Lexus
‘New Horizons’

ECD: Yan Elliot & Micky Tudor
Creative Director: Dave Bedwood
Creatives: Tom Dixon, Jo Griffin Executive Producer: Charles Crisp
Producer: Alfie Glover-Short
Production Company: SKUNK London
Director: Georgi Banks-Davies
Executive Producer: Kate Taylor Producer: Toby Courlander DOP: Kenji Katori Editor: Leo King @ Stitch
Sound Engineer: Sam Ashwell Music Company: Be Norway
VFX/Post Production: The Mill Colourist: Simone Grattarola @ Time Based Arts

Shot over five days in Lisbon, Portugal, this 60” commercial--directed by Georgi Banks-Davies of Skunk Films--captures the adventures of photographer Elsa Bleda as she explores the city. Her photographs are renowned for being both elusive and familiar while capturing a mood of dystopia through visibly desolate areas.

The majority of the film was shot on the Arri Alexa with Hawk Anamorphic lens, but some footage was captured on a 35mm film with an Arri 435, this gave tangibility and texture to the photography and a deeper aesthetic grain to the shoot. Photographer and lead, Bleda, and director Banks-Davies collaborated with each other from the start; sharing in prep a wealth of inspiration and mood imagery, from all their favorite photographers, film-makers, painters and artists.