A challenging assignment

We were challenged to do something we had not done before. We had to shoot a commercial that required a living room setting underwater. And no, not in a controlled studio setting, but outdoors in the real water. In a fresh water lake somewhere in the Netherlands, while the temperature was just around 12 degrees. The Royal Dutch Mint struck a commemorative coin, the Beemster 5 Euro Coin. This coin was minted in honor of the 20th anniversary as UNESCO world heritage site of Droogmakerij de Beemster. And our client, David Stevens Production House, had the idea of creating a commercial that had to illustrate what it would look like as if the Beemster never had been drained.