Planning and Pre-Production

Production – Team BRIT | Dare To Be Different

Director – Oscar Beale
 Contents Page:

 Shooting Script
 Interview Questions
 Contacts for interviewees
 Research on Interviewees
 Research on topic
 Location Reece’s
 Equipment List
 Crew List
 Confirmation Emails and Clearances
 Achieve Footage
 Music
 Contingency Plan
 Cost
 Tickets
 Shooting Script

Scen Visuals
e Description
1
Intro

Voiceover – “Motorsport is one of the most exciting and exclusive sports in

the world. One team breaks boundaries by having an all-disabled driver line
up. They have given me exclusive access to find out more about how they
break the norm and compete in the greatest sport in the world”.

B-roll of Cars racing during the first sentence, Team Brit logo during the
second part, show interviews during the third sentence and then one of their
cars racing.

Music - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug3BhSrk-_8

2
Opening Credits

Text Credits:
OB Media Production
In Association with Team BRIT

B-Roll of an empty track before then transitioning to cars race around the
track and then when it gets to the chorus the pacing of the edit will pick up
and show shots of the car racing before then going to a black screen when the
song ends

Music - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMK-bhlcoXE
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Music - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ewaVAxVjM
(To be used throughout the production until the race scene at Brands Hatch)

Start of Interviews

Open with some b-roll shots of inside the Teams HQ before going into Al
Locke’s questions:

What is your name and Job Role?

Starting on camera 1 for his name and transitioning to camera 2 for his role.
Also, lower third graphic with his name will appear on screen.

What is Team Brit?

Show B-roll of some racing shots and show some shots of the HQ and maybe
their truck also if he mentions anything about how the team started in this
question show archive footage of what the team used to look like

What is your story into motorsport and how did you join Team Brit?

Show B-roll of previous race teams he has worked for before he joined Team
BRIT and if he mentions kart force bring up archive footage of that.

How did the team start?

Again, if he mentions kart force show some archive footage of it but if not
then just show old photos and videos of team brit when they started.

How has the team changed over the years?

If he mentions, there old cars such as the polo then show that and if he
mentions how the team have evolved show archive footage of how they used
3 to look like compared to now.

What Championships do you race in and with what cars?

When he mentions each championship show the championships logo and

with each car, he mentions show the car in the workshop if they don’t have
 the cars in there when you go just show racing b-roll of the car.

After he mentions the championships and what cars they use, segway into
introducing Chis and James

4
Introduction to Chris and James

Names? Who do you race for? What car do you drive?

When they introduce themselves bring up the name graphics for both and
when they mention the McLaren 570s show footage of the car on track

What is your disability?

Focus on their interviews for to try and get a more emotional response from
the audience by making it feel more personal.

What was your life like before Team BRIT?

If they mention it, for Chris show archive footage of him being a
photographer in London and doing Wheelchair tennis,

For James show archive footage of him at the winter Paralympics

How did you find out about Team BRIT?

Show B-roll of Team BRIT whether that be the truck, trophies, or other
things in the workshop or at the tracks you go to
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Al explaining the Hand Controls

How do the Hand Controls Work?

If you can get a steering wheel out from one of the cars, then show the
paddles on the back as Al explains it and show the toggles on the front of
the wheel that change the gears.

Chris and James

What is it like driving with hand controls?

Show footage of the hand controls being used in the car

6
Al talking about the teams aim of Le Mans

What are the team’s goals?

Show B-roll of the le man’s starting parade with the planes flying over the
track and them show some of the racing.

Chris and James on the goal of Le Mans

How would it feel if you were able to race at Le Mans?

Show some more B-roll of Le Mans

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Chris and James Championship win

Black Screen with text – “23rd October 2022 Donnington Park Circuit”

Show achieve footage of Chris and James winning the championship with
the commentator announcing it over the top

Al talking about the championship

How did it feel when Chris and James won the Brit Car Trophy
championship?

Show some of the trophies they got during the season and then transition to
Chris and James by showing the championship trophy.

Chris and James talking about the championship.

How did it feel to win the championship.

