Agency: Fresh Film
Date: May 2018
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Mitsubishi Motors in the UK continues its long-standing sponsorship of Documentaries on 4 with a new series of idents, shot by freelance car director, River through Fresh Film for Golley Slater Cardiff. The new films depict many of Mitsubishi Motors’ and Channel 4’s shared values, invoking their daring, powerful, challenging and pioneering spirits.

In the idents, six Mitsubishi models showcase their unique features whilst a series of synonymous animated objects approach them. Each film in the series sees varying objects gradually draw closer to the featured Mitsubishi model, ultimately getting absorbed into them whilst illustrating the individual lifestyle connections across the range.

Freelance director, River, shot the campaign in London with Fresh Film over three days and worked alongside post-house Jam Films to help create the 3D animated objects. River is renowned for work that seamlessly blends in-camera action with VFX and has shot for the client a number of times through Cardiff-based creative agency Golley Slater Cardiff.

Excited to bring a direct connection to the sensibility of documentary filmmaking, River was keen to incorporate a dynamic floating hand-held look to the camera work. This, combined with the dramatic cinematic lighting that wraps around each model, helps to highlight the individual lines, angles and dynamic bodywork of each model in the range.

Viewers are invited to familiarise themselves with the individual features across the Mitsubishi range that may be suitable for their own unique lifestyle purposes. In keeping with the same playful tone as previous campaigns, the films also illustrate the portrayal of individual lives within the documentaries.

Credits

Client: Mitsubishi Motors in the UK

Agency: Golley Slater Cardiff

Creative Directors: David Abbott and Paul Williams

Account Director: Sophie Young

Director: River

Production Company: Fresh Film Production

Producer: Amanda Lowit

Line Producer: Richard Carter-Hounslow

Production Assistant: Louise Jackson

Edit House: Figment

Editor: Sean Weil

Post House: Jam Films

VFX Supervisor/Lead compositor: Dan Andrews

VFX Producer: Evren Olgun

CGI Lead : Alex Polo

Flame artists: Pete Young & Matt Clarke

Colour: Tobias Tomkins @ CHEAT