For my video i want to put together a history of car racing. I saw a lot of historical footage on the creative commons resources, and thought it would be an entertaining video. My goal is to make the video exciting and fast paced. I hope to focus on the other aspects of racing that happen behind the scenes, especially the pit crew. This is all dependent on the footage i am able to find online. I would like to focus more on F1 racing rather than Nascar, but this is also dependent on what footage is available. The reaction I am hoping to get from the viewers is a new appreciation for the complexity of car racing, especially for what happens behind the scenes.

I am going to use historical footage from archive.org to establish the background of car racing as a sport. For additional creative commons footage of more current races I will pull from pond5.com. To round out the video I will pull clips from Youtube that offer more exciting A-Roll footage of car racing.

In order to create the fast paced video I would like, I will need to have short clips and fast cuts between them. Another way to get the viewer excited is by setting the video to music, but also keeping the loud engine and tire noises. This helps make the viewer feel like they are in the car.

I already have a decent grasp on how to use Adobe Premiere, and should be able to do all the video editing things I would like in order to complete this project. One thing I am new to that I want to try is colorizing the completed video in order to make all the separate footage look uniform, enhancing the viewing experience.

links

https://archive.org/details/27EG-28-EG-58_HOTRODS