Lotus 12K

Lotus Cars | Campaign, Automotive

The first ever UK automotive advert shot in 12K. This was an incredible collaboration between advertising powerhouse McCann Central, innovative camera company BlackMagic Design, trail blazing car manufacturer Lotus Cars and us, StillMoving.

“It felt like a new way of working.”

- Nick Cooper, Creative Director, McCann Central

Lotus 12k

The Process.

  • We started with a single reference point from the client: a car pulled up at a traffic light with a red light. From there, we were able to visualise an entire world for this car to live in and weave in different characters to build a story that would allow us to showcase the capabilities of both the car and the camera. The storyboarding process played a huge part of the development of this project, and working collaboratively with the client, felt like a new way of working.

  • We knew that this film needed impact, and with the ambitious ideas that we had in mind, a lot of planning was required to make it work. Our production team organised everything from casting very specific talent including stunt drivers, to coordinating a crew of forty individuals, to getting permission to race cars on public streets – everything had been planned to perfection.

  • The whole production was shot across just four nights, taking us to five different locations with multiple 12K cameras to maximise the amount of footage captured. We would love to say that everything went to plan, but non-surprisingly in the midst of [month], the British weather conspired against us, causing some challenges on our very first day of filming. Despite the dreary conditions, we persevered and captured every single shot that we needed, proving to ourselves that no matter what challenges we face, we are still moving.

  • Working through the day and night to offload, upload and edit, our in-house editors were able to feed back to production the shots that were captured, giving them the ability to adapt during the four days of filming. Once wrapped on set, we worked with both McCann and BlackMagic to create a library of assets that would support everyone involved in the project.

Go behind-the-scenes with us.

- Watch our documentary to learn how we tackled the challenges faced on-set

This is more than just content.

Rigging a car off a car bonnet, not a problem.

Our team are no strangers to getting cameras in awkward positions and rigging lights in the smallest of spaces. From suction rigs to our very own MotoCrane Camera Tracking Vehicle, we can produce endless creative shots safely and efficiently.

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