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…and here’s a behind the scenes look of what we were up against on the shooting day of the Bavaria ‘Benidorm’ Idents

Bavaria sponsors ITV’s Benidorm - Here are the idents I cut and directed for Bavaria beer shot on one very snowy day in Yorkshire. Yep, this wasn’t shot in Benidorm. The magic of film, eh? Hats off to the crew and cast members including Will Tristram and Kate Madison (links follow them on Twitter) for being able to work in such freezing conditions… especially my bikini girls!

I’ll upload some HD versions as soon as they’re available. See them on television from Friday 24th Feb, ITV1, 9pm.

Production: Equinox | Producer: Leanne Hughes | DoP: Adam Barlow | Camera: Phantom | Post: Editz | Music: The Music Jar | Creative/Editor/Director: Me

Sony PSP | Invizimals The Lost Tribes I’m very happy I can finally ad this to the reel! Here’s the ad currently running in Europe for Invizimals: The Lost Tribes. This was a great shoot which turned a British garden into a jungle and created an arctic snowstorm in a basement! Shot on RED by Michael Costelloe. Production: MCTV. Agency: Love Creative.

Baveria Idents: A 15” ident for Baveria Beer airing for their sponsorship of THAT SUNDAY NIGHT SHOW on ITV. This is one of a series of cuts shot on the high speed Phantom camera at between 100fps and 800fps.

Here’s the first of three new Sony PSP commercials airing in the UK and Europe. Shot in multiple locations around Manchester on RED in one day. This commercial features the new PSP-E1000 console which actually wasn’t available when we shot on location. We originally shot with the older console. I also shot background plates of the action during the location shoot and then shot the newer console on green screen in a studio later. DoP: Michael Costelloe. Post production: 422. Agency: Love. Production: Mercedes Crescenti TV.

Here’s a recent ad I directed for Groupon.co.uk. It’s their first television commercial in the UK. No doubt you’ll see this multiple times on television over the coming months! Shot on the Sony F3 with compact primes. A departure from my usual RED cameras but the F3 allowed us to have a filmic quality and allow lighter and easier operation for the style of the ad in small locations. Shot in London.

How did we make a feature film in two days? Find out in the one-hour documentary which is now available to watch for free! It features specially shot interviews with the producers, director of photography, cast, writer and I. We go into enormous detail in this doc so it’s recommended for all filmmakers! Enjoy.