RadicalMedia’s Mollie Mills directed this spot for the Recording Academy and the Grammys. Titled “Underdog,” this Grammys promo video features an all female choir.
Performing Alicia Keys’ “Underdog,” the choir is made up of women of all ages, colors and body types. Conceived by a creative team at TBWAChiatDay, Los Angeles, this promo shines light on the fact that only 2% of popular music is produced by women and we should strive for change. This is beautifully shown through all the choir women sitting down except for one who’s left standing, representing the 2%.
CreditsClient Recording Academy Agency TBWAChiatDay, Los Angeles Renato Fernandez, chief creative officer; Jason Karley, group creative director; Bruno Regalo, head of art; Gabriel Miller, Nic Buckingham, creatives; Anh-Thu Le, director of content production/producer; Josh Levion, associate producer; Jessie Glenn, production coordinator; Simon Wassef, chief strategic officer. Production RadicalMedia Mollie Mills, director; Magdelena Czmuda, producer; Jordan buck, DP; Jim Bouvet, exec producer; Frank Scherma, president. Editorial Rock Paper Scissors Lauren Dellara, editor, Alyssa Oh, editors; Adam Parker, producer; Shelly Rose, assistant editor; Shada Shariatzadeh, exec producer; Dre Krichevsky, head of production; Eve Kornblum, managing director. Vocal Arrangement & Mix Barking Owl Kelly Bayett, creative director; Alex Lilly, music arranger; Matt Keith, mixer; KC Dossett, producer; Brad Beasley, assistant mixer. Color a52 Gregory Reese, colorist; Aaron Flickinger, Corey, Martinez, assistant color; Jenny Bright, producer; Thatcher Peterson, exec producer. Finishing a52 Noah Poole, online editor; Sarah S. Laborde, producer; Patrick Nugent, Kim Christensen, exec producers; Jennifer Sofio Hall, managing director.
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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