A man wearing a Stride 2.0 placard over his business suit asks a teenager at the mall if he’d like a package of Stride 2.0 gum. The lad replies, no, explaining that the regular Stride gum he’s chewing still has plenty of flavor left.
The teen leaves but looks back and finds that the gent in the business suit doesn’t quit that easily. A chase ensues with the mature man now on a skateboard in hot pursuit of the fast moving teen. The wild chaotic chase involves going down an “up” escalator, disrupting a kids’ show on stage and other assorted bits of craziness. Just when the youngster think’s he’s eluded his pursuer, the extreme skateboarder executes an on-the-edge maneuver and bowls over the teen, placing a package of 2.0 in the lad’s shirt pocket. Mission accomplished!
The skateboarding guy, though, still has to escape the mall and does just that by hopping into a van being driven by the most extreme of the extreme sports athletes, Shaun White. “Not bad for a rookie,” said White, complimenting his passenger as the van drives through the mall’s glass window storefront.
A voiceover chimes in: “Stride 2.0, the ridiculously upgraded, ridiculously long lasting gum.”
The Hoffman Brothers of harvest directed for JWT New York.
AICP’s Matt Miller Looks To Build Support For Production In L.A. After Devastating Wildfires
Editor’s note: AICP president and CEO Matt Miller issued the following statement addressing the wildfires in Los Angeles and how the industry can help this key production market--a hub of major resources essential to the health of the overall commercialmaking industry:
Who Needs Los Angeles? We Do.
By Matt Miller, AICP president and CEO
One doesn’t have to be a statistician to know that there are fewer commercials being shot in the U.S. today for the American market than ever before, and a dramatic decrease in L.A. in particular. In the last five years, as reported by FilmLA (the office tasked with issuing permits), L.A. commercial production has dipped 31 percent.
But here’s the thing: This doesn’t mean that L.A. has lost its importance as the production center of the world. Production in L.A. is vital. It is the go-to. It’s where you can count on access to exemplary crews, a support infrastructure second to none, varied location and backlot options, a large population of on-screen talent and (fairly) predictable weather.
The fact is, with overall decline and now the devastation of the fires, we’re on the brink of losing this mainstay resource. Without employment opportunities and now many without homes, talented and trained crew are bound to leave either the industry or the L.A. area for other opportunities, unless there are enough job opportunities to sustain a solid living.
Now is the time when we ALL must support and bolster this community.
Production is needed in L.A., now!
Of course, advertising is a business, and marketers’ money should be spent as efficiently as possible, BUT we have to think beyond each production and know that if we lose the... Read More