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    Face The Music Drives Lincoln

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    CLIENT

    Ford Motor Company/Lincoln Navigator and Aviator.

    PRODUCTION CO.

    Pacific Rim Films, Venice, Calif.

    Vic Armstrong, director; Paul Laufer, DP; Annie Johnson, executive producer; Mark Conley, line producer. "Tokyo" was shot on location in Tokyo, "Moonlight" was shot in Bodega Bay, Calif., and "Foto Booth" was lensed in Monrovia, Calif.

    AGENCY

    Young & Rubicam Detroit, Dearborn, Mich.

    Lance Paull, executive group creative director; Bertrand Garbassi, group creative director; Chris Parker and Kevin Finney, art directors; Judy Little and Bob Havlena, copywriters; Robert Parker and Curt O’Brien, producers.

    EDITORIAL

    Spot Welders, Venice.

    Michael Heldman, editor, "Moonlight"; Scott Chestnut, editor, "Tokyo" and "Foto Booth."

    POST

    Company 3, Santa Monica.

    Stefan Sonnenfeld, colorist; Missy Papageorge, producer, "Tokyo" and "Moonlight."

    R!OT, Santa Monica.

    Mark Wilkins, colorist, "Foto Booth."

    VISUAL EFFECTS

    Sight Effects, Venice.

    Adrian Hurley, visual effects supervisor; Melissa Davies, executive producer.

    AUDIO POST

    RavensWork, Venice.

    Robert Feist, mixer.

    MUSIC

    Face The Music, bicoastal.

    Jon Florencio, composer, "Foto Booth"; Ed Ma, composer, "Tokyo"; Ben Wise, composer, "Moonlight"; Adam Joseph and Chris Doyle, executive producers.

    THE SPOTS

    "Tokyo" (:30) follows an American in a Navigator as he drives through the neon canyons of central Tokyo. "Moonlight" (:30) shows a couple in a Lincoln Aviator on a midnight drive to the ocean. And the :30 "Foto Booth" follows a man who is using snapshots of himself to choose between a Navigator and an Aviator.

    Spots broke in February.

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