CAPITAL GROUP [Singapore]

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CAPITAL GROUP [Singapore]

In our latest assignment for global wealth management company Capital Group, The Deck joined Portfolio Manager Shaw Wagener as he shared his views on emerging markets.

Watch the video here.

The three camera setup took place at Capital Group's Asia Pacific offices at One Raffles Quay in Singapore.

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ENGAGE AND DELIVER [Singapore]

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ENGAGE AND DELIVER [Singapore]

THE DECK PROVIDES LOCATION SUPPORT FOR US MOBILE GIANT SYNIVERSE DURING THE SINGAPORE LEG OF THEIR GLOBAL SHOOT FOR THEIR NEW BRAND CAMPAIGN.

The Deck was called in to provide location services including filming permits, transport, and crewing.

The Engage And Deliver film was shot in worldwide locations - the Singapore sequences took place on Orchard Road, Marina Bay Sands, Marina Bay Financial Centre and Changi Airport.

Location Producer - Jon Moore
Director of Photography - Alex Manton
Assistant Producer - Diana Jamal
Stills Photography - Danny Santos

www.syniverse.com

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RAPHA GENTLEMEN'S RACE [Malaysia]

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RAPHA GENTLEMEN'S RACE [Malaysia]

THE LATEST IN THE DECK'S SERIES OF FILMS FOR CYCLE CLOTHING BRAND RAPHA. THIS TIME WE JOINED 76 RIDERS FROM 11 COUNTRIES FOR THE EPIC, 200KM RAPHA GENTLEMEN'S RACE IN MALAYSIA'S CAMERON HIGHLANDS.

Directed and edited by Jon Moore
Filmed by Jon Moore and Aaron Tan

AS TOLD BY RAPHA'S ADAM TAYLOR-CAMPBELL:

The Cameron Highlands has always conjured up stories from my childhood, told to me by my grandfather… stories of explorers delving deep into the dark rain forests in search of glory, the mysterious disappearances of interesting characters often having many conspiracies but often being added to the tiger’s tally. Images of dark and damp mornings, conifer trees engulfed in a thick fog waiting for the sun’s heat to lift the shroud, revealing hills of lush green and terracotta – the tea plantations, strawberry fields and the rich soil that feeds them. The windless baking mid-day heat, so hot that you sweat with every breath and the “out of no where” thunderous showers in the afternoon – nature’s way of cooling down the soaring temperatures.
Well, this years RGR in the Cameron Highlands lived up to my imagination – the night before, it had rained constantly causing some minor landslides, spreading mud, stones and debris across some of the higher mountain side roads. The fog was thick and low but the energy levels and chatter on the start line was high. The 19 teams coming from across the Asia Pacific region were excited and keen to get under way, they’d only just received the route cards and were still trying to comprehend what a 50km descent was going to be like, never mind the idea of 50km climb after 150km.

See the full feature on the Rapha website.

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BEAR GARCIA [UAE]

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BEAR GARCIA [UAE]

THE DECK, TOGETHER WITH OUR DUBAI PARTNERS TALKABOUT MEDIA WERE ASKED TO DEVELOP AN IDEA TO SHOWCASE A LUXURY CAR BRAND THROUGHOUT THE GULF REGION. SO WE WENT OUT IN SEARCH OF OFF-BEAT CHARACTERS DOING UNUSUAL THINGS WITH CARS AND FOUND BEAR. 

After customising cars in California for clients including Snoop Dogg, Paris Hilton and Shaquille O'Neil, Bear moved to the UAE and now transforms luxury cars for sheikhs and other wealthy Dubai residents. He finds many of his cars abandoned in the desert, but it's not unusual for him to take his angle grinder to a brand new Ferrari within an hour of it being driven off the showroom floor.

Filmed on Sony F5.

Directed by Jon Moore at The Deck
Director of Photography, Steve Moro
Produced by Jon Moore and Ian Carless at Talkabout Media

Film coming soon.

