About this project
At the dawn of the 21st century humanity stands upon a precipice.
Climate change threatens to forever alter our planet, as we know it. Excessive amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are the result of over a century of polluting fossil fuel technologies. Environmentally-caused health issues are soaring. Recent catastrophic events have underscored the point.
But there is hope.
Emerging “green” and advanced exotic technologies are here today. Technologies that if implemented would completely revolutionize our planet’s power needs. A green industrial revolution. Providing mass numbers of people worldwide can get up to speed on which technologies are real, safe and worth their weight in crude oil.
Ultimate Energy Showdown is a television series that demonstrates and proves or disproves new energy devices that could power our homes, automobiles, and the electric grid. It combines the do-it-yourself , practical “does it work?” philosophy of MythBusters with the scientific integrity and creative imagination of NOVA. We'll feature 3-4 cool devices or processes on each episode.
Our hosts Matt & Carter challenge the validity of each inventor and invention presented. One is more open minded than the other, creating a critical debate that holds the viewers' interest and provokes global audience interactions through the "cloud".
I've assembled a professional team to develop and pitch this television series to international cable TV networks and produce high quality episodes for a reality-series budget. We feel strongly that we can get a cable deal as well as an Internet streaming deal if we can reach the decision-makers with a professional pitch package.
To reach them, I need funds to print materials and demo DVDs, hone our sizzle reel, and attend 3 of the major television markets/conferences coming up, to meet with and pitch the concept to network executives. These events are:
Factual Entertainment Forum (Real Screen) - June 2-3, 2010 - www.factualentertainment.com
Great American Pitchfest - June 26-27, 2010 - www.PitchFest.com
LATV Fest (NATPE)- July 12-15, 2010 - www.LATVfest.net
Obviously, we will have to expend some of our own money upfront to cover a good part of these expenses before our Kickstarter campaign is up. Costs will include attendance fees, printed materials like one-sheets and business cards, as well as DVD copies of the sizzle reel. We will also include consultation with Mark & Jeanne Simon, founders of www.SellYourTvConceptNow.com which will cost about $350.
We are passionate about this subject and the impact it could have on society. Type in "Free Energy" at Yahoo.com and you'll see over 1 billion hits - the interest is out there! With multiple media programs focussed on Green Energy Alternatives, we feel the barriers are finally being broken down to allow for this kind of information to reach mainstream audiences. We feel it can shift the conversation from Doom and Gloom about the environment to one of Hope. So that when these technologies do come to market, millions of people will know that they are not just "perpetual motion machines" promoted by scammers, and they'll be armed with knowledge to go out and buy them instead of relying on the coal, oil and nuclear industries for our energy security.
Visit our websites for more details about my films, our team and the concept -
http://www.freespiritproductions.com
http://www.ultimateenergyshowdown.com (under construction)
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Christopher Toussaint is an award-winning documentary film & video maker whose credits include two new-paradigm science documentaries—Cold Fusion: Fire From Water (1999), winner of an Aurora Platinum Best of Show Award, an Axiem Silver Award, Honorable Mention from the Columbus Film Festival and a Telly Award (distributed by Monarch Films/The Video Project/Liberty Entertainment) and Roswell: The UFO UnCoverup (1998) winner of 3 EBE Awards from the International UFO Congress and a Finalist in the Telly Awards (distributed by UFO Video). Currently he is the Director of Transvision and President of Free Spirit Productions in Santa Monica.
From 1992 to 1996 he was the Director of Acquisitions and Sales for Lightworks Audio & Video where he also produced numerous audio and video programs such as the best-selling video, Opening To Angels (1994), honored by the Film Advisory Board, Excellence In Media and the 17th Annual Telly Awards, Free Energy: The Race to Zero Point (1997), a feature documentary awarded a Finalist statuette in the 18th Annual Telly Awards, an Aurora Gold Award and Best Special Interest Documentary from the Profit Producers, The Second Coming of Science (1996) with Dr. Brian O'Leary, and Hidden Memories (1996) with Budd Hopkins.
He also has edited numerous documentary specials and TV programs & promos including, Raw For Life, The Science of Miracles with Gregg Braden, Experiencing The Soul, Sweat Equity and Emmy award winner Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center: 75 Years of Service.
He is past Executive Director of The Producers Consortium where he produced the short, Columbus Go Home, about the protest of indigenous peoples over the selection of Christopher Columbus’ descendent as Grand Marshal of the Rose Bowl Parade, and the documentary feature, Future Options, focusing on alternatives for creating a more environmentally-sustainable society. He also organized and hosted “Getting At The Heart of Truth”, a monthly speaker series held at the Electronic Cafe in Santa Monica featuring independent producers of alternative, socially-conscious films.
Other programs he has produced and/or directed include Investing Your Conscience series for KWHY-TV, the Business Channel; Star Flight, New Age music video & a Silver Award winner at the Houston International Film Festival; and Rodeo Clown, documentary short & Finalist in the National Student Film Festival.
Toussaint graduated from the University of Maryland and started as a 16mm film editor for American National Enterprises and Alan Landsburg Productions. He has since served as cameraman, editor, writer, production assistant, researcher and/or director on numerous commercials and long-form programs in television, theatrical features, educational films and home video including The New Candid Camera, Disney Channel’s American Teacher Awards, The Earth Day Special for ABC, Girlfriends with Vanessa Williams and In Search Of with Leonard Nimoy.
