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1. The Motocross Man
Written By
Maia Creed
A five minute short documentary about the life of my
granddad, the British Motocross Championship Winner of 1966,
and his upbringing surrounding his interest of motorbikes.
This Documentary is based on the career of my Granddad and
how he became the British Motorcycling Champion in 1966, for
example the training. I have interviewed him about his
career and how it has affected him over the years.
Additionally, I will include archive footage to help
establish the context of the documentary. This short will be
an interview-based Documentary and you won't be able to hear
the interviewers voice, and hopefully this Documentary and
the questions I ask my Granddad will allow him to reflect on
his career and all that he's achieved.
Address: Long Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PX
Phone Number: 07539 232583

2. 1
SCENE 1 - EXT. WILDTRACKS MOTOCROSS SCHOOL, NEWMARKET
WIDE SHOT - MOTORBIKE JUMPING OVER HILL - HAND-HELD
MID SHOT - MOTORBIKE GOING PAST CAMERA (RIGHT TO LEFT) -
HAND-HELD
MID SHOT - FREDDIE WITH HIS BACK TO THE CAMERA, HANDS IN
POCKETS, WATCHING THE MOTORBIKES GO BACK AND FORTH AROUND
THE TRACK - HAND-HELD
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
What do you think started your
interest in motorbikes?
(HEARD DIALOGUE)
FREDDIE
[I think the fact that] My father
had a motorcycle and used to follow
motorcycle racing [started my
interest in motorbikes] because I
would go with him to watch from
when I was around eight years old.
FREDDIE - VOICE OVER RESPONSE
CLOSE UP - CUTS TO A CLOSER SHOT OF FREDDIE'S FACE, SIDE ON,
HIS EYES STILL FORWARD - HAND-HELD
CLOSE UP - PAN AROUND TO THE FRONT OF HIS FACE, STILL
LOOKING FORWARD - HAND-HELD
CUT TO - MOTORBIKES GOING AROUND TRACK - HAND-HELD
CUT TO -
SCENE 2 - INT. HOME, NEWMARKET
MID SHOT - FREDDIE SITTING IN SEAT - NEXT TO HIM IS A TABLE
WITH A TROPHY AND SOME PICTURES OF HIMSELF RIDING WHEN HE
WAS YOUNGER - VOICEOVER RESPONSE.
CLOSE UP - FREDDIE RESPONSE (HEARD DIALOGUE)
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3. 2
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
When did you get your first
motorbike (and the brief story
behind it)?
(HEARD DIALOGUE)
FREDDIE
I got my first motorbike when I was
twelve. I had learnt to ride when I
was eleven on a 125cc BSA Bantam on
some private waste land. This was
just a normal road-going machine so
as I wanted to ride off-road we
brought an old bike and converted
it for off-road use.
CLOSE UP - ZOOM IN ON FACE - FREDDIE'S RESPONSE
FADE IN - TEXT OF FREDDIE AND 'BRITISH MOTOCYCLE CHAMPION'
OVER THE TOP OF INTERVIEW
FADE OUT TEXT
CUT TO - PICTURE OF YOUNG FREDDIE WITH BIKE(ARCHIVE PHOTO)
AND VOICE OVER MONOLOGUE OF FREDDIE'S RESPONSE
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
Did you have lessons or did you
teach yourself? When did you start?
(HEARD DIALOGUE)
FREDDIE
My father obviously told me what to
do [so I didn't want lessons], but
I found that riding a motorbike
just came naturally to me.
MID SHOT - FREDDIE SITTING IN SEAT - FREDDIE RESPONSE
CUT TO - CLOSE UP OF FREDDIE TALKING (TALKING HEAD)
SCENE 3 - CUT TO - BIKES GOING AROUND TRACK (VOICEOVER)
(MORE)

