Lifeblood is the very first commercial I directed. It was for the Glamorgan brewing company in Wales.
It tells the story of the local milkman delivering the lifeblood (beer) to the community.
Shot over 5 days in Barry and Llantrisant.
Directed by Gray Hughes
Produced by Vanya Barwell
Creative by Oli Cottam and Danny Eilenberg
Post Production Producer Shervorn Monaghan
Graded by MPC
Sound recorded by Matt Hughes
Cinematography by Leo Williams & Keiran Perry
Edited by Benjamin Gerstein and Gray Hughes
Mark Jones with Missy the Dog
Llantrisant RFC
Jonny Greatex
Duncan Sheldon
Rob Sheldon
Amy Robinson
Arthur Fox
Rebecca Beech
David Penney
“O Gymru” sung by Barry Male Voice Choir conducted by Dot Connell
Thanks to Jones’ Dairy for the Milk float
Cameras Operated by Keiran Perry, David Hewitt, Henry Hooper & Andy Hooper
Aerial Photography by Tim Curtis
DIT by Ben Hockley
Production Assistants Clementine Baig and Lana Rathbone