In “Paparazzi,” part of the latest Enterprise Rent-A-Car campaign from London creative agency The Corner, Gerard Butler is being pursued by photographers. Butler is chased all around London, taking us through some of the city’s most iconic locations before he ultimately escapes in an Enterprise car.
Guy Shelmerdine of Smuggler directed the two-spot package, including “Paparazzi.”
Client Enterprise Rent-A-Car Agency The Corner, London Tom Prendergast, Joe Stamp, creative directors; Kristie Girvan, Katrina Morelli, heads of production; Ollie Gilmore, strategy director. Production Smuggler Guy Shelmerdine, director; Nick Sutherland-Dodd, exec producer; Gary Salter, photographer; Greg Powell, stunt coordinator. Postproduction Framestore Kristie Girvan, head of production; Reece McFarlane, Jason Farrow, Simon Stoney, Esme Coleman, Paul O'Brien, compositors; Christian Tailor, motion graphics; Sophie Harison, sr. producer. Editorial The Quarry Paul Watts, editor. Music Q Department, New York Sound Design/Audio Post 750mph, London Sam Ashwell, sound designer/mixer
Tom Tagholm of Various Films directed this moving piece for the U.K.’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) out of creative agency MullenLowe UK. Focused on adult social care, the public service film delves into the world of care providers and how they connect with those they help. We feel how gratifying it is to assist people in daily tasks, the value it brings to their lives--and to the lives of those who provide this special care. It’s a special career for people who might not have previously considered the role. It’s about a fulfilling job that fulfills lives. There’s a shared, reciprocal energy that emerges from working together in this way. Capturing this dynamic and doing justice to this human story grew out of the creatives and filmmaker spending an extended amount of time in this world--long before any scheduled lensing. At this juncture, there were no cameras, just getting to know those involved--sharing tea and chatting, driven by a curiosity about life. And this facilitated down the line the capturing of real human stories--trying not to get in the way of the natural rhythms of these special relationships as they unfolded. The mission was to recognize and capture all this--and in some cases uncover the significant moments and feelings inside of an apparently normal day. At the same time, the role of adult special care providers isn’t sugarcoated. There are challenges on both sides of the relationship. Yet there is a magic to the seemingly mundane, practical beats in a life--getting from point A to point B, answering emails, shopping, the daily tasks where the connection felt the most vivid and inspiring. One such task was seeing a man in a kitchen, cutting an onion for the first time, experiencing the joy of cooking. The... Read More
