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Client: Caterpillar

Project: Cat Trial 12: No Hands

Designing and testing the course that put DaMarcus Beasley against a driverless mining truck, the Cat 794 AC.

Client
Caterpillar
Role
Soccer Coordinator, Creative Consulting, Talent
Discipline
Production, Sports, Talent and Creative
Year
2022

Overview

Cat Trial 12 put a professional footballer and a 794 AC autonomous mining truck in the same frame, which made the football a design problem rather than a coaching one. Course design and movement came first, then I stood in and ran the whole thing so every touch, mark and timing was set before the player saw it. By the time Beasley arrived the course was rehearsed and the safety work was done, and he could concentrate on the football.

What BJ6 provided

  • Deliverable: Creative Consulting / Course Design / Movements
  • Deliverable: Course Testing / Player Stand In
  • Deliverable: Soccer Coordinator / Talent Assistant
Bryan Jordan in a hi-vis vest striking a ball toward an excavator bucket, the Cat Trial 12 start gate behind him.

Standing in at the start gate, testing the shot into the bucket.

Bryan Jordan holding a radio on the Cat Trial 12 set, DaMarcus Beasley on the turf pitch behind him.

On the desert course between takes.

Turf laid straight onto quarry dirt, the 794 waiting, and camera helicopter overhead.

Credits

ClientCaterpillar
BJ6Course Design · Soccer Coordination
Special ThanksCaterpillar, Dawn, and Archie

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