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November 9, 2008

On October 30th CLUTCH wrapped. Yes, IT'S OFFICIAL- that means NO MORE FILMING!!! It's in the can peoples! Three days later Jay was in Las Vegas for the SEMA Show- the premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world. Jay joined up with Tony Huntimer to help guide Jay through his first year at SEMA- It's sooo huge! (Tony writes for Camaro Performers Magazine and is the author of the ever popular S-A Design Books HOW TO BUILD AND MODIFY GM PRO-TOURING STREET MACHINES and the HOW TO BUILD FORD RESTOMOD STREET MACHINES books (available at www.racehome.com). His new book HOW TO REBUILD THE BIG BLOCK CHEVROLET will be on retailers book shelves in January 2009).

Jay got to meet so many wonderful people, friends, sponsors and automotive industry leaders it was the perfect way to celebrate the years and years of hard work it's taken to produce CLUTCH. Upon arriving back in Seattle Jay has hit the ground running and is working on all of the Post-Production duties involved with the movie. It's going to be an official 2009 release for the movie and we will update you with an official date when we firm up some other business associated with the release. A new website is being developed and built with the goal to launch a week before Christmas as well.

From Jay:
For the past 8 years Larry Callahan has hosted the Pro-Touring Banquet at SEMA which gathers the company owners, designers, marketing guys and others from top companies in the industry. I want to thank Larry and Susan Callahan for including me in this great event and helping to promote The Most Driven Car Film Ever Made, CLUTCH. I'm already looking forward to next year!!! Larry is the one who launched the "Pro- Touring" website years ago which fueled the craze for building corner carving high performance musclecars. Larry's ground up custom built '68 Camaro Twin Turbo "MOTIV8R" debuted at SEMA and features the best of the best from the latest and greatest of products, designs and creative ideas. You will soon see that car in many magazine publications and more. For more info on Larry's car and the top notch companies that were involved in the build visit www.pro-touring.com.

You can also visit www.v8tvshow.com to see what SEMA's all about as well as other cool stuff.

Septemeber 1, 2008

Alan Luxmore, who plays Travis' mechanic, Bobby, in CLUTCH was flown to Seattle from Los Angeles a few weeks ago to complete filming his role in the final outstanding scene for the picture . This was also the '68 "Bomber" Camaro's farewell scene as well. This means Principle Photography has been completed. There is only 1 day of pick up shooting left. The last shoot day was scheduled for last week but an actor cancellation blew that out of the water. Now we're dealing with crew members being double booked on other jobs and will shoot it as soon as we can align the schedules and match the weather...sometime in the next 10 days it should be a final wrap!

Next up: Putting the pedal to the metal- giving the picture edit (which is at 95% completion) a final "cut" and cranking out the post production sound design.

FROM JAY:

My film crew, you know who you are and you know how much I appreciate all you've done. Thank you. (I'll save the long winded speech for the Premiere :))

RE: The Last Days of shooting:

A special thanks to the boys at Vashon Sand and Gravel. Todd Gateman, Site Manager, Hootie, Greg Love and Chris VanBuskirk. Thanks for being on hand, moving the CATS, the concrete barriers and all the other stuff- you guy's have been instrumental and a huge help to the production.

Thank you Ray and Josh at Pacific Grip and Lighting- as always!

Thank you Ashlee, for all the little things that mean alot.

Thank you Lisa D. and Ed Palmer!

Thank you Detective Charlie Spencer of the Idaho State Police!

Thank you to King County Fire Marshall John Klopfenstein and Inspector Dic Gribbon from the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency.

Thank you Casey Pritchett for your Professional Pyrotechnic skills!!!

A very SPECIAL THANK YOU to Vashon Island Fire and Rescue for providing Fire, Medical and Safety support during the stunt shoots. Fire Cheif Mike Kirk, Assistant Cheif Brett Krancivich, Chet Krancivich, Jason Alberthal and Mercer Island Fire Fighter Barry Collier. Thank you ALL for your cooperation, time, expertise and THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING MY HEALTH AND SAFETY IN YOUR BEST INTEREST DURING THE CRASH STUNT.

