Canadian Sprints
Lying behind the smoke and adrenaline in motorsport racing lies a community connected together like family.
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At Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP), racers have been gathering for generations. At the heart of all the competition and the adrenaline rush of racing, the true experience of local racing can be found. Family, with loved ones and complete strangers, the track connects racers together and binds them with one another in connections that are hard to find anywhere else.
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Team Sprints
Dylan Micallef, Producer
Meet Dylan Micallef, the owner of team Sprints and one of our Producers. Although he has a larger background in sound design than in producing. Dylan makes up for it with the ambitious idea for this project. Being the son of racer Leroy Micallef, Dylan has the connections and the mindset to bring the team together for this project. |
Jack Ramsay, Director
Meet Jack Ramsay, the team manager of team Sprints. One of our producers and directors for the Sprints project. Although typically versed in leading the creative elements on narrative films, those skills translated to visual storytelling for our documentary. He took a more creative role to write scripts and form the structure of our story, assisting in the credo of how the film should look and feel. |
James Italiano, Director
Meet James Italiano, the crew chief on team Sprints. James is a third year Bachelor of Film and Television student. He is majoring in Directing, and Cinematography. James started his passion for filmmaking when he was 10 years old and has been living the dream ever since. While James has never had an affinity for racing, he is constantly challenging himself to take up unfamiliar territory when it comes to film. Being the director of this picture James researched heavily on racing and the effects it has on people, which inspired him to make the best film possible. |
Lauren Neeson, DOP & Sound Editor
Meet Lauren Neeson a third year film student at Sheridan College and member of team Sprints pit crew. She specializes in sound and camera with Canadian Sprints being her first time as a Director of Photography! While also being the Director of photography for Canadian sprint she is also the sound editor as well! She is excited for the chance to work on set with an awesome crew and help tell the history and life of Canada’s oldest racetrack. |
Seth Nichol, 1st AC
Meet Seth Nichol, the pit crew on team Sprints. Seth has a passion for film and is mainly focused on camera department, acting as assistant camera on Canadian Sprints. Seth’s first car when he turned 16 was a 1965 Mustang, and has been in love with cars ever since. While he learned old cars were a lot of work, he also realized it was a labour of love, and now loves spending time around all different breeds of cars. Getting to fuse two of his passions was a dream come true for Seth. |
Sumi Ragu, Sound Recordist
Meet Sumi Ragu, Hes a 3rd years bachelor of film and television student and he is majoring in Cinematography, Sound and Gaffing and a member of team Sprints pit crew. Sumi is a very technical individual and worked sound on sprints. Sumi was very happy to be on set and not a single photo of him not smiling! |
Jack Madden, Boom Op
Meet Jack Madden the boom operator for Sprints on set pit crew. Jack is a third year student at Sheridan IT. He is predominantly focussing in on camera and sound work during his education. Jack has a love for driving. He enjoys going for very long and exciting drives around Ontario, and occasionally down through the Central and Eastern United States. He was very excited to have the opportunity to work on this piece for that reason. |
Ryan Irwin, Video Editor
Meet Ryan Irwin the video editor of Canadian Sprints. Ryan enjoys long walks on the beach spending time with families and combing through footage to create well paced films. Ryans first car was a 2006 Chevy Impala. Caring for this breakdown prone vehicle gave Ryan an appreciation for fixing problems and solving puzzles something he carries i to his work as a video editor. |