Alton Classic Car Show

For one Saturday each August, Alton's High Street becomes a runway of chrome, badges and bonnets — and in 2026 the show marked its 23rd year.

The Alton Classic Car Show is one of Alton's biggest annual events, run by the Alton Lions Club in aid of St Michael's Hospice – Hospice at Home. In 2026 it returned for its 23rd year, closing the High Street to traffic and filling it with classics, customs and community.

This film was shot independently and on spec — a self-initiated piece of coverage, not a commissioned client project. The 2026 special feature, "The French Connection," brought around 20 French classic cars into the centre of the show, alongside live music, local shopfronts and the crowd that makes the day a fixture of the town's calendar.

Warm, sunlit colour grade. Macro detail inserts — badges, chrome, wheels, light catching each car's paintwork — cut against wide, community-scale shots of the crowd and High Street.

A recurring "badge reveal" transition used across multiple cars ties the detail shots together into a montage.

Opens on a macro montage of badges and wheels, before pulling wide to establish the High Street lined with cars. Moves through the French Connection feature display, then into the community and charity beats — families, live music, local shopfronts — before closing back on the crowd.

Licensed upbeat, nostalgic music bed, layered with ambient crowd and engine sound design.

• Full-day event coverage
• 1 × full-length highlight film (16:9)
• 1 × vertical cut (9:16) for social