NISSAN GTR

Nissan GT-R, the iconic sports car, marked its entry in India with a grand launch event in 2016.

Nissan GTR is an exceptional car . Through this campaign, the car brand intended to give Legendary Salute to India by a Legend, Nissan GT-R, on the Republic Day. And to accomplish this, the car brand came up with a rather unconventional idea.

As a Chief AD , my key responsibilities started the moment - this project was initiated.

From cracking the right idea and mood for the film ,

Finding the right location to execute and cover this feet &

Getting the appropriate cinematographer and precision driver for the film.

My role expanded on overlooking at all important aspects and working with all departments of the film.

Shot on Sambhar lake , Rajasthan

We were faced with countless constraints.

Our shoot location was 3 hrs away from city.

Due to which on shoot day ,we had to leave at 2 in night from our hotels which were located in city - so as to reach the location before sunrise and not miss those magical 60 minutes.

Shot during the month of December.

The crew was freezing down with minus temperature till the sun didn't come up.

and then once the sun was up - the crew was melting in 44 degrees.

Working under those severe conditions was an experiential ride to remember

The soil at sambhar had become moist , due to which it was getting difficult for the car tyres to imprint its marks. And this was a critical matter of concern ,since testing of accuracy was the main agenda of this feet.

GPS tracking points were mapped out for the car and the feet was covered with multiple camera over a period of two days.

POST

After the film was shot, we travelled back to our studio based in Gurgaon.

Being an editor, it was my immense pleasure to work on this edit.

I started by logging down the footage and then laying down a pre lim structure.

Backed by amazing track , experiments with sound design played a major role in packaging this film.

Since this was a visual representation of the entire feet, Online artists were pulled in to do imprints of tyre marks which later when joined created India Map

After the edit was locked, Me and my Director, Veneet Raj Bagga landed in Bombay for final mastering of film .

After 6hrs of grade , getting the right look for the film -the shots were rendered.

They were then taken to online studio for final matching of XML and EDL's
Working on fine tuning the film to its core with the online artist,

It was a moment of contentment to eventually see the film .

MAIN FILM

On the 68th Republic Day of the country, Nissan created the largest outline of the map of India - saluting the land where legends are born and bred. It recreated the approximate outline of Indian map spanning 3km in length and 2.8km in width with a total outline periphery of 14.7km- at Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan.

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