My portfolio of work in multiple fields of writing.
If you are seeing this, there is a high chance you may have not seen what it is like to write a YouTube video, well here is a glimpse at my latest project from my new writer's room, this one was super fun to work on!
I VISITED EVERY BUC-EE'S!
I Drove To Every Buc-ee’s in the Country
Intro: 30-50 seconds (video: 3rd person in Trace’s house)
Buc-cee’s #1 (15-30 seconds)
walk into bucees and give opinion at first glance and say this is buc-ees #1
Trace will go in and buy a corny Buc-ee’s shirt this wont need to be filmed
“this is so dumb like who in the world would buy th-”
“i bought it.”
BIT:
film trace going into bathroom with normal shirt, film him leaving bathroom with bucees shirt
use this audio over the scene of trace going into bathroom and coming out with bucees shirt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69AyYUJUBTg
he should wear it for the rest of the video
trace comes out of bathroom and comes up to camera and says 1 down, 44 more to go and does some sort of funny thing after he says it.
jump cut to next scene (into montage)
Bucees 2-12 (14-15 seconds)
literally just take clips of trace at each buccees — make sure that the sign with location is in the frame.. if there is no location, just say the location in the video for editor
use fun music for montage.. keep each clip around 1 second EACH — maybe 1.5-2 seconds for signs that you have to edit locations for
Add a counter of x/44 in the top left of the shot, increase by one for each location.
Bucees #13 45-80 seconds
Film trace in the car at the 11th bucees talking to tim - vlog style, low quality production — spontaneous convo about buc-ees
add the clip of trace in front of the sign (keep it 1-2 seconds long) with the counter saying 11/58 but trace will not have said he has arrived to the 11th yet
film trace walking into the store with him
Trace walks up to somebody and asks them a question — “would you like to do an interview?” Film this part too
Get the name of the person and have it on the screen while interviewing them.
add the part of trace walking up to person and asking for an interview
ask their name and where their from
Interview:
Q: “What would you think Bucee’s is known for?”
Q: What’s your first impression of Buc-ee's?
Q: If you were to describe the staff in 2 words, what would they be?
Interview Editing:
1st question: normal editing
2nd - 3rd question: add clips showing trace show off what person is talking about overlayed when they say what it is — example: person: “i think its brisket sandwich” and then add clip of trace holding the sandwich on top of what they just said
Trace will, thank the person he interviewed for their time and say he is heading out to the next buc-ee’s.
transition to montage: vlog trace heading to the car — spontaneous
Bucee’s 14-24 30-60 seconds
Roll a montage of #12-21
Montage:
Needs to show clips of trace in front of signs and a small little map to show the locations journey
clips of people walking with the thing trace notices
Trace will do a vlog which will ALSO be a V.O. (the V.O. will just be the audio from his vlog and once the montage ends fade into the vlog.) over the montage
in Vlog (Voice over portion) talk about how the interview with whoever he interviewed at bucees #11 has impacted his view on Bucee’s currently and add in about something he has noticed himself that a lot of people purchase
over next 10 locations: film people buying whatever trace “notices more and more people buying”
ive noticed a LOT of pepole buying beaver nuggets which is just a puffy corn nugget with brown sugar and caramel (reaction)
fudge (reaction)
and brisket sandwiches (reaction)
Finish the montage and fade into Trace vlogging in the car revealing the next buccees .
Trace will look up and say something like “you’ll never guess where we are.. #22” and turn the camera around to reveal Buc-ee’s #22
Buc-ee’s #22 - 60 seconds
Trace will be walking towards the Buc-ee’s and will talk to the camera about something he has bucees does when there is a new brisket cooked to be made into sandwiches
Roll a clip of a bunch of different people yelling “Brisket on the board”.
film trace walking in and going up to the food counter
ask employee and what the saying is and what it means
as employee responds to question, overlay b-roll of kitchen prepping brisket get broll shots of the kitchen prepping brisket
Trace will ask one of the employees “about how many times a day do you say ‘Brisket on the board’?” and will ask “when’s the next time you guys are going to say it?” and then ask “Can I say it with you guys?”
Trace yells brisket on the board and catch reaction of trace after it
Trace talk about getting a brisket sandwich, try it, a and gives his thoughts, then say something like “moving on lets go” then cut to montage
Buc-ee’s 23-32 30-45 seconds
Montage:
cinematic drone footage of buccees
show clips of trace in front of 23-27
roll drone footage again
show clips of trace in front of 28-31
for montage: add a counter in the top left.
add fun music or cool music over montage.. whichever one fits better
Buc-ee’s #33 (will actually be 19) 60-75 seconds
Trace arrives at buc-ee’s #33, this one should be in Texas. “#33 baby lets GO!”
as we are pulling into #33 Trace will look at the camera and say “looks the same to me, I guess everything isn’t bigger in Texas” then awkwardly laugh and awkwardly smile at the camera.
