Airing during the second quarter of the Super Bowl, Avocados From Mexico’s “GuacWorld” unites a chosen few in a perfect world full of everything they’ve ever wanted in an idyllic paradise. But, it doesn’t take much for this ideal society to start unraveling once its celebrated leader is met with a world-defining question: “where are the chips?!”
Turns out the chips are outside the cordoned off world, triggering havoc in utopia.
David Shane and Michael Clancy directed via O Positive for agency GSD&M, Austin, Texas.
CreditsClient Avocados From Mexico Agency GSD&M, Austin, Texas Jay Russell, chief creative officer; Tom Hamling ,Tim Eger, group creative directors; Barrett Michael, Leigh Browne, associate creative directors/copy; Greg Wyatt, Jon Williamson, associate creative directors/art directors; Jack Epsteen, director of production. Production O Positive David Shane, Michael Clancy, directors; Marc Laliberte-Else, DP; Ralph Laucella, Marc Grill, exec producers; Ken Licata, producer. Editorial Arcade Edit Nick Rondeau, editor; Dean Miyahira, assistant editor; Damian Stevens, managing partner; Crissy DeSimone, exec producer; Kirsten Thon-Webb, head of production; Alexa Atkin, producer. Online/VFX Timber Jonah Hall, creative director/partner/VFX set supervisor; Kevin Lau, creative director/partner; Sabrina Elizondo, exec producer; Brian Shneider, Flame artist; Brandon Harden, Brack Hightchew, Erik Rojas, Flame assist; Kevin Lau, Jon Lorenz, Zach Carnes, James Kim, design; Jeff Willette, Jon Lorenz, Brandon Lester, Erik Zimmermann, CG; Michael Loney, Mark Robben, Cris Kong, Daniel Svaboe, Nuke artists; Miles Kinghorn, colorist; Jillian Lynes, James Reid, producers; Michelle Cashllo, production coordinator. Music/Sound Design Robot Repair Kael Alden, music; Doug Darnell, sound design. Audio Post Eleven Jeff Payne, mixer; Jordan Meltzer, Andrew Smith assistant mixers; Melissa Elston, exec producer; Maddee Bonniot, producer.
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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