New Dive series pilot finished!

[Papa Bear]

PM me and give me an address I will shot you one! It we hope we might do spin offs like "Ink" and it is shot all over the world! We will be doing Cave stuff, wrecks, and all kinds of cool stuff in the future, but that will depend on budget! I am putting some of your suggestions to work now, I am squeezing a 528kbs 480x320 version for the net, but I think the sound will still be MP-3! But I am going to see if I can make it a little bigger? Anyway in the newer version I also put some tid-bits of info on a few of the folks!

[hbh2oguard]

after having to download quick time I finally got to see it. It wasn't really what I expected untill the very end. It seemed more like a good sales pitch for a trip but I guess that's the market you're aiming for. I'd stick more to the blue planet feel but that just what I like or even just put a little more underwater video because isn't that the whole point to diving? Good Luck!!

[Papa Bear]

I understand, It is hard being all things to all people! If you watch "Ink" or "Orange County Choppers" you don't see much of the tattooing or bike building, you see the people involved..... We will have more, but in the concept we are trying not to be another dive show, it maybe a lot like me! Hard to get, but once you do But I thank you this is what I want to hear!

[acelockco]

I understand completely. I started to think about your show and then thought about OCC . It is the same principal, but with scuba. It worked for them, it worked for the INK folks, so why not for divers?

I am sure all of the divers around would watch, but the real question is can it be appealing to non divers? And that is where the characters come in, just like any show you have to like watching the characters.

I will send you a PM, thanks!

[hbh2oguard]

As long as you have some true "characters" that are appealing to the general public it should go over well. Again it's all about the audience you are trying to attract. I know someone else said add more info about the different characters, maybe eliminate a few and give more attention to the others. To me, it just seems like some of them come and go and you don't really see who they are. I know it's just a pilot so you're just tossing it out there to see if someting or someone bites. Again GOOD LUCK

[Papa Bear]

I updated on some of your suggestions: http://twotankedproductions.com/scubalockertv.html

So here is the updated!

[Papa Bear]

If you want to know who will be in the series take a look at the (Cast & Crew) cast of Characters and remember we will be adding more from the pool of people who dive at the shop or frequent it! http://twotankedproductions.com/cast...auerdiver.html

[Papa Bear]

We spent a year putting footage in the can all over the globe. We even have cave diving action in a sacred cave in Fiji that no one has ever dived. So we have some good stuff and some great personalities. We have a fellow named George who belonged to the biker gang the "Mongols". He walk into the shop one day in his biker garb and asked about diving. It took him two times to pass the class. He was freaked out about the open water part! He is now getting really comfortable in the water and went with us to Fiji for a week of diving and stayed to help with the cave section. He was training for ultimate cage fighting last year when we took him to the T & C's for 10 days of diving and shooting. I had invited a friend of mine named "Allison" who has a PHD and is an executive editor of a financial news paper on wall street. She loves diving and is quite good. Well we buddied them up the "Biker & Financial Editor" and low and behold love at first dive. They are engaged to be married in New York August 2nd 2008. You can't write that kind of stuff. No one would believe it! If this thing goes it will be one of the stories we tell as part of our reality.

[Papa Bear]

Okay, I have to already post an apology to our friend "Ann-Margreth Frei" She skated for the Sweden being their national champion during two winter Olympics in the 1960's! She is a great SCUBA diver and I forget her past life and think of her as a diver! With 16 years with the Ice Capades one would think I would have caught one or two? Ann-Margreth is also an amazing sailer, I have seen here stand on the deck of a sail boat and stretch by touching her lower leg to her forehead while standing!!!! Also on a pitching deck in rough seas standing steady while everyone else got pitched to their "Hold on to something" position! I will correct the mistake as soon as I can! Again sorry to all our Swedish friends and Ann-Margerth!

[Papa Bear]

An interesting side not! Even though everyone says they want a series look at the numbers of views on my announcement! 200 plus in 6 days! That is the problem, do people really want a dive show? Not so sure?