THE FLIGHT - Orlando - England - Delhi

Hello all!


The video you see is the rough and raw documentation of the adventures of my flight from Orlando to England to Delhi. Enjoy at your own risk ;-)

Today was a delightfully exhausting romp through the Taj Mahal. Much was seen, much was filmed, much was $pent and much ... needs sleep. ;-)

It kindof reminds me of a day at Disney, actually - regarding how unexpectadly exhausting the simple act of walking can be ... when repeated for 4 hours. ;-)

Through a slight change of schedule, I will be staying at the Bain's home again tonight, and most of tomorrow instead of spending the night at the home of my wonderful translator, Ashish.

Monday afternoon, I will be travelilng deep into the rural mountain ranges north of Delhi, and I not be able to UPLOAD new videos until I return to internet access.

Tomorrow, I hope to upload some of the footage of my time at the Taj Mahal. Then, when I return from the mountains next week, you'll see more of our adventure in raw-webvideo form.

Love, always and God bless,
-Jonathan
ReichelJon@gmail.com

I HAVE LANDED!

I am very pleased to say that I have indeed landed in New Delhi, India after a 40 hour combined travel time landing and changing airports in England!


I have already shot much footage with my flip video camera of my flights and time in England, and I continue to battle with the.... interesting .... computer systems here to upload some of that video for your enjoyment. ;-)

Tomorrow early morning, I will be traveling to the Taj Mahal for my single purely sightseeing/pretty footage-gathering portion of the trip. The Bains' family has been an ultimate blessing, and continue to show genuine loving hospitality - I already want to take them all home with me. ;-)

I desperately need sleep, and prayers, and hopefully, you will continue to provide me one of those things. ;-)


Love always, and I hope to upload something more graphically interesting soon!

-Jonathan Reichel ;-)
reicheljon@gmail.com

PS I was able to finally put one of the video segments online - enjoy!

FILM TRAILER!!

I am very pleased to present you a FIRST LOOK at a taste of where I am going with this project!

I will be leaving this Wednesday to shoot the other 98% of the film in India, and I appreciate your continued prayers and support that all goes well, and that this film will be completed for the glory of God, and the blessing of all who view it.

Much love to all - and I look forward to updating you from India soon!

-Jonathan ;-)
ReichelJon@gmial.com

A Sound Decision...

Hello all!

Much excitement continues to unfold as my India departure on December 17 rapidly approaches! Just moments ago, I decided upon the equipment that will capture the OTHER half of my film - the microphones.

I was advised my Ted O'malley, a respected professional and friend, to go with the Sennheiser EW100 g2 lavaliere microphone system. After much investigation, comparison, and product review searching, I comitted and went for it.

The happy package is now trucking its way towards me, and will arrive within 3-5 days to allow me ample time to experiment and perfect my usage of it.

For this project, I have a strong desire to record a new level of professional audio - and I think this tool will greatly help me do so.

I will be shooting the last of the 5 Stateside interviews this afternoon, and in my next post I should have a short video trailer to give you an idea of what I have done so far - just to get your excitement juices going for the big stuff to come!


Love, and God bless,

-Joanthan ;-)
ReichelJon@gmail.com

VISAS & CAMERAS...

DA DA DA DAAAAAA!

It is official! As of this week, I have ALL the paperwork I need to travel...

1. Plane ticket
2. Passport and.....
3. VISA!

It arrived recently, and I feel good knowing that it is secure, and that I am set. The final details of preparation include the final choice of cameras/equipment...

(WARNING the following information might be too geeky for some... ;-)

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The camera shown in my header image above is a personal favorite of mine - the Panasonic DVX100. It is a versatile, strong camera with nice image quality recorded on inexpensive miniDV tape (and has a 24p shooting mode to make shots look "film-like"). However, it lacks the "high definition" capabilities that I would LIKE to shoot with. Its newer brother, the Panasonic HVX DOES have HD capabilities, but records on a very expensive (like $900 per P2 card = 30 min shoot time) media that would be difficult to work with in the field. (Laptop transfer and all required every 30min.)

.... SO! it comes down to expense VS. practicability. If I had the exorbitant $$ I would invest in an all new HD cam, laptop, recordable media, HUGE external terabyte hard drives, ....and a generator to make it all work in the electricity-less zones of India.... Or I could shoot standard definition with equipment I'm confident with, and that we should be able to afford.

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What do you recommend?

Also, I have been VERY blessed with some more of you wonderfully generous donors helping support this project financially.

I have received $6086.00
and I estimated $11,860.00

...so we're just over half way there. (View my complete budget in a previous post) I am completely confident that God will continue to pour out his blessings on this project, and that all will be in place when it is needed.

This is a film about miracles, after all. ;-)

Much more to come - stay tuned!
Love always - and God bless,

-j ;-)
ReichelJon@gmail.com

LEAVIN' ON A JET PLANE!!!

IT IS OFFICIAL!

As of this evening, after the transfer of roughly $2,313.44 (USD)

I am the proud owner of a ticket to India!!

I even get to spend a night in London as part of my connection!

Yeah - life is good. ;-)

I recently got my India Travel Visa photo taken. (as seen above) I thought I was smiling, but for some reason, I look like a convict. I guess it's just a "guy-up-against-a-white-background" ...thing. ;-)

Next, I will be focusing on securing the perfect gear, and shooting some opening footage for the preview movie trailer that is due by the end of the semester....

....time to hit "record"!

God bless, more soon......

-j ;-)
ReichelJon@gmail.com

$GIFTS OF GOD$

This week God has abundantly blessed me.

As you know, there will be great costs involved in producing this film, and many of you have been kind enough to donate to help. This week, is a shining example of God's grace and generosity.

While we are still some short of the goal - I am confident that God will continue to work miracles as He is known to do, and as the film will show.

Please continue to pray for the cause. That the right ticket will be secured, the right equipment will be acquired, and that my lens will record exactly what needs to meet the eyes of our viewers.

God will provide. God bless you richly!
Love always,

-j ;-)
ReichelJon@gmail.com