Week one in San Francisco! Doug, Becky, cool footage, and good vibes!
Producer Ben and Director Jesse hard at work in the library! We’re using this last week of preproduction in Chicago to the fullest, working out all of the details before we travel to San Francisco on Friday! Over the last few months we’ve gotten so much help and advice from many Northwestern Alum and friends and we’d like to take a second to thank all of you dearly. Production begins on August 5th, and we’re working hard until then. Life is good!
We visited Kartemquin Films in Chicago!→
/We had a visit at THE premiere documentary production company in Chicago, Kartemquin Films. They were incredibly nice and helpful. We sat down with Tim and chatted doc for a while, which was really beneficial to the project. Looking forward to keeping them in the loop!
Rick Johnson!
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We talked yesterday with Rick Johnson, a sound guy we randomly found on Mandy.com (a Craigslist type website for film production). It turns out he’s an Emmy Award winning Documentary Filmmaker who lives in Mill Valley, and he wants to get involved with the project! Here’s a link to his website: http://rickjohnson.us/ . We’re super excited about working with Rick and he will be a huge help and resource for us on the project!
To Virginia!
/Exciting news — We just completed our first big weekend of shooting in Virginia! The big trip will be shot in San Fran in August, but until then we’ll be traveling around the country attending Ty events, meeting people who knew Ty, and doing interviews….
ROADTRIP!!!
Why were we in Virginia, you might ask? Well, Ty was doing research out of the National Institute of Aerospace for NASA at the time of his death. He built a small but tight community of friends and colleagues there, and they gathered on the one year anniversary of Ty’s death to dedicate a memorial that they constructed for Ty and Alex Brown, who also died in the accident. The memorial is a beautiful outdoor eating and gathering area that was designed and built by his friends at the NIA. Ty continues to bring people together. We got some great footage of the event and did a lot of interviews.
Also, we met Steve and Lia, two of the people going on the trip to San Fran!
It was awesome to finally meet and get to know two of the amazing people who will be with us on our journey to delve into Ty’s life philosophy and live life to the fullest!
Here’s the link to the entire album of stills from the weekend on Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/photos/tyslist/sets/72157629849341264/
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Also, on the same weekend we were in Virginia, a group of Northwestern Students gathered on the beautiful “Lake Fill” overlooking Chicago, to hang out, laugh and remember Ty together. Our rouge camera man in the field, Jack Foster, was there to film it and made an amazing video that I’ll post in the next update and can also be viewed at this link: http://youtu.be/AtrnzUozagU?hd=1
That’s about all for now! Backers, we can’t thank you enough for your vital contributions. None of this would be possible if it weren’t for you all. The rewards are coming slowly but surely, we haven’t forgotten! Ty continues to be our inspiration and our guiding light as we work to make this film a reality. Life is Good!
- Jesse and Ben
Kickstarter and Great Press!
/Due to generous support, we have reached our initial goal of $12,000. Woohoo! Since so many people backed the project, we were able to get some great press, including the FRONT PAGE of the Marin Independent Journal (this is the official county newspaper of where Tyler was from). You can read the fantastic article here: http://www.marinij.com/millvalley/ci_20462706/lib-at-large-sailing-tragedy-that-ended-young
Please follow us on our new twitter @TysListTheMovie
We have ONE WEEK to go in order to reach our second goal of $20,000. Please help us with our final push by sending our Kickstarter to friends, family, or anyone who might be interested. Facebook and twitter work great!
We thank you for all your support thus far. It means the world to us, and we could not do this without you!
All the best,
Ben and Jesse, and the Ty’s List team.
