Johnson & Johnson launches this documentary short as part of its #howloveworks initiative. This first docu short for Johnson & Johnson breaks appropriately enough with Father’s Day on the immediate horizon.
The film introduces us to three dads as they contemplate the impact they’re making on their children’s lives. It’s an emotional, reflective look inside their fatherhood journeys. Each dad has faced different challenges–from insecurity to homelessness–yet they rely on their innate abilities to navigate through.
The film was directed by Antony Crook of RDI and features real dads and families. Agency is TBWAChiatDay.
CreditsClient Johnson & Johnson Agency TBWA\Chiat\Day Rob Schwartz, global creative director; Stephen Butler, chief creative officer; Mike Yagi, creative director; Becky Ginos, Liz Levy, art directors; Jason Locey, copywriter; Brian O’Rourke, Peter Bassett, directors of production; Lacy Plunk, producer; Kiley Story, digital producer; Baker Lambert, analyst; Lester Dizon, UX designer; Justin Kipker, lead developer; Neil Barrie, planning director; Tyler Gaul, digital planner. Production RDI Antony Crook, director; Phillip Detchmendy, Arrow Kruse, exec producer; Paul Kawasaki, producer; Adam Baxter, line producer. Editorial Vincent Oresman, editor; Michelle Choug, assistant editor; Nathan Rotmensz, post supervisor. Music Barking Owl, Kelly Bayett, executive producer/creative director; Whitney Fromholtz, producer; Houston Fry, composer. Audio Post Play Sound John Bolen, mixer; Laruen Cascio, exec producer. Post D-Spot Post James Honaker, colorist.
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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