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It ain't about Cav - Cav.pngFly on the wall ToB film 'It ain't about Cav'… ain't about him for even longer now +video
In the month since Benedict Campbell posted his first teaser vid about It ain't about Cav his behind the scenes look at the 2012 Tour of Britain it's grown from a 15 minute short in to a full blown hour long feature. You can see why from his fantastic second teaser video.
10 months in the planning, Benedict - himself a passionate cyclist who's racing career was ended by a teenage motorbike crash - went to the Tour intending to make "a short, beautifully shot film". After the first day he realised there was so much going on that he needed to shoot more - he had access to the teams before and after stages, could shoot from in-race motorbikes and jump in to race cars too.
Luckily he'd brought his daughter with him as a driver - and two cameras. "After the first day, I gave her one camera and she said I might as well shoot some stuff. I would jump in a car, on a bike, she would drive, then we would mix it up a bit".
The result, if the second teaser is anything to go by is a film that mixes the riders world inside the race bubble with the landscape and crowds they are moving through to dramatic effect.
IT AIN'T ABOUT CAV TEASER-2 from benedict campbell on Vimeo.
"Each stage has a slightly different angle to it. One stage is shot from a rider's point of view… Each day is a chapter, each chapter has a twist in it."
The film, which will have narration by Kristian House and the eventual winner John Tiernan Locke and Benedict says it works on a number of levels "so that someone who's not in to cycling can say 'wow' that's what it like, while someone who is in to it will see even more of what is going on - the rider's body language says a lot. This is not just a pretty montage of the ToB."
Benedict says he wants to release this film to as many people as possible - but at the moment he has no screenings lined up nor any distribution deals if you think you could help - get in touch with Benedict via his website www.benedict1.com
Oh, and is there a lot of Cav in it? "A fair amount - until I got bored of him".
road.cc's founder and first editor, nowadays to be found riding a spreadsheet. Tony's journey in cycling media started in 1997 as production editor and then deputy editor of Total Bike, acting editor of Total Mountain Bike and then seven years as editor of Cycling Plus. He launched his first cycling website - the Cycling Plus Forum at the turn of the century. In 2006 he left C+ to head up the launch team for Bike Radar which he edited until 2008, when he co-launched the multi-award winning road.cc - finally handing on the reins in 2021 to Jack Sexty. His favourite ride is his ‘commute’ - which he does most days inc weekends and he’s been cycle-commuting since 1994. His favourite bikes are titanium and have disc brakes, though he'd like to own a carbon bike one day.
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I'm sure the boys at Rapha could lend a hand.
Would have thought that Sky themselves would be ideal candidates as well as ITV4
Trailer looks really good - some great camera work and editing. Can't wait to see the whole documentary.
Issues with proofreading today – it's 'Jon' (short for Jonathan) not 'John' Tiernan-Locke (hyphenated).
The trailer looks great. Looking forward to seeing the finished article .
Looks great. I have a contact who screen's films all around Scotland, Will give him a shout to get in touch.
I work for ITV, I should ask around!!