CLIENT
American Honda Motor Corp./ Acura.
PRODUCTION CO.
Pictures In A Row, Hollywood. Peter Lang, director/DP; Adam Gross, executive producer; Kari Stratton, producer. Shot on location in Marysville, Raymond, Anna and East Liberty, Ohio; Marin County, Santa Ana and Torrance, Calif.
AGENCY
Suissa Miller Advertising, Los Angeles. David Suissa, chairman/executive creative director; Bruce Miller, president; Mike Davison, director of broadcast production; Dee Cratty, producer; Sacha Romano, production manager; Nigel Williams, associate creative director/art director; Ken Pappanduros, senior copywriter.
EDITORIAL
Pictures In A Row. Gregory Nussbaum, editor.
POST
Company 3, Santa Monica. Stefan Sonnenfeld, colorist. At the Post, Santa Monica. Wayne Shepard, online editor.
VISUAL EFFECTS
At the Post. Wayne Shepard, visual effects supervisor. Pictures In A Row. Gregory Nussbaum, visual effects editor. Amalgamated Pixels, Malibu, Calif. Derry Frost, visual effects supervisor.
AUDIO POST
Margarita Mix de Santa Mónica. Tim Rock, mixer.
MUSIC
Galaxy 500, Los Angeles.
THE SPOT
"Engineering Passion" (:30) shows a series of scenes reflecting Acura’s passion for car making: a journey through the center of a motor, a car being accelerated on a test-bed, a man pouring liquid steel, a woman driving, a little girl’s face. The voiceover points out, "You won’t find our work in museums, for we are artists of the streets … Cars are our passion."
Spot broke in October.
Microsoft Report Says Efforts By Russia, Iran and China To Sway U.S. Voters May Escalate
Foreign adversaries have shown continued determination to influence the U.S. election –- and there are signs their activity will intensify as Election Day nears, Microsoft said in a report Wednesday.
Russian operatives are doubling down on fake videos to smear Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, while Chinese-linked social media campaigns are maligning down-ballot Republicans who are critical of China, the company's threat intelligence arm said Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Iranian actors who allegedly sent emails aimed at intimidating U.S. voters in 2020 have been surveying election-related websites and major media outlets, raising concerns they could be preparing for another scheme this year, the tech giant said.
The report serves as a warning – building on others from U.S. intelligence officials – that as the nation enters this critical final stretch and begins counting ballots, the worst influence efforts may be yet to come. U.S. officials say they remain confident that election infrastructure is secure enough to withstand any attacks from American adversaries. Still, in a tight election, foreign efforts to influence voters are raising concern.
Microsoft noted that some of the disinformation campaigns it tracks received little authentic engagement from U.S. audiences, but others have been amplified by unwitting Americans, exposing thousands to foreign propaganda in the final weeks of voting.
Russia, China and Iran have all rejected claims that they are seeking to meddle with the U.S. election.
"The presidential elections are the United States' domestic affairs. China has no intention and will not interfere in the US election," the Chinese Embassy said in a statement.
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