William Hug_(Ford v Ferrari)

Film Research

Broken Windshield after Ken threw a wrench at Carroll missed and hit the car, showing Ken's difficult to work with attitude at times. Motion of the trowing wrench and broken pieces.

Shows the first race woe see ken drive in, his energetic winning attitude and the yellowish tones we see in the bright daytime scenes out in the desert racing tracks.

Carol driving Henry ford showing him the speed of the race car they built and how they need the proper driver behind the wheel to win Le'mans. Motion top speed.

Shows the bad weather conditions driven in some of the races.

Agin shows the weather conditions when driving and how it can be hard to see the cars in front of you. Motion of the windshield wipers, rain.

Shows the day time race scene ford v Ferrari at the Le'Mans race. Motion top speed.

Shows some of the crashes that can happen at the races. Motion flying through the air, pieces of the car breaking.

Shows more of the crashes that can happen and fire with them. Motion of the flames.

Shows ken taking a break form working on a car, showing his mechanical skills and knowledge of the car and what it needs how to drive it that sets him apart form just being a race car driver. Motion tools movement hands fixing the car.

Shows ken and how he holds a cup of tea in a lot of scenes. Motion act of driving making tea tea bag ripple water.

Show the Daytona race where Ken earns the Le'mans race spot for the ford team. Motion cars passing by each other.

Shows Kens wife and son listening to the radio as he drives, radios are more common in this movie since it's set in 1966. Motion radio knobs adjusted.

Shows the gear shifting and the emphasis placed on these scenes in the movie, the gear shifting breaking and pedal movements acceleration, mph and rpm dials moving up. Motion of the body movements as well as the dial movements.

Shows the emphasis on the wheels and the top speeds these cars reach. Motion wheel spinning.

Ken and his son out on the track, ken shows him the amerces he has for the turns and seed changes he needs to make during the race. he talks about the perfect lap and what it's like to race. Motion time changing, sun setting.

Shows Ken behind the wheel and the emphasis placed on his face and the wheel. Motion spinning wheels.

Essay

Ford v Ferrari is a movie centered around driver Ken Miles and the 24hrs of Le'Mans race. Ken Miles is recruited by Carroll Shelby of Ford Motor Company because he is an exceptional driver and also a great mechanic. As Enzo Ferrari's fast Rosso-Corsa racing cars dominate the mid-1960s motorsport world, Miles and Shelby want to build a car that could beat Ferrari's race car and end their long history of success in the race. Ken Miles works mostly on the car and Shelby works to pitch him to the Ford executives who know he's a good driver but question his less favorable character in the press. Ford's race team has less than ninety days to rewrite history. As a result, the non-conformist duo comes up with the mighty Ford GT40 Mk I high-performance racing car. The 24hrs of Le’Mans is extremely difficult due to the conditions of the race itself, but also making a car strong enough to race at top speeds for so long. Ken is an expert at fixing cars and has a special sense of what is wrong with the car when driving from the feelings it gives him. Ken doesn't really care about winning or losing the race, more creating a fast car that drives well, having a quality race and getting the perfect lap as much as possible.

Words to Idea + Thesis Statement

Ford and Ferrari go head to head in mechanics and speed in the 1960's. The movie has an older yellowish tan tone to it making it feel warm even at night.