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The Epic Ford "Drive" TVC

2007-05-16

Just added is this panoramic new spot for Director Jon Gwyther, DP Matt Stewart ACS, and Editor Dan Mitchell. Says DP Matt Stewart:
"It was shot in december last year and included locations in New Zealand, China, South Africa and London. We took all our heads of dept  - Rick McMullen gaffer, John Balbi Grip , Camera guys Tov Belling and Lee Mariano, Matt Harris 1stAD, plus Production and Wardrobe. We travelled with an Arri 435, Arri 3 and 2 Bolex’s – one of which we bought in Shanghai. The whole job was shot on Kodak 5218 and a small amount of 7201 for the Bolex’s. The shoot was about 27 days and we literally flew, recced then shot for 2-4 days in each location. The job went very smoothly with the exception of a missing roll of film in China...after a very cold and jet lagged night shooting time lapse in Shanghai. Producer Alex Mooney did a great job pulling it all together with less than a week of pre production and offering up great locations for Jon and I to shoot."