Pure Eye Candy

The Car vs Drones film is focused on visualizing the concept of Speed and Agility set within a cinematic battle of superiority between two nimble machines, a Holden Astra and a fleet of custom-designed Quadcopter Drones. Working with Vice and The Creator’s Project from the inception definitely influenced the treatment, lending the aesthetic more to a transparent lab experiment than a hyper-polished film.

From the initial brief, they wanted all the components of the exercise revealed, from the Drone Pilots to the various Technologies on set, exposing the Lighting setups, the Camera rigs and Computer Monitors displaying each machine’s trajectory during the film. They wanted the film to be an entirely honest rendition of the experience the team went through during the filming process; and to the naked eye if a person entered the studio stage everything they would see was captured in the final film..

From a stylistic standpoint, it was a natural choice to infuse Munko’s favorite medium into the equation, the element of Illumination. Light can be interpreted over time as a lateral, striking way to show speed when captured as a long-exposure — it’s the equivalent to a motion path in an animation program, it’s how we can quantify speed and maneuverability in an easily digestible visual representation. So they outfitted every machine in the film with addressable LEDs which allowed them to play with this exciting ingredient of light painting and the ability to manipulate their motion constructs, fully exploring form and composition which paved the way to an array of seductive visuals.

These various techniques of light manipulation positioned this entire exercise more towards an art film than anything else, allowing the dramatic, abstract competition between the drones and the Astra to create a beautiful dance of light, form, color, performance and technology..

Car vs Drones Credit List

AGENCY: VICE

EDITORIAL & CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Royce Akers
ACCOUNT DIRECTOR: Georgia Field
PRODUCER: Ramona Telecican
PRODUCER: Katy Roberts
HEAD OF ACCOUNT SERVICE: Damien Miller
MANAGING DIRECTOR: Myki Slonim

AGENCY: AJF

CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Glenn Dalton
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: George Freckleton

PRODUCTION COMPANY: AIRBAG

DIRECTOR: GMUNK
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Robert Stock
LINE PRODUCER: Kate Merrin
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST: Steven Nicholson
TECH CHREOGRAPHER: Nick Wright
VFX SUPERVISOR: Travis Hogg

PROD. MANAGER: Justine Pitcher
DP: Ed Goldner
1ST AD: Eddie Thorne
CAMERA OPERATOR: Chris Child
1ST AC: Jesse Minter
2ND AC: Michelle Marchant
DATA WRANGLER: Ellery Ryan Jnr
VTR OPERATOR: Michael Gibbs
2ND UNIT DP: Travis Hogg
GAFFER: Con Mancuso
BEST BOY: Antonio Argiro
ELEX: Gene Van Dam
GRIP: Robbie Hansford
GRIP ASST: Jason Hansford
GRIP ASST: Jacko Panagiotou
SFX HAZE: Tim O'Brien
SAFETY OFFICER: Adrian Kortus
WORK EXPERIENCE: Georgia Conheady
WORK EXPERIENCE: Darcy Newton
PRECISION DRIVER: Davin Taylor
BTS DIRECTOR: Alex Watkins
BTS ASSISTANT: Ben Helweg
AERIAL CAMERA OP: Chris Lansell
DRONE PILOT: Sean "Radar" Kane
DRONE ASST: Josh Gray
BTS PHOTOGRAPHER: Mia McDonals
UNIT MGR: Richie Young
CATERING: Fringe Benefit
PRODUCTION ASST: Rob La Terra
PRODUCTION RUNNER: Dyllan Corbett
PRODUCTION RUNNER: Annelise Hickey
PRODUCTION RUNNER: Bridie Connolly

POST FACILITY: AIRBAG

EDITOR: GRAEME PEREIRA
COLORIST: CJ Dobson
MUSIC / SOUND DESIGN: Rohan Rebeiro

DRONE TEAM

DRONE CAPTAIN: Nick Jaffe
DRONE PILOT: Paul Paws
DRONE PILOT: Gavin Nash
DRONE PILOT: Alex Benn
DRONE PILOT: Tony Matulic
DRONE PILOT: Alex Doucas
DRONE PILOT: Dale Pearce
DRONE PILOT: Justin Power
DRONE PILOT: Ben Van Deventer

Time Machine: the 1971 24 hours of Spa

Rare cars you never get to see in action like the "Red Elephant" AMG 300 SEL, or even possibly more rare, a Citroen SM race car!

