Back in 2007, I was asked to co-produce a featurette to be aired in X GAMES 13. The goal was to create hype about the Rally Car portion of XGAMES which at the time was the newest event in the roster. The key points: Make it cool, make it big, make it extreme. At that time, TV2GO (my employer) was the producer of the Rally America series which was the governing body handling the X GAMES rally car segment, so we were the perfect pick for the project. I worked along side one of ESPN's Emmy Award winning producers. He only known as "Harrington" and was an odd fellow with long grey hair and yellow Crocs, who gave lots of freedom in the development and concept of the feature. "You're the dude that knows this stuff... I'm just the guy who is bringing the tape to L.A. when its ready to go", he said a couple of times as he leaned back in the chair.
Today I look at the finished product and although it is 3 years old, I am still pretty happy with the way it came out considering we only had 2 days to put it all together after only getting the call from ESPN 48 hours before that.
The featurette includes interviews with Nitro Circus star Travis Pastrana, Youtube sensation and DC shoes co-founder Ken Block as well as rally and video game legend Colin McRay.
Music in the video is: "What I've Done" - Linkin Park, "Light up the sky" Yellowcard and "Hey Bebe" DJ Unk.
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