What the heck is going on?

First of all, I am very surprised at how much attention I have received from the public over this project. I want to thank all of you who have shown so much interest. I also want to thank all of you who have thought to donate to the project.

Since I keep getting asked, "WHAT IS HAPPENING?" I thought I would create this blog page as a place for me to explain what the latest happenings have been with the project and my thoughts in general about what I think will or hope will happen as things unfold.

Currently, we have figured out that the cost of producing fitness captured to the level that we want to make it will probably run into a cost of around $150,000. Some people balk at me when I tell them this, but I ask them to consider the facts. The closest documentary that I can think of to what we are trying to do is Super Size Me. A fantastic film by the way. It was approx. a 1 month shoot. It cost $75,000 to make. Now, a good amount of that was likely spent during the post production of the film, but we still are looking at no less than a 4 month shoot. Also, if we were just talking about 1 month, I would suck it up, tighten the belt, tell the kids to eat beans and rice and even spend my own money to create it, but for 4 to possibly as much as 6 months, I am going to have to do something about the fact that I will have little time left to work considering I will be in the gym a couple hours each day and doing all the other things associated with the daily editing and other production jobs associated with making a high quality film product.

So, in a nutshell, it really does come down to cash. We have been in talks with several potential sponsors and even had some dialogue with a reality TV producer. In other words, we are looking at all angles and are willing to consider many possibilities for funding sources.

We are looking forward to having these things wrapped up by August and getting down to shooting shortly thereafter.