Bill
You idea has merit and if I think of anyone who might be in need of
your service, I will let you know.
In the meantime, I will post your not to the landspeed racing chat
list to alert other racers of your offer. Some folks might get a kick
out of having "pro home movies" provided they haven't spent their cash
on parts.
As for shooting a piece for broadcast, that's another cat altogether.
I presume you know the mandatory scripting format to accommodate
commercials, teasers and such, but most cable channels and networks I
work with have very specific requirements and want you to query them
in advance of the shoot.
If you are proposing a show, then I suggest you first create a VNR
(video news release) on the type of program you have in mind. That
will mean you need to secure permission from USFRA, SCTA and the
specific racers you use in the clip.
Speedy Regards,
"LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
LandSpeed Productions
Telling stories with words and pictures
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From: <WMcmil9224@aol.com>
To: <lanspeed@west.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 11:53 AM
Subject: LET'S DO VIDEO FOR YOUR CLIENTS
> Louise:
>
> I sent you a video a while back to see if you could generate any
interest in
> having such a record for some of your clients.
>
> Got a whole new idea:
> As you know it does cost money to go the Bonneville - and camera
gear is
> expensive as are the crew. Not everybody has resources to underwrite
as video
> like DWRA and other clients do but if we had five groups to share
the cost we
> could put together a video show like you see on TLC - Discovery or
even speed
> week.
>
> I have just finished another video for Ed and I will send it to you
to look
> at and hopefully show to potential participants. The idea would be
to produce
> a video
> that would profile our participants. The salt flats material couild
all be
> shot during one race meet, but we would want to go deeper and do
some video t
> their locations showing them working in their shop, talk to their
families -
> see the kids and friends who back them and just make it a profile of
five
> "Unsung Heros" so to speak.The video would be broadcast quality so
they could
> use it on their local TV stations. They would also get a copy of all
the tape
> we shoot about their project. Pretty good deal.
>
> Since I don't have a huge overhead and my crew are independant
cameramen and
> writers, I think we can get the individual price down to where it
would be
> economical for them - perhaps their own sponsors would help them and
of
> course we would make sure that those sponsors would have a good
record of
> their participation to use as they see fit through their own TV
stations. We
> could even make them copies that they could sell, give away or some
way use
> to interest more sponsors.
>
> The Dempsey "White Lightning" will soon be featured on Guiness
Records TV
> show and we are in the current Guiness Book on page 134 - World's
Fastest
> Electric Car.
>
> I know there are few Bonneville participants who could or would want
to spend
> the money to do a professional video, but if we could share the cost
among
> five participants I think we could both make a little money and make
a lot of
> people happy.
>
> If you are interested let's discuss the overall and individual
projects to
> determine exactly what each participant would get out the package.
We could
> do it on a very personal basis utilizing still pictures, amateur
video
> newspaper clippings or what ever they have to fill out their profile
as well
> as show the Salt Flats footage. I could be exciting.
>
> Bill McMillan
>
> TV stations
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