The Cross Canada Project
Using a specially designed weatherproof camera mounted to his bicycle, Mike Beauchamp is able to film himself without interruption in all conditions as he attempts to ride his bicycle over 7000 KM across Canada from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. The end result is "The Cross Canada Project", a 62 Minute long documentary.
If you are interested in screening "The Cross Canada Project", please Contact me
Trailer
April 16, 2009
The response to the movie has been awesome! Thanks to everyone that had a chance to check out the sneak-peak of the final version. Thank you for all the kind words and stories of awesome bike tours that you have done or planned to do. They've all really made me wish I was out riding right now, unfortunately it will soon be winter here.
Last week when I had the apartment to myself, I recorded the "audio commentary" for the DVD. Very strange having to watch your own movie (I have only watched the whole thing maybe 2-3 times) and even harder to try to talk throughout the whole thing. I don't plan to ever go back and listen to what I recorded, and I can't really remember what I said. I also recorded commentay for the "extra scenes". I edited the "extra scenes" a few weeks ago, and I'm very happy with them. The 63 Minute movie, plus the 16 Minutes of extra scenes makes up pretty much everything that I really thought would go into this movie, so I'm very happy that the people that eventually get the DVD will get to see all of this. Plus, they'll have the option to hear me ramble throughout the whole thing.
I am now in the process of submitting the film to a few very cool looking festivals and brainstorming some ideas for the next movie. When I find out where/when "The Cross Canada Project" will be screening, I will add information to this site.
March 16, 2009
I've received a lot of nice emails and comments about this movie, and it's very encouraging! Thank you.
I have submitted the film to the Bicycle Film Festival over the weekend. I always knew the festival existed and I always planned to enter this film when it was finished. For some reason, I didn't realise that the deadline was so soon (since I was caught up in editing). Since most of my equipment is back in Canada, I was scrambling to get a DVD burned so I could submit it. Eventually I found an internet cafe here in Wellington that had a 1X DVD burner and I managed to get the DVD burned with enough time to ride it back home to test it and then get it in the post 30 minutes before closing that day. Unfortunately, the fastest possible method of posting something to New York still takes up to 5 days from New Zealand. It also cost me $60 just to mail a DVD (no case), but I'm glad it's on it's way. A few other people have e-mailed me to let me know about other festivals, and I'm in the process of making a list! The complements I've received thus far have me motivated to get this movie out there. It's weird thinking that most people don't even know what bicycle touring is...
I have been answering questions about the movie over on bikeforums.net in this thread, and I thank everyone for all the kind words there. Today I printed up a draft of the DVD artwork I did, and I'm hoping it will be completed soon.
A few people asked me about other bike tours I've done. This cross Canada one was certainly a gateway. In 2007, I did the California Coast and in 2008 I did a nice 3-day mountain bike tour in New Zealand. I plan on doing a complete tour of New Zealand in the upcoming year and I've been planning a tour of Europe for a few years now. Anyways, I have to get back to work. If you have any questions, feel free to Contact Me
