Ford Ranger Raptor

The global launch film for the new Ford Ranger Raptor. The brief was simple: show what it can do.

The solution was to chain it inside an Antonov AN-12 Soviet cargo plane and let it break free. Directed by Nick Piper, the film was shot on location in Surrey — a production that required as much logistics as it did filmmaking.

Getting a full-size pickup truck airborne inside a four-engine turboprop from the 1950s takes planning. Getting the shot takes nerve.