CLIENT
Novell.
PRODUCTION CO.
Crash Films, Santa Monica
(now defunct).
Nancy Bardawil, director (Bardawil is now repped for commercials by bicoastal X-Ray Films, and for music videos by Merge, Los Angeles); Jim Whitaker, DP; Gary Ward and Bill Fortney, executive producers; Dawn Rose, producer; Jule Sullivan, production manager. Shot on location in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
AGENCY
SicolaMartin, Austin, Texas.
Dan Lynch, creative director; Kirk Payne, art director; Chad Swisher, copywriter; Natalie Lum, producer.
EDITORIAL
Terminal, Santa Monica.
Jonathan Del Gatto, editor; Julia MacDonnell, assistant editor.
POST/VISUAL EFFECTS
A52, Los Angeles.
Mark Loso, compositing supervisor/Flame artist/online editor; Denis Gauthier, 3-D lead artist/supervisor; Patrick Murphy, Inferno artist/colorist/online editor; Jeff Willette and Westley Sorokin, 3-D animators; Liz Roewe, executive producer; Leighton Greer, producer.
Company 3, Santa Monica.
Stephen Sonnenfeld, colorist.
AUDIO POST
Post Logic Studios, Hollywood.
Jamie Ledner, mixer.
THE SPOT
The :30 "Fireflies" features scenes of children chasing the insects to illustrate the struggles that businesses have in being able to combine all their networks into one that functions as seamlessly as a single entity. As David Bowie’s "Changes" plays in the background, the voiceover positions Novell as a company that can help businesses adapt to changes and the ongoing challenges of the net economy.
Spot broke March 6.