Noam Murro of Biscuit directed this film for specialty athletic retailer Eastbay out of TBWAChiatDay which commemorates National Running Day (June 6), designated to encourage everyone to get moving. It doesn’t matter how fast you run or how far you go–what’s important is that you take part, have fun being active, and inspire others to join you.
Titled Be the Hunted, this striking and fast-paced CGI film follows a wily hare running fast and frantically through the streets of downtown Los Angeles, chased by a pack of hungry foxes nipping at its heels. The lesson learned is that in running, glory often goes to the hunted.
The film is running on the homepage of Eastbay’s website and all social channels. The Mill served as VFX house for Be the Hunted, providing color grading as well.
CreditsClient Eastbay Agency TBWAChiatDay NY Chris Beresford-Hill, chief creative officer; Robert Rutherford, group creative director/copywriter; Darren Borrino, group creative director/art director; Brent Singer, creative director/art director; John Doris, head of production; Jason Souter, Matt Flaherty, executive producers; Dieter Lebbe, executive producer (post). Production Biscuit Filmworks Noam Murro, director; Shawn Lacy, partner/managing director; Jeff McDougal, exec producer; Mercedes Allen, Rachel Glaub, heads of production; Ahnee Boyce, producer; Rachel Slayback, production supervisor; Stephanie Lovell, assistant production supervisor; Billy Jones, 1st AD; Michael Parziale, 2nd AD; Simon Duggan, DP. Editorial Work Edit Neil Smith, editor; Brandee Probasco, producer; Marlo Baird, exec producer. VFX The Mill LA Anastasia Von Rahl, exec producer; Erin Hicke, sr. producer; Mary Mondrus, Alana Giordano, Anuraj R., Supreetha Murthy, production coordinators; Phil Crowe, shoot supervisor/executive creative director; Tom Graham, shoot supervisor/3D lead artist; Chris Knight, shoot supervisor; Martin Karlsson, 2D lead artist; Jacob Bergman, lead animation supervisor; 2D Artist: Adam Lambert, Tom Van Dop, Matthew Dobrez, Dylan Strieff, Rakesh Venugopalan, Amit Kambli, Nehal Desai, Siam Shukoor, Venuprasath D., 2D artists; Matthew Fuller, Nole Murphy, Alessandro Baldasseroni, Chris Goodrich, Shaun Comly, Andrez Aguayo, Peter Agg, Jeremy Ramirez, Jason Kim, Katie Yoon, Omar Taher, Monique Espinoza, Freddy Parra, Walker Kennedy, Katie Yancey, Andrez Aguayo, 3D artists; Jae Joon Yi, Daniel Soo, Mahmoud Elragheb, FX; Ed Laag, matte painting; Mike DiNocco, Jeffrey Lee, Juan Zavala, Katie Yancey, Justin Tirado, Blake Guest, Bridget Warrington, Wim Bien, Matthew Williamson, Oscar Carambano, Sauce Vilas, animation; Victor Jory, Natalie Wozniak, VFX editorial; Marcus Park, design; Michael Lori, Danny Garcia, Alice Panek, Elizabeth Hammer, Senthil Murugan Balasundaram, Abhishek Kumar, Giri Prasath S., Gokul Navaneethan, Karthick Karuppaswamy, Manoj Ravi, Murali Krishna Reddy, Raj Kumar M., Spandana Battula, Sunil M.M., Tarun Kumar, Sendil Kumar J., tracking; Gregory Reese, colorist; Liza Kerlin, EP, color; Diane Valera, color producer. (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke, Maya, Houdini, Arnold) Music Squeak E Clean Rob Barbato, creative director/composer; Danielle Toporoff, 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 brandโs 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 โA New York Minute,โ 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 brandโs own community, the 30-something year old cast includes Laura Love (Emma), Rebecca Ressler, Natalie Vall-Freed and Rozzi Crane. Mejuriโs jewelry makes an appearance as the best supporting actor.
โWhen 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 โcampaignโ could be,โ said Jacob Jordan, chief brand officer, Mejuri. โGia 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 Mejuriโs values of celebrating women as their truest selves. I canโt wait for us to continue to tell the next chapters of this story.โ
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