Trace will walk into the store and buy a cowboy hat.
Make this part really cinematic with western music Trace goes to a Buc-ee’s statue and says “This town aint big enough for the two of us chipmunk…” cinematic vibe cuts off with a record scratch then Tim will tell him it is a Beaver and trace just laughs.
Trace (V.O.) is like “I have asked people from around the country their thoughts on buc-ees, but how about we ask the people from where buc-ees was founded
this is the first official
899 Oyster Creek Drive Lake Jackson, Texas 77566
interview like 3-5 people with this question
Trace will ask them the set of questions from before but add the Texas question, and we will focus on the Texas question for the video —
Q; Buc-ee's has a strong sense of Texas pride. How does this resonate with you and other visitors? (Ask when in Texas)
Q: Trace can tell them how many Buc-ee’s he has been to and say that it feels like every buc-ee's has been to felt like a little slice of Texas no matter where he was.
trace says “now lets ask a few people if I look like you average texan”
play the “I wanna be a cowboy baby!” clip after trace says that^
(ask people you have not interviewed) Trace can ask them what they think of of his outfit and if he looks like a Texan. ask 4 people
get trace asking question to 1 person, have the persons response followed with other peoples responses and end with a clip of someone saying “yes” and trace looks at camera and says “yee-haw baby”
after yeehaw baby transition to last montage
Final montage #34-44 30-45 seconds
Roll montage of 34-43 and have a map animation and show a finish line over the final location.
add clips of trace showing the signs of each bucees again
Trace says as a VOICEOVER about how long he has been driving, how many buc-ee locations he has been to, and how many hours of sleep he has gotten during this time. Then say we are almost at buc-ees #45 which will mean I have officially traveled to every currently open buc-ees in the U.S.. What have I learned about Buc-ees? I can’t tell you yet until I have been to EVERY SINGLE ONE. So lets do that.
we’ve currently been driving for ____ hours, been to 44 locations, and have gotten a whopping __ hours of sleep “health”
we about __ hours away from buc-ees number 45 which will be we will have traveled to every currently opened bucees in the country.
what have i learned from bucees? well i can’t tell you that because i have been to everyy single oneee so… lets do that
transition to pulling in
Buc-ee’s #45 20-30 seconds
pull into the final buc-ees — be hype about finally reaching the last buc-ees
look at the camera and share how many miles you have traveled total and reiderate how many buc-ees you have been to.. say “in conclusion buc-ees is a place where people gather with one thing in common.. taking breaks from a long or short road trip for amazing gas prices and brisket sandwiches. that being said, thank you so much for watching, and I’ll catych you guys in the next one
film trace walking over to get a brisket sandwich
Voice over: Use the audio from the interview over trace going to get the brisket sandwich.
Trace goes into Buc-cee’s and get’s the food and tries it.
Trace’s talks about the food.
Cut back to the interview, Trace thanks them for their time and heads out.
Walk back to the car.
V.O. #1 into travel vlog #2 45-75 seconds
Roll B-roll footage of Trace and Tim at some of the buc-ee’s locations after the one they just visited.
Trace will talk over the footage explaining what happened at each location and where these locations are state wise. We need to announce whenever we enter a new state.
The v.o transitions into a travel vlog and it fades into trace still talking sitting in the car as the car crosses a state line.
Next Buc-ee’s: 30-45 seconds
Trace gets out of the car.
Trace goes into Buc-cee’s and does something (TBD)
Trace leaves the store and heads back to the car.
Before he enters the car he talks about how far of a journey he has gone up to the point, and talks about how many more buc-ee’s he has left.
There are 10 buc-ee’s left for him to visit so we will spend the last 5ish minutes of the video going and showing them all.
10 Buc-ee’s left 30-45 seconds
Arrive at the location number 48, show text on the screen Buc-ee’s #48 (insert location’s city and state here), 10 buc-ee’s left to go.
Trace take a moment to let it all sink in, that there are only 10 more buc-ee’s left.
Q: “What is Bucee’s known for?” A: “Brisket sandwich” (ask someone until they say it) — possible response of person: “The food” Trace Q: “Whats the best food to get” in hopes they say brisket sandwich
Whatever responses we get are what features we highlight at each visit.
Q: Can you share your first impression of Buc-ee's and what made it memorable for you?
Q: What are some features of Buc-ee's that appeal to you?
Q: If you were to describe the staff in 2 words, what would they be?
Q; Buc-ee's has a strong sense of Texas pride. How does this resonate with you and other visitors? (Ask when in Texas)