This spot depicts kids playing the game Marco Polo in the swimming pool, the strange twist being that the Marco Polo character is in the water with them. Yet while that’s surprising, what isn’t is that folks save money on their auto insurance premium with GEICO.
Steve Miller of RadicalMedia directed “Marco Polo” for client GEICO and The Martin Agency, Richmond, VA.
CreditsClient GEICO Agency The Martin Agency, Richmond, VA Joe Alexander, chief creative officer; Steve Bassett, Wade Alger, group creative directors; Sean Riley, creative director; Ken Marcus, sr. copywriter; Brett Alexander, executive producer; Brian Camp, broadcast producer; Coleman Sweeney, associate broadcast producer; Sara Montgomery, jr. broadcast producer. Production RadicalMedia Steve Miller, director; Gregg Carlesimo, exec producer; Frank Dituri, head of production; Jonathan Dino, producer. Editorial MackCut Ian MacKenzie, editor; Mike Leuis, assistant editor; Gina Pagano, exec producer; Sabina-Elease Utley, producer; Sam Shaffer, sound design. Running With Scissors Drew Neuhart, assistant editor. Postproduction The Mill Fergus McCall, colorist. Finishing/VFX RWS Chris Hagen, Flame artist; Paul Widerholt, Flame assistant; Katherine Leatherwood, post producer. Audio Post Rainmaker Studios Jeff McManus, sr. sound designer; Kristin O’Connor, exec producer, owner; Clinton Spell II, general manager, scheduler
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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