HGTV is promoting the second season of “Design Star,” which starts July 22, with a long form video that plays at www.hgtv.com/designstar. “Vegas Sizzles,” shot in Las Vegas, where the show takes place, features three elements — casino footage at the beginning of the film, which sets the tone; footage from the show that shows the host, Clive Pearse and the designers; and footage from the title sequence, which wraps the film. Sedna Films shot the casino footage during a one day shoot at the Aladdin Casino. Belief, a design and live action studio, which shot the title credits for the first seaon of the show, did a shoot in Vegas green screening the cast members so they could be inserted into existing footage to conclude the film.
Credits
Production Company: Sedna Films Director: Damon Fortier; Executive Producer: Dirk Detweiler; Head of Production: Heather Weinstock; Production Supervisor: Hillary Caviness; DP: Jim Belkin; 1st AC: Steven Mattson; 2nd AC: Chad Eshbaugh; Steadicam: Todd Kirchner; Gaffer: David Besdesky; Best Boy Electric: Richard Seaman; Swing: Johnny Gray; Key Grip: Scott Froschauer; Best Boy Grip: Jon Dwyer; Make up: Barbara Batterman; Costume Supervisor: Anita King; Sound Mixer: Chuck Bejarno; VTR: Ron Brassi; Script: Vicki Henry; Art Director: Charles Nance; Leadman: Brad McFadden; Art PA: Tom Moese; Locations: Lloyd Ellis; PAs: Ryan Mappala, Jesse Oquist, Gus Moya Postproduction: Belief Design Director/Creative Director: Mike Goedecke; Executive Producer on Production: Marie Soto; Art Director: Stanley Ng; Executive Producer on Post: Terry O’Gara
With one in five Brits (22%) experiencing a fraud attempt every single week, telecommunications company O2 and VCCP London’s AI creative agency faith have launched what's billed as a first-of-its-kind campaign to fight back against scammers.
At the heart of the campaign is Daisy, a lifelike, state-of-the-art, Conversational AI character designed to speak with scammers and keep them on the phone for as long as possible so they have less time to try and scam real people.
The newest member of O2’s fraud prevention team, Daisy was created using a range of cutting-edge AI technology and is indistinguishable from a real person. Based on a real-life relative of a VCCP employee to ensure total believability, Daisy was built to play on scammers’ own stereotypical views that older people are easier targets for scams. While anyone can be a victim of a scam, criminal fraud gangs often target the elderly, so by leaning into scammers’ own biases, Daisy became the perfect scambaiter.
Phoney fraudsters--including many posing as some of the UK’s most trusted businesses--thought they’d got their hands on an easy target, but Daisy has been beating them at their own horrible game, answering scam calls and wasting scammers calls as part of an awareness campaign which exposes fraudsters tricks and tactics and offers top tips on how to avoid scammers.
Daisy is able to interact in real-time ensuring no suspicions are raised on the other end of the line, and has worked 24/7, and over the course of many hours of scam calls she’s told meandering stories of her family, talked at length about her passion for knitting and provided false personal information including made-up bank details.
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