When a guy’s truck conks out, he lifts up the hood to reveal how powerless his horsepower had made him. Under the hood are hybrid human/horse characters (actually folks in cheesy horse costumes) who are lazy and insist that in order to rev up they need the gent to sing a ridiculous “Pretty Pretty Pony” song and then accompany it with a dance.
At the mercy of his “lazy horses,” the man sings and dances only to be seen by the driver of a Nissan TITAN truck who stops to lend a hand, thus rescuing our song-and-dance man.
The Traktor collective via production houses Rattling Stick and Traktor directed this offbeat spot as agency TBWAChiatDay New York turns to humor in a product category not known for it.
TITAN is disrupting the myth that to be a serious truck, you have to have serious advertising. Comedy appeals to the younger truck buyer–as does the TITAN which sports a customer base that has tapped into the GenX demographic.
CreditsClient Nissan Agency TBWAChiatDay New York Chris Garbutt, global chief creative officer; Darren Borrino, Rob Rutherford, creative directors; Adam Naccarato art director; Matt Sullivan, copywriter; Jason Souter, head of integrated production; Matt Flaherty, executive producer; Olivia Whyte, associate integrated producer. Production Rattling Stick/Traktor Traktor, director; Joe Biggins, Jeff Shupe, executive producers; Richard Ulfvengren, exec producer/Traktor; Richard McIntosh, head of production; Rachel Curl, producer; Wendal Scott Reeder, production manager. Editorial Final Cut Editorial Ed Cheesman, editor; Andre Castiglioni, assistant editor; Sarah Roebuck, exec producer; Laura Cavanaugh, post producer. Audio Post Heard City Phil Loeb, miser; Andi Lewis, producer; Sasha Awn, exec producer. Postproduction/VFX The Mill Heath Raymond, exec producer; Nirad “Bugs” Russell, Abi Klimaszewska, sr. producers; Ted Rae, shoot supervisor; Fergus McCall, colorist; Rochelle Brown, color sr. producer; Jade Kim, Jeff Robbins, lead compositors; Gabriel Kim, Rachael Moon, Dhruv Shankar, assistant compositors; Clemens den Exter, designer. Music Beacon Street Studios Beacon Street, composers; Adrea Lavezoli, exec 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 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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