Editor Michael Coletta has joined Red Car‘s national roster. He will tap into the company’s reach across the country, particularly in the New York and Chicago markets where he is quite active. Coletta comes over to Red Car from Nomad Editing Company, which he joined last year.
Known for work with a character-driven comedic flair, Coletta said that his passion is shaping narrative. He has cut for such clients as Budweiser, Volkswagen, MasterCard, Verizon Wireless and Motorola.
Coletta studied film and photography at Columbia College, Chicago. He began his cutting career as an assistant editor at Szabo-Tohtz Editing, which became Skyview Film & Video where he was promoted to full-fledged editor. After a decade there, he moved to The Lookinglass Company, which eventually merged with and became part of The Whitehouse.
At Lookinglass, Coletta edited Budweiser’s “Out of Towner,” “Jerry” and “Phone Chain,” spots directed by Allen Coulter of Hungry Man for DDB Chicago which collectively earned a 2002 AICP Show honor in the Advertising Excellence/Campaign category. (Coulter is now with Station Film.)
“Out of Towner” was also nominated for a primetime commercial Emmy in ’02. In the ad, the Jersey Guys of “how ya doin'” fame meet their match in the person of a country bumpkin who walks into their bar hangout. The stranger is from out of town and repeatedly answers the “how ya doin'” query with his mundane just-flew-into-the-airport, met-some-nice-people, visiting-relatives recap of his vacation experience.
Coletta later relocated from Chicago to New York and joined Bug Editorial where he worked for three years before hooking up with 89 Editorial in ’04. At 89 Editorial, he worked on numerous high profile spots and campaigns, including the True Blood commercial promo series, and Purity Organics’ viral spot “Tirade.”
The latter, directed by Geordie Stephens of Tool of North America for McCann Erickson, New York, was a SHOOT Top Spot of the Week (8/7/09).
The commercial opens on a businessman who has lost his cool on the phone and expresses his anger for what’s being done to him by cursing his displeasure to a colleague. We only hear the business guy’s end of the conversation–or at least a portion of it as each swear word is bleeped out. At some points we hear one prolonged bleeping tone. The man’s anger escalates until he takes a swig from a bottle of Purity Organic Juice. The drink proves to be an instant calming elixir as the guy takes a deep breath and asks, “Anyway, how are the kids doing?” He goes on to say that he’s doing fine, that he is still singing in the church group and life is good.
His transformation reaffirms Purity’s slogan that its juices help people “become more pure.”
As for recent work, Coletta edited via Nomad a Little Debbie campaign directed by Steve Chase of Curious Pictures for agency Luckie & Company. Those spots are slated to air in early September.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More