A woman looks at her home pregnancy test kit which registers a positive reading. She smiles and breaks the news to her hubby. They embrace in celebration but then the guy’s facial expression turns to worrisome as he has clearly thought of something.
That “something” is the two-seater sports car, a Nissan 370Z, parked in his driveway. He looks wistfully at the two-door vehicle, realizing that he is going to have to sacrifice his sporty car for a more practical model.
But not to worry as he is inspired to pull on the back bumper, extending the car’s cab. He then pulls on the side, extending the vehicle’s width. Finally a pull on the front bumper lengthens the car some more, at which point, two backseats pop up.
Our father to be has transformed his 370Z into a Nissan Maxima sedan, which a voiceover describes as “the four-door sports car.”
The v.o. then proclaims the Maxima as “innovation for daddy.”
We then hear the expectant father triumphantly say, “We’re going to have a baby.”
Antoine Bardou Jacquet of Partizan directed “Baby” for TBWAChiatDay, Los Angeles. Visual effects house was The Mill, London.
A Similar But Different Take On A Feature Film Debut
Similar But Different is not only the moniker for the directorial duo of Dani Girdwood and Charlotte Fassler but also in some respects an apt description of their feature filmmaking debut, My Fault: London (Amazon MGM Studios). The movie, which premiered last week on Amazon Prime Video, has on one level some select elements similar to what we’re accustomed to in the young adult (YA) universe--which helps make it familiar, comfortable and relatable--yet at the same time My Fault: London brings a new, decidedly different dimension to YA entertainment, uniquely meshing action-adventure, mystery, music, romance and humor. The film captures the feel of the underground London culture, lending an authenticity and contemporary vibe that’s a departure from the norm when it comes to the adaptation of YA literature. This mesh of similar but different has served the film well in that there was some target audience skepticism initially over the notion of doing an English adaptation of the popular, fan-favorite Spanish-language novel “Culpa Mia,” the first of the “Culpables” trilogy. Thus it’s most gratifying for Girdwood and Fassler to see the social media response after the release of My Fault: London, with many viewers enthusiastically embracing the film. My Fault: London introduces us to Noah (portrayed by Asha Banks) who’s uprooted from her U.S. hometown, having to leave her boyfriend and friends behind to move with her mother (Eve Macklin) to London. Mom has a new rich husband (Ray Fearon) in London and their new residence is a mansion. There Noah meets Nick (Matthew Broome), her new stepbrother. They have an immediate mutual dislike for each other which blossoms into something quite different over time. Along the... Read More