Garage Team Mazda, a WPP advertising agency, continues its work with the Newport Beach Film Festival, this time with a promotional film spoof of the feature A Few Good Men.
Titled “A Few Good Kids,” the promo carries the tagline, “Everybody plays a part.” Erich Joiner from production company Tool of North America directed the piece–along with another short film takeoff of Glengarry Glen Ross–which will be screened for festival attendees. The Newport Beach Film Festival runs from Oct. 21-28.
CreditsClient Newport Beach Film Festival Agency Garage Team Mazda Steve Chavez, chief creative officer; TJ Bennett, SVP/creative director; Kurt Brushwyler, associate creative director; Zak Masaki, sr. art director; Jessica Mirolla, sr. art producer; Jeff Perino, executive producer. Production Tool of North America Erich Joiner, director; Dustin Callif, president; Nancy Hacohen, managing director; Laura Macauley, sr. exec producer; Joby Ochsner, producer; Claudio Miranda, DP; Justin Trask, production designer. Editorial Arcade Edit Paul Martinez, editor; Dean Miyahira, assistant editor; Kirsten Thonn-Webb, sr. producer; Crissy DeSimone, exec producer. VFX Timber Lisa Houck, exec producer; Tricia Chatteron Goldrick, head of production; Ryan Dahlman, head of production; Brian Shneider, Flame artist; Jon Lorenz, Adam Singer, graphics artists; Alice Cen, Flame assistant.
Director Gia Coppola Teams With Mejuri For “A New York Minute”; 1st Episode Takes Us To The Grocery Store
Mejuri, known for turning fine jewelry into an everyday luxury, has partnered with director Gia Coppola (The Last Show Girl, Palo Alto) and The Directors Bureau in Los Angeles, for the first time reimagining the brand’s story as episodic content. In a series of microfilms, co-created by Coppola and premiering following New York Fashion Week, Mejuri eschewed a typical celebrity campaign and cast us as voyeurs to a group of aspiring young women--real people, not actors--at the crossroads of their adult lives against the backdrop of New York City.
Titled “A New York Minute,” the series features five real-life friends, who include one perfectly imperfect heroine named Emma. The women celebrate ordinary moments and interactions which reveal, sometimes retrospectively, the extraordinary within the mundane. Adjacent to the brand’s own community, the 30-something year old cast includes Laura Love (Emma), Rebecca Ressler, Natalie Vall-Freed and Rozzi Crane. Mejuri’s jewelry makes an appearance as the best supporting actor.
“When I met with Gia and The Directors Bureau team, there was instant creative and personal chemistry and a natural alignment on the desire to push and blur the lines between marketing, storytelling, and the construct of what a ‘campaign’ could be,” said Jacob Jordan, chief brand officer, Mejuri. “Gia was able to push that idea into something that truly feels new and artful, with a realism and relatability that almost feels jarring. Gia was such a perfect collaborator and partner, someone I had complete trust in to be a catalyst for Mejuri’s values of celebrating women as their truest selves. I can’t wait for us to continue to tell the next chapters of this story.”
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