The RTC garages a large and very imposing. Certain values and root qualities become evident when visiting these garages. For one, the sheer size of the phisical space pops out immediately.
This is the garage seen from the dispatcher's perspective
At certain perspectives, the garages sprawl out as far as the eye can see; literally. Organization also is apparent. The number of busses parked side by side and the synchronization at which they go in and out of the garage is mind boggling. Ingenuity and adaptability are also two qualities that shine. Many solutions have been created to cope with different problems over the years. The solutions that staff, workers, management and drivers have come up with are both efficient and effective. Also, the level to which the RTC garages are busy is also very impressive. It is a place that almost never sleeps.
I would like to make a film on all the aspects that the RTC garages are about. The reality of a bus user is really to just hop on a bus, wait for their stop, and then get off at their exit. This is done with a complete ignorance of what is really happening behind the scenes. I believe that one would be fascinated to see the actual reality of the bus that they hop into. It would also raise awareness into what each and every consumer pays for, when they pay whatever fee that they have to pay to use public transit.
The Scenario
The scene would open up with a gentleman or a lady hopping on a bus and a time-lapse of the busses day. Many angles of the bus’ day would be taken (the street view, the driver’s view, and possibly another angle as well). We would literally go through a full day of the bus’s transit and finally reach the garage where it parks.
This is where the fun begins. Using time-lapse photography techniques and a series of interviews we would see what actually happens to a bus behind the scenes. Once certain strategic interviewees are chosen, we could interview people and show detailed aspects of bus maintenance while they speak. For instance, If we interview a specialist in bus cleaning, we could have images of the actual bus cleaning process while they are talking. It will be most important to take care of getting the interviews before we shoot any sort of stock footage.
The last interview of the film would be the dispatcher. We would follow the same sort of scenario as above, using the dispatcher’s description of the final dispatch to show the bus actually going back on it’s run. The film would end with a time-lapse of the bus going back on its run and the film slowing down when the first customer hops on the bus. Essentially, we would be back to square one.