By Carolyn Giardina
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.
Movie Armorer’s Involuntary Manslaughter Conviction Upheld In Fatal “Rust” Shooting
A New Mexico judge on Monday upheld an involuntary manslaughter conviction against a movie armorer in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film "Rust."
Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed asked a court to dismiss her conviction or convene a new trial, alleging that prosecutors failed to share evidence that could have cleared her.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer in her written order noted that the armorer's attorneys did not establish that there was a reasonable possibility that the outcome of the trial would have been different had the evidence been available to Gutierrez-Reed.
The judge also rejected a request from Gutierrez-Reed that she be released from custody, saying it was moot because the request for a new trial was denied.
Marlow Sommer halted and ended Baldwin's trial in July based on misconduct of police and prosecutors and their withholding evidence from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set outside Santa Fe.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer for "Rust," was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal on a movie set outside Santa Fe when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
A jury convicted Gutierrez-Reed of involuntary manslaughter in March in a trial overseen by Marlowe Sommer, who later sentenced her to the maximum 18-month penalty. Gutierrez-Reed has an appeal of the conviction pending in a higher court. Jurors acquitted her of allegations she tampered with evidence in the "Rust" investigation.
Prosecutors blamed Gutierrez-Reed for unwittingly bringing live ammunition onto the set of "Rust" and for failing to follow basic gun safety protocols.
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