Time to keep-up with technology.

Have been talking about it for a while, starting a blog that is.  So here I am.

Michael and I were in Nelson last weekend and on Friday night we were booked to give a presentation about our motorcycle tours and rides at the Suburban Club.  We expected maybe a dozen or so people, and were alarmed to see about 50 odd seats had been put out in anticipation.  Coordinator of the event, Karel Pavich, told us she expected 20-30 at least.  When 70 turned up we were overwhelmed and scrambled to get more seats.

Michael had made a 10 minute DVD of our recent Mongolia Tour using footage captured from his new helmet camera.  Although new to movie editing Michael, with some help from an experienced friend, enjoyed the process, and made what we felt was a great little movie. 

We had previewed it on our friend, who we were staying with in Nelson, and her 18 year old son.  They both gave very positive feedback.  The real litmus test came when we got it rolling on the big screen in Nelson.  Michael and I watched in amazement as the room went quiet, no one talked, eyes were all firmly focused on the screen.  As the strange but captivating soundtrack of Mongolian throat singing echoed around the room, causing the only teenage girl in the audience to burst into quiet fits of giggles, the rest of the room was enthralled in the movie.  Score 1 to Mikey the moviemaker!