I could do that." So I am formally announcing my plans for a > new > adventure movie called "Grampa Goes South". > > In my movie (and updates on my weblog) school children all over North > America will be able to follow Grampa (namely, me) as he travel south > searching for weather that won't bother his arthritis or stuff up his > nose. > They'll be able to see him dealing with such emergencies as taking the > awning on the RV in at 3am during a hurricane in Oregon, looking for the > men's room at 4am, and trying to figure out how to program the microwave. > With any luck I'll be able to get a few scenes of highway roadkill that > will > dampen eyes everywhere. > > The catch in my movie will be that both Grampa and the RV he is towing > with > his old pickup truck are old. > > I expect to make hundreds of dollars out of this. > > Donations are welcome. > > Craig Jungers > Moses Lake, WA > www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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