Vacation / Road Trip Movies

Here are some vacation / road trip movies that Joed filmed and edited. So far there are just the three movies, all documenting different road trips that start in Fairbanks, AK and end in the lower 48 somewhere. Coming soon: A very neglected Burning Man 2006 (non-road trip) movie, and the new 2008 super round trip road trip from Boston to Burning Man and back again.

AK to BM 2004 is a vacation road trip movie I made of the adventure me, Zeb, and Carey took from August 22nd to September 5th 2004. We drove from Fairbanks, Alaska, through the Yukon and British Columbia, into Washington, Oregon, and California, stopping in the Redwoods, and then on to Reno, Nevada. After a couple days stocking up in Reno we headed to the week long Burning Man arts festival in the temporary city of Black Rock City, Nevada.

Cast & Crew: Carey Fink, Zeb Polly, Joed Polly, random Burning Man 2004 participants.

Date: November 2004
Length: 41:17
File: 281.9MB Quicktime H.264 640X480 30fps, AAC 128kbps

AK to BM 2004

Jeep Journey

Date: December 2002
Length: 33:50
File: 229.9MB Quicktime H.264 640X480 30fps, AAC 128kbps

I never officially named this movie, so I just started calling it 'Jeep Journey', in honor of Krista's blue Jeep Cherokee that took us on this adventure. This is the video of my first road trip through Canada from August 24th to September 3rd, 2002. I had somehow convinced Krista the redhead to come up to Alaska for that summer (I met Krista when Jenny Regitano brought her with at spring break). Krista came up towards the end of June with her mom and brother via a road trip and ferry ride (the sort you can bring your vehicle on). So Krista had her Jeep in Fairbanks for the summer. Eventually we both had to go back to school, so I hopped in her Jeep and we drove through the Yukon, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and then on to Boulder, Colorado, where her mom lives. Then we went down to Durango, CO where Krista went to school. After a few days she drove me to Albuquerque, New Mexico, so I could catch a flight to Boston for my school. Thanks Krista!

Cast & Crew: Krista Malek, Joed Polly, Marley dog.

AK to BM 2005 Soundtrack Movie

Date: October 2006
Length: 9:58
File: 66.9MB Quicktime H.264 640X480 30fps, AAC 128kbps

AK to BM 2005 Soundtrack Movie is a short edit of the AK to BM 2005 road trip movie. It is simply all of the music scenes edited together, with the soundtrack credits listed underneath.

Cast & Crew: Zeb Polly, Joed Polly.

AK to BM 2005

Date: May 2006
Length: 44:49
File: 297.8MB Quicktime H.264 640X480 30fps, AAC 128kbps

AK to BM 2005 is the adventure movie I made of me and Zeb's road trip from Fairbanks to Burning Man ('BM' for short) from August 20th to September 6th, 2005. It was our second road trip from Fairbanks to BM, and my third road trip through Canada (see below). We decided to take a different route this time for the second half of the trip. After heading through the Yukon, we took a new route in British Columbia and headed to Alberta to go through Jasper and Banff National Parks (Canadian National). Then we entered the US in Montana and went through Idaho, and briefly through Oregon to get to Nevada for Burning Man. Unlike AK to BM 2004, this movie is almost all road trip stuff, with just a little bit of footage of Burning Man 2005. During the road trip Zeb murders a deer and I dunk my camera completely underwater. Also, fun things occur. This is the longest movie of any sort I've ever made.

Cast & Crew: Zeb Polly, Joed Polly.

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