An Italian Garage
is a Web-series of short documentaries
on great Italian car makers.
The first season
will tell the story of Iso Rivolta,
a splendid, unfortunate and forgotten brand.
In the 60s and 70s
it produced some of the most beautiful sports cars of all times.
Tilt up
Alessandro Brioschi interview. Take 1.
Manuel interview. Take 1.
Federico Bonomelli interview. Take 5.
The love for cars
has been with me since childhood.
We discovered Iso Rivolta in a time
when information about it was not available
either on Wikipedia or other websites.
The story has emerged in these years.
We came in contact with the Bonomellis,
who have a collection of Iso Rivoltas
and have built the only existing Iso Grifo 90.
They introduced us to the story of the I.R. brand.
After the Bonomellis,
we found out the Negris,
who manage a specialized car warehouse in Clusone,
and thanks to them we met the rest of the collectors
They are a very united group of people,
where everyone knows and supports one another.
Because these models are very few and rare.
Because spare parts are expensive,
so, it is necessary to have a compact community
to keep this passion alive.
It took us 18 months to complete the first season,
but the idea had arrived a year before.
We spent 14 days shooting.
in ten different locations.
We made 15 interviews
and shot 8 cameracars.
Iso Rivolta closed in 1974.
Anyway, since then, some lovers and collectors
have managed to preserve both cars and firm documents,
waiting for someone to be interested in the brand again.
This is the papers archive
about the entire Iso production.
It ranges from original brochures
to historical magazines with ads.
Do it again, unfold the page.
Start. You can start.
This "Gazzetta dello Sport" of February '74 is very interesting.
It writes about Juventus, Inter and Fiorentina,
but on the last page,
it shows this huge Ad about Isetta.
Move your hands like that again.
like you're smoothing the page.
Like this?
Correct.
We have you switch on the two lamps you turned on before.
Then we move the bike to the small room at the back.
Second point, on this table, over there,
you take out your archive again.
Ah, so we put it over there!
Where it stood before, at the entrance. Yes, yes.
We get the documents out
and shoot we shoot while you do it
and you describe what's it all about.
We do it several times with the steadicam
and shoot from different angles.
You'll have to say the same thing.
You do it for five times, while we keep moving.
After this, we do the crank.
So we must...
go faster.
There's a lot to be done. So I place the mike on him.
Right.
Roberto walking. Take one.
We are familiar with the kinds of videos about historical cars
you find in Youtube or on the web, in general.
Rolling.
We watch plenty of these videos, we like them,
but sometimes they are too focused on cars,
they don't show the context
and don't tell anything about their collectors
Ok, let's do another take.
We wanted to improve our story telling
by creating a series where all the episodes are linked together
in terms of images and sound.
And the lipstick?
Pretend to be making a huge effort.
Even with the...
Go.
Cool, you're in slowmotion!
Angrier.
Push hard.
Go!
This one is cool.
Stop!
No more clouds in a minute.
Yeah, you're right.
There's a carpet, a carpet!
My name is Federico Bonomelli.
I'll be turning sixty this year.
We also chose to engage a Drone team,
that toured Italy with us, for three days.
We wanted to have more dynamic shots
and pay homage to the location we had selected.
Keep going, keep going.
Yes, yes, continue.
Cross, cut it. Tilt up, tilt upwards!
Awesome.
Try the settings.
No, it was a dolly shot,
but it's not moving much, so it's ok.
Us? Yes.
Yes, we're moving, yeah, easy.
Federico, turn and come back
We'll shoot it again.
You fly it up and it disappears below.
And we move to the left.
Yes, like that, you move a bit to the left.
The first take was already good.
Also because we won't reshoot it,
so it must have been right.
Our choice of locations was intended to add value to cars and places
We traveled all around the North of Italy,
from Milan to Modena,
Clusone and Bresso,
passing by the Como and Iseo lakes
up to Friuli,
to move back to Lombardia across the "Presolana" pass.
We have not been the only ones to travel.
