They're going nuts!

Can I take a moment and toot my own horn?

After a year and a half of shooting and editing for RTB3 it's finally out there and the fans of bodybuilding are loving it! Here are a few review excerpts...

"Raising the Bar 3 captures the emotional and psychological battles every bodybuilder wages within themselves."
Layne Norton

"This is, by far, the best of the trilogy. Mike has really come into his own as a film-maker and DAVE has really opened up and let his vulnerabilities hang out there for the viewers to embrace."
Dave Palumbo

"RTB is this generation's Pumping Iron."
Curt James

"Thank you SO much for sharing an incredible story and filming it in the way you do. It's so different and refreshing from other bodybuilding dvds that mostly revolve around training various body parts."
Lyle, UK

"An absolute winner from start-to-finish."
Tre Scott - Fem Flex

"RTB 1 and 2 were terrific but 3 is sensational! RTB3 had me glued to the TV monitor and what a truthful refreshing bodybuilding reality, real-time DVD it is. I can’t wait for RTB4 and that’s the truth."
Dennis
www.dennisbweis.com
Author of Mass! Raw Muscle!
& Anabolic Muscle Mass
MuscleMag International Columnist



I'd like to end this blog post with a big thank you to everyone who supported me through this project, everyone who participated in the documentary, and everyone who supported independent filmmaking by purchasing RTB3!

Here's the latest Youtube release from RTB3, our first full clip. This is one of the extras from the deleted scenes. A young bodybuilder does her best to explain why she wants to be big.

Raising the Bar 3 has arrived!

Raising the Bar 3 is officially released to the world!

To celebrate we’ve created our second trailer. This one is called “What is a bodybuilder?”

In this highlights video from RTB3 Dave Pulcinella, Jalaine Ulsh, Hayley McNeff and Mike Strutz talk about what it takes to excel in this extreme sport.



You can get RTB3 by clicking here.

The documentary is 1 hr 40 minutes long with comprehensive easy-to-use menus. There are two deleted scenes adding up to 15 minutes.

It’s only $24.95, plus shipping!!

Thanks,
Mike

MD block party video - The importance of promotion

When posting a new video it is very important that is also be promoted or else no one will ever see it.

The complete video of the Muscular Development Block Party held several weeks ago was posted on the MD.com website a few days after. In order to help promote it I created this teaser video hoping that anyone who stumbled across this on Youtube might then be enticed to click over to MD.com and look around.

Note how I make it known right away that you can go to MD to see more and I make it easy to get there by supplying a link to the right of the view screen, as well as pointing out that fact at the end of the video. These are details that are often neglected when most people post their videos.

Why natural bodybuilding? - Highlights video of a bodybuilding contest

Here's a recent highlights video that I made for the promoter of a local natural bodybuilding show.

Instead of the usual high-energy approach usually used for this sort of thing I thought I would try something a bit more low key. Using only soundbites from interviews conducted at the show I put together this promo clip.

Release date for Raising the Bar 3 is getting closer!

I'm getting close to the end of editing Raising the Bar 3! The release date is still set for July 1st. I see no reason why I won't make it by then.



This week I'll be having a "focus group" meeting. All that means is that I'll gather together Dave and a few close friends to watch the entire DVD and tell me what works, what doesn't, and what I've left out. It's a very important part of the process. I've been so close to this project for so long that it is impossible for me to see it objectively. After that it'll hopefully only be a few tweaks and I can begin the creation of the DVD itself.



Don't forget, if you pre-order your copy of RTB3 before the release date you get FREE shipping!!

Order now by clicking HERE!

Video under pressure!

I had a great experience this week!

Iron Sport Gym was celebrating its 10th anniversary with a four event strongman competition and I offered to videotape it. Iron Sport is owned by my cousin Steve Pulcinella, an accomplished strength athlete in his own right.



My objective with this video was to test myself and see how fast I could produce a tightly edited, exciting tribute to the day. The contest was on Sunday morning May 3rd. I had one camera on a tripod which I often left run by itself while I shot another angle of the action with a hand held camera.



I shot 3 1/2 hours of footage, wrote and recorded the voiceover myself and I had the first draft uploaded by Wednesday morning! Not too shabby!

Steve watched the video and suggested a few changes. I had the new version re-posted by Friday morning. It may not be the most polished thing I've ever done but it's good to know that I can turn around a nice, crisp piece in a TV news style in a reasonable amount of time.

Check it out and don't be afraid to make suggestions if you think it could be better.

I'm being interviewed for Siouxcountry Radio!

This Friday I'm going to be recording an interview by phone with IFBB Pro Liza Hughes for Siouxcountry Radio.


lizahughes.com

Siouxcountry.com is a website devoted to female bodybuilding, fitness and figure. Liza and I will be talking mostly about my documentary Beyond the Pain: The Vicki Nixon Story as well as some of my current projects.

For anyone that is interested the interview is ready and posted at the link below. It will reside there for some time.

siouxcountryradio.com