Clean Origin - A Moment Of Reflection

Clean Origin is a sustainable lab-grown diamond company, committed to creating ethical and conflict-free lab-grown diamonds all while reducing their environmental impact through minimizing water use, energy use, carbon emissions, and land disturbance. It’s their mission to be on the right side of diamond history.

Director: Galin Foley

DP: Josh Bernales

Edit: Galin Foley

Color: Nicholas Lareau

Photographer: John Miller

1st AD: Miguel Hernandez

1st AC: Andrew Yang

Gaffer: Tyler Kaschke

Key Grip: Jean-Paul Montoulieu

Swing: Nathan McConahy

Art Director: Lacey Hoff + Crush Studio

Stylist: Laura Wolfe

Hair Stylist: Grace Martin

Makeup Artist: Sameera Ahmed

Dog Trainer: Cathy Lester

Dog: Joey

My role: Agency/Line/Post Producer

The task for this project was to create fun, eye-catching spots based on the idea that in a messy world, at least you know your diamond is clean. These spots were a bit of a departure from the brand’s established identity and existing commercials. We created a series of short films that capture people in their “everyday lives” in a not-so-everyday way. These spots show people in deconstructed, monochromatic displays of their typical environments. With purposeful set decoration, we created a dreamlike world for our films to live in. With the trust of awesome clients, we got to really put our creative minds to the test.

In a super fast-paced, 1 day production, our lean crew pulled off this beautifully stylized and quirky shoot. The primary focus here was art direction. We utilized a large cyc wall space, painting and decorating sections of it to create the 3 different monochromatic rooms.

“Nailed it” :15

“Monochromatic Reading Room” :15

“Zen Garden” :15