4. 3
(HEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
When did you start entering
competitions?
(HEARD DIALOGUE)
FREDDIE
I started entering competitions
when I was thirteen in Trials and
then entered my first Scramble (now
called Motocross) when I was
fifteen. I actually wanted to road
race, but you had to be seventeen
at the time, so I thought I'd
switch to that. However, when the
time came, I was quite good at
Scrambling so I stuck at that
instead.
CLOSE UP - FREDDIE FACIAL EXPRESSION
CUT TO - FREDDIE ON BIKE AROUND TRACKS AND VOICE OVER
RESPONSE - MID SHOT
CUT TO - CLOSE UP OF FACE AS HE BIKES AND VOICE OVER
RESPONSE
CUT TO - SHOT OF WHEELS SKIDDING AROUND CORNER AND VOICE
OVER RESPONSE
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
Was it difficult to juggle school
work,a social life, and everything
else, with a career that was
rapidly developing? Did you have to
prioritize?
SCENE 4 - MID SHOT - FREDDIE SITTING IN SEAT (RESPONSE)
CUT TO - PHOTO ARCHIVE OF FREDDIE - YOUNG - WITH BIKE (VOICE
OVER)

5. 4
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
Motocross is a dangerous sport. Did
you ever have an accident whilst
riding? Anything major/minor during
your career?
(HEARD DIALOGUE)
FREDDIE
I have had a few accidents. I broke
my leg when I was eighteen, a bone
in my back when I was twenty, and
my arm and nose when I was
thirty-three. They were the only
serious injuries. When I broke a
bone in my back, I was hospitalised
after my first outing on a Villiers
Starmaker-engined 250 bike, and the
racing conditions were treacherous.
MID SHOT - FREDDIE RESPONSE - SERIOUS FACE(IN CHAIR)
CUTAWAY - PHOTO OF BIKER IN FRAME (ON TABLE) (VOICE OVER
RESPONSE)
CUT TO - MID SHOT - FREDDIE RESPONSE - SERIOUS FACE (IN
CHAIR)
CUTAWAY - NEWS ARTICLE ON WALL (VOICE OVER RESPONSE)
CUT TO - WIDE SHOT - BIKERS GETTING READY/GETTING BIKES
CUT TO - SCENE 5 - EXT. WILDTRACKS LOCATION - FREDDIE
WALKING WITH RIDERS IN BACKGROUND
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
Why do you think those accidents
didn't put you off riding?
CUT TO - AT HOME AGAIN - FREDDIE CLOSE UP RESPONSE - SHAKING
HEAD AND LAUGH
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6. 5
(HEARD DIALOGUE)
FREDDIE
The accidents didn't put me off
riding because it was something I
was passionate about, and I didn't
want to give up so easily because I
enjoyed it so much...I didn't want
to stop.
CUT TO - WILDTRACKS LOCATION - BIKES GOING AROUND THE TRACK
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
Did you want to make motocross your
career or did you want to keep it
as a separate hobby?
(HEARD DIALOGUE)
FREDDIE
I always wanted to make racing
motorcycles my career.
CUT TO - WIDE SHOT - FREDDIE WALKING TOWARDS RACE TRACK
(VOICE OVER RESPONSE)
CUT TO - CLOSE UP BACK VIEW OF FREDDIE'S HEAD, WATCHING
BIKES - ALTER FOCUS FROM BACK OF HEAD TO MOTORBIKES RACING
CUT TO - CLOSE UP OF FREDDIE'S FACE LOOKING STRAIGHT AHEAD
AND PAN DOWN TO HIM TAKING HANDS OUT OF POCKET AND PUTTING
THEM ON FENCE
(HEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
How did motocross influence your
future?
(HEARD DIALOGUE)
FREDDIE
When I finished racing I was able
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7. 6
FREDDIE (CONT'D)
to open my own Motorcycle shop in
Cambridge, which I ran successfully
for ten years.
CLOSE UP - SCENE 6 - INT. AT HOME - FREDDIE'S FACE -
RESPONSE
CUTAWAY - TROPHY - CUT BACK TO FREDDIE'S FACE - RESPONSE
CUT TO - FREDDIE MID SHOT RESPONSE
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
What did your father think about
all of this? Was he proud/did he
support you/go to all of your
races?
CUT TO - FREDDIE'S FACE - CLOSE UP (VOICE OVER RESPONSE)
CUT TO - WILDTRACKS - BIKES GOING AROUND TRACK
CUT TO - AT HOME - FREDDIE'S FACE - CLOSE UP
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
What about the rest of your family?
How did they feel about it all?
CUT TO - FREDDIE MID SHOT (RESPONSE)
CUT TO - SCENE 7 - EXT. WILDTRACKS - FREDDIE WALKING WITH
FAMILY (VOICEOVER)
CUT TO - FREDDIE SITTING IN CAFE TALKING TO DAUGHTER
(VOICEOVER)
CUTAWAY - GRANDDAUGHTER IN CAFE (VOICEOVER)
CUT TO - FREDDIE MID SHOT (RESPONSE)
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
Did your father encourage you to
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8. 7
INTERVIEWER (CONT'D)
start racing or did you want to try
it anyway?
CUT TO - MID SHOT - FREDDIE RESPONSE
CUT TO - CLOSE UP OF FREDDIE (VOICEOVER RESPONSE)
CUT TO - MID SHOT - FREDDIE RESPONSE
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
What was your most memorable moment
during your time you competed?
CUT TO - TROPHY IN THE BACKGROUND (VOICEOVER RESPONSE)
CUT TO - MID SHOT - FREDDIE RESPONSE
CUT TO - CLOSE UP RESPONSE (TALKING HEAD)
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
What was the process of preparing
for a competition?
(HEARD DIALOGUE)
FREDDIE
You have to be very fit for
Motocross, so I had to train and
keep fit during the off season.
Once the season started it kept you
fit by riding each week. Also, the
bikes had to be kept in tip top
condition each week.
MID SHOT - FREDDIE SITTING IN SEAT (RESPONSE)
CUT TO - SCENE 8 - EXT. WILDTRACKS - CLOSE UP OF DIFFERENT
PARTS OF A MOTORBIKE (VOICE OVER RESPONSE)
CUT TO - RACERS PREPARING/CHECKING THEIR BIKES - WHEELS,
PUTTING HELMETS ON(VOICE OVER RESPONSE)

