Cruisers

Broadcast TV

 

Cruisers Programme

This 25 minute programme follows the story of a car cruise as it unfolds and takes a look at the people who organize and attend these events. The documentary gives a never before seen insight into the crazy late night underground world of Irish car cruisers.

“Cruisers” follows several people fly-on-the-wall style as they prepare for and travel to the cruise Buttsy a 20 year old from Waterford is well known throughout Ireland for organizing these underground gatherings of modified car owners, where huge numbers of people meet up. The cruise is organized like a military operation, no one knows the exact location until a few hours before the event, It’s a closely guarded secret, if the Gardai find out, the location will be blocked off. Most modifiers come to cruises to show off their prized possessions, it’s the reason they have done all the work . It’s the ultimate showcase, others find a secure area of a car park and perform burn outs and 360 degree donuts.

Stephen a 21 year old factory worker from Clonakilty has worked hard and saved diligently to buy his Nissan Skyline – the ultimate cruisers car. Stephen has spent over 20000 Euro on his 8 year old car.

Linda from Tralee, is one of a growing number of women who like to modify their cars. She travels to cruises throughout Ireland in her 3-series BMW

During the programme 2 members of the Gardai voice their concerns about the dangers of cruises and their attitude to modified car owners.

 

 

Michael is the founder of AV3 Productions. He is a Master member of the British Institute of Videography and a member of The Guild of Television Cameramen.

Initially starting his career as a cameraman, he now manages the growing team at AV3 Productions. As Executive Producer he oversees all productions from simple web videos to multi-part primetime TV series. He is your initial contact and his vast experience in the TV/Video production business is a guarantee that your production will be a success.

Michael has developed a huge range of TV productions from one-off documentaries to large scale TV series. He has built AV3 into one of the leading production companies in Ireland and wants to build on this success.

Away from the world of video production, He has a huge interest in cars and motorsport and likes to tell stories about his visits to the famous F1 tracks of Monza and Monaco. For as long as we know him he has always driven a BMW 5-series and his last 3 cars have all been silver with black leather. Guess what colour his next car will be !

Michael is also an accomplished photographer and his work has been featured in many newspapers and magazines

The best part of working at AV3 is that he gets to travel a lot and a trip to film in China is in the planning stages at the moment.

Michael is hard-working and thorough, very approachable and totally dedicated to creating perfection in every project that AV3 produces.

His choice of coffee is a Latte.