Coca-Cola 2012 London Olympians Video Shoot in Los Angeles, CA

LIGHTS! Alex Morgan

Henry, John, Alex on set for Coca-Cola Olympians shoot in Los Angeles, CA

A few Behind the Scenes shots of the Coca-Cola 2012 London Olympians shoot in Los Angeles, CA. So lucky to spend the day with Tennis star John Isner, Soccer phenom Alex Morgan, and Olympic Gold Medalist in freestyle wrestling, Henry Cejudo.

Freelance Job*

Producer _ Cristin Shea

Director _ Duffy Higgins

AD _ Tony Mancilla

DP _ Johnny Ching

Client _ Coca-Cola

Agency _ Momentum Worldwide

*For A76 Productions

La La Los Angeles 2010

Hi Hi Hi,

I’m just back from a few weeks in lovely Los Angeles. I had such an amazing trip working quite a bit, catching up with old friends, and networking with the new. A few things to note:

1. I fell in love with KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic, and Jason Bentley.

2. Met up with an old friend from way back in the Lakewood, Colorado sleep-over days, Josh Forbes. He had just finished directing Alexandra Burke’s latest music video. He’s talented, hillarious, and all around good people. If you don’t already know him, you soon will.

3. The Devote Campaign is continuing at full speed ahead! We had an amazing and gut wrenchingly funny interview with the comedic duo Frangela. If you are not in LA, check out their weekly podcasts for your share of intelligent wit. Following which, we had meetings with LA producer friends, and was offered the  potential to pitch our trailer to HBO as a recurring series!

4. Koreatown – my friends Brynn & Lisa live in an enormous top floor 5 bedroom apartment smack in the middle of Koreatown. It’s gorgeous. The problem is the neighbors, and the company they keep. Save for the cameras, Brynn & Lisa had an afternoon only seen on an episode of COPS, chasing down two young ladies who tried to break into their laundry room to avoid getting swooped up by the police. I’m so proud of my crime fighting friends!

5. Ate Mexican food 3x day. And now. I’m done.

6. Spent 3 weeks working with Kaplan Thaler & Cynthia Cohen for a their pharmecutical client Girosa. 13 days, in 13 different locations. Easy right? Right.

Here are a few memorable moments from the shoot.

Matthew and I taking a moment to pose in the mid-cropping mirror

A mock farmers market created by the talented Steve Halterman and his great team

Johnny showing off for the wardrobe team. Think they notice?

Atop the Asbury Apartment building

LA Skyline

New York City to Los Angeles and back …

Hi friends!

Guess what we FOUND?

Early last month, we worked with Target to shoot their in-store signage for 2010. The two productions were shot by James Merrell and Melanie Acevedo. We ran two shoots concurrently at Canoe Studios for 7 days, then split to travel to Brooklyn for 3 days on location. I can’t say more than this, but from this shoot, there does exist an interpretive dance video made to George’s Michaels’ ‘Careless Whisper’. This is what happens when the work is finished at 2pm, and a room full of high-energy creatives take advantage of their talents. Impressive.

Here is a shot of James’ team on day 10.

We needed one more photograph to adorn the wall as a prop for our last shot.

Following the big Target shoot, we jumped a flight to LA just in time to avoid the wet weather of NYC, and take in the heatwave in LA. With temperatures in the 90′s it was a welcome treat for late October.

We spent two days with Walmart at the Disney Oak Ranch and Newhall Orchards. Shot by Amy Neunsinger.

The grounds at Disney Golden Oak

The weekend was bliss! I took in my first screening of Fiona’s Script, a feature film I co-produced with Brynn Gelbard last summer in the Bay Area. Watch for it at a festival near you in the upcoming months!

Following the weekend, we jumped into Burt’s Bees Oral Care campaign, shot by Chris Craymer. We spent two days at a beautiful mansion in the hills of La Canada Flintridge.

We’re back in NYC, and in the office. See you soon!

xx

Cristin