June 3, 2008

Post- Production Sound FX and sound editing has begun. Just purchased some top of the line sound studio equipment which is an absolute phenominal addition to the exisiting movie editing hardware and software. Special thanks to Music Producer Dynomite D and Cello Technologies. This now allows Renegade Productions the complete ability to execute all Post-Production music, Sound FX and editing "In House"nbsp; Kickin' ass and taking numbers- counting down the days to the 2008 World Premiere of CLUTCH!!!

May 1, 2008 - Jay's Birthday tomorrow, May 2nd

Last week wrapped another successful "pick up" shoot. One of the largest movie lighting packagesused on CLUTCH... Known as "the DEA scene" this particular scene involves 30 different actors, lots of law enforcement tactical gear and guns. Jay consulted with actual members of Police SWAT and U.S. Military prior to this shoot to assure the correct execution of maneuvers scripted for this scene. A handful of military personnel also filled some of the acting roles. Firearms wrangler/ expert Kevin Innouye was on set not only providing weapons and gear, but also for safety and giving Jay a hand at coaching the actors for on screen performances with firearms. A few "behind the scenes" photos: (courtesy Robert Dorse Jr.)

Thank you to Rockin' Ray Hammond and the crew at Pacific Grip and Lighting for their professional service and support!!! Special THANK YOU's go out to Alex Krallis at the Pyramid Alehouse in Seattle for letting Renegade Productions build sets and shoot in an unused portion of their old brewery. Thank you to Eric Bingham for welding us up one bad ass battering ram! Thank you to a fantastic film crew, all the volunteers, friends and family that helped- and to all the actors! You guys did a great job!!! Jay is stoked with your performances!

What's next: Shot lists ready, locations, crew, cameras and stunt car ready to go film the last few days of pick up shots for CLUTCH. We're just dealing with some of the performers availability and scheduling issues. The picture edit is ready to go other than these last "pick ups" that need to be added- as soon as the edit is updated a "locked picture" copy will immediately be given to the films composer to create the score.

March 13, 2008

'68 Camaro stunt car engine is back in action and running better than ever. Had a very successful shoot last week on Vashon Island and the film footage looks great!!! Thanks to an exceptional film crew who hustled their asses off all day keeping up with the pace. As fun (and scary for passengers Scott Waters from the sound dept. an Alan's stunt double Ben Ford) as the stunt driving was it's going to be a few weeks before we get to go shoot the rest of the stuff. A damaged steering and suspension issue on the stunt car, combined with driving the car through a downed tree and what not tore the muscle in Jay's arm that connects the elbow to the hand and wrist. X-rays showed no broken bones but the splints gotta stay on for a few weeks. Plenty of other work on the movie will be getting taken care of while Jay anxiously looks forward to getting back in the drivers seat.

Until the next update you can click on this link below and read Jay being interviewed by Tico Romao.

http://www.varaces.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126&Itemid=2

Tico Romao is Director of Studies of Media Production at the University of Gloucestershire in England. In addition, he is coordinator of the Viewfinder Film Festival, and website administrator for www.varaces.com, which has the largest database of car chase and auto racing films on the internet. He is also a specialist on car films and has published 'Guns and Gas:Investigating the 1970s Car Chase Film' which appears in the edited collection, Yvonne Tasker (ed.) *Action and Adventure

February 26, 2008

Jay Rowlands interviewed by Tico Romao.

Click on the link below to see the website and read the interview

http://www.varaces.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126&Itemid=2

Production notes: Broken rockers, pushrods, bent valves and damaged pistons in the 68 Camaro stunt car have been repaired. Now able to complete filming.

January 21, 2008

PRODUCTION NOTES:
Moving ahead with other pick up shoots while we wait for the Crane gold roller rocker and pushrods to arrive for the stunt car. Gotta get that bastard back in action!!!

Rain, Sleet, Snow- Ain't stoppin' the Renegade.

Sunday 1/20/08 was a successful shoot day until the Sun fuckin' dropped behind the treeline at 3pm. Progress made. Movin' forward.

