Click 3X has added directors KEZIA and Wyatt Neumann to its live-action division.
With 15 years of directing under her belt, KEZIA has a passion for creating unique and cinematic worlds. Originally from Devonport, New Zealand, she has a keen eye for detail and loves conceptual riffing, creating delicious visuals with a dash of choreography and developing emotive stories with authentic characters. KEZIA has had work on the Cannes Lions shortlist, and won awards at the Asia Pacific Advertising Festival, D&AD and The One Show. She was formerly represented by The Sweet Shop.
Meanwhile Neumann was a creative director at R/GA and most recently on the directorial roster at Decon. He is a creative director, commercial director and photographer, who’s worked with leading brands and has founded his own company, Ellipsis Pictures. He’s won awards at the AICP, ADDYs, ADC and CLIO shows.
Neumann’s first project with Click 3X, in partnership with DigitasLBi, is a film for the re-launch of John Frieda Frizz-Ease, that utilized Click 3X’s integrated production process from directing to postproduction. The focus of the film is on the overall brand attitude vs. the product itself, showcasing women who are self assured, confident and go after what they want. This piece introduces the concept of real women looking their best and never having to “pull back” from life, thanks to Frizz Ease. The entire project showcased Click 3X’s holistic way of working, as both Neumann and the post-production team were involved from the beginning, leading to his and the agency’s vision being brought to the screen as a united team. Click 3X’s visual effects partner, Whiskytree, handled the CG animation for the job.
Review: Writer-Directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood’s “Heretic”
"Heretic" opens with an unusual table setter: Two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are discussing condoms and why some are labeled as large even though they're all pretty much a standard size. "What else do we believe because of marketing?" one asks the other.
That line will echo through the movie, a stimulating discussion of religion that emerges from a horror movie wrapper. Despite a second-half slide and feeling unbalanced, this is the rare movie that combines lots of squirting blood and elevated discussion of the ancient Egyptian god Horus.
Our two church members — played fiercely by Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East — are wandering around trying to covert souls when they knock on the door of a sweet-looking cottage. Its owner, Mr. Reed, offers a hearty "Good afternoon!" He welcomes them in, brings them drinks and promises a blueberry pie. He's also interested in learning more about the church. So far, so good.
Mr. Reed is, of course, if you've seen the poster, the baddie and he's played by Hugh Grant, who doesn't go the snarling, dead-eyed Hannibal Lecter route in "Heretic." Grant is the slightly bumbling, bashful and self-mocking character we fell in love with in "Four Weddings and a Funeral," but with a smear of menace. He gradually reveals that he actually knows quite a bit about the Mormon religion — and all religions.
"It's good to be religious," he says jauntily and promises his wife will join them soon, a requirement for the church. Homey touches in his home include a framed "Bless This Mess" needlepoint on a wall, but there are also oddities, like his lights are on a timer and there's metal in the walls and ceilings.
Writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood — who also... Read More