B-roll showing trophy’s from throughout the whole season and potentially
show archive footage of them racing the season before
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Al Talking about Chris and James 2023 season

How do you think Chris and James will do this season?

Focus on the interview and then bring up the twitter graphic.

Twitter Graphic

Chris and James on driving the McLaren.

How did you react when you found out you were going to be driving
the McLaren?

Show B-roll of the McLaren.

What is the difference between the BMW and the McLaren?

Show B-roll of both cars.

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Round 2 - British Endurance Championship

Open with clips of Brands Hatch with commentary in the Background

and then show Black Screen with text – British Endurance
Championship Round 2 – Brands Hatch

What is Brands Hatch like as a track?

Show some B-roll of brands hatch but with the track empty with no cars
on it while Chris and James explain what the track is like

How was the race?

Show footage from both the car and the BARC stream as well as b-roll
to show how the race went lap by lap. Get them to focus on the main
moments such as overtakes and pitstops and things that effect their race.
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How are you feeling go forward into the rest of the season?

Focus on both Chris and James’s interviews to create a feeling of tension

and curiosity on how they will do during the rest of the season.

Outro

Do you think you can win the championship?

Once they say whether or not they can win the championship it cuts to
black, and the credits come on to the screen
 Questions
Interviewee One:

Questions
Name? Job Role at Team BRIT?

What is Team BRIT?

What is your story into motorsport and how did you join Team BRIT?

How did the team start?

How has the team changed over the years?

What championships do you race in and with what cars?

How do the hand controls work?

What are the team’s goals?

How did it feel when Chris and James won the Brit Car trophy championship?

How do you think Chris and James will do this season?

 Interviewee Two: Chris Overend

Questions
Name? Racing Driver for Team Brit? What car do you drive?

What is Team Brit?

What is your disability?

Life before Team Brit?

How did you find out about and then join Team Brit?

What is it like driving a car with hand controls?

How did the championship win feel last season?

How would it feel if you were able to race at Le mans?

Questions continued…
What was your reaction when you found out you were driving a McLaren 570s?

How different is it driving the McLaren compared to the BMW you were in last year?

How were you feeling at the start of this season?

Going into the second round at Brands Hatch how were you feeling?

What is the track like?

After brands Hatch how were you feeling

Going forward ahead into the season how are you feeling?

Do you think you can win the championship?

Interviewee Three: James Whitley

 Questions
Name? Racing Driver for Team Brit? What car do you drive?

What is Team Brit?

What is your disability?

Life before Team Brit?

How did you find out about and then join Team Brit?

What is it like driving a car with hand controls?

How did the championship win feel last season?

How would it feel if you were able to race at Le mans?

Questions continued…
What was your reaction when you found out you were driving a McLaren 570s?

How different is it driving the McLaren compared to the BMW you were in last year?

How were you feeling at the start of this season?

Going into the second round at Brands Hatch how were you feeling?

What is the track like?

After brands Hatch how were you feeling

Going forward ahead into the season how are you feeling?

Do you think you can win the championship?

Contacts for interviewees/ Information on

interviewees
 Chris Overend Contacts:

Email: chrisjoverend@aol.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-overend-94298926/

James Whitley Contacts:

 Email: James.whitley1@btinternet.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-whitley-693210213

Lucy Sheehan (Team Brit PR Manager)

I am contacting Al through Lucy and I can also contact Chris

through her as well because she is the PR Manager for the
Team

lucy@teambrit.co.uk & 07734 865 260

Research on Interviewees
 Name: Al Locke
Role: Engineering Director

Al Locke joined 2018 joined Team Brit fully in 2018 initially as a race engineer before
becoming the engineering director.

Before his time at Team Brit, he went to university and left with a degree in motorsport
technology. After this he worked comprehensively with karts as-well as single seater and
saloon cars. Alongside this he started working with Dave Player, the team principal of Team
Brit, in 2013 and joined Kartforce as a mechanic before becoming the team manager. When
Team Brit first formed he supported them in his spare time from 2015.

