H&M
Cold Water Surf
Director Chris McLean's short for H&M follows the first ever Swedish professional surfer Freddie Meadows. The wet-suit clad sportsman is seen walking, board in hand, through the snow until he reaches the icy waters edge of the Baltic sea, taking on the numbing waves in style.
Director:
Chris McClean
Production Company:
Sea Saw Films
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Mill colourist Mick Vincent worked to balance the icy tones in the film, blending the footage to create the appropriate mood whilst correcting the water colour from blue to a vivid aqua. He comments, "this project was a pleasure to work on, as the images are fantastic. When you see pictures that are shot in wild remote places there is a clarity that hits you. All of the shots are special for different reasons, the drone shots through the tree tops as the camera drifts slowly and impossibly close without causing any disturbance to the surroundings are especially striking. This quality would have been hard to achieve just a few years ago without a major film crew and vast expense, but this cinematic, high quality film was created by just Chris, his cameraman and the surfer."
CreditsCredits
Production
Production Company: Sea Saw Films
Director: Chris McClean
Production Manager: Dan Crockett
Surfer: Freddie Meadows
Editorial
Editor: Chris McClean
VFX & Design
VFX & Design: The Mill
VFX Producer: Jarrad Vladdich
Colour
Colour: The Mill
Colourist: Mick Vincent
Colourist: Mick Vincent