Two worlds, one camera

Just wrapped on two back-to-back productions that, conceptually, couldn't have been any more different.

First up was a high profile, verging-on-Vaudevillian television commercial with a conspicuous call to action:





After the commercial came a gritty urban western/crime drama shot over two weekends:

















Both were shot with the Canon 5DmkII, and by the same DP -- the inimitable David Hawkins:



The commercial is due to go to air this weekend, while the urban western -- a proof-of-concept short film for a proposed feature -- will be lovingly assembled over the coming weeks. For anyone interested in the latter project, stay tuned for periodic progress reports.