Title: BMW: MAKING OF
Duration: 2:42
Vid: PENN_2018_27_BMW_Making_Of
[Video footage]
A paved race track curves through a course situated in a grassy valley flanked by low-lying mountains.
[Audio]
MAN'S VOICE (OFF-CAMERA): And cameras rolling. And action. Action.
[Sound effects]
Car tires squealing and engine revving.
[Video footage]
A yellow sports car speeds along the track. Next, the car briefly becomes airborne as it zooms from off road onto sharp curve.
[Sound effects/Music]
A keyboard plays synthesized violin sounds and arpeggiated piano notes in a minor key.
[Graphics with Text]
Inside a yellow oval, "Pennzoil" is written in black letters across a red Liberty Bell. Underneath the logo in yellow uppercase letters: "SYNTHETICS." "Pennzoil SYNTHETICS Presents…"
[Audio]
MAN'S VOICE (OFF-CAMERA): This is Nürburgring.
[Video footage]
A medieval castle stands atop a tree-covered hill.
[Audio]
MAN'S VOICE (OFF-CAMERA): One that everyone dreams of to drive this way.
[Video footage]
The yellow car speeds around a u-shaped bend in the track.
[Text]
"Behind-the-Scenes Look at Escaping the Ring."
[Audio]
MAN'S VOICE (OFF-CAMERA): This is the green hell.
[Video footage]
In the racetrack parking lot, a brown-haired man sits in a folding chair in front of the yellow BMW. Behind the car, an SUV mounted with a rooftop camera crane sits beside a tractor-trailer truck.
[Text]
"Rhys Millen -- Precision Driver."
[Audio]
RHYS MILLEN: And what did we do? Everything that everyone has dreamed of.
[Video footage]
The BMW skids sideways as it zooms around a curve.
[Graphic]
A disclaimer appears in small white letters at the bottom of the screen: “Professional driver on a closed course. Do not attempt. Respect all traffic laws and never drive recklessly.”
[Audio]
RHYS MILLEN: We drifted the track. We drifted the carousel.
[Video footage]
Gripping the steering wheel with both hands, Rhys smiles as he drives the BMW along the racetrack.
[Audio]
RHYS MILLEN: We did every fan's dream day at Nürburgring. And I got to do it. It was awesome.
[Video footage]
Sitting in the folding chair, Rhys smiles and nods.
Next, large separate red letters hanging on a gray corrugated metal wall spell out "Nürburgring." A brunette woman stands behind a railing beside the racetrack.
[Text displays]
"Erin McGivney, Account Director, J. Walter Thompson."
[Audio]
ERIN MCGIVNEY: Germany is an interesting location, because it really embraces the car culture. You come to a place like the Nürburgring, which is such an iconic racetrack, and you just see the true love of cars by people here. Everybody wants to get on this track. Everybody wants to drive it. So, to be in such a special place and have it as the backdrop of our next film is really exciting.
[Video footage]
The BMW speeds along a tree-lined section of track, then skids diagonally before driving over a red-and-white striped curb with the left tires and back onto the track. Next, a brown-haired man with a close-cropped beard sports an olive-colored military-style cap and a white t-shirt as he sits in a chair near the yellow BMW.
[Text displays]
"Trevor Cawood -- Creative Producer, Lemonade Films."
[Audio]
TREVOR CAWOOD: In all of the Pennzoil films, since day one, we always set out with a simple goal, which is we try to shoot the car with the most energy -- the most kinetic way possible, the most adrenaline-filled possible. Exactly what drivers would want to do if they had the world's best supercars at their hands.
[Video footage]
A crew in a car with a rear-facing camera mounted to a crane films the BMW as it speeds up from behind. Next, smoke billows up from the tires as the BMW skids around a sharp curve.
In an indoor arena, a short-haired young man in a green t-shirt sits on a balcony overlooking the main concourse lobby where people stroll past cars on display.
[Text]
"Ozan Biron -- Director, Lemonade Films."
[Audio]
OZAN BIRON: So, in order to play with a high-performance car, we need high-performance toys. We're using high-performance pursuit vehicles to keep up with this.
[Video footage]
The BMW speeds up beside the camera-mounted car. Next, a crew member attached a small camera to a pole mounted on the front driver's side of the BMW and points the lens at the lower half of the front driver's-side tire.
[Audio]
OZAN BIRON: It's very demanding. So, we're playing with both worlds -- high performance in camera, and also high performance behind the camera.
[Video footage]
The BMW slides sideways as it rounds a curve. Next, Rhys talks with the film crew in a garage lit with fluorescent lights. Elsewhere, a bespectacled man with short, graying hair watches video footage on a computer monitor resting in the back of an SUV. Trevor Cawood sits near the parked BMW.
[Audio]
TREVOR CAWOOD: We have some of the most talented, creative, artistic filmmakers on our shoots from around the world. We approach these spots differently than conventional automobile advertising in that, instead of making the car look as beautiful and fashionable and sort of artificial as possible, we go the other way.
[Video footage]
Leaning against the railing beside the racetrack, Rhys smiles and high-fives a crew member.
[Audio]
TREVOR CAWOOD: We try to make the car feel as real and grounded and believable as possible.
[Video footage]
Standing on a racetrack terrace, Rhys crisscrosses his downward-facing palms as he talks to Ozan. Next, Ozan sits on the balcony overlooking the arena lobby.
[Audio]
OZAN: Every car that we've filmed always has to have a different approach. And every time, we always try to reinvent the wheel in terms of how to show that, and bring that to other people out there and show that type of performance. And for me to visually express that within each car is, at least in my world, it's amazing.
[Video footage]
Standing on the racetrack, Ozan holds up a map of the racetrack. A helmeted driver wearing a green jacket bearing a Pennzoil patch on the right sleeve zooms along a narrow, tree-lined road.
[Graphics]
On a black background, the yellow Pennzoil logo appears out of a flash of light and a wisp of smoke. Beneath the logo in uppercase white letters, words rotate and transform into other words: "Synthetics…Complete Protection…For Top Engine Performance…Make The Switch."
