I'M going to do something different than any other documentary has ever done. I'm going to release other footage gathered while shooting racing heart as an episodic internet tv show.
See our YouTube page to watch episodes! BE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE!!!
youtube.com/racingheartmovie
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Promoting Racing Heart
Well we are in full promotion mode right now. I've been contacting media and posting news all over the net trying to get the word out.
We are selling our screeners at a fantastic rate! Thanks to word-of-mouth I think a LOT of people are hearing about Racing Heart.
We are selling our screeners at a fantastic rate! Thanks to word-of-mouth I think a LOT of people are hearing about Racing Heart.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
San Francisco was good but bad too
We are sooo glad to have sent out our first DVD's to customers!
To read about the ordeal we went through in San Francisco visit HERE
We gave away 250 movie posters in San Francisco but it didn't matter. No one ordered a DVD from the Internet after that. What a loss!
With all of that behind us now we are ready to move on and get this film out there. I am going to have a booth at the Lao New Year event at Wat Lao Thepnimith in Saginaw, TX.
Can't wait to get this movie out there!
To read about the ordeal we went through in San Francisco visit HERE
We gave away 250 movie posters in San Francisco but it didn't matter. No one ordered a DVD from the Internet after that. What a loss!
With all of that behind us now we are ready to move on and get this film out there. I am going to have a booth at the Lao New Year event at Wat Lao Thepnimith in Saginaw, TX.
Can't wait to get this movie out there!
Friday, April 10, 2009
San Francisco and the International Lao New Year Festival!!!!!!!!!!!!
We flew in to San Francisco today and are so excited to see what tomorrow brings! The International Lao New Year Festival is the perfect event to launch Racing Heart onto the world stage.
They expect over 30,000 people to attend. We will have a booth and will be offering the DVD to the public for the first time ever. Those who purchase it from the website will receive their copy this week.
You can't imagine what we feel right now and WE can't even imagine what we'll feel tomorrow.
Wish us luck!
They expect over 30,000 people to attend. We will have a booth and will be offering the DVD to the public for the first time ever. Those who purchase it from the website will receive their copy this week.
You can't imagine what we feel right now and WE can't even imagine what we'll feel tomorrow.
Wish us luck!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
We had an amazing videochat Q&A session at LaoBuddy.com on Monday, March 16th. The LB community gave The Brothers and I a warm welcome and we'll never forget it! JennyANN, probably one of the sweetest ladies on LB had this to say about the Racing Heart Q&A session:
If you missed out on the interview with the producer Chris Williamson and the "brothers" u missed out! From my opinion, i would say "racing hearts" is definately a MUST SEE documentary! The brothers were very kind and open, and the interview just seemed so exciting i wanted to hop in one of those speedy cars and just zoom away, nonetheless go race against Nay's mini van...dont worry we have seatbelts! Chris and the brothers answered questions in a great fashionable manner, i can tell from the way that they were speaking and how they presented themselves to us that YES they were happy n excited as much as we were...the chat house was pumped up with questions about cars...i would honestly say i learned alot..more important how down to earth the people were...Moving forward, i believe this is going to have a great impact on the viewers, whether it be physically, mentally, or psychologically. I think about how the world needs change and some changes can be good or bad, but this is a postive change for sure! Not only is this positive, but it shows a different view of younger asian americans growing up and following their dreams as to older folks that yet followed a same dream. I guess it just shows that we are all heading towards the same finish line, but the path that takes us there will be different! We got so much out of such a short amount of time, but it was all worth it! WIsh you could have been there yourself, my words on a page could only describe so much. The message from the brothers and producer were also very warming and a reminder to us all....basically saying "To follow your dreams, work hard at it and u will achieve it thanks to them, many lights in younger people and hopefully older people will spark once again! Hope u all support this movie! A MUST SEE FROM JENNYANN :)
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Racing Heart Merchandise
The long await is over. You've asked for it now you get it! Racing Heart Apparel including T's Under $10, Hats, Kids shirts, even Babie clothes! (Chris winks at his sister) I made the prices as cheap as I could so I think they're a pretty good deal.
Check out the Racing Heart Store
Check out the Racing Heart Store
Videochat 2 LaoBuddy.com Monday March 16th @ 8pm PST
We are excited to announce that LaoBuddy.com is hosting an online Q&A with Chris and The Brothers Pone and Chan(Pom) in their Chat room #2 on Monday, March 16th @8pm PST. Thanks Lao Buddy!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Test Audience Screening a SUCCESS!
Racing Heart screened in front of a live test audience of around 50 people on March 5th, 2009 at the Westport Theater in Kansas City, MO. The event was a blast. The audience participated with Chris and The Brothers in a Q&A session after the screening.
"It was an amazing show of support from those closest to us. To all of you amazing people that showed up for the screening on such short notice: THANK YOU!" - Chris Williamson, Director Racing Heart
"It was an amazing show of support from those closest to us. To all of you amazing people that showed up for the screening on such short notice: THANK YOU!" - Chris Williamson, Director Racing Heart
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Rough Cut Complete - Showing to Test Audiences
Well, I've put over 200 hours into editing the last two weeks. I got a rough cut ready to show some test audiences for feedback.
We went to the IFC meeting last night and it was so cool. At the IFC we have a part of the meeting called "Shameless Self-Promotion". I stood and held up the Racing Heart poster and told everyone that we're having a test audience screening at the Westport Coffeehouse and invited them to come. I let everyone know that Racing Heart is going to screen in San Francisco on April 12 and they all cheered for me!
