In The Zone Spearfishing Adventure DVD Video

P.E Premier

2009-09-06T11:18:00.001+02:00

The guys got together down on the Eastern Cape and did a Premier for the DVD 'Good Times' the response actually quiet amazing!! This what Gletwyn Rubidge had to say

The DVD was great - different from the normal - I like the dad coaching son stuff I relate to it in my own son. The energetic and motivated tone is uplifting to the viewer and it is a movie you can let the wives watch too and they will also be captivated. ..........

Cheers for now

Spearfishing DVD Sales

2009-08-17T09:52:00.000+02:00

Sales for the DVD Good Times are going really well. We delivered an order for 1000 DVD already and local sales are ticking over every day. We hope to have our international payment system up in the next few days and we will be able to receive international sales.

Will keep you posted, here is a little promo we did ..Enjoy

Daga Dreaming Spearfishing Video

Good Times DVD Available!!

2009-08-06T19:21:00.001+02:00

The DVD Good Times is now available!!

There is this really cool special on through the
Ultimate Spearfishing Magazine.

Click Here
and get your DVD
delivered to anywhere in South Africa for only R190!!

DVD Going to Glass Master

2009-07-25T15:48:00.000+02:00

Guys,

I know this has taken too long, but the DVD is finally getting the glass master made and all going well our first box of 1300 DVD will be ready with in 2 weeks!!

Freaken Excited

Coatesman

D Day!! For Good Times Spearfishing DVD

2009-06-11T09:03:00.003+02:00

Well today is the day!! The final DVD should arrive at the post office this arvo. Its been a long time coming .... a long long time!!
From here we have some negotiations with some of our resellers as to how many units we make on the first run. Then its off to get the master done.

I showed the DVD (the last revision I had) to Gyula Plaganyi is was good to see his response to the film. He sent me this comment in a mail:
"More than just a fish movie with music. The best "feel good" spearo movie to come out of Africa.....to dive or not to dive ! This video answers that question."

This pretty much sums it up ... very stoked.

Off to going make some final changes to the DVD cover

Seeya

C

Cant Wait Any More!!

2009-06-03T12:25:00.001+02:00

Today is the DAY!! The final DVD should land in my post box this arvo!! I cant wait to see it ..... itching.........

Coatesman

Spearfishing DVD - Good Times

2009-05-26T10:21:00.004+02:00

The DVD design for the Spearfishing DVD Good Times

The time has come!! we have finally completed everything and the final compilation is being done this week. That means that we will have the final DVD done by this weekend!! The project will then go to get made into a glass master before we can start pressing copies of the DVD. This whole process will probably be a couple weeks!

We did show a couple guys the rough cut version this is what Chris West from Wahoo Dive Club had to say:

“ Best edited and presented action packed
spearing dvd yet”

We are super stoked with the response, it was exactly what we were after.

So excited to get the DVD out now.......

Coatesman

Spearfishing DVD Premier

2009-04-26T07:06:00.003+02:00

Well the Spearfishing dvd has finally made to the Premier!!

Last nite we showed the completed DVD Good Times for the first time, it still has a few minor little tweaks but basically it is exactly were we want it.

We showed the dvd to a small group of guys to get some feedback and gauge their response to the film. We invited Rob Allen and his wife, Steve Ellis from Fibretech & Xfins, Stuart Donkin from Marlin Marine - he makes our water housings. Chris west from Wahoo Spearfishing Club and Clint Friend and his wife - he's the guy who wrote the original music for the film.

The film just sucks you in and before we knew it the hour was over and there was a round of applause and loads of complements flying. It was the response we were looking for, we were very nervous not knowing how people would respond. But we are very confident at the moment and super excited to do the final touches and get the whole package with extras burnt to glass master.

Then to top it all off we had dinner with Rob and his wife, and it looks like the Dive Factory will take 1000units on the first order!! That right there makes the 18months of grind worth it!

Keep you in touch

Coatesman

Spearfishing DVD - the end is near!!

2009-04-19T18:34:00.002+02:00

Hey Guys,

Today we reached a major milestone in the Spearfishing Epic "Good Times".

All the color correcting and sound was completed and almost all the music was scored and recoreded. Tomorrow it all gets sent off to the Matt our resedent editing guru, to put all back together and burn to disc for the first viewing of the completed main feature on Saturday evening.

