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McLaren

A Holiday Story

Los Angeles, California

A holiday film for McLaren, released on Christmas Day. A ballerina, a dog and a McLaren, which reads stranger on paper than it plays on screen.

The stills are Los Angeles. Palm streets at golden hour, the downtown skyline behind the doors, a tunnel at speed and an aerial over the freeway, because a car like this belongs to a city as much as it belongs to a road.

Narrative Form produced. I directed, and produced alongside Veenessa Zhang. The full crew is credited below.

Client
McLaren
Location
Los Angeles, California
Production
Narrative Form
Direction
Niaz Uddin
Producers
Niaz Uddin
Veenessa Zhang
Cast
Lena Fern, ballerina
Floki, dog
Styling
Sister Styling
Barbara Lamelza, makeup and hair
Art department
Anna Kasper, set design
Camera
Sergio, camera operator
Drew Torbenson, gaffer
Zach Gilman, drone
Crew
Tre Davies, production manager
Akhlas, production assistant
Cyan blue McLaren GT with dihedral doors open against a row of palm trees at pink sunset, by Niaz Uddin
Front three-quarter of a cyan McLaren GT with doors up and the downtown Los Angeles skyline behind at sunset, by Niaz Uddin
Cyan McLaren GT with doors up on a palm-lined street in golden-hour light, by Niaz Uddin
Rear three-quarter of a cyan McLaren GT with doors up on a palm-lined street with the skyline behind, by Niaz Uddin
Man in a suit carrying a duffel bag walking toward a cyan McLaren GT with doors up in a moody warehouse, by Niaz Uddin
Top-down aerial of a cyan McLaren GT with its dihedral doors open on concrete, by Niaz Uddin
Aerial of a cyan McLaren on an arched bridge above a busy freeway with the Los Angeles skyline in haze, by Niaz Uddin
Cyan McLaren GT in motion through a tunnel with streaking light trails, by Niaz Uddin
Cyan McLaren GT driving in motion past downtown Los Angeles high-rises, by Niaz Uddin
Cyan McLaren GT in motion on an open highway with desert mountains on the horizon, by Niaz Uddin
Rear of a cyan McLaren GT in motion under a concrete overpass, by Niaz Uddin