PR: humble and Occam Create 0-Year Anniv. Brand Film for Mozilla Firefox

Bicoastal creative studio humble and ad agency Occam recently teamed to create a :75 brand manifesto film for Mozilla Firefox to mark its tenth anniversary.

Directed by humbles Sorrel Brae, the video launched on November 9 on

and Firefoxs landing page with localized versions for the UK, Germany, France, India, Australia, and more, and has received over 18 million views to date.

Firefox is a key effort in Mozillas cause to keep the web free and transparent, and is powered by Mozillas community of over 7,000 volunteers worldwide. To honor its ten year milestone and the spirit of the brand, Occam and Brae developed a short film that serves as a symbolic representation of Firefoxs global open-source community, underscored by an organic, hand-crafted aesthetic.

It was important for us to convey Firefoxs cooperative spirit by having all of these volunteers work together to build something larger than themselves, commented Brae. I also wanted the film to have a timeless quality, so we shot in a desert prairie and avoided showing any modern technology like cell phones or even a lighter for the fire scene. The hope was to illustrate that these concepts of freedom and community building are enduring.

The film was shot on location in California over two days, with a cast of 100 extras. Brae and DP Alex Disenhof used a 73-foot telescopic Hydrascope crane in order to capture overhead and soaring shots, and humbles on-set VFX supervisor James McEwen staged multiple permutations of crowd shots in order to streamline crowd duplication in post. humble's post team also completed editing, compositing multiple plates together for the climactic end shot, adding 3D elements such as particles, and creating the final transition from fire to CG Firefox logo. All post production was completed in ten days.

humble was a fantastic partner on this project and really nailed the Firefox message, said Ryan Shultz, Agency Producer, Occam. Since humble bundles production and post, it allowed us to work more efficiently and streamline resources, which was certainly beneficial for such a quick shoot and turnaround.

With this video being showcased on every new browser window for Firefox users around the world, we knew that it was going to be a huge event, commented humble Founder and Executive Producer Eric Berkowitz. Our team delivered stellar work and each frame captures the brands relatable spirit.

I connect strongly with Firefoxs open, communal ethos so this opportunity really appealed to me from the start, concluded Brae. Im glad we got to help Firefox celebrate its tenth birthday in such a big way.

For more information on humble, please visit: http://www.humble.tv/.

About humble

humble is a bicoastal integrated content studio founded in 2006 by President and Executive Producer Eric Berkowitz. A full concept-to-completion creative resource, humble marries high-quality live action production with full editorial, visual effects, CG, design and post production capabilities. It's produced award-winning and talked-about ads and web videos for such marketers as Activision, Adidas, Domino's, Ikea, Gillette, Lenovo, McDonald's, Reebok, Samsung and Wrigley's Starburst candies, working for agencies such as BBDO, DDB, Droga 5, Grey, JWT, The Martin Agency, McKinney, TBWAChiatDay, Y&R and others. The studio also produces broadcast promotion content for media brands like ESPN, Sundance Channel, Nickelodeon and The Food Network, and has been honored with MTV VMA awards for its work in the music video genre. For more information, contact Eric Berkowitz at eric@humble.tv or Executive Producers Persis Koch at persis@humble.tv or Ned Brown at ned@humble.tv.

Credits

Client: Mozilla Firefox

Agency: Occam

President/Creative Director: David Lipson

Agency Producer: Ryan Shultz

Creative Director/Art Director: Fred Huddleston

Creative Director/Copy Writer: Chris Dodgen

Production: humble

Director: Sorrel Brae

President/Executive Producer: Eric Berkowitz

Executive Producer LA: Ned Brown

Executive Producer NY: Persis Koch

Head of Production: Andrea Theodore

DP: Alex Disenhof

Staff Production Manager: Elizabeth Durkee

Staff Production Coordinator: Brynne Copping

Producer: Anne Johnson

Production Supervisor: Ben Oswald

Post Production: humble

Executive Creative Director: Sam Stephens

Creative Director: Kris Merc

Head of Post Production: Sue Romweber

VFX Lead/CG: Vadim Turchin

Editor: Terence Ziegler

Assistant Editor: Vance Tucker

Lead Flame Artist: Kevin Quinlan

Flame Artist: Elsa Tu

On-set VFX Supervisor: James McEwen

CG Artist: John Patterson

Post Producer: Barbara Kontarovich

Color: Gene Curley, Nice Shoes

Sound Mix: Seth Phillips, Sound Lounge

Composer: James Morgan

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