Mushrooms on steroids
In a magical timelapse, mushrooms appear.
In September when the days are holding onto to the last bit of Summer, and nights become chillier, mushrooms start to fruit and Parasol mushrooms are the most fabulous of them all.
Mushrooms are magical; they appear out of the ground like alien bodies but taste heavenly. GF wanted to use his ‘death star rig ‘; a (ply-wood) camera rig which moves a camera 360 degrees around a very small subject at any angle, to showcase a simple recipe; mushrooms on toast filmed in a high octane style.
Mushrooms grow, are sliced and diced, with garlic and parsley, quickly pan fried and then piled on sourdough with creme fraiche. A mushroom match made in heaven.
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I get pretty obsessive about almost every project. But a fairly recent one was a clip I made to celebrate the utter fabulousness of PARASOL MUSHROOMS.
The obsession part is because I made a plywood camera rig (the DEATH STAR) which exists just to be able to move a camera 360 degrees around a very small subject at any angle I want. Like a satellite going around the world I guess.
I’ve never come across anything that’ll let you do that, so I wanted to try. Without a client, I couldn’t afford any fix-it-in-post moments so it all has to the 100% in-camera, the way I like it!
Other elements that hopefully make the film feel different is a very graphic lightning-style, coupled with a filthy-dirty break core track.
Mushrooms on Steroids
Gus Filgate turns parasol mushrooms into his favourite meal
Using his unusual ‘death star’ rig and a heavy breakcore track Gus creates mushrooms on steroids.
With stunning cinematography and an inventive, clever approach to filming food, freelance food director Gus Filgate shoots top advertising campaigns in London, across Europe and around the world. Clients include Arla, Asda, Bisto, Carte D’or, Co op, Danone, Dove, Farrow and Ball, Haagen Dazs, Jacobs, Kelloggs, Kettle Chips, KFC, Knorr, Liberte, Lloyd Grossman, Lurpak, Marks & Spencers, McDonalds, McVities, Migros, Morrissons, Muller, Ocado, Old El Paso, Pizza Hut, Sainsbury’s, Tesco’s, Total Fage, Tropicana, Waitrose, Weight watchers, Zoflora