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.

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.

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

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.

mustard-berlin has just produced and directed another project for Wunderman. We shot two short web ads for Ford, filmed on location in North London and in the Spectracom green screen studio in Greenwich. We had the good fortune of working with martial arts expert and stunt woman Chloe Bruce when filming on location near Finsbury Park and with actor Simon Tcherniak in the studio.

We’ll upload the final films in the near future so check our media gallery in the coming weeks.

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mustard-berlin has just produced and directed 3 short films for Ford and Wunderman, filmed on location in North London.

We’ll upload the final films in the near future so check our media gallery in the coming weeks. In the meanwhile check out some frame grabs from the production here

UPDATE: The films are now online click here to see them.

Click to watch: Becoming a Stuntman

“Becoming a Stuntman” is a viral video, commissioned by 20th Century Fox to promote the film MAX PAYNE. Filmed in HD and 16mm on location in Toronto. The viral documentary features Mark Wahlberg and Brayden Jones as the “Stuntman”.

The first photographs of Mr Dresden & Mr Eliot from the Orange Film Studios photo shoot are now online. You can find the photos by clicking on Saving Private Ryan’s Number, Fngz of Fury or Pitch us your Film in the film strip navigation at the bottom of the web page.

Both actors were lit dramatically against a neutral backdrop in order that they could be cut out, and then montaged into the web design by Poke London.

More photos of Eliot & Dresden will follow over the coming weeks as the new commercials are unveiled. Click on the photo above to see some screen shots or go to the Orange Film Studios web site to see more. Photography by Martin Bennett

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Click to watch: Picture Teaser

A trailer for the forthcoming documentary “PICTURE” released on DVD January 20th 2009 around the world as part of the MAX PAYNE uncut DVD release from 20th Century Fox. Filmed in HD and 16mm in Toronto. The documentary features Mark Wahlberg, directed and produced by Stephen French

Advertising photography for the short film “Twilight” directed by Marc Wilkins. Photography by Martin Bennett

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