Adam Bolcs came to Friuli from Hungary
to show his Iso Grifo,
proving that our project is not only meaningful for us,
but also for every car collector around the world.
Guest arrival. Take two.
Reverse shot. Take two.
Stay where you are, when we put Rec
you walk slowly around the car,
talking and looking at the car.
We picked Sony FS7 for our shooting.
This camera derives from Cinema
but is equipped for documentaries.
It produces a 4K
compressed but Lossless file.
It uses the SLog
to obtain a wide cinematographic image.
And it has the ISO locked at 2000,
perfect for documentaries,
because you can't always place lights
or modify the set whenever necessary.
Ok.
Stop.
Fine, let's do it one more time.
Moreover, the camera films
in slowmotion at 180fps.
We used that in some of the most spectacular scenes in our work.
Go Palmo!
More Sparks!
Palmo, go!
That's cool.
Can do it, can do it, can do it... I did it.
Let's do the opening in slowmotion with the tripod.
Does this go into your car as well?
Yeah, what a wide angle.
Come closer.
It's like carrying a door in front of you
Our lighting kit is entirely made by Lupo lights,
which is an Italian firm based in Turin.
Our kit is made by four Lupolights,
a Lupolux 650,
a Lupolight 800,
and a Lupoled 1120 Dual Color.
The Dual Color is very practical, because it is battery powered
so you don't need cables and it can fit anywhere,
even in awkward corners.
You start from here, at the end,
and slowly follow it.
It's important not to look at us.
And don't let the wheel fall.
You have parked it under a tree, as usual.
Go, Roberto.
Maybe it's better from above.
Yes, better from above. Let's do it again.
It's fine like this
Garage. Take Five.
Action!
The wheels have become squared.
Isn't it easier from this side?
You're right. Come this way.
Try a wide movement.
Like this, and then move downwards.
Like this?
Yes. Then you lower your arm and keep...
Right, even lower.
Shall we do it?
Go!
Ok, that's it!
Awesome!
Is there a hole behind? Yes.
Ah, ok.
How come you're not in axis this time?
Eh, whiskey is good. Grappa, too, lately.
Eh, grappa... I appreciate it lately. Gin! Pure!
Roberto Bonomelli interview. Take one.
For interviews, we used a very simple settings,
with two cameras.
My name is Roberto Bonomelli, I live in Dolzago.
The first camera used an 85mm lens
the second, instead,
used a 35mm,
was meant to contextualize the protagonists in their surroundings.
It can stop, because fuel does not flow smoothly,
because it has overheated and oil evaporates in the carburetor,
so you have to wait, etc etc...
But it is simple, so it is a game to fix it.
Mind you,
show my greek profile.
And I had manage to make him buy this Fidia.
During the interview of Roberto Negri
we decided to use a third camera
to obtain his tight close-up
and focus on the details of his face and hands.
To shoot these we used a stabilized 70-200mm Canon f/2.8
adding a multiplier.
... and they lacked assistance from the moment the Iso had ended its activity.
The interview with Roberto was intimate,
so we thought the stylistic choice was suitable.
Like that, if we cut the question it still makes sense.
All of our Rigs,
tripods, stands and fluid heads
are produced by Manfrotto and Gitzo,
two firm in North Italy.
Since the beginning, we have used their products for their reliability.
How long should I stay there?
Some four, five seconds, after getting out.
Then, I'll say stop and you go back inside.
Awesome.
How is the memory card? Is it downloaded?
We wanted to give more importance to the sound,
which is too often undervalued by videomakers.
There were onboard mikes during the shootings.
So the question was to hide them
and find the right compromise
between the hiding place
and the ideal source of sound for a better engine roar.
In post-production,
the sound was edited
making good use of all kinds of elements recorded in the making,
in order to obtain the most realistic effect,
even if, in truth, the sound you hear
has completely been recreated in post-production.
Keep a tight corner, Federico.
You can see "Bonomelli", yes.
