At first, one might think they’re watching a scene from a Victorian period film. But then it turns out to be "Casanova," one of three new :60s for Cailler’s Chocolates, directed by Mark Raymon Bennett of bicoastal Cohn + Company, which co-produced the spot with Plush Films, Sydney and Melbourne, for agency JWT H&F, Zurich.
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Alan Bayer, Luke DeLacey, Jaroslav Semotam and Radka Vojtiskoba were the principle actors in this spot. The SAG/AFTRA Commercials Contract Standing Committee has granted a waiver to allow commercials to be available for viewing on SHOOTonline.com. The spots cannot be copied, downloaded or e-mailed.
CLIENT
Cailler’s Chocolates.
PRODUCTION CO.
Cohn + Company, bicoastal.
Mark Raymon Bennett, director; Phillipe Lesourd, director of photography; Jack Cohn, president; David Lasseron, executive producer; Jean Marc Kerdelhue, production designer; Oscar Charpentier, costume designer. Shot on location in Prague and at Bearandov Stages, Prague.
Plush Films, Sydney and Melbourne.
Catherine Warner, line producer.
AGENCY
JWT H&F, Zurich.
Remy Fabrikant, creative director; Frederic Rossman, art director; David Keller, copywriter; Annina Wenger, producer.
EDITORIAL
Karl Marx Films, Crows Nest, Australia.
Karl Soderstein, editor.
POST
Digital Pictures, Sydney.
Siggy Ferstl, colorist (Ferstl has since joined R!OT, Santa Monica).
VISUAL EFFECTS
Animal Logic, Sydney.
Andy Brown, visual effects supervisor; Bruce Carter, creative director; Angus Wilson, lead compositor; Mark Robinson and Nick Ponzoni, compositors; Andrew Lodge, 3-D lead artist; Amy Ryan, 3-D artist; Evan Shipard and David Nelson, matte painters; Pip Malone, visual effects producer; Sarah Beard,
executive producer.
AUDIO POST
Efren Herrera, Los Angeles.
Efren Herrera, mixer.
SOUND DESIGN
Efren Herrera, Los Angeles.
Efren Herrera, sound designer.