Starting scene inspiration:

We ended up having our starting scene in a road cross instead of the bar where the two friends would startcompeting by playing dart and have some dialog. We went away from that idea because it was too much to model really.
The road cross idea came to me through a short movie I saw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNMCu8J7iCA

I really like the idea that one of them just shows up and wants to race. I think just by filming them lookingat eachother with different facial expressions is a great way to get to know the characters and their differences.The car that pulls up is superpsyched about racing while the other one is more calm and tries to ignore but can'tresist when the light turn green.