Vince Haycock of Park Pictures directed this public service short for the One Love Foundation aimed at raising awareness of the dangerous cycle of abusive relationships. Titled “Love Labyrinth,” this piece thrusts us into such a destructive relationship.
“Love Labyrinth” aims to start a conversation among teens and college students at campuses nationwide about what behavior is acceptable in a relationship and what is not.
Editor was David Brodie of Rock Paper Scissors.
Client One Love Foundation, www.joinonelove.org. Production Park Pictures Vince Haycock, director; Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Alex Fisch, exec producers; Anne Bobroff, head of production; Courtney Davies, line producer; Jeremy Hartman, production supervisor; Conor Bailey, assistant production supervisor; Stefan Medin, 1st AD; Rob Topp, 2nd AD; Katelin Arizmendi, DP; Brian Freesh, camera operator; Neil Chartier, 1st AC; Traci Chartier, 2nd AC; Julio Salcedo, loader; Byron Echeverria, VTR; Thomas Marvel, script supervisor. Evan Freeman, audio mixer; Aaron Acord, boom op; Mark Farney, gaffer; Wadsworth Peters, best boy; Chris Wieland, Han Whitesides, grips; Shane Valentino, production designer; Shaun Ross, assistant art director Lindsey Ferguson, set deorator; Lindsay Sushil, shopper; Aaron Higgins, prop master; Justin Walker, set dresser; Hailee Jacobs, art PA; Natasha Newman Thomas, costume designer; Monna Mainwaring, key makeup; Debra Davidson, makeup assistant; Melissa Downing, location manager. Editorial Rock Paper Scissors David Brodie, editor. Post Framestore Beau Leon, colorist. Music Ring the Alarm Performers Isaiah Adam, Alexis Hamer, Teodora Marcella, Juana Samayoa, Jameson Coles
Following World AIDS Day, which was celebrated on December 1, co-production companies Central Films and Freelance For track one man’s existential, and potentially career-altering, decision to “come out” as living with HIV in Spain in this public service spot titled “The HInVisible Celebrity.”
Out of agency Señora Rushmore for ViiV Healthcare Spain, in collaboration with GESIDA, SEISIDA, and Apoyo Positivo, the PSA--directed by Rodrigo García Sáiz via Central Films Spain--addresses the stigma against publicly living with HIV in Spanish society. In the more than 40 years since the first case of HIV appeared in Spain, no public figure in Spain has claimed to have HIV. Viiv Healthcare Spain asks, if there are 150,000 people with HIV in Spain (or approximately 1 in 300), why don’t we know anyone with HIV?
The central character, who dons a mask of television-pixelated anonymity, gives himself an introspective pep-talk ahead of announcing his status to the Spanish public. Along the way, he wonders what will become of his career, and reputation in general, even as he recognizes that his declaration could change Spain’s cultural landscape for the better and for all of those in Spain who live with HIV every day. As no public figure in Spain has ever announced living with HIV--due to fear of public rejection--this character realizes that such a role model could change that.
The character has already begun building social media awareness with his Instagram profile, @famosoinvihsible, which began cataloging his life as a public figure earlier this fall. Still, though, the figure either leaves himself out of the picture, faces away from the camera, or dons the pixelated mask associated with anonymous admission. “The HInVisible... Read More