This has been an mostorous project, the main feature is an hour long and has taken over 18months to complete. The music alone has 13 origonal pieces of music all written specifically for the film. .... I dont think there is a single spearfishing film out there that has this amount of attention to detail.

But just see some of the complete segments, complete with music left me with goose bums ..... I cant wait to have the whole project complete.

Will keep you in the loop,

Coatesman

Great News

2009-03-19T09:12:00.002+02:00

Well the DVD is finally on the final home streach! The Final edits are almost complete and the first segments went to our muzo for music and extra sound effects.

This means that we are about a month from completing the main feature, it will take a week or so to put all the etras and the feature together for the final render and then we are done!!!!

Hold thumbs ....

Coatesman

Disaster Strikes the Spearfishing DVD

2008-10-08T07:39:00.003+02:00

You might have heard the old saying that it is not a question of "if but when!"
Well when have had a 'when', when the first 7 seg of the film were corrupted, and the wind was taken out our sails.

This means that we are back to ground zero with the first segments of the Spearfishing DVD!! And we have to weed out all the inherent corrupted files reinsert them, before applying the finishing effects to the footage.

So this means that our target of November is now out the window, and we will miss Christmas. At this stage the consensus is to launch in the new year.
The silver lining to this whole fiasco is that we are not so rush to finish now, and there is a whole bunch of things we can now do that we had to shelve before.
.... so in the long run it might just be a blessing.

Smiles

Coatesman

Spearfishing DVD Countdown

2008-09-22T11:57:00.002+02:00

Hey guys,

Though I would give you an update on were we are with the spearfishing DVD Video.

Reality hit home when we realised that there are only 28days left before we need to have the DVD completed. I spent the whole of Saturday on the final edits of seg 1-6. We are a little behind on this so the pressure is on!! We have also decided to totally redo the final segments, just felt that it needed to go from 100% to 110%. (its kind of been or moto ..everything gets 110% effort)

So stick with us!! 28 days left!!

Nail biting stuff

Coatesman

Spearfishing DVD Video Trailer Released

2008-09-10T14:59:00.002+02:00

Finally!! Here is our DVD Trailer / Teaser for our Spearfishing Epic Good Times.
We are 2months from the official launch, and every one involved is getting amped to see the final cut. Check this out ....& share it with the mates.

Cheers

Coatesman

In The Zone - Spearfishing DVD Video - In Search of 'Good Times'

In Search of Good Times

2008-09-02T12:18:00.004+02:00

We have added the tag line "In search of" to the title of the Spearfishing DVD Good Times. This comes as there is real feeling that the whole emphasis of the dvd is actually about seeking and searching out that adventure or big moment.

I think any Spearo will identify with the emotions and anticipation of an epic trip, or even the regular weekend spearfishing trip. And I am sure the guys will also identify with loosing that big one or missing an opportunity of a lifetime. I missed a sailly on the trip, it was like the sea opened up and swallowed me! I had not shot a sailly before and the oppertunity came, I blew it and it just floored me. I was seriously depressed ... so you can imagine the flip side later when I did eventually get one ....... well the footage says it all!

Anyway the DVD will still be called Good Times ...as it was. But we are going to throw in there "In Search of G......"

Cant wait to share the finished story with you.

Coatesman ...... still searching!

In The Zone GOOD TIMES

2008-08-18T12:15:00.005+02:00

Well the clock is ticking!! We have only a few months left before 'D' day, and the guys are in full swing.
I finished the first draft of the ZONING IN - CUTA TUTORIAL which will be one of the Bonus features on the DVD.

I think it will be a great hit with our viewers, I personally have never seen such a action packed segment before. The tutorial covers the basic strategies I use to shoot Cuta and other game fish.

The segment uses a collection of some of the most amazing cuta footage seen to date. My favorite clip is of this cuta with its nose on my flasher, it swims off turns around and comes right back again. Every time I watch it I get all excited and want to get back out there, and get myself a fish!

This Cuta just would not leave my flasher alone ..
you have to see the clip!!

Any way back to the grind stone ... going to get cracking with the next segment in the DVD.

Cant wait to see how it turns out.

Coatesman