By Christine Champagne
It’s one thing to stumble into your kitchen in the middle of the night and spy a mouse scurrying behind the fridge or a cockroach running for cover. It’s quite another thing to stumble into your kitchen in the middle of the night and come upon a group of tiny men playing soccer. That’s the unexpected situation a woman confronts in an inventive new spot for Yahoo!, created by Black Rocket Euro RSCG, San Francisco, and directed by Marcos Siega of bicoastal/international hungry man-with visual effects and postproduction by Phoenix Editorial, San Francisco. 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
Yahoo!.
PRODUCTION CO.
hungry man, bicoastal/international.
Marcos Siega, director; Ross Richardson, DP; Stephen Orent, executive producer/New York; Dan Duffy and Caroline Gibney, executive producers/Los Angeles; Justin Erickson, producer. Shot at Raleigh Studios, Manhattan Beach, Calif., and on location in Los Angeles.
AGENCY
Black Rocket Euro RSCG,
San Francisco.
Bob Kerstetter and Steve Stone, creative directors; Joe Rose, copywriter; Cory Smith, art director; Hannah Murray, producer.
EDITORIAL
Phoenix Editorial, San Francisco.
Bob Frisk, editor.
POST/VISUAL EFFECTS
Phoenix Editorial.
Matt Silverman, visual effects supervisor; Jimi Simmons, Flame artist; John Crossley, Smoke editor; Lisa Hinman, executive producer; Jonathan Hinman, producer.
Company 3, Santa Monica.
Stefan Sonnenfeld, colorist.
AUDIO POST
Crescendo! Studios,
San Francisco.
Jay Shilliday, mixer.
MUSIC/SOUND DESIGN
ripe sound, San Francisco.
Andy Newell, composer/sound designer; Alisa McMullen, producer.
“Overnight Success” Has Been More Than A Decade In The Making For Meghann Fahy and Eve Hewson
Meghann Fahy and Eve Hewson, two of the stars of Netflix's whodunit "The Perfect Couple," have news for you if you want to call them breakouts: They've been working in this business for more than a decade.
Fahy made her TV debut in 2009 in an episode of "Gossip Girl." Hewson's first big film role was in 2011's "This Must Be the Place." They do concede, however, that it's recent TV roles — "The White Lotus" for Fahy and "Bad Sisters" for Hewson — that have led to new frontiers of opportunity.
Susanne Bier, who directed "The Perfect Couple," says both Fahy and Hewson are "going to be big stars."
"They certainly have proper, profound star quality, Both of them in very different ways," Bier says. "Both are incredibly creative, incredibly smart, and also have a impressive insight as to who they are. You can be a great actor or actress and not necessarily really know who you are yourself. And they do."
Hewson, 33, whose dad is U2 front man Bono, may have grown up in a famous family but she's now in demand in her own right. She will next be seen in a second season of "Bad Sisters, " out in November. She's in Noah Baumbach's next film, alongside Adam Sandler, George Clooney and Riley Keough. She's also been cast in Steven Spielberg's next production and is set to star opposite Murray Bartlett in a racing series for Hulu.
Fahy, 34, is in production on a limited series with Julianne Moore and Milly Alcock called "Sirens," written by Molly Smith Metzler ("Maid") for Netflix. She also has two films in the can with Josh O'Connor ("The Crown," "Challengers") and Brandon Sklenar ("It Ends With Us").
The two actors spoke candidly about this phase of their careers. This interview has been condensed for clarity and... Read More