A million years ago I won a scholarship to a screenwriting program in Seattle and wound up couch surfing on Capitol Hill for a month (eternal gratitude to
@kazzos ). I’d walk down to this beautiful vista on Melrose St., up above the highway overlooking the REI flagship store, and wind my way downhill to classes at the Seattle center. It’s a street that was weirdly formative for me. I remember it feeling like the first time I could walk outside dressed in whatever clothes I wanted, however strange or expressive, without drawing any attention. To be both audacious and ordinary. I think self-consciousness is one of the great enemies of art, and so it was a joy to return to a place that holds such warm and instructive memories and film on that exact same stretch.
This shoot involved quite a bit of coordination. We started filming on Capitol Hill, then had to transition across town for the drone show in West Seattle during the city’s infamous rush hour — a company move that would have been impossible within our schedule, if not for of hiring a police escort (glory to our locations team and Ken Coble for that bit of ingenuity).
Enough can’t be said about the cast, who were more terrific on camera than a 30-second car spot could ever convey. It’s a crime we didn’t call the whole thing off and start shooting a movie right then because the talent assembled was through the roof.
Also! Shooting up close around a drone show involves a ton of complexity and red tape. We were really lucky to partner with Sky Elements
@skyelementsdrones and do it all for real without VFX. Big thanks to their whole team for the world class professionalism, and going out of their way to accommodate our shooting approach.
CAST
VO
@bryancranston
Rafael Cebrian (Director)
@cebrianrafael
Bianca Santos (Drone Engineer)
@biancaalexasantos
Deyker Carranza (Boom)
@theycarecenter
Ellen Marte (1st AC)
@lnmarte
Jose Alvarez (Gaffer)
@alvarez_jose_a
Krystal De La Cruz (1st AD)
@neverbasicboho
Tom Avila (Key Grip)
@tomavila5
Mauri Perez (DoP)
@maurimontebello
Editor:
@pezzillosview
PD:
@traekingdesign
2nd Director:
@terryrayment
2nd DoP:
@chadterpstra
Tech:
@motionstate 
