What does it take to make a film about a 250 mile race across Arizona? Let's take a behind the scenes look at EVERY STEP FORWARD, and ultrarunning film about Sally McRae and the Cocodona 250. This is a breakdown of all sorts of different aspects of making an adventure race film for a brand, and delivering a finished piece in less than a month from wrapping up the shoot. The 48 minute film now has over 350,000 views.

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Film co-created with Tyler McCain; thumbnail images provided by Tyler as well.

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00:00 INTRO
00:17 THE FILM
00:37 FILM BACKGROUND
01:46 PRE-RACE CAPTURE
03:39 COURSE SCOUTING
05:00 FILMMAKER/ATHLETE RELATIONSHIP
07:20 SMALL CREW FILMMAKING
08:09 BRAND PARTNER
09:15 SHOOTING FOR COVERAGE
11:58 LOGISTICS 1
17:32 CAMERA GEAR
19:15 FIXING THE AUDIO
20:15 FINDING LOCATIONS
20:49 PASS GAP AND BURY
21:45 EDITING PHILOSOPHY 1
22:34 LOGISTICS 2
23:26 EDITING PHILOSOPHY 2
25:41 SEDONA
27:46 ETHICS OF FILMING RACES
31:40 TOUGH MOMENTS
37:09 EDITING THE FILM IN A MONTH
43:22 POST RACE INTERVIEW
45:24 MOUNT ELDEN
46:20 CLOSING THOUGHTS