The Upside Down

Chapter Five of my Indie-Journal A Virus Ate My Movie!

Break into fun!

“So,” asked Bob Haro when Kevin was repositioning the tripod, “did you find any more bikes?”

Even BMX Freestyle legend Bob Haro became a fan when he watched the trailer. Who wouldn’t be? Finding the bikes is fun. It was fun to track them down, and it’s a fun journey to watch unfold, to watch them materialize from out of attics, from inside closets, in the backs of garages, wherever. In fact, if a movie is titled 30 Bikes, you’d sure as heck fire BETTER FIND some bikes.

That’s what my movie is about.

What’s your movie about?

Whatever it is, that’s what we need to see in the middle part. From approximately page 30 to page 90.

In Wayne’s World it’s when Wayne and Garth become stars. It’s fun to watch them starting to live their dream. Backstage at Alice Cooper, doing sound checks on their own show, it’s awesome. It’s what we paid for when we bought the ticket.

My audience paid to see bikes, so that’s what I’ve gotta give them. Let’s back up…