He then became the race engineer for Plans Motorsport in 2016 who shortly after took over
the running of the Team Brit cars. Then in 2018 he moved to Team Brit full time as a race
engineer before then becoming the engineering director
 Name: Chris Overend
Age: 39
From: Southampton

Chris was born with development dysplasia of the hips and spent years since the age of 12
suffering with injuries and pain caused by an undiagnosed problem

Chris joined Team Brit in August 2021 and started in a rookie development programme. In
2021 he drove in the Britcar Trophy for one race where he took home silverware. He returned
to racing in 2022, where he drove the BMW M240i in the Britcar Trophy where he was
partnered with James Whitley. The pair won the championship and made history by
becoming the first ever all-disabled team to win a national championship

Before his time in racing Chris had a very successful career as a photographer where he
worked with London Fashion Week and travelled the globe on commissions for global titles.
He eventually stopped his profession and became the technical instructor of photography and
Solent university.

He also discovered wheelchair tennis and received a world ranking  

In 2023 he is going into GT4 racing, driving our McLaren 570S GT4 in the British
Endurance Championship alongside James Whitley
 Name: James Whitley
Age: 25
From: Northern Ireland

James was born without fingers and has had over 30 operations to help improve the function
with his hands. When he was six, he was involved in a serious boat accident whilst with his
family on holiday in France which ended up with him having multiple broken bones, internal
bleeding, and multiple months in the hospital.

Since he was a child James had a passion for cars and anything to do with racing, He started
to look for opportunities to race himself and that's when he found Team Brit. He joined the
team in 2021 and he competed in the Brit Car Trophy Championship the year after where him
and his teammate Chris Overend won the championship.

Before his time in racing when he was younger, he contacted the GB Paralympian ski team
and went to a meeting with the development squad. By the age of 10 he was invited to join
the team and at age 13 he was promoted to the senior GB elite squad and started skiing in the
world cup events.

When he was 16, he was ranked number two in the world U18s and was chosen to represent
Team GB at the winter Paralympics in Sochi 2014, Pyeongchang in 2018 and Beijing in
2022. This is where he secured his best finish of 6th in the giant slalom.

In 2023 he will race in the British Endurance Championship in a McLaren 570s GT4
alongside Chris Overend

Topic Research
 Team Brit, as it is now, was formed in 2015 and their driver line up consists of only disabled
drivers. The team are based at Dunsfold Aerodrome which is the home of the top gear test
track and also where the former studio was based. In 2023 the team are racing in multiple
British racing series including the British GT championship, The British Endurance
Championship, The Britcar Trophy and the Citroen C1 Series and their main goal for the
future is to race in the 24hr Hours Of Le Mans being the first do so with an all disabled driver
line up

The Vision, Mission and Values

The team’s vision for the future is to show what can be achieved through motorsport to
support, inspire and motivate people who are maybe facing physical and psychological
challenges and obstacles.

The team’s mission is to make motorsport more accessible for people with physical and
psychological disabilities by creating equal opportunities in motorsport, to allow disabled
drivers to compete on equal terms with able bodied drivers by coming up with technological
innovation. to make history and become the first all disabled team to race in the prestigious
24 hours of Le Mans, to support disabled racing drivers in returning to motorsport and
providing injured troops with gateway to be able to compete in competitive motorsport 

The teams values include "United As A Team" They work together and overcome challenges.
"We Dare To Be Different" They challenge normal conventions and smash stereotypes.
"Excellence Through Inclusion" They celebrate difference's, succeeding through the power
of their diversity and setting the standard for everyone else to follow. "We Share Success"
they strive to help others by sharing knowledge, creating opportunities and learning. "We
Never Rest" We constantly strive to innovate and improve whilst not compromising on
quality
 Team Brit equip their cars with the worlds most advanced hand control devices to allow
their disabled drivers to race alongside able-bodied people on equal terms. Team Brit
developed and created the technology with Slovenian motorsport experts or MME
Motorsport. The hand controls use a mix of pneumatic, electronic and hydraulic technology
which allow the drivers to use the steering, brakes, clutch, throttle and gears all through the
steering wheel. The wheel is also fully adaptable and has been inspected by Motorsport
UK's technical experts

Team Brit acquired another McLaren 570s GT4 in 2022 which is the same specification as
the other one that they use in the British GT Championship. This one however races in the
British Endurance championship

The car itself is a GT4 regulated car with the body of the car being made of carbon fibre, this
means that the whole car weighs in at about 1,400 kg. The car is powered by a 3.8 litre twin-
turbocharged McLaren V8 engine with a 7-speed transmission which emits about 560 brake
horsepower with a top speed of 205 mph. With the lightness of the car and the power of the
engine the car goes from 0-60 in 3.2 seconds.

