Shot List for Pilot (Part Two)

“If we run out of time shooting the race and the time trials we may be able to shoot the “club house reaction” on the last day when we do the interviews - weather permitting.”

1. Four indepth interviews: (4-5 hours) - shoot last day - quiet day at track - possibly get Jack Farr work-home footage this day too since he lives and works at the track. The interview day needs to be on a quiet day at the track for clean audio. We’ll shoot the interviews the last day so we can talk about everything we’ve shot up to this point. Interviews will take forty minutes to one hour each not including changing locations and setting up. We’ll need to update the list of questions as we shoot so we are sure to talk about everything we shoot. Interview location to be determined. People to interview: Jack Farr, Michael Tari, Deborah Loth, and Jon Ward.
2. Documentary coverage of a busy day at the track: (3-5 hours) - Most of this footage will be used to tell the story of what MotorSport Ranch is. We need to shoot on the busiest day possible. What events will be happening on the track this day? We’ll shoot as many different types of people cars, bikes and events on the track as possible. We are not covering our featured drivers on this day. We’ll get very short walk and talk interviews from key ranch regulars talking about what they are doing. We need Jack Farr or his staff to get ont he phone and call members and get them to commit to showing up (not just email this time) so we are sure to have a rich assortment of people, vehicles and events. We need a list of whom we can expect to see at the track, when they will be there and where their garages are located. We need to open as many of those garage doors as we can and show cars and people at twork and having fun. Can we get Jack and staff to open garage doors where the drivers have not shown up? Closed door look like crap.
3. Arial shot of track - this is a low priority if we have a crane truck. Michael Greene says if you don’t have a camera mount in the chopper the HD will look like crap. I need the helicopter pilots name and number. Where is the airport? How far from the track? How long will this take? Can we shoot on a busy day at the track? Will the HD camera fit in the plane? Our shooter needs to talk to the pilot ASAP.
4. Our drivers arriving and prepping their cars with their crew: (1.5 to 2 hours each driver) - Some drivers keep their cars in a garage and some bring their cars in a trailer. This is when we learn something about each type of car we are featuring and set up each car’s strengths and weaknesses. We should shoot atleast two quick take away race & car tips with each driver. This “tips” should be part of the doc footage and appear to happen organically as the cars are prepped. (Perhaps something can be done graphically with these race & car tips after the show is off lined). We need to ding out and decide what race & car tups each driver and crew will do on camera (change tires, mix fuel etc.). They need to tell us what they know and how they can show it on camera.
5. Off Track - Our drivers and Jack Farr at work and at home: (time?) - If we need to save time this is the area to cut. We need to get locations and work out a schedule. There could be a lot of travel time here. Jack’s home and business are on the track property so we could shoot Jack another day.
6. The time trials and the race: (one long day) - Shot on a day when we have total control of the track. Also reactions of fans and crew as the race is happening. We will shoot the race multiple times for multipe camera placements. In the cars (hand helds) Hood mounts & trunk mounts - Brian Greene has a camer mount expert we can use. Update: Brian Greene indicated that the HD footage will look like crap from a scissor lift if there is ANY wind. We should consider using a big old-fashion movie crane mounted on a truck - this could really help.
7. At the clubhouse after the race, drivers and drinks and react to video of the race: They discuss and we see each car’s strengths and weaknesses on the track. I would like them to have a few drinks and get loose so we can see their laid-back side. How do they view this footage? This is tricky because we will not have edited footage of the race, just one camera angle for them to view, we probably will not get one shot that shows the whole race straigth through. Perhaps they watch it on the screen of the small one-chip HD cameras. We can establish one of the crewmembers or fans shooting with this camera during the race. Later, after I cut the race we can play it through the camera and shoot and secu of it with the big HD camera. This means shooting another hour with the big HD after the fact - this can be shot in the parking lot at HD Republic.