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TUDOR - YOUR MINUTE [UAE]

TUDOR - YOUR MINUTE [UAE]

The Deck, together with Dubai partner Talkabout Media were given the task by our creative friends at Mindshare, to develop an idea for a series of films for a luxury watch brand.

The idea of the series was to feature a minute in one person’s life. The minute leading up to a signature moment in time. The minute in a pilot’s day, leading up to the moment of take-off. A minute leading up to the moment a surgeon makes the first incision. A cricket player (or baseball, or tennis) in the minute before they bowl or serve their first ball. You get the idea. 

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So we pulled together a crew, packed the cars with a few gallons of sun cream and ventured off-road up near the border with Oman (38°C with no shade) to spend three days shooting a pilot with climber Max Stanley.

Primary filming was on Sony F5 with a big bag of primes and a drone for the fun stuff.

Directed by Jon Moore at The Deck
DP and drone pilot, Steve Moro
Co-Produced by Jon Moore and Ian Carless at Talkabout Media
Camera Assistant & Grip, Asanga
Production Manager, Anisha Narayan
And with huge thanks to Halla Razouq!

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INSEAD LDP [Singapore]

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INSEAD LDP [Singapore]

The Deck produced the promotional film for the Leadership Development Programme at international business management school INSEAD.

Produced, Directed and Edited by Jon Moore at The Deck

Cameras, Chris Dickinson, Jon Moore and Matthew Horrex

The LDP is a unique feature of the INSEAD EMBA: It's a programme that follows and shapes your personal and professional development—and runs throughout your time as a participant. The LDP is founded on the belief that leadership is much more than management. Today’s leaders must strike a balance between reflection and action to help their organisations adapt to the unknown. They must be flexible, aware of their context, and able to adjust their leadership style to the situation. Just as importantly, they must know themselves and understand their impact on others. 

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LE MERIDIEN [Malaysia]

LE MERIDIEN [Malaysia]

Co-Directed by Jon Moore of The Deck and Jeremy Hollister of New York agency Plus, Destination Unlocked: KL is the first in the agency's new series of branded spots for Le Méridien Hotels and the Starwood Group.

The spot follows new wave bossa nova act Nouvelle Vague as they zoom around on Vespas, unlocking some of Kuala Lumpur's best-kept secrets. An impromptu jamming session with sitar player Kumar Karthigesu and tabla player Prakash Kandasamy, recorded live at Barlai Pudu coffee shop provides the soundtrack.

  • Post production at Plus in New York
  • Fixing and location support by Wildsnapper.

INSEAD MBA [Singapore]

INSEAD MBA [Singapore]

The Deck has embarked on its latest project - a challenging, long-term documentary production for International Business School INSEAD.

We'll spend the coming year following a group of students, making a film that will attempt to capture the highs, the lows and how they overcome the challenges both on and off campus.

And this time next year, we'll hopefully be celebrating their success in completing one of world's most rewarding MBA courses.

 

 

RAPHA [Malaysia]

RAPHA [Malaysia]

The Deck heads to central peninsular Malaysia to shoot the latest of our films for cycle clothing brand Rapha.

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The Rapha Gentlemen's Race will feature a 200km circuit of the Cameron Highlands: a six-hour ride that will take in historical hill stations, tea plantations and the remote villages of the Orang Asli people.

http://www.strava.com/segments/7950236

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TELLY AWARDS Winners!

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TELLY AWARDS Winners!

The Deck has won two Silver (top prize) and two Bronze at the 35th Annual Telly Awards.

"Ying's Story" for Yihaodian and Oracle Exadata won the top Silver prize.

"Hasan's Story" for Maldives Police and Oracle Exadata won two Bronze.

Both films were Written, Directed and Edited by Jon Moore. Director of Photography was Chris Dickinson.

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DFS T GALLERIA  [Singapore]

DFS T GALLERIA [Singapore]

The Deck was given the job by DFS, to document the making of the logo for their new T Galleria store in Singapore.

