December 7th, 2008
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RAAM: Finish line

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Me: finished After almost two and half years, I’ve finally com­pleted my Race Across America movie.  No, really!  It’s done, fin­ished, fer­tig, finis. It’s ready to show.

Wow!  It’s still sink­ing in that it’s done.  I’ve been work­ing on, think­ing about, wor­ry­ing about, and fuss­ing over this thing for over 2 years.  It’s defined my think­ing for that entire time.  The idea that there’s noth­ing left to do feels kind of alien.

And extremely free­ing.  I’ve got so many projects I want to start.

This time: No projects big­ger than one week. I think I’ll be stick­ing to week­end projects for a lit­tle while.

There have been sev­eral times that I thought I’d never fin­ish this thing.  Heck, I didn’t think it was even pos­si­ble, for a while there.  Thanks to every­one who kept encour­ag­ing me.  You’ve made my life bet­ter by help­ing me achieve one of my big goals in life.

And a word to any aspir­ing feature-length film­mak­ers out there: don’t try to do every­thing all by your­self. True, it makes the cred­its really easy, but every­thing else takes a lot longer.

What’s next for this project?  I’m going to make copies for all those who helped out, enjoy the hol­i­days, and have a big party in January.  No plans for fes­ti­vals right now; I’ve missed all the fes­ti­val dead­lines for this sea­son, and there’s a bunch of legal leg­work to do first.  Meanwhile, I’ll just bask in the glow of hav­ing accom­plished some­thing I’ve wanted to do for years, and see what the future brings.

Related posts:

  1. To fin­ish or to aban­don: that is the question
  2. OC Quattro near­ing fin­ish of RAAM 2009
  3. RAAM: Locked and Loaded!!!
  4. RAAM: time to slice & dice
  5. RAAM doc­u­men­tary nearly finished

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  • December 7th, 2008
    by Bernie Thompson

    1

    Yea!!! Can’t wait to see the final product!

  • December 8th, 2008
    by Karen Manuel

    2

    Congratulations Rob! It has been fun to watch you com­plete this project, but it will be even more fun to see what you do next.

  • December 8th, 2008
    by Jefe

    3

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!
    This movie is more than an accom­plish­ment for you. It’s a part of you. I can’t wait to see it and learn about my bro.

  • December 9th, 2008
    by Rob McKaughan

    4

    Thanks every­one! I’ll send out invites to the big party shortly.

  • December 11th, 2008
    by Bob Vezeau

    5

    Cool! Congratulations Rob. Can’t wait to see it.

  • December 14th, 2008
    by Jo Anne (the crip)

    6

    Congratulations Rob! It’s such a trib­ute to patience, per­se­v­er­ence, cre­atity and spirit in more ways than one – also to the folks who made it pos­si­ble and your amaz­ing friend, John. Ich bin stolz auf Dich!!!

  • February 23rd, 2009
    by Bethanie

    7

    Hey Rob! I’d really like to see this when it’s avail­able.
     – Bethanie
    (remem­ber me?)

  • June 25th, 2010
    by Ernest Villalon

    8

    Hey Rob, remem­ber me on the 2006 RAAM trip? I was the Filipino guy. haha! How can I get a copy of your film? I am sure I’m in a cou­ple scenes. Good to see you online

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