The story Kirsten Kumar and I want to do is Texas 4000. It is a bicycle tour that goes from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska over the summer of 2015. The goal is to raise cancer awareness and raise money for research. Each participant has a goal of how much money to raise for research to find a cure and must meet it by a deadline. They must train extensively to prepare their bodies to ride their bikes for 4,000 miles from Austin to Anchorage over one summer. We would interview three participants to see the dynamic of why people choose to participate in Texas 4K.
Structure of the Story:
We were thinking to start off with some shots of the athletes and participants training in the gym to show the hard work they put forth in achieving their goal to raise money and bike from Austin to Alaska.
Interview with one of the participants, Tatiana Jessen to see why she's doing it, how she raised money, and how she trains.
Cut back to her in the gym
Introduce next participant Brooke Willard to see her motives and strategies
Cut back to them in the gym/riding the bike/training
Then introduce Abz Zeitler to ask her feelings toward it and how she is working for the cause and how she is involved with several other activities yet manages to fit this in.
Cut back to her training
Then do a "montage" of each of their training and their smiling faces with their jerseys on with names underneath
Closing shot with one of them with a tower view putting a hook 'em sign with jersey on
How this works with the text:
We would start out with shots of the athletes training to describe what the program is and how much dedication it takes.
The interviews speak for themselves, but we would probably include the participants ages next to their names.
The "montage" would work with the text to provide faces to the dedication and the hardcore program that is Texas 4K and to show that no participant is exactly the same and how they don't do it for the exact same reasons as each other.
The closing shot of one of the participants with the tower, hook em sign, and Texas 4K jersey with something like "We are Texas and we ride for cancer: Texas 4000" would be a nice way to end the video to leave a good message and a good representation of the organization.
Potential Sources:
1. Tatiana Jessen - a freshman also involved in Camp Texas
2. Abigail "Abz" Zeitler - a sophomore, also involved in Alpha Chi Omega, Camp Texas, and Texas Spirits
3. Brooke Willard - a senior who has participated in Texas 4000 before.
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