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Jakob Westman

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Ni rider med stora stora tankar på små, små giraffer mot eviga solnedgångar av ostbågar med en operatör som de andra inte har. Ni är changemakers och makechangers och chakemangers som gör det omöjliga möjligt och det mjöliga omjöligt. Uh-huh. De andra kommer aldrig lyckas tvinga in er i ledet. För vissa har det. Andra inte. June 2018 Commercial for Swedish mobile network Vimla. ”Some have it. Others... not so much.” Account: Vimla Client: Mathias Hernesson & Johan Littorin Agency: Kärnhuset Art Director: Jakob Westman Copywriter: Hannes Tomani Account Manager: Julia Kvarnlöv Key Account: Marcus Tägtström Producer: Marcin Tallmarken Production Company: Swedish Frames Producer: Jessica Ranefall Director/editor: Jonatan Kruse VFX/Grade: Simon Karlsson DoP: Johan Nordström Lighting supervisor: Pierre Sigfridsson Set dresser: Dejan Gravus Location: Il Tempo, Stockholm Character Design: Jakob Westman Mask maker: John Nolan Studio Music: Rikard Lindh VO: Vanja Maria Kern Vestenfor

– You ride off into the sunset. You ride with big ideas on polka dot giraffes. You ride powered by a network the others don’t have. You’re a changemaker, a makechanger and a cakebaker. You annoy by doing new things cause new things are always annoying to people who like old things. But they’ll never be able to cut you down and get you in line. Cause some people have it. Others… not so much.

Vi gör det omöjliga möjligt och det mjöliga omjöligt. Vi är The Changemakers, The Chakemangers, The Cakebakers. Naturkraft är fel ord men i brist på ett bättre ord kan man säga att vi besitter en naturkraft. Eller mobilabonnemang. Från Vimla. Vissa har det. Andra inte. Mhm. August 2018 Commercial for Swedish mobile network Vimla. ”Some have it. Others... not so much.” Account: Vimla Client: Mathias Hernesson & Johan Littorin Agency: Kärnhuset Art Director: Jakob Westman Copywriter: Hannes Tomani Account Manager: Julia Kvarnlöv Key Account: Marcus Tägtström Producer: Marcin Tallmarken Production Company: Swedish Frames Producer: Jessica Ranefall Director/editor: Jonatan Kruse Grade: Miles Lembke Comp: Niklas Grahn DoP: Johan Nordström Lighting supervisor: Pierre Sigfridsson Location: Sjön Trekanten, Stockholm Character Design: Jakob Westman Mask maker: John Nolan Studio Music: Rikard Lindh VO: Vanja Maria Kern Vestenfor

It was really fun to look for an outfit that – visually and conceptually – enhanced the bond between Diana and the fish.

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The Devil is in the details... or in this case, in the nail polish. I personally painted 24 fake nails in four coats of polish. And yes, I quite possibly overdid it, given that you hardly see them at all.

Finding a framing that allowed us to crop out all the different video formats we needed was a challenge. Below are some of my early roughs and an ungraded wide shot indicating a few of all the formats we generated from the filmed material. 23 different edits and formats in total.

Below, some storyboard and layout roughs. The location forced us to flip the setup horizontally, but it’s fascinating to see how close the final imagery followed the rough.


Click here to see how we in late 2015 created Vimla’s Brand ID. Still one of the most exciting visual expressions I’ve ever developed.