A dark, yet effective public interest commercial. The scene is portrayed by animated dolls, which has a creepy effect enhanced by the music box tune in the background. A doll boy and a doll girl are sitting on the couch watching television, the boy is sliding his arm around the girl when a cat comes in and vomits next to them. The boy gets up and leaves the field of vision of the camera, still on the girl who is fixing herself in her compact. When he returns to the couch and places his arm around her, moving in to kiss her the camera reveals he has the cat vomit in his mouth. The camera moves to the television displaying the message “Kissing a Smoker is just as gross. Tobacco smokes you.”
Agency: Sedgwick Rd. Jim Walker, executive creative director; Zach Hitner and Forrest Healy, associate creative directors; Scott Stripling, copywriter; Mishy Cass, art director. Production Company: Bent Image Lab Chel White, director; Ray Di Carlo, executive producer; Mark Axton, producer; Gayle Griffin, coordinator. Shot at Bent Image Lab. Editorial: Bent Image Lab Steve Miller, editor. Postproduction: Downstream, Portland Jim Barrett, colorist. Visual Effects: Bent Image Lab Randy Wakerlin, post production supervisor/composite artist; Steve Balzer and Jon Weigand, composite artists; Curt Enderle, art director; Jeff Riley and Rob Shaw, animators. Music: Clatter & Din Eric Johnson, composer/arranger/sound designer. Sound Design: Downstream, Portland Lance Limbocker, sound designer. Audio: Downstream, Portland Lance Limbocker, mixer.
Audible, Fold7, Director Antoine Bardou-Jacquet Take A “Zen Commute”
This film for Audible reflects the transformative power of audio storytelling. We see a group of people in an idyllic setting, meditating and getting in touch with their inner selves.
Suddenly utopia is disrupted as the world around them starts to shake.
Turns out weโre on a commuter train reaching a station--but thanks to Audible, the journey has been calm and almost transcendent. The commute underscores how listening to Audible immerses us all in extraordinary worlds, changing our mood, perceptions, views--while engaging in routine daily activities.
โZen Commuteโ was directed by Antoine Bardou-Jacquet via production company Partizan for London-headquartered creative agency Fold7.
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