A boy drags his oversized wagon through town, collecting empty Coke bottles, seemingly for the recycling deposit. He finds bottles in an alley, along the town’s back roads, another in a junk yard where he barely eludes a fast charging guard dog. Subtly the wind whips up at different times.
Finally the lad gets to enjoy a full bottle of Coke as he arrives with his wagon at a patch of desolate beach. He drinks up and has yet another empty for his collection. He buries the bottle halfway into the sand, joining all the other bottles he’s collected. Suddenly the wind is heard from again, caressing some hanging chimes.
The wind then treats us to a symphony created when it whips over the open mouths of the many Coke bottles the youngster has planted in the sand. The boy stands up and revels in the music and nature as he lets the wind flow over him, his arms extended.
The spinning Coke bottle logo then appears in an end tag, carrying the slogan “Open happiness.”
This spec spot was directed, shot and conceived by Ken Arlidge, who’s on the directorial roster of Santa Monica-based Aero Film.
Skip Short exec produced for Aero Film. Production designer was Tre Benson.
Editor was Barnett Kiel of Aero Post.
Visual effects house was Below The Radar, Santa Monica, with music from Nylon Studios, Australia and stateside.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More