Mixed Media For Mentos: Chris Bristow Takes Us Throw A Fruity Tunnel Of Taste

Chris Bristow's latest spot for Mentos leads viewers through an enchanting fruit tunnel, blending incredible mixed media with some serious summer colors.

Chris had this to say about the film: “I wanted to keep the worlds graphic and interesting. It was important to not go with my first instinct and create castles and dragons out of pineapples or something - I wanted to travel to lots of different fruits in 15 seconds, so it needed to stay graphic. So I looked towards a more motion graphics approach to the VFX. The costumes needed to be silly and cool - like the best festival outfits mixed with a high fashion energy. To shoot it required a lot of pre-viz, so I pretty much jumped straight on that as my main port of call, and composed a temp track to get a sense of where I wanted transitions and an overall sense of pace. This was super important for the crew on a blue screen shoot, so we’re all on the same page and I’m not just holding it all in my head!”

Credits

Director : Chris Bristow

Directors Agents: The Visionaries

Agency: BBH 

Agency Producer: Victoria Doran / Kurt Bailey 

Art Director: Andrea Ferrera

Copywriter: Joe Williams

Creative Director: Dillah Zakbah 

Production company: Black Sheep Studios

Executive Producer: Sophie FitzGerald

Producer: Yazzmin-Anderson Moore 

Director: Chris Bristow 

1st AD: Micki Colker Pearlman 

Art Director: Jenny Dee 

Stylist: Rebecca Goldsworthy 

DOP: Jakob Cizic 

Editor: Ian Robertson 

Post Producer: @ BSS: Victoria Ayettey & Faye Rizzo 

Film studio: 

Post Production

Editor: Ian Robertson 

Post Producer: Victoria Ayettey

Post Producer: Faye Rizzo

VFX House: Wicked Pixels

Music & Sound Mix: Jacob Wheeler @ Major Tom

Grade/Sound House: Creative Outpost 

Senior Producer: Andy Salem 

Colour Grade: Alexandre Nerzic 

Sound - VO Record: Tom Lane