Whether it is behind the scenes at the world’s premier road race or helping ensure dinosaurs thrill visitors to Birmingham later this year, former St Ninian’s High School pupils Josh Clague and Joe Callister are in the midst of a busy summer.

Josh was back in the Isle of Man last week to continue filming a fly-on-the-wall documentary, Road of Giants.

It is a project he and University of Derby graduate Joe took on to track the journey of Tom Weeden from winning the Senior Manx Grand Prix last year, to the start line of the TT for the first time ever.

Twenty-one-year-old Josh has now gone back over to England to team up with Joe and the two of them are overseeing the technical side of the massive Dinosaurs in the Wild event at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.

The pair of them set up 2020 Media, the trading arm of their business Gear Industries, which offers professional production on videos and events.

They are already seeing the benefits of their hard work pay off.

Josh trained in theatre and live performance lighting at Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, although the current project seems him behind the camera and in the director’s chair for Road of Giants, with Joe the director of photography and in charge of the editing.

’We have known Tom for the last three years,’ said Josh. ’My dad (Steve) went to help with Tom’s dad in the team, building up towards Tom winning the Senior MGP last year.’

Josh saw the opportunity for a film that would be different from the normal road racing fare that tends to focus on the top stars in the TT.

So, he and Joe have followed Tom and the team since last year’s thrilling triumph, through the preparations to compete in this year’s TT, including all the problems that go with finding sponsorship and setting up the right machine to compete.

The documentary will take us up to the moment that Tom pulled up to the start line in the Superbike race.

He came 33rd but was injured in yesterday’s Supersport race.

’It is all the little moments that you actually find are the best thing,’ Josh said.

’When you set out to film, any ideas in my head of a situation that would be really good, nine times out of 10 they don’t happen.

’The best moments are unplanned.’

There has already been interest from other parties about distribution of the film when completed.

Josh, who spoke fondly of his previous involvement with Soundcheck in the Isle of Man, said he had received support and positive feedback from the likes of Isle of Man Arts Council, Isle of Media and North One.

Road of Giants - which now has a teaser trailer that can be found on 2020 Media’s Facebook page - has the makings of a fascinating insight into what it takes to race in the TT.

The role played by those racers lower down on the card should not be forgotten, Josh insisted, as it helped to make the TT what it was.

He admitted it was also a special feeling to be making a film which has his native Isle of Man as the focal point.

The fact that he knows Tom Weeden also gives a perspective that may not have been there otherwise, both in terms of filming and just from the point of view of following a race.

’It is different when you know the person wearing the helmet,’ he said. ’It changes your emotions when you know someone and you are waiting for them to come past.’

Josh is more than happy to be at work on 2020 Media, with the pressure and freedom that being your own boss brings.

He worked on film projects during his time at LIPA, but he is happier when he is in control. He believes that it makes for a better product if you keep control of your creative ideas.

’I did not feel completely fulfilled about the end product of those films,’ he said of previous projects. ’If you cannot watch it and be comfortable, you cannot take it to the market.’

For now, though, Josh and Joe are due to spend the coming weeks in Birmingham with Dinosaurs in the Wild event, overseeing the smooth running of a number of installations to ensure everything goes to plan and the many thousands of visitors due to see the attraction get the best from the experience.

The event, from the creators of the BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs, combines elements of a theme park, the theatre and science to give visitors a prehistoric experience.

It will feature animatronic dinosaurs, a pathology lab and live sets.

To ensure everything remains part of the experience, the two of them will be kitted out in appropriate outfits so that, if they are needed during a live event, they do not look out of place.

’It is a walk-through attraction in one of the halls of the NEC,’ Josh explained. ’We are contracted to run it, turn it on turn it off and maintain it.

’It is an incredible event.’