The Isetta Engine Team’s Documentary, We Probably Shouldn’t be Doing This was directed and produced by Jared Ettinger.

 

This 10-minute documentary follows the journey of four passionate students as they work tirelessly to build an engine to help others understand how it’s made.

 

Rough Cut

After 2 months of filming, I put together a full rough cut of the documentary. I presented it to faculty advisors, peers, and, of course, the rest of the team. I wrote down and filtered all of the feedback I received and quickly began iterating.

Halves Trailer

Presented at the Isetta Team’s Halves presentation to give faculty and peers a proof-of-concept for the documentary side of the project. At the time, the primary feedback received was focused on audio and visual quality. To iterate on this, I got a newer camera, Rode Shotgun mic, and Lavalier mic from the ETC’s inventory. With those, I was able to reshoot all of the interviews I had previously done.