Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Buff Staysail's ACWS TV Show

G'day all! Buff Staysail here! Buff by name and Buff by nature!

JP's been slagging off some America's Cup World Series (ACWS) TV show - well he's clearly not been watching Buff's Sailing Slot on Queensland Community TV!! Yup, I've my own show, and check out the latest 22 minutes of perfection!

Alas this program is unavailable for streaming as Kevin the IT intern was caught running a pirate file store from our servers and he's been carted off to the young offenders unit. So instead here's the script in all its sparkling glory:

Intro: Stock ACWS graphics of racing boats, water splashing on AC pounding music etc etc. Cut to quick succession of short clips of [port name], boats turning round mark, crew spraying champagne over each other etc

BS (voice over)
Welcome to the America's Cup World Series event from [port name]! The America's Cup may be the oldest sporting trophy but its been updated to be as high power and exciting as Formula F1!!

Clip of boat sailing fast then nose diving:
What will happen in this week's races? Who will be this week's winner and who will be voted off

First lets have a look at the host of this month's regatta, [port name]

[Add stock film from host organisation tourist board here]

BS (voiceover to clips of boats heading out and then nose diving)
But on with the first race, who will find glory and who will go for a swim?
BS
It was an exciting start, won by [boat name] and racing was close all the way round

Enter clips of boats near marks, too close to see where they are or what is going on, what the tactics are etc etc

BS
But there could be just the one winner, and this time it was [boat name]

Clips of: boat crossing line, crew cheering, checkered flag being waved by smiling young woman, skipper spraying champagne over crew etc etc

BS 
We had an exclusive interview with the winning skipper, [name]

Skipper
Well we were pretty pleased by that result

BS
Wow, wasn't that exciting!  Don't go away because after the break we'll have another race and there's bound to be drama all the way round!

Clip of boat nosediving:

Then ACWS end stock clip, followed by adverts

Back to ACWS start stock clip, followed by clips of clips of [port name], boats turning round mark, crew spraying champagne over each other etc

BS (voice over)
Welcome back to the America's Cup World Series event from [port name]! We've another exciting race here today, where anything could happen - and probably will!


BS
First a look at the body armour the sailors need and the reason why - take a look at this spectacular crash of the Oracle boat!!


BS (voiceover to clips of boats heading out and lining up for the start)
But on with the racing! It was an exciting start, won by [boat name] and racing was close all the way round

Enter clips of boats near marks, too close to see where they are or what is going on, what the tactics are etc etc

BS
But there could be just the one winner, and this time it was [boat name]

Clips of: boat crossing line, crew cheering, checkered flag being waved by smiling young woman, skipper spraying champagne over crew etc etc

BS 
We had an exclusive interview with the winning skipper, [name]

Skipper
Well we were pretty pleased by that result

BS
Wow, was that exciting!  What an event - we can only thank [port name] for being such brilliant hosts!! Next month we're off to [port name] for more America's Cup action. More drama than Formula F1 and a lot wetter! 

Clip of boat nosediving:

BS
See you in [port name]!!

Finally ACWS end stock clip and its a wrap.


6 comments:

tillerman said...

Brilliant!

O Docker said...

Great sleuthing, Buff, in tracking down that elusive video clip.

But what an iconic clip it is, capturing the very essence of America's Cup racing! And what a great touch the checkered flag is, too! How else are you supposed to know when those confusing races are over?

Buff Staysail said...

Thanks Tillerman - see, JP, some people appreciate my work!!

O'Docker: in the good old days you'd have researchers to do that sort of thing for you but now, jeez, you have do all the hard work yourself.

JP said...

Thanks Tillerman - looks like I'm going to have to explain "ironic" to Buff one more time

Noodle said...

Please help me stop laughing :-D

JP said...

Glad you liked it :)