Title: Shell Eco-marathon: On-Track Brazil 2022 – Drop Team
Duration: 02:53
Description: Drop Team member Bruno Christo discusses redesigning their vehicle and using recyclable materials.
Drop Team Transcript
[Background music]
Upbeat and fun.
[Visuals]
Opens with shot of Bruno, full frame.
Bruno:
If I had to describe my team in three words, it will be united, committed and evolving.
[Text displays]
United
Committed
Evolving
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Cuts to shot of vehicle rolling on track. Then cuts to shot of team members cheering.
[Text displays]
Drop Team
Instituto Federal de Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Bruno voice-over:
We're Drop Team from Instituto Federal de Rio Grande do Sul from Brazil.
[Visuals]
Cuts to shot of team members working on vehicle, before cutting back to Bruno.
[Text displays – name strap]
Bruno Christo
Aerodynamics and Communications
Bruno:
Our biggest challenge in Shell Eco-marathon was that we had to redesign our car…
[Text displays]
Redesign
our car
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Ripple transitions to shot of team members working on car, before cutting back to Bruno.
Bruno:
… in order to go to participate in competition in USA in 2019.
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Ripple transitions to shot of team members carrying vehicle, followed by split-screen images of vehicle in garage and on track.
[Visuals]
Cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
In 2018, we won Brazilian competition here.
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Won Brazilian competition
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Cuts to image of team celebration with prize cheque. Then cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
But at that time, because airplane restrictions, we couldn't take our car on the airplane because it was very big – three meters long.
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Ripple transitions to image of team members posing behind vehicle. Then cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
So we had to completely redesign our car, to make it a modular.
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Make it modular
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Cuts to panning shot of vehicle in garage, with team members working in the background. This is followed by a close-up of the dismantled vehicle packed inside itself.
[Visuals]
Cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
We had to cut it in five pieces, so the five parts of the car could fit inside each other to fit in the box that goes in the airplane, so we could travel to USA.
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Ripple transitions to shot of packed vehicle.Then cuts back to Bruno, before cutting to three-way split of vehicle running on track and team members working on vehicle. This is followed by a shot of the vehicle running on track.
[Visuals]
Cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
Here in Brazil, we have just two air companies that has our box size that we put our car inside.
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Ripple transitions to montage of vehicle packed inside box. Then cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
So even cutting our car in five pieces, it's very difficult to travel abroad.
[Visuals]
Cuts to team member working on bottom of vehicle, followed by close-up of vehicle’s parts. Then cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
It was a challenge time because we just had four months between the two competitions.
[Visuals]
Cuts to panning shot of team members working on vehicle. Then cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
The team did great work.
[Text displays]
Great work
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Ripple transitions to image of team members standing behind vehicle. Then cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
In the end, we got third place in the Shell Eco-marathon Americas, 2019.
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Cuts to shot of team member pumping up vehicle. Then cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
When we were designing our car, we think that it was important to consider the environment.
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Cuts to panning hot of team members working on vehicle.
[Text displays]
Consider the environment
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Cuts to close-ups of vehicle exterior. Then cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
So we used ABS plastic that can be recycled.
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Cuts to panning shot of vehicle sitting on garage floor. Then cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
We sent our project to a company and they heated the plastic and made the body shape.
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Ripple transitions to team member shining torch inside vehicle, followed by shot of driver inside. Then cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
When we got the body shape back, we had to cut our windows, and the excess parts of the car that we cut, we sent it back to the company and they reused this plastic that would be wasted.
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Ripple transitions to team member inspecting vehicle, followed by shot of its interior and the driver.
[Text displays]
Reused plastic
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Cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
Sustainability is important to Drop Team because we’re in the same boat. And we think that everybody has to do their part. So we like to be connected with the community.
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Connected with the community
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Ripple transitions to team members rolling vehicle out of garage. The cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
Shell Eco-marathon is important to Drop Team because it's about personal development and professional development.
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Personal development
Professional development
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Cuts to three-way split of vehicle running on track. Then cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
It's about energy efficiency, but also the environment.
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Cuts to shot of Brazilian flag between two Shell flags. Then cuts to shot of vehicle running on track.
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Cuts back to Bruno.
Bruno:
And even being here at the event, we have the opportunity to meet people from all over Brazil and other countries.
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Cuts to high-angled shot of crowds cheering on side of racetrack, followed by three-way split of team members hugging and congratulating each other. Then cuts back to crowds celebrating on side of track.
Bruno voice-over:
So it's a chance to know other people’s visions and their cultures.
[Endboard with logo]
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