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This is a 'cut & paste' from an email I sent to Olivier, the DP, last Friday - I thought I would share it with the rest of class to try and fill in some more specifics of what to expect from the film:

+ Not a "how-to" documentary:
* No tips from us or any other travelers
* I don't even plan on focusing at all on the 'getting ready' aspect
* No 'recommendations' for bikes or gear we like to use...

+ Not really about the "bike":
* Focus isn't on the cycling - it's on the journey itself...

+ Not really about "us":
* We are simply "anchors" in the film that connect traveler to traveler - and it is [hopefully] these [interesting & inspiring] people who, overall, narrate the film with their own personal stories and insight on their own travels - for what is underneath it all... a narrative of our own journey.

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+ I want to try to avoid a 100% chronological story...
* I don't want the audience wondering if this is a story about whether on not we "make it"... I want them to know we make it - so they can focus on the more subtle things taking place.


Hopefully this, along with the synopsis & the trailer, helps answer a few questions – but if it raises more for anyone; please feel free to ask anything [questions about the story, about the route, the trip, the crew, something technical, etc…] in the forum, you would be doing me a favor by giving third-party input.