Archive for 2010
Bentley GT photo & film shoot : Switzerland
mustard-berlin (Martin Bennett & Stephen French) has just produced and directed a film and photo production for Bentley Motors with agency Connect. (AD Richard Parsons / PM Melanie Tainty)
We spent 12 amazing days on location in Switzerland surrounded by spectacular and dramatic landscape, stunning high-tec interior locations and lots of snow! In these technically and physically challenging environments we were added by superb local production manager Roger Neuburger (Allabout Productions).
The stills part of the project was shot by photographer Graham Thorp. Shooting on the Hasselblad H2 with a P65 back with Hasselblad lenses for beautifully detailed images. Once again working with Graham has been a pleasure and has led to breathtaking results. The photos were a combination of statics and dynamic images. For the dynamic driving images we worked with rig company Move & Shoot and one of their excellent technicians, Peter Creelmann.
For the film shoot we collaborated with French DOP Jean-Babptist Jay and his assistant Xavier Rodriguez who arrived from Paris to join the team. Also joining us from Paris were the camera car and flight head team. Comprising of Olivier Leblanc, Francis Auguy and Patrick Chizallet. With the camera car and equipment supplied by TSF Grip – Paris. A totally professional and exceptionally talented team of guys who worked under extreme conditions at high altitude in the Swiss Alps. For the second day of filming we shot great helicopter footage in one of the high alpine passes with experienced pilot “Capito”, Jürg Wiesmann. Again the team has really pulled out all the stops and we landed with superb footage!
The film material was originated on the RED-MX using Angenieux glass with additional footage captured on the 5D MKII using Canon L prime lenses.
We’ll upload the final photos and film in the near future so check our media gallery in the coming weeks.
The Blue Hive | Photography : Ford Transit
mustard-berlin is producing and directing another project for Wunderman & The Blue Hive team with (AD Peter Hvid) & Ford. The shoot took place over at Park Royal Studios in North London. The project is a set of stills for internet and print featuring the Ford Transit. The campaign tag line is “We put more in”. Once again were shooting with automotive photographer Graham Thorp. It was a one day studio shoot lighting with a mixture of flash and tungsten. Flash was used for the models and tungsten for lighting the vehicle itself. Graham shot on the Canon D1s mkII.
A top shot of the vehicle was technically challenging. To avoid distortion the Transit was photographed it in 3 parts. After all the car exposure were complete we moved onto to the people shots and re-lit the set with flash.
As one of the hero shots from the campaign is being shot as lots of separate elements they will be composited in post-production by the very talented Jeff Brown at FTP Creative in Toronto. Additionally some of these elements were shot as a stop motion sequence so the that they could be animated for an online version of the image.
We’ll upload the final photography in the near future so check our media gallery in the coming weeks.
UPDATE – [Click to View]
Wunderman | Video : Ford Fiesta Facebook UPDATE
The Fiesta Facebook Hack version of the New Fiesta commercial is now on line. You can see a preview of how the film looks by clicking here. Or Click here to create your own version of the film on facebook. You can also see a demo on the Blue Hive website.
Bentley Continental Flying Spur
mustard-berlin has just produced a campaign for Bentley and agency Connect.
(AD Richard Parsons)
We spent 5 glorious days on location in Wiltshire with photographer Graham Thorp. Mostly around the beautiful town of Marlborough, with a further 2 days in central London. The days were long, shooting at the top and tail of the day in order to get the best light for the shots. The stars of the shoot were two different models of the Continental Flying Spur.
We shot on the Hasselblad H2 with a P65 back for breathtakingly detailed images. The lighting setups were different at each location and for each shot. Mostly a mixture of daylight, some Profoto Flash and Dedo lights. On some of the locations we were shooting just after magic hour. So we powered up practical lights with a generator to create realistic ambient lighting.
For the London section of the shoot, we closed down the major junction at Monument leading to London Bridge. In collaboration with Transport for London and City of London Film office we managed to place the Bentley in the middle of the junction to get a stunning urban shot. We also shot at locations in the City of London and Shoreditch.
We’ll upload the final photos in the near future so check our media gallery in the coming weeks.
E-Motion | promos
mustard-berlin is producing a number of promotion spots for feature film company E-Motion Entertainment in Los Angeles. Featuring interviews with some of Hollywoods finest, shot on the Canon 5D Mark II by the very talented Goran Pavicevic & Ivan Andrijanic in Beverly Hills. Excepts from our work will be available shortly
Rainer Schultz & Roy Metzdorf | Portrait
Commissioned by the FT to photograph restauranteur’s Rainer Schultz and Roy Metzdorf at Rainers cosy restaurant Kurpfalz-Weinstube, for an article in the weekend edition of the FT. Both restaurateurs are hosting dinners to mark significant landmarks in their respective histories. On May 31st , Rainer Schulz will celebrate the 75th anniversary of Kurpfalz-Weinstuben in the west of the city. In the north-east, Roy Metzdorf will host a party for the 70th birthday of his father Dieter, who inspired him to open his restaurant, Weinstein, in 1993. Both were remarkably welcoming and charming. I can thoroughly recommend a visit to sample hearty German cuisine at its best.