Thanks again to Stroble Sr. (who fired up the woodstove & propane heaters in his race shop so we and our gear could stay dry until the freezing rain stopped) Thanks to the skeleton crew- Michael, Scott- and the other Island bros Bredice, Frontero and Paul Engels. There's a long list of people who've helped and those who continue to help the production of CLUTCH. There's a few guys that top that list like Bob Morton, Doug Kirk, Bobby D- and Paul Engels. PAUL ENGELS everybody- this fucker continuously goes out of his way to help make things happen for the movie. Whether it's using one of his tow trucks or flatbeds to haul picture cars to filming locations, moving & positioning cars for the shot, staying up late into the night with Jay wenching vehicles out of the muddy woods so they can be used in the movie- the list grows every week and it's not just limited to all the car stuff. Sure there's a reason Paul is credited in the movie as the lead mechanic, but he's simply one of those guys that goes out of his way to help you at the drop of a hat. No matter what. This guy needs to be on Chip Fooses T.V. Show OVERHAULIN'. Paul Engels is the kind of guy you want to see on the t.v. show Overhaulin'.

POST PRODUCTION NOTES:
Thanks to the artists/ musicians that have submitted their work for soundtrack consideration. During production breaks Jay is listening to your music and finding out if it jives with CLUTCH. Thank You!

January 13, 2008

Plans to finish shooting this month hit a speed bump... Went to tune the carb on the stunt car and ended up finding a busted pushrod and a mangled roller rocker- along with those scary metal shavings in the oil...hopefully the damage is limited to the pushrod and rocker. We're gonna replace those, adjust the valves and timing- and if there's no further problems we'll get that carb dialed in like originally planned. ("We're" and "we'll" means this work is being lead by the Master of Mopar Horsepower Mike Stroble Sr.- If you know Mike please let ALL his Mopar friends know he's working on a Chevy :))

Other than that things are going great. 11 kick ass songs have been put into the edit and chosen for the Movie Soundtrack. Currently searching for more songs that have the CLUTCH groove as well.

More updates soon- probably have some more pics for you to look at too.

The pedals to the metal, heels to the steel and the throttles pegged y'all- fireball's a rollin'. Ball's to the fuckin' wall like a 'shine runner goin' for the state line.

December 5, 2007

"It's A Long Way to The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)"
1st Track on AC/DC's album T.N.T released in 1975

Nuff said.

Jay's pouring himself all over the edit of CLUTCH, tightening things up and finding creative ways to eliminate "pick up" shots.

RENEGADE PRODUCTIONS just purchased it's own Arriflex Film Camera to help speed up and facilitate the last bit of filming for CLUTCH. Thank you Laszlo Pal, Tamia Diaz & Hans, Bobby D, Bob Morton, Dyno D, Scott Waters and Paul Engels- y'all know what's up.

Thank you to all our fans for keeping up with the progress of CLUTCH!!! The Most Driven Car Film Ever Made is coming!

Coming in January 2008: RENEGADE PRODUCTIONS 1st line of CLUTCH T-Shirts will be available for purchase through this website! They're fuckin' cool too.

September 30, 2007

Scroll down to see the pics of the stunt car in action- that was the 1st shoot back out with an all new motor and transmission. Brand new carb was pukin' and the rear end "freeway" gears sucked! Make shit happen- flatbeded it to Dockton Speed Shop, Vashon Island- rear axle out of that Camaro in 10 minutes. 5 days later it's back in the Camaro with all new Eaton posi and 4.56 gears. (not to mention both leaf spring pins were sheered off and two broken leafs had to be fixed) Car's on it's way to Mike Stroble Sr.'s "The Master" for getting that Holley double pumper dialed in right.

The 454SS Camera truck has been taking a beating chasing that Camaro around too- two holes in the headers, a broken weld in the pipes, a gouged hole in one of the flowmasters, lost the posi, busted the spoiler and fog lights, bowed a fender and chipped some paint- Hey, no one said makin' car movie was easy!

Thanks to Jake Johnson Enterprises for hauling down his excavator to move some earth and dead trees for us on the location of our next stunt shoot. Thanks to Hootie for bringing the Rocky Mountain Spring water to quench our thirst. Thanks again to Mike and Robert at the Dockton Speed Shop, Paul Engels and all the great friends helping to make CLUTCH what it is! Next shoot in 12 days- '68 Camaro "Bomber" back in action!

August 29, 2007

Jay directs/ rehearses with actor LeeRoy Cannady for the camera.

