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BRAND CAMPAIGNS · MAUI & MAINLAND

Brand campaigns, produced on Maui.

Lawn Chair Creative is a film studio in Haʻikū, Maui. We produce brand campaigns end to end — locations, permits, crew, and a shoot that delivers stills, film and social cutdowns in one pass. For Hawaiʻi brands that need work at a national standard, and for mainland brands that want the islands in the campaign and someone on the ground who already knows how to get it. When the story lives on the mainland, we bring the same crew to it. The campaigns below were shot from Santa Barbara to Florida.

STILLS + MOTION FROM ONE SHOOT

ISLAND-WIDE, PERMITS HANDLED

Aerial of the Hāna Highway at Hoʻokipa Lookout on Maui’s North Shore, with surf, sea cliffs and the West Maui Mountains

HOʻOKIPA LOOKOUT · NORTH SHORE, MAUI

PHOTO · BY MIAH IDEMA

What you get from one shoot

Campaign stills

Hero images, product, lifestyle and detail — shot to the same brief and the same look as the film, on the same day, in the same light. Delivered retouched and sized for the channels they're going to.

Cutdowns and verticals

The 30s, the 15s, the 6s and the verticals, cut from the same material rather than cropped out of the master. Planned into the shoot so the framing works in every ratio.

The film

A director's cut that carries the campaign, built to hold up as a standalone piece rather than a long version of an ad. Direction, cinematography and edit in-house.

Everything around the shoot

Locations, county and state permits, local crew, talent, and the logistics of moving a production around an island where the drive time is the schedule. This is the part a visiting brand underestimates.

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STETSON · BIG SUR, CA

CAMPAIGN STILL · BY TITUS HAUG

THE CAMPAIGNS

Six campaigns, shot on location.

Ritz-Carlton Bacara campaign by Lawn Chair Creative

HOTEL · SANTA BARBARA

A family weekend that sells four amenities as one story.

Stetson campaign by Lawn Chair Creative

APPAREL · BIG SUR

Three days down the coast to launch the crushable line.

Cutwater Lime Ranch Water can and a Cutwater Classic 2022 pickleball paddle standing in the sand

BEVERAGE · VENICE BEACH

A beach tournament, posted live: 20 photos by 3pm.

Frame from the Imperfects Hickory Stripe 16mm film: a man in a pale denim suit stands by the tracks in front of a Coaster train

SURF · SAN DIEGO

16mm films and stills for an elevated surf brand from San Diego.

Vitamin A swim campaign: a model in a waterfall pool on Maui’s North Shore

SWIM · MAUI & OʻAHU

Video for a two-island swim shoot, produced by Nicole + Mikey Spencer.

Sea-Doo × Uncharted Society campaign by Lawn Chair Creative

TOURS · CATALINA & FLORIDA

Real guided tours on two coasts, filmed as they ran.

YOUR BRAND NEXT

Have a launch, a season or a property to show?

How a campaign runs

01

Scope

You send the brief, the channels and the window. We come back with a treatment, a location plan and a number — usually within the week.

02

Pre-production

Locations scouted and permitted with the state and Maui County film offices, crew and talent booked, and a schedule built around the island. Hāna is three hours each way; Upcountry light goes flat early.

03

The shoot

Typically one to three days. Stills and motion run together. You get selects the same evening so nobody waits a week to find out whether it worked.

04

Delivery

Retouched stills, the director's cut, and every cutdown and ratio, on a schedule agreed before the shoot.

Start a campaign

Send the brief, the window and where it's running. We'll come back with a treatment and a number — and if the job wants a bigger crew than us, we'll tell you that too, and who to call.

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