25 Days with a Smart Mouth
We're going to miss you buddy - thanks for the laughs!
The Journey
On June 1st 1998, Chip Chilton embarked on a monumental journey. Armed only with his trusty 2 wheeled steed (sorry, Harley), 27 pounds of tools and enough rain gear to brave the jungles of Borneo . . . he took off down historic Route 66.
The trip would ultimately take 25 days, cover over 8,000 miles and span 2 continents (wait a minute - is Utah a continent?). Culminating in the awesome 21 hour home stretch on day 25!
The Idea
"25 Days With a Smart Mouth" started out as nothing more than a way to cut
But along the way it turned into something more than that. During the 8 months and nearly 170 hours of editing, "25 Days" took on a life of its own.
The Premiere
After 8 months of editing, we felt that 25 Days was to the point where others should be allowed to partake in its tasty goodness.
So, in April of 1999, we rented a 62" rear projection RCA TV and set up a bunch of folding chairs in Chips garage and had at it!
And it was nothing short of a smashing success. Over 400 of our closest friends and neighbors came (Actually, I think the number was closer to 20 or so, but who's really counting?) from all over the world to see the completed 220 minute monolith.
Afterwards the praise was unanimous: "25 Days" would go down in history as one of the world's longest movies.
The Project
"25 Days" was edited on a Pentium II 400 system with 256 megs of ram and a 36 gig SCSI drive array.
The project was started on Adobe Premiere 4.2 and progressed through 5.0, 5.1 and eventually 5.1a. In an attempt to get a more stable editing platform, I tried this on Windows 95, Windows 98, 98SE and even Windows NT. (they were all just subtle shades of not-so-good)
"I don't think the PC platform is quite ready for video," says Scott Nason, Chief Engineer on the project. "It's just so flaky right now - maybe in another year or two we'll have the stability that this kind of stuff really needs."
"I'm a monster. . . a f&%!ing monster!"
Route 66 (Chip - acoustic)
The Next Feature
Our first feature film, It's Human Skin is complete. This zero budget film was started in March, 1999 and progressed slowly through to completion in November of that year.
"I can't believe how hard it is to do this," says Scott Nason - the Naso in NasoChilt.
"I mean, we have 100% control over the whole process and we couldn't keep continuity or a creative flow if our lives depended on it!"