We spent a week in the studio with Artist Y/X to talk about his inspiration behind the design and his thoughts on travel and how he sees his home as the hub for travel in the world.

Produced, Directed & Edited by Jon Moore
DP, Chris Dickinson
Post Production at The Deck
Agency: Waggener Edstrom

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MUSIC MATTERS LIVE [Singapore]

Highlights from this year's live Youtube webcast of Music Matters Live with HP.

This year we partnered with the students of Singapore's Republic Polytechnic, who helped us produce  almost twenty hours of live, multi-cam coverage over three days.

The event runs in tandem with Digital and Music Matters and attracts bands from 60 countries worldwide.

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SANDCRAWLER [Singapore]

The Deck was called in by architect FIRMS Aedas to produce a short film to showcase their design of LucasFilm's new "Sandcrawler" building in Singapore.

Filmed and edited by Jon Moore.

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RAPHA CONTINENTAL: SAPA   [Vietnam]

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RAPHA CONTINENTAL: SAPA [Vietnam]

The Deck's latest film in the Rapha Continental series launched today

The flight to Hanoi was followed by an overnight train and a week on the road in northern Vietnam avoiding floods, landslides and broken roads.

We recorded the local tribal singer on location, performing a traditional "call to the hills" song and created the final soundtrack from scratch back here at base.

Produced, Directed and Edited by Jon Moore. Filmed by Jon and Andrew Loiterton (ajlphoto.com), who also deserves thanks for the lenses and extra 5Ds!

Sound design is by Aaron D'Arcy (riponstudios.com).

And a big hug for Dylan and Ella who allowed their Daddies to head off into the unknown and be away for their fourth Birthdays.



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YIHAODIAN & ORACLE [Shanghai]

We traveled to Shanghai to find out how Oracle Exadata is empowering online shopping giant Yihaodian to transform people's lives.

Produced, directed and edited by Jon Moore at The Deck
Camera, Chris Dickinson
Executive Producer, Justin Keen for Oracle Brand and Creative

The film forms the "back story" to the featured "Ying's Story", for which The Deck won top prize at this year's International Telly Awards.

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ORACLE: YING'S STORY  [China]

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ORACLE: YING'S STORY [China]

The second in our award-winning series of films for Oracle took us from downtown Shanghai to the remote mountain villages of Anhui province.

The film tells the story of Ying, who finds a way to care for her parents from her new home in Shanghai with the help of Yihaodian online shopping and Oracle Exadata.

The film was shot on Canon C300 over three days in Shanghai and in Chaji Village in Anhui.

Actors, locations and on-the-ground production expertly handled by Lee Chi Shun and his team at A+B in Shanghai.

See below for the "back story" featuring Yihaodian executives discussing the benefits of employing Exadata.

Written, Directed and Edited by Jon Moore

DP Chris Dickinson

Executive Producer Justin Keen at Oracle Brand and Creative

Post Production at The Deck

The concept of selling Exadata through human interest stories was introduced to Oracle Brand and Creative by The Deck earlier this year. We pitched a series of stories, which would highlight how Oracle's customers are being "empowered by Exadata" to transform ordinary people's lives.

The first in the series, Hassan's Story took us to The Maldives. Upcoming stories will be set in Australia and Sichuan Province in China.

Watch on Oracle Media Network

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BUDDHA'S BIRTHPLACE

An extract from Jon Moore's journal during The Deck's two week rickshaw ride from Goa to Pokhara for

The Shaw Must Go On

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SUNDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 2009

DAY THIRTEEN - LUMBHINI TO TANSEN

At three o’clock this morning, I sat bolt upright in bed. If the lightning hadn’t struck the hotel roof above us, the crack of thunder had certainly woken up everyone in the crew (apart from Katie). The thought of today’s drive kept me awake – consumed by images of a road, which we knew had already claimed at least one rickshaw.

