By Adam Remson
Toughness, in the world of pickup trucks, is commonly considered the domain of American-made vehicles. In the ads, the trucks are driven by honest, hard-working cowboy types who load and unload the building blocks of America’s heartland from the beds. However, there is another kind of toughness: one born in the city’s streets. And knowing that there is more than one way to sell a pickup truck, TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles, kicked off the third year of its campaign for the Nissan Frontier with a spot that plays with the perceptions of toughness. Shoot Online subscribers may read this week’s Top Spot of the Week in full by accessing the Current Issue in the Members Area.
CLIENT
Nissan Motor Co./Nissan Frontier.
PRODUCTION CO.
HSI Productions, bicoastal, and Gerard de Thame Films, London.
Gerard de Thame, director; Mick Coulter, DP; Bill Sandwick, executive producer; Fabyan Daw, executive producer/line producer; Alex McDowell, conceptual design; Joseph Bennett, production design. Shot on location in Wales and Cambridgeshire, U.K.
AGENCY
TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles.
Rob Schwartz, executive creative director; Chris Graves, creative director; John Payne, art director; Gary Pascoe, copywriter; Will St. Clair, producer; Julie Rousseau, assistant producer.
EDITORIAL
Cut & Run, London.
Steve Gandolfi, editor.
POST/ VISUAL EFFECTS
The Mill, London.
Sally Heath, producer; Hitesh Patel, CG supervisor; Paul Harrison and Adam Scott, colorists; Dave Smith, online editor/Inferno artist; Angus Kneale, Inferno artists; Kevin Modeste, Thomas Pastor and Eric Deltour, 3-D artists; Gavin Wellsman, Flint operator; George Theophonous, motion control; Adam Howarth, models.
AUDIO POST
Margarita Mix de Santa Monica, Santa Monica.
Jimmy Hite, mixer.
MUSIC
Elias Arts, bicoastal.
Jimmy Haun, composer; Dave Gold, creative director; Dayna Turcotte, producer.
SOUND DESIGN
Machine Head, Venice.
Stephen Dewey, sound designer; Vicki Melanson, producer.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
Defense counsel says that prosecutors tried to establish a link... Read More