Free Range Humans, a digital content series, has premiered online. The show is from Corona Studios, newly launched for beer brand Corona by Anheuser-Busch InBev, which operates and markets Corona exclusively outside the U.S.
The first season of Free Range Humans consists of eight episodes, each 6 to 10 minutes long, profiling individuals who choose to break from routine in pursuit of more fulfiling lives in the great outdoors, turf familiar to the Corona brand which is linked to the beach and nature.
This episode, titled "The Wave Breaker," celebrates Darci Liu, a dancer who became China’s first professional surfer, using her knowledge to inspire and change perception as a surf coach, eco-entrepreneur and environmental advocate.
Klaus Obermeyer of Rocket Film directed Free Range Humans via Rocket Film for agency Pereira O’Dell and Corona Studios.
The first season of Free Range Humans can be viewed on Corona’s YouTube channel and other social platforms
CreditsClient Anheuser-Busch InBev, Corona Global Agency Pereira O’Dell PJ Pereira, creative chairman, co-founder; Robert Lambrechts, chief creative officer; Nick Sonderup, executive creative director; Thiago Cruz, creative director; David Mattera, Ivan Rivera, sr. copywriters; Camilo Ruano, Pedro Sampaio, Perry Morton, sr. art directors; Estefanio Holtz, art director; Andre Bittar, copywriter; Som Perry, design director; Veronica Beach, executive producer; Erin Davis, executive interactive producer; Anthony Ramirez, sr. integrated producer; Molly Harrower, Kasia Olczak, Jon Serna, Nick Felder, producers; Tom Naughton, director of strategy. Casting Taking Over Production Corona Studios Production Company Rocket Film Klaus Obermeyer, director; Sara Eolin, managing director; Marla Whittaker, head of production; Melissa Forman, head of production; Chad “Frenchie” Alburtis, production manager; Chrisina Bolt, production coordinator. Field Production Daniel Holmes, producer/DP. Stock Research Giovanna Righini, stock researcher & clearances. Editorial Cosmo Street Editorial Edward Schroer, editor; Shiyu Hu, assistant editor; Kacie Gomez, producer; Marie Mangahas, head of production; Yvette Cobarrubias, exec producer. Music & Mix Quiet City Music + Sound Chris Jordao, Darren Solomon, Aaron Mirman-Heslin, Erik Della Penna, Dmitry Libman, composers. Animation The End Duda Isique, Helena Jardim, exec producers; Bruno Melo, postproduction coordinator; Rafael Falconi, matte painting; Renato Montoro, 3D; Guilherme Sarinho, Caique Veloso, VFX artists. Color Apache Digital Quinn Alvarez, colorist; Caitlin Forrest, producer; LaRue Anderson, exec producer. Online Ingenuity Studios David Lebensfeld, VFX supervisor/founder; Grant Miller, VFX supervisor; Kieley Culbertson, exec producer; Rachel Faith Hanson, VFX producer; Wen Qian, lead 2D compositor; Chad Sigston, lead online editor; Austin Witherspoon, Max Drenckpohl, online editors.
Director Gia Coppola Teams With Mejuri For “A New York Minute”; 1st Episode Takes Us To The Grocery Store
Mejuri, known for turning fine jewelry into an everyday luxury, has partnered with director Gia Coppola (The Last Show Girl, Palo Alto) and The Directors Bureau in Los Angeles, for the first time reimagining the brand’s story as episodic content. In a series of microfilms, co-created by Coppola and premiering following New York Fashion Week, Mejuri eschewed a typical celebrity campaign and cast us as voyeurs to a group of aspiring young women--real people, not actors--at the crossroads of their adult lives against the backdrop of New York City.
Titled “A New York Minute,” the series features five real-life friends, who include one perfectly imperfect heroine named Emma. The women celebrate ordinary moments and interactions which reveal, sometimes retrospectively, the extraordinary within the mundane. Adjacent to the brand’s own community, the 30-something year old cast includes Laura Love (Emma), Rebecca Ressler, Natalie Vall-Freed and Rozzi Crane. Mejuri’s jewelry makes an appearance as the best supporting actor.
“When I met with Gia and The Directors Bureau team, there was instant creative and personal chemistry and a natural alignment on the desire to push and blur the lines between marketing, storytelling, and the construct of what a ‘campaign’ could be,” said Jacob Jordan, chief brand officer, Mejuri. “Gia was able to push that idea into something that truly feels new and artful, with a realism and relatability that almost feels jarring. Gia was such a perfect collaborator and partner, someone I had complete trust in to be a catalyst for Mejuri’s values of celebrating women as their truest selves. I can’t wait for us to continue to tell the next chapters of this story.”
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