The flat roads of Uttar Pradesh were behind us. What lay ahead were the mountainous foothills of the Himalayas. We already knew we faced the threat of landslides and muddy adverse cambers. Now for me, a big decision - to take the longer, safer but visually less splendid route. Or to risk lives and take the more direct road to Pokhara, which would climb almost immediately up to 1500 metres and test the rickshaw’s uphill stamina and the road-holding of its three tiny wheels.

With our Executive Producer’s expectations in mind, I decided to cast our fate into the hands of Lord Buddha. So after breakfast, we crossed the road to the place where he was born.

What a serene place. And what a place to reflect on the journey so far. In a peaceful garden, strewn with the ruins of the Maya Devi temple, payer flags fluttered from the tree where his mother, Queen Maya Devi is said to have gone into labour more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago.

Monks on pilgrimage strolled the gardens with nothing more than their orange robes, a single bag of simple belongings, a digital camera and a handphone. As we paid our respects, the rainclouds cleared, the sun came out and Buddha whispered, “Take the mountain road.”

“This is a man who knows good telly.” I thought.

Back at the hotel, Virendra our mechanic changed a balding tyre and assured us that The Shaw was ready for her assault on the Himalayas. Today’s drive would be slow and steep, so we decided on Tansen as our destination and hit the road.

The drive was incredible. We hit a landslide almost as soon as we began to climb, which made us all wonder how passable the following 100km would be. But soon enough, the mud and rocks cleared and the fun began.

We’ve made it to the Hotel Sri Nagar, 50 metres above the bustling hill-town of Tansen, perched high up in the middle of the Western Range in the south of Nepal. Katie and Shelley are playing with the kids in the village. Around them, pigs and goats roam freely. Our evening meal is about to be served on a balcony, which hangs over a plunging valley, and our cosy beds await in wood-panelled bedrooms with net curtains. Maps of mountain treks and panoramic photographs of the Annapurna Range cover the reception walls. Racks for muddy boots and hooks for hanging wet Gore-Tex remind me of hiking in the Lake District. But Great Gable and Scafell would look up in awe if they were to meet the peaks here.

With the afternoon mist rolling in, it’s hard to tell what kind of views we can expect come morning. But I have a good feeling we’re in for a nice surprise.

Tomorrow our long journey will end. This evening, it feels like we can see all the way back across the whole of India to where we started two weeks ago in Goa, and see forward the last 200km to our destination, far below in the Pokhara Valley.

If there was ever a time to reflect, this is it.

To read more, read forwards from here... http://jonsrickshaw.blogspot.sg/2009/09/day-one-colva-to-belgaum.html

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ORACLE: FROM MALDIVES TO SAN FRAN

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ORACLE: FROM MALDIVES TO SAN FRAN

"Hassan's Story" selected to open Larry Ellison's Keynote at Oracle Openworld 2013 in San Francisco.

Earlier this year, The Deck traveled to Maldives to make a film showing how the Maldives Police is empowered by Oracle's Exadata.

The film received great response from Oracle's head creative, branding, sales and marketing execs on both sides of the Pacific. It was selected as the final play-on film leading into CEO Larry Ellison's Keynote address at this year's Oracle OpenWorld  at Redwood Shores HQ in San Francisco.

The film was shot on C300, took in locations on Male' and on Maafushi Island and involved a handful of actors. Casting, locations and fishing boat expertly sourced by Maldives-based production company Blue N White.

See below too, for the back-story. 

The next in the series, "Ying's Story", shot in Shanghai and Anhui Province is currently in the final stages of post-production. Two further films in the Australian Outback and Sichuan, China are already in pre-production.

Written and Directed by Jon Moore
Director of Photography Chris Dickinson
Executive Producer Justin Keen for Oracle Brand and Creative

Watch on Oracle Media Network

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ORACLE OPENWORLD [Shanghai]

The Deck provided production for Oracle's C-Central series this month.

The customer interviews formed part of Oracle's OpenWorld event at Shanghai Expo.

The multi-camera triax solution was directed by Jon Moore.

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