9. 8
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
What happened after you won British
Champion?
(HEARD DIALOGUE)
FREDDIE
Winning the British Motocross
enabled me to have good contracts
from sponsors and good motorcycles
to race.
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER
How did it feel when you won?
(HEARD DIALOGUE)
FREDDIE
The final race was an intense one.
I came 4th in the final round of
the 250 Championship at Builth
Wells, but my consistency
throughout the competition meant
that I won the Championship overall
by one point. It felt amazing and
relieving at the same time.
CUT TO - WILDTRACKS - FREDDIE PUTTING ON HELMET (VOICEOVER
RESPONSE)
CUT TO - SCENE 9 - INT. HOME - CLOSE UP OF FREDDIE'S FACE
(VOICE OVER RESPONSE)
CUT TO - WILDTRACKS - FREDDIE PUTTING ON GLOVES AND CHECKING
BIKE (VOICEOVER RESPONSE)
CUT TO - FREDDIE TAKING BIKE ONTO TRACK (VOICEOVER RESPONSE)
(UNHEARD DIALOGUE)
INTERVIEWER (CONT'D)
Do you still ride bikes today?

10. 9
(HEARD DIALOGUE)
FREDDIE
I am lucky enough to still be able
to ride bikes [today]. I still
occasionally compete in the Pre-65
motocross competitions and I
participate in trials.
CUT TO - FREDDIE CLOSE UP RESPONSE
CUT TO - MID SHOT - FREDDIE LAUGHING IN SEAT
FADE OUT - FREDDIE IN SEAT
CUT TO - SCENE 10 - EXT. WILDTRACKS - FREDDIE RACING - MID
SHOT
CUT TO - CLOSE UP OF FREDDIE RACING
FADE IN - CLOSING CREDITS WITH RACING FOOTAGE IN THE
BACKGROUND
CUT TO - WIDE SHOT OF FREDDIE RACING
CUT TO - CLOSE UP OF FREDDIE RACING, FADING OUT AT THE END