Clarkson's DB9 trip to Monaco.

[Buster73]

Did he drive it back ?

[Quhet]

No, it's still there.


I doubt he did drive it back, the stig did probably and they got some more shots of the car whilst at it...

[g3org3y]

Don't they repeat the journey to get the shots they need for the feature?

[lesstatt]

g3org3y said:

Don't they repeat the journey to get the shots they need for the feature?

Thats what the stigs book says happens, they actually drive the car there and do the challenge for real. then do "pick up" shots on the return leg

[wormburner]

lesstatt said:

g3org3y said:

Don't they repeat the journey to get the shots they need for the feature?

Thats what the stigs book says happens, they actually drive the car there and do the challenge for real. then do "pick up" shots on the return leg

If they're 'doing the challenge for real' do they have a team of 50 cameramen at various points of the route to film him go past?

Or is the camera team's Astramax faster and they just keep catching him up?

[SWoll]

wormburner said:

lesstatt said:

g3org3y said:

Don't they repeat the journey to get the shots they need for the feature?

Thats what the stigs book says happens, they actually drive the car there and do the challenge for real. then do "pick up" shots on the return leg

If they're 'doing the challenge for real' do they have a team of 50 cameramen at various points of the route to film him go past?

Or is the camera team's Astramax faster and they just keep catching him up?

No, which is why the post you quoted says they do the pick up shots on the way back..

[wormburner]

SWoll said:

wormburner said:

lesstatt said:

g3org3y said:

Don't they repeat the journey to get the shots they need for the feature?

Thats what the stigs book says happens, they actually drive the car there and do the challenge for real. then do "pick up" shots on the return leg

If they're 'doing the challenge for real' do they have a team of 50 cameramen at various points of the route to film him go past?

Or is the camera team's Astramax faster and they just keep catching him up?

No, which is why the post you quoted says they do the pick up shots on the way back..

So all the overtaking shots are done in the wrong direction, or they double back dozens of times up and down junctions to get the shot in the right direction?

Neither sound very feasible to me, given the alternative, which is contriving the whole thing from the start...

[Dave Hedgehog]

wormburner said:

So all the overtaking shots are done in the wrong direction, or they double back dozens of times up and down junctions to get the shot in the right direction?

Neither sound very feasible to me, given the alternative, which is contriving the whole thing from the start...

various people from the TG team have commented on the events over time, they are real and they are designed to be close, they then come back with the car and over 4-7 days setup all the external shots

[wormburner]

Dave Hedgehog said:

wormburner said:

So all the overtaking shots are done in the wrong direction, or they double back dozens of times up and down junctions to get the shot in the right direction?

Neither sound very feasible to me, given the alternative, which is contriving the whole thing from the start...

various people from the TG team have commented on the events over time, they are real and they are designed to be close, they then come back with the car and over 4-7 days setup all the external shots

My eye. Has there ever been a challenge that didn't come down to, say, the last three minutes?

Finishing within an hour of each other would be bloody unlikely for most of them.

[FourWheelDrift]

wormburner said:

My eye. Has there ever been a challenge that didn't come down to, say, the last three minutes?

Finishing within an hour of each other would be bloody unlikely for most of them.

SLR Vs Ferry & boats to Oslo. Clarkson had caught a plane and was home eating his tea by the time Hammond and May arrived in Oslo.

[CAPP0]

Dave Hedgehog said:

they are real

I also heard that Eastenders was a documentary.

[SWoll]

CAPP0 said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

they are real

I also heard that Eastenders was a documentary.

I can't believe we are having the "TG is just an entertainment show" discussion again. I don't believe for second it is any more than good editing, but what do I care, I'll still watch every episode and laugh along at the unfortunate accidents/coincidences.

[matthias73]

Guys, this is like santa.

I really don't want to know how the special effects work, otherwise the magic would be ruined.

[tommy vercetti]

wormburner said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

wormburner said:

So all the overtaking shots are done in the wrong direction, or they double back dozens of times up and down junctions to get the shot in the right direction?

Neither sound very feasible to me, given the alternative, which is contriving the whole thing from the start...

various people from the TG team have commented on the events over time, they are real and they are designed to be close, they then come back with the car and over 4-7 days setup all the external shots

My eye. Has there ever been a challenge that didn't come down to, say, the last three minutes?

Finishing within an hour of each other would be bloody unlikely for most of them.

The one when Clarkson drove a 612 Scaglietti to Verbier, he drove past them.

[Dr Jekyll]

wormburner said:

My eye. Has there ever been a challenge that didn't come down to, say, the last three minutes?

Finishing within an hour of each other would be bloody unlikely for most of them.

When the Bugatti raced the aircraft, May and Hammond ran up to the bar to find Clarkson already there with no indication as to how long he'd been there. As if he'd been there well in advance but the film was edited to disguise it.
Why contrive a close result then not show it?