Benchrest Documentary?

[dolek]

I would be interested in watching any video you do about shooting sports . Your others are top notch , so if you can put a benchrest documentary together I think it would help the sport . Many shooters out there are wondering what goes on behind the curtain at BR matches,this could open there eyes and get them to give it a try.

 

[Riflman]

Rather than make it solely about the shooting, make it about the shooters. I know a father daughter team who are tearing up a storm on the east coast. He’s a Navy Vet and she’s 10. She has just got her Sharpshooter card and went to the CMP nationals. The NJ State Assn has a good Junior Pistol Team. Some shoot 22 only others shoot 45s for the CF and 45 events. There’s a family who has a teenager taking up international smallbore. They don’t have a ton of money but they’re making it work. We have helped this family out some so the kid can peruse his dream.

The stories are out there and the people make it interesting for the general audience. That’s what sells.

I like telling stories about people. I’ve done both narrative and reality work. A character-driven reality series would be great. It’s just harder to get productions like that greenlit (financed) and picked up by a network. If I had the backing, I could develop a competition based reality show, that followed at least three main shooters. They would have to be good on camera of course.” It takes a lot of work, time and money to develop a show though, and even with a good pitch bible, sizzle reel and pilot, it still might not get picked up.

Doing a doc, and shorter vignettes that can be used to promote the sport, will be so much easier to fund, shoot, produce and deliver.

The interviews of the legends will be the most important piece of the puzzle. I can see a whole series of short bio-docs (like a legends series), a more in depth doc that dives deeper into the sport, plus a series of short 30 sec to 2 minute promos that can be used on social media by different clubs and orgs to help promote the sport.

I also recently did a whole website and video courses for a medical company that sells online continuing education courses using video. There is a huge market for Masterclasses, and it’s a great way to preserve the knowledge for future generations.

I really appreciate all the feedback regarding my work and the ideas you all are putting forward. Nice to see there is interest.

 

[riflewoman]

Have you thought about approaching a supplier like Capstone (Lapua, Berger, Vhitavouri....) for sponsorship?

 

[Sandstorm]

Plus +1 Riflewoman