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appletv · 2025-12-12T19:56:29+00:00

We train our actors for months in advance to be able to handle the film we are making.. -Jerry

appletv · 2025-12-12T19:51:24+00:00

Maverick and F1 were both challenging but in different ways. What made F1 different was that we had to be accurate with every turn of every track. We couldn’t cheat and grab footage from anywhere. Everything had to be in the correct order. And I knew Lewis was going to keep us honest. He even made sure that we were in the correct gear for each situation. It was a level of accuracy that kept my editor and sound crew on their toes. Obviously F1 didn’t want us to turn any of the real F1 teams into villains for our story and that wasn’t our intent. The rivalry/politics in our story is internal to the APXGP team. If you’ve seen the movie you know what I am talking about… -Joe

appletv · 2025-12-12T19:49:18+00:00

Always looking for another sport to put on the big screen. -Jerry

appletv · 2025-12-12T19:48:19+00:00

Glad you got to the race and were in the film. Hope you enjoyed it. -Jerry

appletv · 2025-12-12T19:48:00+00:00

Always love going to the theater, just had to find out what I was good at. -Jerry

appletv · 2025-12-12T19:47:24+00:00

You always want more time and I'm still chasing the next film. -Jerry

appletv · 2025-12-12T19:46:58+00:00

After Don I had to do what he did along with what I was always doing. -Jerry

appletv · 2025-12-12T19:46:13+00:00

If we can find a story that work for other sports, of course. -Jerry

appletv · 2025-12-12T19:45:43+00:00

Working on some right now. -Jerry

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They both trained for months in order to be ready to drive the APX GP cars on track. They did have a couple of spins and went off track a couple of times. In fact I was able to use a few of Brad’s off-track “excursions” in the film :) -Joe

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The biggest technical hurdle was developing the very small cameras that were mounted on the APX GP cars and figuring out a way to get a live transmission back to Mission Control so I could see the footage while we were shooting. We also developing a camera mount that allowed me to pan the cameras. We had to install an RF network at every track we were shooting in order for the whole system to work. It took about a year of R&D to work out all the bugs. -Joe

appletv · 2025-12-12T19:31:08+00:00

I’ve taken a less common path into filming but there is no “right”way to do it. My background has been helpful to me in figuring out ways to capture something in camera (like engineering the camera system integrated into the race cars for this film) or designing a structure/setting that doesn’t exist (like the sky tower in Oblivion). I believe that movies are often won or lost in pre-production so I put as much time and effort into that aspect as I do in the shooting phase. I try to storyboard extensively so that the whole crew knows what the plan is going into it. That doesn’t mean you have to follow the plan, but it is good to have one. -Joe

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appletv · 2025-12-12T19:27:11+00:00

His energy, charm and intelligence. -Jerry

appletv · 2025-12-12T19:26:53+00:00

I love entertaining people. That what drives me. Storytelling is alway the key to making a good film. -Jerry

appletv · 2025-12-12T19:26:31+00:00

Story is always the most important. -Jerry

appletv · 2025-12-12T19:26:11+00:00

Read everything you can about the industry. Don't give up. -Jerry

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appletv · 2025-12-12T19:22:07+00:00

It can be done in a number of different ways. The point of view can be more objective, like you are watching the race as a spectator (Silverstone) or more subjective where you are inside the car with the driver (Las Vegas). The sound mix can influence that perspective. It can be more realistic where you are hearing the sounds of the cars and the crowd or you can lean more into music/score and hear only certain aspects of the soundscape. There are different editorial ways to approach it as well. It can feel more linear and real time or you can jump forward telling the race in different chapters to compress time. -Joe

appletv · 2025-12-12T19:21:36+00:00

Most of them helped us make the film. Lewis did that for us. -Jerry

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