Royal Caribbean ~ Shellphone

This was the first and only campaign done “off ship” for Royal Caribbean. After delivering spots from the ships- to air from the middle of the ocean - in less than 24 hours, Shellphone was a welcome breath of fresh air. We shot in NYC, Portland ME, Chicago and Austin TX. Everyone you see is either street casted or a friend we picked up along the way. All the interactions with The Sea were done live, with a device we spent weeks of R&D time and DOZENS of dollars developing. It worked a charm and was too fun to use. I think I wore three headsets while directing this one.

There’s too much to say about the work I did for Royal Caribbean. Too many fantastic people to name. It’s overwhelming to think about all the places we went, ships we visited and oceans we crossed. Royal Caribbean came at a very special time in my life, where I was working with my friends and my lady was executive producing for East Pleasant as well. You can even find my 3-year-old, Axl in one of the spots I posted below. There are so many great moments over the years with Royal Caribbean. I tried to capture a fraction of them below.

Other Spots in this Campaign

Case Studies and Other Work For Royal Caribbean

Credits

The Voice of the Sea

Linda Larkin

Production

Director Xander Strohm
Executive Producer Sarah Roebuck
Producer James Blom
Production Supervisor Chris Lettley
Assistant Production Supervisor Kate Wilson
1st AD Nick Oscoff
2nd AD Matt Bonuso
Talent Coordinator Monica Vega
Director of Photography Damien Drake
Camera OP Mike Dwyer
Camera OP Clint Byrne
Camera OP Mikel Cook
Camera OP Will Atherton
DIT Matthew Schroeder
Gaffer Nat Aguilar
Key Grip Darcy Schlott
Production Designer Henry Hong
Sound Tim Korn
Wardrobe Jenn Brownstein

Royal Caribbean

SVP Marketing Betsy O’Rourke
AVP Integ. Comm Paula Michaelides
Director Marketing & Advertising Maggie Carbonell
Manager Marketing Toni Alligie

Editorial

Editor Will Znidaric
Sound Mixing Andy Green
Producer Natalie Rose
Flame Artist Steve Mottershead (Art Jail)
Colorist Fergus McCall (The Mill)

JWT

Executive Creative Director Richie Glickman
Creative Director Larry Silberfein
Creative Director Georgina Hofmann
Executive Producer Kristen Barnard
Producer Shane Smith

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