And of course you got your Alfa GTa, GTam , the Capri RS, the BMW 3.0 the Opel Commodores... 8 minutes well spent!

Happy Easter!

And here is the rest of it.

Classic DTM, still not getting old

The only complaint about the last "golden era" DTM clip seemed to be the music so I'm not sure how you'll feel about this one.  A techno version of Vivaldi is certainly a very German choice and "DTMenthusiast" once again painstakingly edited to the music some great moments.  While some are repeated from the earlier clip, this one concentrates on the '94 to '96 seasons.  It was Mercedes vs Alfa Romeo vs Opel banging door in those final years before DTM finally imploded in a shower of titanium sparks.

You'll find the clip after the jump



From the Wikipedia article:

"Rise of the original DTM

The original DTM was started in 1984 with cars entered by privateer teams and under FIA Group A rules, but was extensively modified throughout the years, allowing more modifications. In the late 1980s, works teams joined the DTM, and it became one of the most popular motorsports in Europe. In 1993, the Group A rules were abandoned in favor of a more liberalized 2.5 L engine series called FIA Class 1, with extensive use of ABS, four-wheel drive, electronic driver aids and carbon fibre chassis, the former three were technologies that were banned from F1. Opel, Mercedes-Benz and Alfa Romeo all fielded works teams after Audi and BMW had abandoned earlier.

]DTM to ITC and demise

Having expanded its horizons for the 1995 season to include several non-German rounds dotted around Europe (including rounds in Helsinki, Finland and Donington Park, England), the DTM made plans to morph into a completely international championship known as the ITC (International Touring-Car Championship) for 1996. The ITR governing body then sought approval and support from the FIA to begin the new series. In exchange for FIA support, the ITR let the organization take control over many aspects of the way the ITC was run: crucially, the financial side of the championship was revolutionized. A large proportion of the revenue generated by the championship went to the FIA, with the result that less went to the teams who subsequently complained of little return on their increasingly large investment in the high-tech series (this was further exacerbated by the travel costs to the new international rounds in Suzuka, Japan and Interlagos, Brazil). The FIA also increased the price for television rights dramatically with the result that television coverage of the series disappeared from all European countries except Italy, Germany and Finland, prices for tickets to races were almost doubled, and access to the circuit paddock to meet the drivers (which had previously been a big hit with fans) was drastically reduced. The choices of circuits on which to hold rounds of the championship were also unsuccessful - the rounds at Magny-Cours, France and particularly Interlagos suffered very poor attendance. Questions were also raised by the manufacturers as to why they were racing in countries in which their cars were not actually sold (Alfa Romeos were not sold in Brazil, and neither Opels nor Alfa Romeos are sold in Japan). Opel and Alfa Romeo both left the championship after the 1996 season, leaving only Mercedes; the championship was consequently cancelled.

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Because classic DTM never, ever gets old.

After watching this clip by the aptly named "DTMenthusiast" I keep wondering why DTM even bothers to exist in its present form. Watch the best tin top action ever knowing many, many control arms were harmed in the making of this video. 

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Sideways, old school

I found what might be one of the most awful racing film/documentaries ever, essentially a Roger Corman level exploitation flick from 1978 Italy called: "Febbre della Velocitá", Speed Fever.  It's god awful with interviews conducted by ex-pat hottie of the time Sydne Rome and some truly gory slow motion shots of the horrible accidents of that time with some graphic footage I had never seen before. However, mixed in with all that are some wonderful shots of period racing and I thought I might dole out some clips of the best moments here and there and spare everyone the pain, among other things, of seeing both Niki Lauda acting and Gene Hackman dubbed in Italian.... 

I'm going to start at random, the films covers a bit of everything including rally and I think we discussed before how WRC should just be RWD only.  OK, I know Gigi Galli can do this just as well with a WRC Ford Focus yet, there is an awesomeness to this, perhaps it's the tires on fire commitment of the Opel driver (I cannot identify), maybe it's the sight of the navigator hanging on the grab handle, maybe its just that it just the ultimate Scandinavian Flick. The mid engine Statos following is obviously a better car but the guy in yellow is just way more spectacular. 

Anyway, I think you might enjoy it as much as I did..

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