An official WRAP for shooting scenes at one of CLUTCH's most filmed locations, ENGELS REPAIR and TOWING on Vashon Island, WA. An enormous thank you to Paul, Lou and Connie Engels for their continuous support, understanding, PATIENCE and all around generosity. There's a few more bad ass cars that were involved in the August 23, 2007 shoot but you'll have to wait to see them in the movie. (Hint: One's a big block Chevy and the other's a big block Mopar) For now you can gawk at actor LeeRoy Cannady's metallic tangerine orange 1968 Pontiac Le Mans. It's riding on 20's , got a stick shifted, supercharged, methanol injected built Pontiac 350 snortin' fire under that hood too.

Next shoot: More red lined, full throttle action in the '68 Camaro stunt car- scroll down and you'll see what we're talkin' about!

Moments away from calling Action!

August 7, 2007

Meal of the day: A "Dirt Sandwich". Photos above and below: Jay drives Ben Ford (Alan's stunt double) in the '68 Camaro "Bomber" stunt car for yet another serving of his daily minerals. Photos taken from part of the car chase sequence shot in an undisclosed area of Seattle. A very special thanks to Ray Hammond at Pacific Grip & Lighting. Thank you Donny Smith. Thank you to Ted O'Farrell at Independent Metal Recyclers for the place to stage all our vehicles and make our base camp. Thanks to the enormously fan-fucking-tastic film crew- 18 hours of hard work- balls to the wall all day- and a very successful shoot! Getting this sucker done!!!

Ben Ford, Mike Day, Jeremy Rowlands, Mark Conlan, Bob Morton, Bobby D, Dylan Frombach, Scott Waters, Tyler Fullerton, Michael Welty, Josh Stanton (Josh1), Josh Numero-dos

Every single one of you guys kicked ass ALL DAY LONG and that is truly appreciated! Next up: Vashon Island to make it a "Wrap" for one of our key locations. More info coming soon!

Dylan Frombach (Chase car driver) Jay Rowlands and Ben Ford.

July 19, 2007

Regardless of such challenges as weather changing on the spot, race cars breaking on the 2nd take of filming and losing major filming locations Pick Up shooting has been successful!!! The CLUTCH motto is "MAKE SHIT HAPPEN" and we do. Thank you to Miles Jackson (Jackson Dean Construction) for generously giving us the opportunity to film pick up shots during the lunch break of his "Corporate Day at the track" with his employees. Thank you to Don Kitch and crew of ProFormance Racing School for being so cool and great to work with. Thanks to Doug Kirk, Bob Morton and Todd Morton (always helping!). Thanks to Jon Bodwell at Delta Camshaft for the personal tour in your great facility along with sharing your excellent knowledge and experience. Thank you to Amy Colton (plays the Female Lead in CLUTCH) for lending her entertainment law, business and writing talents in putting together some absolutely fantastic business documents. Speaking of Co-Stars congrats goes out to Alan Luxmore for his involvement in the new Kid Nation TV show that airs on CBS. We look forward to seeing Alan soon for his last couple days of shooting for CLUTCH. Over the next 2 weeks- shooting high speed activity in the "BOMBER" CLUTCH's '68 Camaro stunt car.

May 1, 2007

Shooting final Pick Up shots. Jay's birthday on May 2nd. Finding music for soundtrack. Puttin' it all together to bring you The Most Driven Car Film Ever Made. Thanks for your support!!!

March 1, 2007

No time for chit chat- read February's update. Jay's working hard around the clock to get this movie done for it's summer release! A quick shout out to Thorsten Appel and friends at Likkedeeler Racing in Germany, your "Harassment" is appreciated! Thanks Dennis Kieselhorst- Thank you to ALL supporters and fans of CLUTCH!!!

February 1, 2007

The final picture edit has been completed for 85 out of 90 scenes in the movie. The 5 miscellaneous scenes have received their final cut as well, with the exception of some additional shots that must be inserted. These particular pick up shots were scheduled for December and January but Winter storms with snow and rain have pushed that into February. Jay really enjoys the shooting process and is excited to get out and nail these last shots.

Well known and respected sound editor Steve Jones has come on board as the Post-Production Sound Supervisor for CLUTCH. Jay is currently reviewing composers to create the score for CLUTCH as well. Official work on all sound related areas is planned to begin around March 1st.

