CLIENT
Walgreen Co.
PRODUCTION CO.
"Sources," "Tale of 1,000 Pharmacies," "Roads" and "All of the People" produced by Atlas Pictures, Santa Monica. Toby Phillips, director/DP; Sharn Stinson-Ure, executive producer; Jeff Tannebring, producer. "Photo Montage" produced by R/GA Digital Studios, New York. John DiRe, director; Rufus Sandfer, DP; Rick Wagonheim, executive producer; Emily Martin-Ritchie, producer. Shot on location.
AGENCY
McConnaughy Stein Schmidt Brown, Chicago. Tom McConnaughy, chairman/chief creative officer; Jim Schmidt, executive VP/creative director; Diane Jackson, producer; Joe Stuart, art director; Tohru Oyasu, copywriter.
STOCK FOOTAGE
"Photo Montage" footage supplied by The Image Bank, New York, and Eastman Kodak, Rochester, N.Y.
EDITORIAL
"Sources," "Tale of 1,000 Pharmacies," "Roads" and "All of the People" edited at The Lookinglass Company, Chicago. Marcelle Feldt, editor; Colleen Denbow, assistant editor. "Photo Montage" edited at R/GA Digital Studios. Brendan Werner, editor.
POST
"Sources," "Tale of 1,000 Pharmacies," "Roads" and "All of the People" posted at The Filmworkers Club, Chicago. Michael Mazur, colorist; Duy Nguyen, Flame artist/type design; Rob Churchill, online editor. "Photo Montage" posted at R/GA Digital Studios. David Elkins, online editor. The Tape House Editorial Company, New York. John Crowley, colorist.
VISUAL EFFECTS
"Tale of 1,000 Pharmacies" 3-D effects by Vello Virkhaus at The Filmworkers Club. "Photo Montage" animation by Nathalie d’l Gorce and Antoine Tinguely at R/ Greenberg Associates, New York.
AUDIO POST
Chicago Recording Company. Michael Mason, engineer.
MUSIC
Com/track, Chicago. Manny Mendelson, composer/arranger. Recorded at Streeterville Studios, Chicago. Freddy Breitberg, engineer.
THE SPOTS
Five spots use picturesque vignettes, type design and orchestral scores to highlight the services at Walgreen’s. "Sources" focuses on the store’s expanded nutrition center; "Tale of 1,000 Pharmacies" showcases Walgreen’s satellite-linked, coast-to-coast prescription availability; "Roads" spotlights the chain’s numerous 24-hour pharmacy locations; and Walgreen’s photo center is targeted in "All of the People" and "Photo Montage."
Spots broke in November.
Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. Explore Generations, Old School vs. New School, In “Poppa’s House”
Boundaries between work and family don't just blur in the new CBS sitcom "Poppa's House" starring father-and-son comedy duo Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. They shatter.
"It's wonderful to come to work every day and see him and some of his kids and my sister and my brother and nieces and nephews. They all work on this show. They all contribute," says the senior Wayans. "I don't think there are words to express how joyful I am."
Wayans plays the titular Poppa, a curmudgeonly radio DJ who's more than comfortable doing it his way, while Wayans Jr. plays his son, Damon, a budding filmmaker who's stuck in a job he hates.
"My character, Pop, is just an old school guy who's kind of stuck in his ways," says Wayans, who starred in "In Living Color" and "My Wife and Kids."
Pop yearns for the days when a handshake was a binding contract and Michael Jordan didn't complain if he got fouled on the court. Pop laughs at the younger generation's participation trophies.
"It's old school versus new school and them teaching each other lessons from both sides," says Wayans Jr., who played Coach in the Fox sitcom "New Girl."
"They (the characters) bring the best out in each other and they're resistant initially. But then throughout the episode they have revelations and these revelations help them become better people," he adds.
The two have worked together before — dad made an appearance on son's "Happy Endings" and "Happy Together," while son was a writer and guest star on dad's "My Wife and Kids." But this is the first time they have headlined a series together.
The half-hour comedy — premiering Monday and co-starring Essence Atkins and Tetona Jackson — smartly leaves places in the script where father and son can let... Read More