I got so embarrassed I think I turned RED! It felt great though and I want to thank any of you guys that were there for that - you KNOW how much work it is to do something big in this market and I applaud all of the work my compatriots at the IFC have done as well. Good luck guys and we'll see you at the screening on March 5th!
We went to the IFC meeting last night and it was so cool. At the IFC we have a part of the meeting called "Shameless Self-Promotion". I stood and held up the Racing Heart poster and told everyone that we're having a test audience screening at the Westport Coffeehouse and invited them to come. I let everyone know that Racing Heart is going to screen in San Francisco on April 12 and they all cheered for me!
I got so embarrassed I think I turned RED! It felt great though and I want to thank any of you guys that were there for that - you KNOW how much work it is to do something big in this market and I applaud all of the work my compatriots at the IFC have done as well. Good luck guys and we'll see you at the screening on March 5th!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Rough cut down to 2 hours...
Ok we've got something that's starting to look like a movie here!
I've been working non-stop and last night I got to the point where I could put each individual scene onto a single timeline and watch it all straight through.
It's amazing how it's coming together. The goal now is to look at the film and balance the story out. It's time to cut everything down to the essence of the story.
An important aspect of Racing Heart is this: Although Racing Heart is a true-to-life documentary film, it is an inspirational story about a racing team and thus should be a little more exciting than most documentaries.
Because of this I'm putting musical montage passages and trying to avoid long expositions. In many cases the images tell the story visually.
I think it's important as the editor to understand that you the audience are intelligent enough to understand what's going on without completely and boringly explaining every little detail.
Film is a visual language and it's important to both SHOW and tell.
Also working on the new website! Wish me luck!
I've been working non-stop and last night I got to the point where I could put each individual scene onto a single timeline and watch it all straight through.
It's amazing how it's coming together. The goal now is to look at the film and balance the story out. It's time to cut everything down to the essence of the story.
An important aspect of Racing Heart is this: Although Racing Heart is a true-to-life documentary film, it is an inspirational story about a racing team and thus should be a little more exciting than most documentaries.
Because of this I'm putting musical montage passages and trying to avoid long expositions. In many cases the images tell the story visually.
I think it's important as the editor to understand that you the audience are intelligent enough to understand what's going on without completely and boringly explaining every little detail.
Film is a visual language and it's important to both SHOW and tell.
Also working on the new website! Wish me luck!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
OMG - SIX HOUR LONG ROUGH CUT SO FAR!
Well I've roughed almost all of the good clips into the timeline now and the rough cut is *really* long at around SIX HOURS!
Ok, so now I'll go through and tighten up each scene while still keeping them too long so that I have options when cutting it down further.
I should be able to easily axe half of the six hours of footage on the timeline right now so it'll be three hours left. That three hour cut will be called the 'First Cut'.
After the First Cut is done then I'll really start thinking of the *essence* of the story and come up with a plan of what should be kept and what should go. Hard decisions will have to be made about what scenes to cut and what shots need to go.
Filmmakers have phrases to describe cutting a scene or a shot that you really love. It's called "cutting limbs" or "killing children"
The good news: Anything cut from the movie can end up as bonus scenes on the DVD!
Peace, Love, & Happiness,
Chris Williamson
Producer/Director/Editor, Racing Heart
Ok, so now I'll go through and tighten up each scene while still keeping them too long so that I have options when cutting it down further.
I should be able to easily axe half of the six hours of footage on the timeline right now so it'll be three hours left. That three hour cut will be called the 'First Cut'.
After the First Cut is done then I'll really start thinking of the *essence* of the story and come up with a plan of what should be kept and what should go. Hard decisions will have to be made about what scenes to cut and what shots need to go.
Filmmakers have phrases to describe cutting a scene or a shot that you really love. It's called "cutting limbs" or "killing children"
The good news: Anything cut from the movie can end up as bonus scenes on the DVD!
Peace, Love, & Happiness,
Chris Williamson
Producer/Director/Editor, Racing Heart
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Moving Right Along!
A big THANK YOU to everyone who has been signing up on the email list! We are seeing a lot of interest in this film lately!
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OK we have been full steam ahead over the past month. We've captured all the footage. I've got the clips cut from twelve scenes and we've even got 20 minutes of a rough cut now. It's so cool to see the footage come alive as I edit. It's turning out really well I couldn't be happier. With Racing Heart I'll prove once again that low-budget independent documentary film can be as good or better as a big studio doc with hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding.
It truly is about vision, persistence, and talent. You can't buy these things. A $20,000 video camera doesn't make you more creative or a better storyteller.
Heart does.
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OK we have been full steam ahead over the past month. We've captured all the footage. I've got the clips cut from twelve scenes and we've even got 20 minutes of a rough cut now. It's so cool to see the footage come alive as I edit. It's turning out really well I couldn't be happier. With Racing Heart I'll prove once again that low-budget independent documentary film can be as good or better as a big studio doc with hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding.
It truly is about vision, persistence, and talent. You can't buy these things. A $20,000 video camera doesn't make you more creative or a better storyteller.
Heart does.
Monday, January 5, 2009
El Problemo
Well, I updated my computer and now I can't capture footage unless I uninstall Final Cut Pro and reinstall a previous version!
Since I 'updated' the Racing Heart project file I can ONLY open and edit in the LATER version of Final Cut Pro!
I'm just glad I figured out a way to capture footage so I can keep moving...
...I WILL NOT LET COMPUTER PROBLEMS STOP ME FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH RACING HEART!
Since I 'updated' the Racing Heart project file I can ONLY open and edit in the LATER version of Final Cut Pro!
I'm just glad I figured out a way to capture footage so I can keep moving...
...I WILL NOT LET COMPUTER PROBLEMS STOP ME FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH RACING HEART!
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