A woman deep in slumber hears her alarm clock and sits up, revealing that she’s a winged fairy. She goes through the same rituals we wingless folks endure in the morning, but with a slightly different twist–showering but in fairy dust, making breakfast, feeding her dog who is also winged, getting dressed but instantaneously with the aid of a magic wand, and then stepping out for work.
She meets her winged colleagues and they go off on their commute, which consists of being picked up by two giants who gently blow the fairies into the wind and on their way.
An on-screen message then puts what we’ve seen into context. It reads, “This is how magical I feel when I offer my customers an affordable mobile plan.”
The quote is attributed to a woman in customer service for French carrier Bouygues Telecom.
Baker Smith of harvest directed this spot and two others in the campaign for Bouygues. Harvest and Paris-based Wanda Productions teamed to produce the job for DDB Paris.
Chris Soos served as DP. Editor was Herve Schneid whose film credits include Amelie and City of Lost Children. VFX house was BUF, Paris.
Netflix Series “The Leopard” Spots Classic Italian Novel, Remakes It As A Sumptuous Period Drama
"The Leopard," a new Netflix series, takes the classic Italian novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa and transforms it into a sumptuous period piece showing the struggles of the aristocracy in 19th-century Sicily, during tumultuous social upheavals as their way of life is crumbling around them.
Tom Shankland, who directs four of the eight episodes, had the courage to attempt his own version of what is one of the most popular films in Italian history. The 1963 movie "The Leopard," directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale, won the Palme d'Or in Cannes.
One Italian critic said that it would be the equivalent of a director in the United States taking "Gone with the Wind" and turning it into a series, but Shankland wasn't the least bit intimidated.
He said that he didn't think of anything other than his own passion for the project, which grew out of his love of the book. His father was a university professor of Italian literature in England, and as a child, he loved the book and traveling to Sicily with his family.
The book tells the story of Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina, a tall, handsome, wealthy aristocrat who owns palaces and land across Sicily.
His comfortable world is shaken with the invasion of Sicily in 1860 by Giuseppe Garibaldi, who was to overthrow the Bourbon king in Naples and bring about the Unification of Italy.
The prince's family leads an opulent life in their magnificent palaces with servants and peasants kowtowing to their every need. They spend their time at opulent banquets and lavish balls with their fellow aristocrats.
Shankland has made the series into a visual feast with tables heaped with food, elaborate gardens and sensuous costumes.... Read More