Shooting on the Canon 5D mk II with the 24-70mm f2.8L lens and the 85mm F1.2 L. All the images were shot using a balance between available practical light and two flash heads one with CTO to match the ambient colour temperature the other was boomed and set up as daylight. The post production was realised with Adobe Lightroom. The article will be published today – Saturday 8th of May. You can read the full article here.
Wir-design | Photography : Architectural details
Commissioned by Wir-design for their latest campaign, to photograph architectural elements in a graphic manner. Without the buildings and places being recognisable as any one place or city for their client Hi-Solutions was teh brief for this location shoot. Shooting on the Canon 5D with the 24-70mm f2.8L lens predominately at the wide end of the lens at focal lengths between 24mm and 30mm. All the images were shot using available light. The post production was achieved with a combination of Lightroom and Photoshop CS4.
The whole series has now been uploaded you can see them by clicking on the photo above or the link below.
Wunderman | Video : Ford Fiesta Commercial
mustard-berlin are in the post-production phase of producing and directing a commercial for Wunderman & Ford. (CD Richard Last, AD Nick Hearne, CW Simon Kirkham)
We filmed on location in Brighton, at the Royal Pavilion and down on the sea front by the newly renovated Bandstand. We then relocated to the beautiful beach at West Wittering for a final shot at sunset. We had a great crew onboard for this project, were blessed with perfect shooting conditions and light so were totally over the moon as the footage is looking amazing!
The lighting setups were different at each location but Dave Tree, our DP used a mixture of daylight, Arri 2.5k MSR’s, bounce boards and black flags at each location. We filmed using the Canon 5D mkII at 25fps for beautiful HD images. For the final shot at West Wittering we utilised a Jimmy Jib from Joe MacNally operated superbly by Arun Taylor.
We’ll upload the final film in the near future so check our media gallery in the coming weeks.
UPDATE:
The Fiesta Facebook Hack version of the commercial is now on line. Click here to check it out.
Wunderman | Photography : Ford Galaxy
mustard-berlin is producing and directing another project for Wunderman & Ford over at Park Royal Studios in North London. The project is a stills campaign for internet and print featuring the new Ford Galaxy. The campaign tag line is “First Class Travel”. Were shooting in collaboration with car photographer Graham Thorp. It’s a 3 day studio shoot and we will be lighting with a mixture of flash and tungsten. Shooting on the Canon D1s mkII.
The hero shots from the campaign are being shot as lots of separate elements that will be brought together in post-production by Kai at The Operators.
We’ll upload the final photography in the near future so check our media gallery in the coming weeks.
UPDATE: The photos from the Galaxy shoot are now online. You can view them online on the Ford UK site or here as a slideshow.
News | mustard-berlin sponsors young filmmakers
mustard-berlin recently sponsored this years filmmaking prize at Uxbridge College in London. Awarding prizes for best direction, editing and camera work. It was great to meet the creative team at the college lead by Laurie Tallack and watch the amazing range of styles and skills from the students. From urban gangster tales to comical stalkers, picking the winners was tough but the award winners were:
AS:
- Harmeet Dhiraj – best camerawork
- Daniel Owen, Jyoti Mann, Manraj Kaur Malli- best editing
- Junior Oyekan, Tyrrell Kadeem-Clement – best directing
A2:
- Simone Bikram, Nadim Halim, Zaynah Awan – best camerawork
- Sia Tondonei, Malvin Mbongo, Prabhjot Khangura – best editing
- Pradeep Budha – best director
Wunderman | Video : Ford Mondeo – Balloonists
mustard-berlin is working on another project for Wunderman & Ford. On friday (19th of Feb) we were filming over at Park Royal Studios in North London. The setup involved suspending 2 kids, Henry and Elizabeth from Scallywags, off the floor. We worked with a wire rig to get them raised up and to create a floating, bobbing look and feel. The final film will show them floating in a white space held aloft by 2 helium balloons. Which will be added in post by the clever people at UNIT.
The lighting setup was a mixture of Briese (100 focus HMI), Arri 1.2k MSR and tungsten. We filmed with a 2 camera setup using the Canon 5D mkII at 30fps and the Canon 7D for 50fps.
We’ll upload the final film in the near future so check our media gallery in the coming weeks.
UPDATE: The Balloonist film is now online and can be viewed here.
