Eagle Peak Media

Plenty of activity going on behind the scenes these days, including more ground work for Eagle Peak Media, our film, web and book company. Jeff's been working on logos, and here's one of his latest, which I really like. Stay tuned, as they say, for the launch of the EPM web site...

-- Wayne

Vacation to the Desert

Every year, two film school friends and I choose a city in the United States. We then meet up, hike, camp, catch a ball game, and have a holiday. This year, to clear my head before we go into post-production, I got on a plane with a destination of Phoenix, Arizona.

Here's a recap:

We saw Randy Johnson pitch and beat the Detroit Tigers in an inter-league game at Chase Field.
We camped and played wiffleball in the desert.
And we saw the Grand Canyon, an awe-inspiring sight that I recommend to each and everyone of you. The place is amazing.

Now, well rested and inspired, I head back home to work on the movie. The trailer is coming....

--David

Reading Letters

Margot Muraszkiewicz, shown here in studio, reading from a beautiful letter written by a nurse at a sanatorium to her lover, who has tuberculosis himself.

Other vocal talents from this afternoon: Patricia Painter, Tim Downs and Ken Rinn. Rinn also appears in our first film. More to come!

--David

Recording session

Here we are inside Ben's recording studio this evening, watching (listening) as Ken Rinn does the narration for our trailer, due by the end of the week, and (not seen) Ben works the controls. We recorded several voices today, viewed an early cut of the trailer, then listened to the preliminary Big Band tracks that Lonnie and Ben are doing. It all kicked you-know-what. Ladies and gentlemelons, this thing is coming together beautifully. If only we can keep Bettencourt away from the mike, we'll be fine...

-- Wayne

Eagle Peak Media, Baltimore

On the way down to Baltimore yesterday, we refined the broad shape of the new multi-media company we are forming, and, after several tries with other names, came up with one Dave and I and Jeff Toste really like -- and this time, will stick to. Welcome to Eagle Peak Media, or EPM. Dave came up with the name, after the road on which I live -- and the place (my house) where some of the earliest discussions that led to ON THE LAKE and now Eagle Peak Media occurred. But it was the ring of the name, not nostalgia, that led us to choose it. We already had our tagline (Film. Web. Words.) and our slogan (Story is our passion.©) Now we have the right name, a domain name (www.EaglePeakMedia.com) soon to be our central web site, and an umbrella into which we can wrap all of our many projects, present and future. Details will be forthcoming.

The interview, meanwhile, was outstanding -- one of our best. Dr. Chaisson will not only have a large role in the movie but also the trailer, due soon. I saw the rough cut and heard the score for the first time on that train, and they blew me away. This is some high-octane stuff. Now, as for the train itself, let me say that while the ride down was good, halfway back it had become what Yolanda predicted: excrutiating. Just too long and boring, but we made it...

-- Wayne

OFF TO BALTIMORE

Dr. Richard Chaisson, one of the world's leading experts on TB, is based at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University, and Dave, Jeff Toste and I are off early tomorrow to interview him. A one-day trip, a long day (by Acela) but well sorth it -- Dr. Chaisson will be a great addition to our movie, and he has kindly found time in a very busy schedule for us. In all likelihood, this will be our final shoot, as we are well into post-production, as noted before...

-- Wayne

First big-screen showing of trailer

Dave has posted word of broadcasts of the trailer in June, and we plan to have it online before then. But if you want to see it on the big screen, the first public showing will be on Saturday, May 31, at the opening event of the 2008 Riverwalk Times outdoor entertainment series in Harrisville, Rhode Island. That evening, David will be hosting a special outdoor screening of his YOU MUST BE THIS TALL: The Story of Rocky Point Park. Admission is free. We'll show the trailer after the movie and we'll be available for questions. Details at the Riverwalk Times home page.

The Trailer, Gunshots, and PBS

As Lonnie and Ben work on the score for the trailer, Harry and I continue to cut the visuals. It will be done soon...

As you may or may not have heard, there was an incident involving a security officer and an unknown trespasser in one of the abandoned buildings up at Zambarano. Allegedly, a single gun shot was fired. Fortunately, everybody in the hospital is safe and sound, and the police continue their investigation.

Our first voiceover recording session is rapidly approaching as well. I look forward to working with the actors as we continue to build ON THE LAKE's central characters and voices...

And finally, You Must Be This Tall, my first feature film, is airing twice next month on regional PBS, Saturday, June 7th at 8:00 p.m. and Thursday, June 12th at 8:00 p.m. I'm awaiting the final word from the station, but it looks as though we may unveil the trailer those nights as well...stay tuned.

---David, from gate A-3 at Baltimore's BWI Airport...

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