Stay tuned for more updates and photos to come!

THANK YOU to all the fans who have been following the progress of this film.

November 13, 2006

Final editing continues daily. The first step towards the movie soundtrack was taken this last week. Music Producer Dynomite D has begun a remix of KIRK DUBB & MISTER HOLMES song, "Top Fuel" for the CLUTCH soundtrack. A "Pick Up" shoot is scheduled for this weekend (Nov. 18th & 19th) on Vashon Island- get it in the can and into the edit.

A huge thanks to Mark Wadsworth, owner/operator of 410 Machine, for setting up the Renegade Productions '68 Camaro stunt car engine with a WICKED set of 2:02 race heads. 410 Machine offers Complete Machine Service, Custom Engine Balancing, Nitrous systems and more. With 37 years experience building heads for record setting race cars and hydroplanes you'll see why 410 Machine is "The Home of Serious Horsepower." If you want to go fast, call Mark at 410 Machine (253) 862-5277- tell him Jay Rowlands sent you.

In addition to the superior roller cam, lifters, chromemoly pushrods and roller rockers provided by CRANE CAMS of Daytona Beach FL., Those WICKED race heads Mark built wouldn't be complete without the generous donation of additional valve train components provided by DELTA CAMSHAFT in Tacoma, WA. Thanks Jon! DELTA CAMSHAFT can take care of all your camshaft and performance valve train needs. Just visit deltacam.com for more information.

August 7, 2006

Another solid 6 weeks of pick up shooting successfully "IN THE CAN"

Film from those shoots on it's way to Victory Studios in Seattle this week to get transferred. (The Studio "transfers" film to a digital format so the footage can be uploaded into the hard drives of a digital computer editing system)

Thank you Mike Stasko of the Mr. Gasket Company and Roger Wilson from Crane Cams/ Crane Technologies Group.

The most challenging shoot: Track Day
The location: Pacific Raceways 2.25 mile, 170 mph straight, 10 Turn Road Course.
The cars: 1967 Camaro Z/28 and a 1969 Boss 302 Mustang
The Camera vehicle: '90 Chevy 454SS truck- modified "Renegade Style" for filming race cars
The Thank you's: Jason Fiorito and his wonderful facility, Pacific Raceways. Bob, Todd and Diane Morton (as always), Tom Cantrell and John Anderson- for all the extra help too!!! Thanks once again to Mike Bredice at Dockton Speed Shop for adjusting those valves and helpin' dial in that big block for the shoot. Robert Dorse Jr., Ray Hammond at Pacific Grip & Lighting and Doug Kirk- thank you guys- for all the help including your engineering help on the camera mounts for the 454SS- thanks to camera mount fabrication crew: Jake Johnson for your expertise welding talents, Paul Engels, Hootie & Bobby D for helping get the job done. Greg Roark- thanks for the support & offers for help. The Production crew: Michael Welty, Amber Lowe, Dylan Frombach, Donnie Smith, John Rowlands, Jessica Denherder, Mark Conlan- Steve Jones and Charlie Tomaras too. Thanks for everyone's hustle & contribution.

Click this link to view a short "Behind the Scenes" Video of the 2 cars used at the track shoot

Chris Konieczny is almost finished with the new CLUTCH website- and it's lookin' goooood.

Pick Up shooting with "The Bomber" ('68 Camaro stunt car) will commence soon- putting the finishing touches into the motor and drivetrain.

June 6, 2006

Shootin' pick ups/ finishing work on the '68 Camaro "Bomber" stunt car. Photo here of Jay with well known transmission specialist Bill Ericson. Bill built and race prepared a Muncie M-22 Rockcrusher 4 speed for the Camaro's final performance in the film.

May 9, 2006

First off a special thanks goes out to Matt Held at Holley Performance Products along with Ron Johnson and Rob DiLella from MOROSO performance.

Pick up shooting is officially and successfully under way- shooting will continue throughout June. A special thanks to AJ and Matt from Lucky.s Choppers (Jasmine too), Roger Kennedy, Bob at B&D Racing, Paul, Nils, Mikey & Mitch at Engels Repair, Mike at Dockton Speed & Marine, Bobby .D. Photography, the whole Renegade Productions film crew- those 18 hour shoot days are tough- your hard work, professionalism and willingness to go the extra mile (with a smile) is truly appreciated. Next shoot- Pacific Raceways May 13th & 14th 2006.

