Monday, December 27, 2004
Bill Dumas: Writer/Producer/Director
Sunday, December 26, 2004
Happy Holidays! So it’s been over a month since my last blog entry when I promised to make regular updates here and keep everyone informed of our progress to release the film.
Unfortunately, the endless stream of computer problems continued to plague us. It wasn’t until last Wednesday at 1 a.m. that my editor, Jason Stelzel, arrived at my home with the first five DVDs to bring with me to the east coast just in time for my flight from Los Angeles several hours later.
We finally uncorked a bottle of champagne that had been sitting in the fridge for about as long as this 3 1/2 year-plus production has been underway. We relished the joy of seeing the final product playing from a DVD player (as opposed to from a computer editing program timeline.) Jason did an awesome DVD mastering job not to mention some dazzling last minute reedits while we were resolving technical problems.
Just to assure all the contributors to this film production, a few listings for the film appeared over the past month stating that the film was completed and we were taking orders. These announcements were a bit premature, which was our fault.
Be assured that our contributors are the first to be receiving DVDs and VHSs which were put into the mail by Christmas day in Los Angeles. VHSs and large, multi-item packages were mailed Media Rate because the first class shipping was very expensive. The post office told me these should take a week to arrive, though I’ve heard it can actually take up to a couple weeks.
Included in all the packages are order forms for the film and I hope that after watching the film everyone will feel inspired to spread the word about this documentary. This film needs to reach a mass audience. If this grassroots effort succeeds we can elevate the POW/MIA issue to a top national priority.
Over the next few weeks we will be developing a plan to distribute the film to key law-makers and the media. If anyone has any suggestions to help us with this promotion please send an email: blog@billdumas.com. Also, if anyone knows a publicist who would be willing to help, we would like to talk to them.
After viewing the film please send us an email and let us know what you think.
Happy New Year to everyone!
Unfortunately, the endless stream of computer problems continued to plague us. It wasn’t until last Wednesday at 1 a.m. that my editor, Jason Stelzel, arrived at my home with the first five DVDs to bring with me to the east coast just in time for my flight from Los Angeles several hours later.
We finally uncorked a bottle of champagne that had been sitting in the fridge for about as long as this 3 1/2 year-plus production has been underway. We relished the joy of seeing the final product playing from a DVD player (as opposed to from a computer editing program timeline.) Jason did an awesome DVD mastering job not to mention some dazzling last minute reedits while we were resolving technical problems.
Just to assure all the contributors to this film production, a few listings for the film appeared over the past month stating that the film was completed and we were taking orders. These announcements were a bit premature, which was our fault.
Be assured that our contributors are the first to be receiving DVDs and VHSs which were put into the mail by Christmas day in Los Angeles. VHSs and large, multi-item packages were mailed Media Rate because the first class shipping was very expensive. The post office told me these should take a week to arrive, though I’ve heard it can actually take up to a couple weeks.
Included in all the packages are order forms for the film and I hope that after watching the film everyone will feel inspired to spread the word about this documentary. This film needs to reach a mass audience. If this grassroots effort succeeds we can elevate the POW/MIA issue to a top national priority.
Over the next few weeks we will be developing a plan to distribute the film to key law-makers and the media. If anyone has any suggestions to help us with this promotion please send an email: blog@billdumas.com. Also, if anyone knows a publicist who would be willing to help, we would like to talk to them.
After viewing the film please send us an email and let us know what you think.
Happy New Year to everyone!
