The scene begins with an aerial view of a busy construction site. A close-up of the workers reveals a very tall and wide building, with construction workers walking up the sides with supplies, much like ants in an ant hill. The workers are using their Nextel walkie talkie phones to communicate because “Nextel helps groups get things done.” The final screen summarizes “Coast-to coast walkie-talkie, mobile credit card swipes and inventory management.”
CreditsAgency: TBWA/Chiat/Day, Inc Gerry Graf, executive creative director; Joel Rodriguez, creative director/art director; John Patroulis and Scott Kaplan, copywriters (Kaplan has since become an associate creative director at BBDO New York); Ozzie Spenningsby, director of broadcast production. Production Company: Smuggler StyleWar, director; Joe DeSalvo, DP; Patrick Milling Smith and Brian Carmody, executive producers; Jeff Miller, line producer; Allison Kunzman, head of production. Shot on location in Cape Town, South Africa. Editorial: MacKenzie Cutler Jun Diaz, editor; Staley Dietrich, assistant editor; Melissa Miller, producer. Postproduction: The Mill New York Fergus McCall, colorist; Tom Poole, assistant colorist; Angus Kneale, Jamie Scott, Dave Parker, Ian Plumb, Dirk Greene and Ben Turner, Flame artists; Tara DeMarco, Richard De Carteret and Anu Nagaraj, assistant Flame artists; Verity Grantham and Jo Arghiris, visual effects producers. Music: Fluid Judson Crane, composer; Da
Apple, Director Aoife McArdle “Capture” Cinematic Slow-Motion Filmmaking On iPhone 16 Pro
Aptly titled โCapture,โ this spot from Appleโs in-house creative ensemble shows the high caliber mobile filmmaking of which the iPhone 16 Pro is capable. Directed by Emmy and DGA Award nominee (for Severance) Aoife McArdle via production company SMUGGLER--and lensed by cinematographer Edu Grau--the commercial captures the iPhoneโs ability to record in 4K120fps ProRes and then adjust playback speed after capture in the Photos app to create cinematic slow-motion filmmaking. This breathtaking imagery is showcased in a wide range of circumstances--from epic action to intimate moments.
The tagline: โHollywood in your pocket.โ
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