April 10, 2006

Preparations are being made to the '68 Camaro stunt car for it's final use in the film. For the next 12 weeks Renegade Productions will be busy shooting "pick up" shots and fine tuning the edit. Pick up shooting includes filming at Pacific Raceways, Seattle and Vashon Island.

March 1, 2006

The edit is going great. A huge thanks to Mike "the F'n man" Bredice for helping Jay get the 454SS Filming truck motor pumped full of steroids and ready for action. Next step- back to Mike's Dockton Speed Shop on Vashon Island to fabricate and weld custom camera mounts for the truck. Got a new engine for the '68 Camaro stunt car- a 313 stroker built by Mike Stroble. Thanks to Nils for the hookup on that one- about ready to drop that motor in and shoot those "pick up" shots.

November 15, 2005

Post Production continues to move forward. Jay (along with some help from friends) is preparing the Renegade Productions Chevy 454SS Film Truck for a future tour of duty. The truck will be used as a camera vehicle to film some additonal race footage and will also be filmed for its on screen appearence. This "CLUTCH" truck is to be featured in an upcoming issue of StreetTrucks magazine as well- we'll let you know when the mag hits newstands.

October 13, 2005

The 1st rough cut of CLUTCH has been completed. Now Jay is doing "tune up" work on the picture's rough cut to figure out what "pick up" shots will be necessary to shoot. Securing financing, preparing for pick ups, more editing and post production sound design are ahead on the highway...

September 27, 2005

Jay is half way through the first "rough cut" edit of the movie. Upon completion of the first edit, production will be going back out for "Pick Up" shooting ASAP to finish filming one remaining scene and other miscellaneous shots needed to insert into the final edit.

PRODUCTION NEEDS RESOURCE LIST

Last updated: June 6, 2006

The resource list items have been fullfilled. Please visit our SPONSORS' LINKS page and remember these fine companies have contributed to CLUTCH. Many thanks to CLUTCH'S sponsors.

Small block Chevy circle-track style valve covers with cross-over tube and dual oil breathers

GM HEI distributor and ignition components

Small block Chevy aluminum water pump

A website designer skilled with Flash to build the new clutchthemovie.com website (new content, layout, logos & pics are ready for production)

Complete running small block Chevy engine 365HP or better

750CFM 4 barrel "double pumper" carburetor (for Chevy)

Complete & working 4 speed transmission for '68 Chevy Camaro (preferably an M-21, M-22 or T-10)

New/ good Clutch & pressure plate for GM 4 speed transmission

Hurst 4 speed shifter for GM trans in good working condition

Racing harness for passenger racing seat of '68 Camaro stunt car (used harness is preferred)

Diamond cut/ Euro style headlights, parking lenses and side markers for 1990 Chevy 454SS C-10 truck

ITEMS ALREADY FULLFILLED

Last updated: April 10, 2006

Tach, Speedometer, oil, water & voltmeter gauges
Provided by AutoMeter of Sycamore, IL www.autometer.com

4/ 6 drop spindles, flip kit & suspension components to lower '90 454SS Chevy movie truck
Provided by DJM Suspension/ CalMax of Gardena, CA www.djmsuspension.com

Hard Tonneau SnugLid for '90 454SS movie truck
Provided by SnugTop of Long Beach, CA www.snugtop.com

BedRug bedliner for 454SS movie truck
Provided by Wise Industries of Old Hickory, TN www.wiseindustries.com

JET Chip performance Stage 2 chip for '90 Chevy 454SS movie truck
Provided by JET Performance Products of Huntington Beach, CA www.jetchip.com

Complete Apple G-5 movie editing system
Provided by private donation

Used Holley 4 barrel carburetor
Provided by Greg Roark of North Bend, WA member of www.sovren.org

Speed grill for '90 Chevy 454SS movie truck
Provided by Street Scene Equipment of Costa Mesa, CA www.streetsceneeq.com

Aluminum performance heads & carbureted intake manifold for 1990 454 big block Chevy engine
Provided by Edelbrock family of Torrance, CA www.edelbrock.com