The car is driven by Chris Overend and James Whitley

Location Recce – Donington Park

Name:
Donington Park Circuit

Type of Room/Area:
Race Track

Location Address:
Donington Park,
Castle Donnington, Derby

Post Code:
DE74 2BN

Nearest Bus Stop:

Donington Park

Nearest Train Station:

East Midland Parkway
Contacts for the Location: Lighting, Sound, Power, Hazards:
 01332 810048 In terms of lighting it according to the
 doningtonpark@msv.com weather it is going to be a cloudy day but
the track is very open so it should be good
to film in. The track is going to be active for
Use of Location: most of the day so getting authentic sound
should be easy but if I need any quieter
Test Shoot for filming motorsport
shots there should be an opportunity to get
them. There is going to be power in the café
Date When Going? so I should be able to re-charge any batteries
but I am going to bring spare ones just in
Tuesday 14th March 2023 case. Since it’s a race track there are a lot of
hazards such as flammable fuel and crashes
near spectator areas but as long as I am
Name:
careful it should be fine.
Silverstone Circuit
Location Recce –
Silverstone
Type of Room/Area:
Race Track

Location Address:
Towcester, Silverstone

Post Code:
NN12 8TN

Nearest Bus Stop:

Silverstone Park

Nearest Train Station:

Wolverton
Contacts for the Location:
 0844 375 0740
Use of Location:
Further test shoots for filming
motorsport and also gathering B-Roll
Date When Going?
Saturday 25th March 2023
Saturday 26th March 2023
Location Recce – Brands
Location Address:
Hatch
Lighting, Sound, Power, Hazards:
In terms of lighting, according to the
weather both days at the circuit should be
sunny with spots of rain. This track is also
very open so lighting shouldn’t be a
problem. The track is going to be active for
most of the day so getting authentic sound
should be easy but if I need any quieter
shots there should be an opportunity to get
them. There should be power in the
Silverstone café so I should be able to re-
charge any batteries but I am going to bring
spare ones just in case. Since it’s a race
Name:
track there are a lot of hazards such as
flammable fuel and crashes near spectator
Brands
areas butHatch
as long as I am careful it should be
fine.
Type of Room/Area:
Race Track
Colin Chapman Way, West
Kingsdown, Longfield
Post Code:
DA3 8NG
Nearest Bus Stop:
Brands Hatch
Nearest Train Station:
Eynsford
Contacts for the Location:
 01474 872331
 brandshatch@msv.com
Use of Location:
Filming B-Roll
Date When Going?
Saturday 22nd March 2023
Sunday 23rd March 2023
Location Recce – Team
Brit HQ
Lighting, Sound, Power, Hazards:
In terms of lighting it according to the
weather it is going to be a sunny day with
spots of rain but the track is very open so it
should be good to film in. The track is going
to be active for most of the day so getting
authentic sound should be easy but if I need
any quieter shots there should be an
opportunity to get them. I am not sure if
there is power so I am going to bring spare
batteries just in case. Since it’s a race track
there are a lot of hazards such as flammable
Name:
fuel and crashes near spectator areas but as
long asBrit
Team I amHQ
careful it should be fine.
Type of Room/Area:
Garage and Office
Location Address:
214 Dunsfold Park, Cranleigh
Post Code:
GU6 8TB
Nearest Bus Stop:
Horsham Road
Nearest Train Station:
Witley
Contacts for the Location:
Lucy Sheehan (PR Manager)
07734 865 260 & lucy@teambrit.co.uk
Use of Location:
Interview – Ali Lock
B-roll of the garage and cars
Date When Going?
Friday 28th April 2023
Lighting, Sound, Power, Hazards:
In terms of lighting they have LED light
rods and panels so the lighting should be
good but I will bring panels just in case. The
base is next to an airport so but it is
normally quiet since it’s not a commercial
one. There will be power there so I can
always re charge batteries if things go
wrong. There will be quite a few hazards
since it’s a garage so I will just need to be
cautious
 Equipment List

