Director Eric Saarinen of Santa Monica-based Plum Productions loves to travel. So when GSD&M, Austin, Texas, awarded him a Land Rover Discovery campaign (including this week’s Top Spot, "Orbit 3") that called for a three-week-long shoot in Thailand and South Africa, he was eager to pack his bags. The director and his crew were to fly out of Los Angeles on Sept. 13.
But in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., the client-Land Rover of North America-pulled the plug on the trip. "The guys from Land Rover said, ‘Nobody who is working on our behalf is going to get on any planes and go anywhere during these times,’ " Saarinen related. 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
Land Rover of North America/Land Rover Discovery.
PRODUCTION CO.
Plum Productions,
Santa Monica.
Eric Saarinen, director/DP; Chuck Sloan and Shelby Sexton, executive producers; Rob McKinney, producer; Sean Hargreaves, production
designer. Shot on location in
Los Angeles.
AGENCY
GSD&M, Austin, Texas.
Jeremy Postaer and David Crawford, creative directors; Cameron Day, creative director/copywriter; Lou Flores, art director; Peter Feldman, producer.
EDITORIAL
Mad River Post, bicoastal.
Steve MacCorkle, editor; Inome Callahan, assistant editor; Gary Ward, executive producer; Ann Kirk, producer.
POST
Company 3, Santa Monica.
Mike Pethel, colorist.
VISUAL EFFECTS
Asylum Visual Effects,
Santa Monica.
Philip Brennan, Flame artist.
AUDIO POST
Eleven, Santa Monica.
Jeff Payne, mixer; Christopher Hildrew, assistant mixer.
MUSIC
Gary Lucas, New York.
Gary Lucas, composer/executive producer/producer.
SOUND DESIGN
Mit Out Sound/M.O.S.,
Sausalito, Calif.
Ren Klyce, sound designer.
