Case study: Turkish Delight

1982 60 seconds UK Television Commercial, for cinema

Studio exterior landscape

Director: Howard Guard

Studio: Shepperton Studios, 'A' Stage

Art directors: Ken Hill/Marc Hill

10 day build, one day prelight, two day shoot

Pre Light and it all comes together.Note the 'reds' on the grid. These are 'I' beams carrying differential chain winches

Pre light again showing lighting configuration. Note chain winches on the reds

Source/key light via 'brute' carbon arcs Fill light from space lights with black skirts Ground row and cyc from sky pans

It can be seen here how the foreground 'peaks' work setting off the distance and providing interest and variation of angle for the directer. Note ligting colour change helped by use of gauze giving ariel perspectiveThe actor is on a four foot rostrum.

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A fraction of a second before the actor jumped from a rapidly advancing sidewinder