By Christine Champagne
While it’s one thing to fantasize about being in Atlanta Falcon quarterback Michael Vick’s shoes, it is quite another to find yourself literally stepping into them and out onto a football field. That’s the situation a young fan finds himself in when he dares to embark on a football-themed amusement park ride in "The Michael Vick Experience." The :60, which promotes Nike’s Air Zoom Vick II training shoe, was created by Wieden+Kennedy (W+K), Portland, Ore., and directed by Ulf Johansson of Smith and Jones Films, Los Angeles. Sea Level, Venice, Calif., produced the visual effects.
Sean Scott was the principal actor in this spot. The SAG/AFTRA Commercials Contract Standing Committee has granted a waiver to allow commercials to be available for viewing on SHOOTonline.com. The spots cannot be copied, downloaded or e-mailed.
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CLIENT
Nike/Nikegridiron.com.
PRODUCTION CO.
Smith and Jones Films,
Los Angeles.
Ulf Johansson, director; Harris Savides, DP; Philippa Smith, executive producer; Steven Sills, producer. Shot at Sony Studios, Culver City, Calif.
AGENCY
Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore.
Hal Curtis and Mike Byrne, creative directors; Ryan O’Rourke, art director; Derek Barnes, copywriter; Ben Grylewicz, executive producer; Vic Palumbo, producer.
EDITORIAL
The Whitehouse, Santa Monica.
Russell Icke, editor; Laurence Thrush, assistant editor; Sue Dawson, executive producer.
POST/VISUAL EFFECTS
Sea Level, Venice, Calif.
Ben Gibbs, visual effects/Inferno artist; Celest Gilbert, executive producer; Amy Russo, producer.
Bobine Video, Santa Monica.
Jais, colorist.
AUDIO POST
Eleven, Santa Monica.
Jeff Payne, mixer; Francine Boucher, assistant mixer; DJ Fox-Engstrom, executive producer.
SOUND DESIGN
Mit Out Sound/M.O.S.,
Sausalito, Calif.
Ren Klyce and Malcolm Fife, sound designers; Misa Kageyama, producer.
8 Aspiring DPs Receive Emerging Cinematographer Awards
The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) presented eight aspiring DPs with 2024 Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA) during a ceremony, screening and reception held on Sunday (9/29) in the Television Academy’s Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood.
Also during the ECA proceedings, Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC accepted the Distinguished Filmmaker Award. Prieto is a four-time Best Cinematography Oscar nominee--for Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, and Martin Scorsese’s Silence, The Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon.
In his opening awards ceremony remarks, Stephen Poster, ASC--who co-chairs the Guild’s ECA committee with Jimmy Matlosz--estimated that over the 26 years of the ECA, more than 200 up-and-coming lensers have garnered invaluable exposure and recognition early on in their careers. Submissions are open to Local 600 members who are not yet classified as DPs, and a panel of established ICG members from across the country assess the short film entries. The competition has intensified over the past two-plus decades. This year’s eight honorees and their short films were selected from 118 submissions.
The class of 2024 ECA honorees are:
–Dominic Bartolone for the short film Sweet Santa Barbara Brown
–Adam Carboni, INCOMPLETE
–Matthew Halla, The Unreachable Star
–Jessica Hershatter, Pirandello on Broadway
–Allen Ho, Iron Lung
–Nick Mahar, Sands of Fate
–Dylan Trivette, Bearing Witness: A Name & A Voice
–Andrew Trost, Bloom
These emerging cinematographers benefited from more than just the Sunday showcase in North... Read More