B-Roll Equipment List

Equipment Make
Camera Canon M50 ii
Camera Canon 250D
Larger Lens Canon 75-300mm Lens
Spare Camera Battery Duracell
Hot shoe Extension Bar Movo
External Microphone Rode Video Mic Pro-R
Camera Monitor Atmos Shinobi 5-inch Monitor
Tripod Manfrotto
Hand Held Camera Stabilizer Zeadio
Camera Gimble
Drone DJI Mavic Mini

Interview Equipment List

Equipment Make
Camera Cannon XA40
Camera Cannon XA40
Tripod Manfrotto
Tripod Amazon
External Microphone Rode Video Mic Pro-R
LAV Microphone Rode Wireless GO
LED Panel Lights ?
Light Tripods ?
 Crew List

Name Role Contact Details

Al Locke Interviewee 1 Making contact through Lucy:

lucy@teambrit.co.uk 07734
865 260
Chris Overend Interviewee 2 chrisjoverend@aol.com
James Whitley Interviewee 3 James.whitley1@btinternet.com
Charlotte Baker Helping to film 993354@henleycol.ac.uk
B-roll 07766554555
Confirmation Emails and Clearances
 Archive Footage

Footage Link
Kart Force Clip 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gi0gryzvsI
Kart Force Clip 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lALJ_-kt5U&list=PL-
kcE8Xx5s9HeRi0B34XEmQSObsJD4_Q-
2015 Team BRIT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4se82k-i2Qw
Car
Kart Force Clip 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gi0gryzvsI
Team Brit https://www.reddit.com/r/iRacing/comments/g03b
Steering Wheel tz/racing_with_handcontrols_a_gamepad_is_it/
Photo
Le Mans Clip 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Tb04XOGis
Le Mans Clip 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Tb04XOGis
Le Mans Clip 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Tb04XOGis
Britcar Endurance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anE7DwhcjhQ&t=28556s
Championship
Win
Car On Board https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFHr8tMyPDM&t=1584s
Clips
Brands Hatch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvxUJlYqdWk&t=19467s
Race Live Stream
Aston Martin https://www.speedsportmagazine.com/motorsport/sportscars/24-
WEC Photo hours-of-lemans/2013/photo-gulf-racing-aston-martin-v8-
vantage-gt2-hall-32189_-_32189.html
Podium Picture https://twitter.com/TeamBRITracing/status/1649821745
623203840?cxt=HHwWgICwqd6IrOUtAAAA
 Music

Music Link
Music For Intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug3BhSrk-_8
Music For https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMK-bhlcoXE
Opening Credits
Main Background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ewaVAxVjM
Music
Brands Hatch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKtISWcnczQ&t=21s
Racing
Background
Music

Contingency Plan

I have many options for what I can do as a backup plan for my

production. For example, if none of the interviews come about then I
will just do voiceover over my b-roll and tell the story of the team and
the drivers that way.

If I can only secure an interview with Al but neither of the drivers,

then I will tell their stories over voiceover and ask Al the rest of the
questions that are relevant to the team and the production.

If I can get Al and at least one of the drivers then I can stay on the
same plan that I have now but it would just include one less
interviewee which would still work fine
 Cost (For Making the Production)

Item/Product Purpose Cost

Brands Hatch To get into the race event £17.99
Ticket
Silverstone To get into the race event £32.00
Weekend Ticket
Fuel To get to Race Events and the HQ £50.00
Hot Shoe Extension So, I can mount multiple things on my camera £7.95
bar
Zeadio Stabiliser So, I can have more support when filming and £18.99
have more stable footage
£126.93