LA Crew with Yankees’ Shortstop Derek Jeter for NASCAR Cup Series
It’s February. And they’re in Daytona. The NASCAR season is just getting started. What is Go To Team’s Skip Clark doing at a baseball field in Tampa?! Interviewing Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter for the Daytona 500 Jimmie Johnson feature. The driver of the 48 car has won five straight championships in NASCAR’s Cup series and […]
Read MoreClark Crew Interviews The Newest Kid In The NASCAR Garage
Trevor Bayne won the 2011 Daytona 500. Don’t feel bad if you don’t know who that is, very few people did. So Fox Sports, as part of their NASCAR coverage, wanted to bring everyone up to speed. The producers wanted to show how this new young driver was just coming into the light. Careful to […]
Read MoreOrlando DP Goes Live with Turner Sports For NASCAR Media Day
Orlando DP/Partner Dan Beckmann spent a few days with NASCAR.com for NASCAR Media Day in Daytona Beach, Florida. Shooting on the Panasonic VariCam and the EX3, Beckmann coordinated three different rooms for TNT Sports: A green screen interview room for promos – a two-camera/five person interview location with former Dale Earnhardt Crew Chief, Larry McReynolds, […]
Read MoreOver 950 Shoot Days of Ridiculously Cool TV in 2010
We could not been happier with the shoots in 2010. Between our 6 offices and 7 crews we shot over 950 shoots days! So, we’re changing our slogan to “We make A LOT of Cool TV”. Every Go To Team Director of Photography travels with a full gear package, including high definition cameras, light kit, […]
Read MoreModisett Crew Goes Live with Elliott Sadler for ESPN After Hardest Crash in NASCAR History
On Sunday, August 1, 2010, NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Elliott Sadler crashed into the inside retaining wall at the Pocono Raceway during the Pennsylvania 500. Soon after, NASCAR officials reported it was the hardest collision recorded in the sport’s history…and it sure looked like it. The entire engine flew on the track and the front […]
Read MoreOrlando’s Lowrey Crew Films POV
POV!? What is POV? If you don’t know about the POV cameras then your missing out! A “POV” (point of view) camera is extremely small and can give you the ability to get a shot nearly anywhere. A car going 180 MPH? No problem! The camera records to SD cards which gives it the ability to […]
Read MoreCharlotte Apprentice Teams up with NASCAR
Written by Roger Woodruff If someone asked me to describe the last six months of my life in one word, it would be NASCAR. While some people might find this assignment a radical adjustment from their daily life, I was in my element. NASCAR has always been a part of my life. In fact, Skip […]
Read MoreGo To Team Gets the Checkered Flag for the 2010 NASCAR Season
As TNT passes the NASCAR torch to ESPN, Go To Team Director of Photography, Skip Clark, reaches his finish line and sees the checkered flag signal the end of his 2010 NASCAR season. To say this season was yet another success is an understatement. This year brought exciting changes and unexpected additions to the usual […]
Read MoreWorking with TNT Is Dynamite… Atlanta and Los Angeles Directors of Photography Light It up on NASCAR.
Go To Team’s Los Angeles Director of Photography, Skip Clark, once again wrapped up another explosive season with TNT’s Summer Season of NASCAR. TNT’s season is short but sweet. In just six weeks, GTT hits many unique tracks including Pocono’s triangular track, Sonoma’s road course, and Daytona’s night race. For GTT, the biggest news of […]
Read MoreExperiences Learned by a Go To Team Apprentice
Although I have no personal experience to base this on, I always hear how different my apprenticeship has been compared to others. When I moved to Charlotte to work with Skip, I was supposed to be running audio for him and only him. That changed rather quickly when Skip moved to LA. This move left […]
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