BRW FILMLAND Los Angeles director Stewart Hendler defines the enduring thrill and allure felt by sports car enthusiasts in this aspirational and artful :60 titled “Believers” for Porsche out of Cramer-Krasselt, Chicago.
The :60 opens in a private garage filled with classic Porsches as a voiceover intones, “It’s for the collectors, the rebels, the dreamers, the free spirits, the go-getters and the passionate. But really it’s for anyone who believes that any car should be a sports car.” Throughout this list we’re introduced to a dreadlocked fellow (the rebel), a boy ogling a red Porsche (the dreamer) and a death-defying skier (the passionate). Every “believer” featured either drives or admires the iconic automobile navigating beautiful mountains, cityscapes and beaches. The spot closes on the Porsche logo and tag, “Life. Intensified.”
Jordan Valenti was the DP. Editor was David Henegar of Butcher.
Oregon Film Office Seeks Exec Director
Vince Porter, executive director of the Oregon Film Office, has accepted a position as Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber’s policy advisor for jobs and the economy. Applications are being accepted for the vacant executive director’s position at the film commission.
Thus far, 2014 is shaping up as a busy year for production in Oregon. TNT returns to Portland with its brand new series, The Librarians, set to shoot 10 episodes in the metro area. The Librarians is a series follow-up to the telemovie trilogy The Librarian. Electric Entertainment produced the trilogy, and is also taking on The Librarians. TNT and Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment are no strangers to Oregon, having shot all but one season of Leverage in the state. Rebecca Romijn will star in The Librarians. Noah Wyle will also be appearing in the series.
In other activity, NBC’s Grimm finished up season 3 and will move onto season 4 this summer. And Portlandia recently aired its season 4 finale, and is slated to shoot another season in Portland this summer.
People In The News….
New York-based VFX and production shop Light of Day has hired Jen Milano as executive producer. Coming to Light of Day from Fluid NY, Milano will leverage both a wealth of experience as a post producer and a background of hands-on experience as an editor and artist. She has worked with such clients as NY Lotto, Travelocity, GameStop, Ford, Pier 1 and Fiat. Her technical post expertise spans such software as Avid, Autodesk and Final Cut. She spent four years at 3008 Dallas, working as an artist/editor and producer, coordinating creative teams and working directly with clients. Eager to be closer to family, she made the move back to NYC in 2013, working as a post producer at Fluid before joining Light of Day….Creative content agency Bonfire Labs, San Francisco, has added exec producer Tim Pries, producer John Hunt and designer Judy Leung. Pries was at Google’s Brand Studio as an EP of its marketing arm. Prior to that he was an exec producer at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners’ post/motion division, eLevel. Hunt was a live-action producer on the Discovery Channel’s MythBusters. Leung is accomplished in multiple design disciplines, ranging from graphic design and typography through to photo color correction and retouching….
