The X Games are seriously one of the best things to watch on snow. Maybe better than the regular Olympics. But the only way it’s going to pass the Olympics is in popularity is with better commentators. This year… even as I watch, right now. These guys are AWFUL.. Worse than Joe Buck… and that’s saying something. I think it’s a good idea to put younger guys on, they know what they’re talking about, but somebody needs to go back to media training and having something interesting to say. At one point during the womens Big Air Snowboarding when the guy was talking to the Gold Medal winner Gretchen Bleiler, it looked more like he was trying to get her number than interview her and get her thoughts. Dude, what the crap!?!?!?!? Go home.. smoke your weed and leave the commentating to people who can keep it real. (read: professional)
The Great American Road Trip pushed the envelope of New Media by releasing to the web. To keep with the nature of the film, the DVD release couldn’t be anything ordinary. So Spring 2008 the guys from the show will be joining up with special venues and musicians from the soundtrack for an evening of entertainment and independent film.
The Lineup
The DVD is only a part of the experience and will feature an additional 2 minutes vignette on each episode, crammed with special features including out takes and blooper reel.
In an effort to make the arts more accessible, Abandon Films and Superhero Pictures are teaming up with 4 independent filmmakers, the DVD will be pulp in nature with no feature longer than 8 minutes. Interspersed with the episodes of The Great American Road Trip will be 4 original short films by independent filmmakers. The concept of short film makers banding together to create a larger audience than any single producer could get on their own is nothing new but in this way the films will be easily accessible to thousands.
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Lynchburg, VA -
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Durham, NC -
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Are you an independent filmmaker? Have you got what it takes? Submit your film for consideration to be added to The Great American Road Trip Traveling Road Show. Please contact us at film@thegreatamericanroadtrip with a link to your posted work online or please mail it to:
The Great American Road Trip - Traveling Road Show
PO Box 4434
Lynchburg, VA 24502
