This slice of mundane life takes a risque twist. It starts off innocently enough when a newspaper delivery boy peddles his bike past a house and throws the morning newspaper on the driveway, hitting the front of a parked Toyota Corolla.
Seconds later, though, the house’s inhabitant, a man who’s just rushed out of the shower–wearing only a towel–enters the scene. He runs onto his driveway and looks about, trying to find the culprit who’s guilty of dinging his car with a thrown newspaper.
Since he cannot bring the responsible person to justice, he settles for the next best thing–consoling the victim by taking off his towel and wiping the front headlight area of the Corolla struck by the paper. His personal caring for the Corolla exposes his personal parts which are strategically obscured from our full view by some pinpoint camera distortion. However not so lucky is his male neighbor across the street who’s watering his lawn and looking with a deadpan expression.
An end tag appears with the Toyota logo and the client’s “Moving Forward” slogan.
Michael Downing of Santa Monica-based harvest directed “Paper Boy” for Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Torrance, Calif. Bonnie Goldfarb and Scott Howard executive produced for harvest with Francie Moore serving as producer. The DP was Eric Treml.
The Saatchi ensemble consisted of executive creative director Harvey Marco, art director Conan Wang, copywriters Napper Tandy and Greg Farley, and senior producer Jennifer Pearse.
Editor was Haines Hall of Spotwelders, Venice, Calif. Siggy Ferstl and Kiki Chansamone of Riot, Santa Monica, were colorist and online editor, respectively. Audio post mixer was Loren Silber of Lime, Santa Monica.
Sound designer was Chris Smith of Amber, Santa Monica.
Principal actor was Keith Paugh.
Review: Director Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked”
It's the ultimate celebrity redemption tour, two decades in the making. In the annals of pop culture, few characters have undergone an image makeover quite like the Wicked Witch of the West.
Oh, she may have been vengeful and scary in "The Wizard of Oz." But something changed — like, REALLY changed — on the way from the yellow brick road to the Great White Way. Since 2003, crowds have packed nightly into "Wicked" at Broadway's Gershwin Theatre to cheer as the green-skinned, misunderstood Elphaba rises up on her broomstick to belt "Defying Gravity," that enduring girl-power anthem.
How many people have seen "Wicked"? Rudimentary math suggests more than 15 million on Broadway alone. And now we have "Wicked" the movie, director Jon M. Chu's lavish, faithful, impeccably crafted (and nearly three-hour) ode to this origin story of Elphaba and her (eventual) bestie — Glinda, the very good and very blonde. Welcome to Hollywood, ladies.
Before we get to what this movie does well (Those big numbers! Those costumes!), just a couple thornier issues to ponder. Will this "Wicked," powered by a soulful Cynthia Erivo (owner of one of the best singing voices on the planet) and a sprightly, comedic, hair-tossing Ariana Grande, turn even musical theater haters into lovers?
Tricky question. Some people just don't buy into the musical thing, and they should be allowed to live freely amongst us. But if people breaking into song delights rather than flummoxes you, if elaborate dance numbers in village squares and fantastical nightclubs and emerald-hued cities make perfect sense to you, and especially if you already love "Wicked," well then, you will likely love this film. If it feels like they made the best "Wicked" movie money could buy — well, it's... Read More