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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.
Wunderman | Video : Ford Mondeo – Easy Fuel & Quick Clear
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.
Wunderman | Video : Ford Mobile Nav
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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.
Max Payne | Viral Video : Becoming a Stuntman
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”.
Orange Gold Spots | Photography
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
Max Payne | Documentary : Picture
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
Twilight | Photography : Film Stills
Advertising photography for the short film “Twilight” directed by Marc Wilkins. Photography by Martin Bennett
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Vicious Dogs… | Photography
Three filmic style images commissioned by film director Marc Wilkins for a self promotional advertising campaign.You can see his web site here. Photography by Martin Bennett
