This spot thrusts us into the immediate aftermath of a car accident. We see a deer crossing the road and a wrecked vehicle, the driver obviously having swerved to avoid the animal before hitting a huge roadside boulder.
As a female passenger gets out of the vehicle, the driver opens the tailgate of the hatchback and tugs on what appears to be a spare tire. It turns out the tire the driver is pulling on is attached to a spare brand new identical hatchback car which he pulls out of the wrecked vehicle’s trunk.
A voiceover relates, “An accident doesn’t have to slow you down. From new car replacement and guaranteed repairs to accident forgiveness, we do all we can to help you move on. Liberty Mutual car insurance.”
The new “spare” hatchback drives off, leaving the wrecked car behind.
The Stylewar collective of production house Smuggler directed “Trunk” for Hill Holliday, Boston. Barry Peterson was the DP.
The creative team at Hill Holliday included creative director Kevin Moehlenkamp, group creative directors Rob Rich and Ernie Schenck, art director Mike Shaughnessy, copywriter Scott Noble, and producer Alex Vainstein.
The visual effects house was The Mill LA. Robert Sethi served as CG supervisor with Chris Knight the 2D supervisor/lead Flame artist, and Asher Edwards the post producer. Fergus McCall of The Mill, New York, was the colorist.
Editor was Andre Betz of Bug Editorial, New York.
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