Should we try and place our car at the end of the cue
and try to halt the cars for a while?
No no, it's fine like this.
Again, Federico, push.
That's ok, this one is fine.
Do you fear it might detach? How can it detach?
It'll never fall off.
Place it here, on this spot, it helps staibility.
If you stick it here, it vibrates and makes the camera vibrate.
Massive.
Naughty!
Naughtier, more Iso!
We needed professional equipment to work out our project.
We needed safer car rig at higher speeds
to enhance the dynamic potential of the cars.
Faster, faster, faster.
Push like a bastard!
Go, faster faster!
When we bought our rig
the Digital Juice Rig was the only available one.
Its rig, called Spyder Pod, is still part of our equipment.
The system has versatile arms of different lengths,
so you can place the camera on different parts of the car very rapidly.
Our Sony FS7
has a WiFi that connects to the smartphone.
So we can select Rec or Spot and perform some other setting modifications
while shooting, without leaving the car.
Try and take a wide turn, if you can.
You can add a Remote Head to the rig.
For example, a Ronin DJI,
in order to get more dynamic images while moving.
Take two. From the gas station onwards.
You start, because we...
I'm worried about idiots in other cars
you know, we have to be a bit slower.
YOUR CAR IS SHIT!
Yours too!
Do you know them? No.
Really? No.
We tell you where to go. For now, we drive to Milan. Let's go.
We can't skip the traffic, can we?
It's friday evening.
Let's film on the way back too then.
There's a car coming just now
and there are three awful old guys.
I can't even speak Italian properly anymore.
By the way, this is already loosen.
Let's follow this road, follow the bend.
Move back,
more, more.
Yes, like that. That's it.
Maybe I'm a little too low.
For each person we have interviewed,
we also made a photo shoot,
with a portrait taken in a familiar environment.
Your left hand, try to move it.
that's it, freeze.
A picture of the car alone
and a closer portrait, more intimate, of the protagonist.
That's it, freeze.
To shoot both these pictures and the videos
we used a Canon set of L series lenses.
Looking at my hand.
The poster of The Iso Rivolta Chronicles
was designed by Elisa Vendramin,
a illustrator from Pordenone,
with a very recognizable style.
The logo of An Italian Garage
was created by Christian Babuin,
who is in charge of all the graphics of the project.
The 3D logo version
was developed by Michiele Daneluzzo
for Nyxo Studio.
The Loudlab Studio in Sacile
has printed the 3D logo,
which has been later chromium-plated and colored.
Anyway, the idea... lighter here, lighter outside,
darker inside.
He knows the beginning of each part
because he starts a topic,
he never goes deeper and then switches subject.
There are two parts where the song grows, then there's the theme.
then the guitar comes in slowly,
to reach the climax at the end.
A blues riff.
A normal structure, but more ambient.
The idea is to shoot a dolly moving backwards.
We place the Logo, starting close and out of focus.
Then we pull fast back, it comes on focus,
we slow down and keep moving back letting it go out of focus again.
The soundtrack is original.
We took inspiration from the decades when the cars were produced,
mainly the 60s and 70s.
The instrumental parts in the soundtrack
have been composed by Stefano Salmano and Roberto Dazzan.
They were recorded in three day
at Atracoustic Studio in Pordenone
by The Vise & the Cocco's nuts.
Now it is awesome.
The score of the last episode
was composed by Alessandro Parisi,
in a different style if compared to the rest of the soundtrack.
I composed all the remaining soundtracks of the series.
Yo, I can't hear you.
It's been an incredible opportunity for all of us
to meet lots of people all over Italy,
to enter the Iso Rivolta community.
A fantastic and helpful community.
They helped us
accomplish something beyond our expectations.
Go Roberto.
The Iso Rivolta Chronicles
has given us a chance to meet a group of people
who have supported and helped us in this project.
We hope viewers appreciate our work
and wish Iso Rivolta
was acknowledged among the great Italian car brands,
And we are looking forward to starting
the next season of An Italian Garage.
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