Bicoastal production company Park Pictures Emmy-winning director Lance Acord discovers creative curiosity can always be unearthed through the eyes of youthful imagination in the charming new short “Jane” for Sprout by HP, out of 180LA. The spot peers into the life of a woman who has lost her enthusiasm for art and creativity in the bureaucratic constraints of corporate life, leaving her childhood full of arts and crafts, playtime and freedom long forgotten. However, when she sees her own daughter exploring her imagination, her enthusiasm is revived and she rediscovers the freedom to play all over again using the all-in-one desktop platform.
The music, a cover of Supertramp’s “The Logical Song,” was recorded by children enrolled in the Silverlake Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, a nonprofit educational organization founded by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Michael “Flea” Balzary and Keith “Tree” Barry.
Credits:
Client: Sprout by HP
Title: “Jane,” 1:12
Client Credits: HP
Chief Marketing Officer: Antonio Lucio
Vice President, PPS Worldwide Marketing, Consumer PC : Vikrant Batra
Worldwide Communications Director: Matt Cowling
Worldwide Marketing, Creative Sprout: John Randazzo
Product Marketing Manager, Immersive Computing: Stephen Miller
Client Credits: Intel
Chief Marketing Officer: Steve Fund
Vice President, Global Creative Director: Teresa Herd
Marketing Director: Cassio Tiete
Senior Marketing Manager: Elizabeth Lin
Agency: 180LA
Chief Creative Officer: William Gelner
Creative Director, Copywriter: Zac Ryder
Creative Director, Art Director: Adam Groves
Head of Production: Natasha Wellesley
Executive Producer: Erin Goodsell
President, Global Chief Executive Officer: Mike Allen
Account Director: Mike Slatkin
Account Managers: Danielle Tisser, Nicole Stokman
Chief Strategy Officer: Mike Harris
Head of Strategy: Jason Knight
Planning Director: Anne Heuer
Planner: Andrew Zakim
Business Affairs: Loretta Zolliecoffer
Production Company: Park Pictures
Director, Director of Photography: Lance Acord
Executive Producers: Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Mary Ann Marino
Head of Production: Anne Bobroff
Producer: Caroline Kousidonis
Production Designer: Jason Hamilton
Casting Company Director: Dan Bell
Shoot Locations: USC, Menlo Club, Leo Carrillo State Beach, Hawley House, Los Angeles
Editing Company: Exile
Editor: Kirk Baxter
Executive Producer: Carol Lynn Weaver
Producers: Lauren Pullano, Tobie Louie
Completion, Special Effects: The Mill
Senior Executive Producer: Sue Troyan
Producer: Kiana Bicoy
Colorist: Adam Scott
2-D Lead Artist: Steve Cokonis
Recording Studio: Eleven
Sound Mixer: Jeff Payne
Assistant Mixer: A.J. Murillo
Executive Producer: Suzanne Hollingshead
Producer: Dawn Redmann
Music Company: Agoraphone
Producer: Dawn Sutter Madell
Song: “The Logical Song”
Writers: Roger Hodgson, Richard Davies
About Park Pictures
Founded in 1998 by Executive Producer Jacqueline Kelman Bisbee and acclaimed filmmaker/cinematographer Lance Acord, Bicoastal/London-based Park Pictures has an auspicious track record of discovering and mentoring new talent in both the commercial and film spheres, and infusing all projects with big screen production values. Park Pictures has forged strong partnerships with agencies, studios and clients worldwide by engaging all members of its team in creative problem solving.
Park Pictures has earned the highest accolades for their international work, including an Oscar, an Emmy, and 18 Cannes Lions. Lance Acord has earned three DGA nominations for his commercial work and newly-signed directing duo The Mercadantes received a 2015 DGA nomination. Known for their story-driven film work, Park Pictures has been selected for Creativity’s “Production Company A-List” for nearly ten consecutive years. In 2015, co-founder Jacqueline Kelman Bisbee was selected for the 2015 Cannes Lions Film Craft jury and Advertising Age’s prestigious ‘Women to Watch’ honor.
Park Pictures’ feature division, headed by Producer Sam Bisbee, Jacqueline Kelman Bisbee and Lance Acord, has produced four features, all of which were selected for the Sundance Film Festival within a three-year timespan. In 2010, Park Pictures won an Academy Award for the company’s first narrative film, live-action short “The New Tenants,” starring Vincent D’Onofrio.