Wow, I have just scanned through a few blogs and am amazed at the form. I suppose in its very nature, it is egocentric and self centred. I sure have a strange approach comparitively. Yet I can't help but feel that as I become more educated about my web presence, it will come in handy as a place where I can update all of our project's progress'- for whatever that's worth.
The Ocean Gybe www.oceangybe.com expedition started a year or so before we got involved with it. These 3 guys had set sail on an ultimate life adventure, seeking their youth and seizing the day. They dreamt of surf breaks that the average person would never see. Waves that required a dedicated ocean voyage to reach. Having been recently exposed to information about the great Pacific Gyre, they also found a cause they could support with their trip.
Yet the less inhabited the shoreline the more concentrated the horrific tragedy of plastic accumulation. Their mission became more and more about this global issue, and today it dominates their thoughts.
And so here I sit with hundreds of these little tapes of their trip up until Brazil this past Spring. Since they have not been shooting in HD, or by any professionally directed standards, the plan is to create an interactive website that incorporates the video content into a map of the expedition.
How perfect it would be if after the storm season passes, they had a full production crew with them shadowing on another ship? The costs vs. flying your crew around are appealing, and the resulting TV series would have an entire web series online that leads audiences to the grand finale- their long anticipated trip through the Pacific Gyre.
And yet that would require a TV commitment. A Canadian Broadcast would also trigger a significant amount of new media grants. Yet with the amendments to the Canadian Television Fund, there is very little incentive for TV programmers to buy documentaries. That is, if any of them were buying instead of filing for bankruptcy or selling their assets at the first opportunity.
And so, I have signed with E1 Entertainment http://www.entertainmentonegroup.com/ to shop the project, forbidding me to pursue further discussions on the matter. I plan to proceed in the best form possible to salvage the shoot if all fails, while trying to retain a positive attitude within all the industry skepticism.
We've posted the trailer online. Please have a peak, I love feedback.
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