David Jeremiah's Blog
June 25, 2011
Episode 10: "Don't Think Twice, You Only Live Once"
Production of The Account is wrapped with the final episode taped! The cast and crew were thrilled to have completed the entire series so God can begin using the message of the show, yet saddened that production has ended and moved into post-production. Our prayer is that this presentation will shed light on the moral decline of American culture.
In the final installment of The Account, the Client returns to the Wyndham Ridgestone Agency to review their presentation for the final campaign. The stormy New York City night is the perfect backdrop to the daunting message presented by the marketing team. The Client has asked them to create a campaign that will encourage people to give their minds over to more liberal thinking. He seems impressed with the presentation. The final ad campaign is their boldest yet as they create a foothold for the Client to control the hearts and minds of individuals. The team’s vibrantly colorful ad reads, “Don’t Think Twice, You Only Live Once. Follow Your Heart!�
The Wyndham Ridgestone team has completed all ten of the moral “mind shift� campaigns for the Client. The Client believes they are a brilliant start to accomplishing his ultimate goal of controlling the world’s moral, political, and spiritual compasses. He admits that it will take generations for the culture to accept an amoral society, but promises that one day the culture will embrace it wholeheartedly.
Episode 9: "Beyond the Promised Land"
Another successful day of shooting is complete! In this episode, the Wyndham Ridgestone marketing team is trying to influence America to soften her friendship with Israel. Catch a glimpse of the newest installment of The Account . . . .
Kent and the three copywriters are all scurrying about the conference room preparing to pitch their Israel campaign idea to their bosses, Pyke Wyndham and Garrett Ridgestone. They act out the commercial they have written, and by the end of their presentation, Pyke and Garrett are sold. Though Pyke and Garrett can’t even imagine a day when America would soften its ties with Israel, this new ad campaign is definitely persuasive: “Beyond the Promised Land� there is “More Yet to Discover.�
June 23, 2011
Episode 8: "I Run on Iran"
Who ever thought we would see the day when a Middle Eastern country like Iran could actually hold the world hostage because of oil and nuclear weapons? In Episode 8 of The Account, we flashback to a time when this kind of threat would have been unfathomable.
In the conference room at Wyndham Ridgestone, the full marketing team gathers to tackle the Client’s newest directive. The Client wants to see a day when the whole world fears Iran. The creative team can’t imagine such an insignificant chunk of desert ever intimidating the world. Nevertheless, the team brainstorms ideas and begins to realize the power Iran holds through its oil supply. Americans are becoming more and more hooked on their luxuries, and cars are at the top of the list. So if cars, home heating, and air travel are fueled by foreign oil, and if the Iranians decided to withhold their resources, America would be in trouble.
The team’s ad slogan makes even them afraid: “I Run On Iran, Because Luxury is the Inventor of Necessity.�
Episode 6: "Add a Little Color to Your Black and White"
Another successful day of filming is complete! Episode 6 of The Account, “Add a Little Color to Your Black and White,� is ready for editing.
In this episode, the Client returns to oversee his newest directive to the Wyndham Ridgestone Agency: to see the Bible marginalized! Lead by Kent Daniels, the marketing team gathers at the front of the conference room and presents their campaign. Using the imagery of a familiar black-and-white television set showing a forlorn-looking woman holding a Bible, Kent begins: “It’s black and white and read all over, but in today’s modern world, the true color of your faith can be read between the lines of Scripture.�
Their final ad suggests it’s okay to throw off sound biblical teaching and “add a little color to your black and white.�
June 22, 2011
Episode 7: "Steeple Chasing"
Filmed on location at a 60s-style coffee house, Episode 7, “Steeple Chasing,� was the first of two episodes taped on this very busy day. The cast and crew are passionate about the message of The Account and how this production will shed light on our culture’s moral drift away from biblical principles.
Sitting in the coffee shop finishing off their pie, Kent, Thomas, Vincent, and Joseph discuss the importance of church as this is the subject of their newest campaign for the Client.It is very clear from their counter discussion that the role of church has become less meaningful in their lives, though still a high priority in the culture of their day. If the goal of their next campaign is to make the church irrelevant, they will have to give society some Sunday options, like going to the races! This sparks the idea for their new tagline: Steeple Chasing. Whether you congregate under a church steeple or the around the spires above a horse track, you have many social options on the weekend.
Thomas doesn’t buy it. He is sure they will never see the day when the church becomes insignificant.
June 21, 2011
Episode 5: "Hopelessly Chicken"
The Turning Point Television production team returns to the Wyndham Ridgestone set to tape the fifth episode of The Account, “Hopelessly Chicken.”�
Its night and the marketing team of Wyndham Ridgestone are working late, eating TV dinners, and determined not to leave the office until they have nailed the next ad campaign. They are trying to come up with an ad promoting moral freedom. Their campaign needs to be persuasive enough to encourage people to live unrestrained from any code of morality.
With unexpected inspiration from the chicken TV dinners in front of them, Kent jumps to his feet with an idea: “People should break out of their compartmented lives. You are free to make your life whatever you want! Don’t live in fear. If you are hopelessly chicken it is time to cook up something decadent!�
June 18, 2011
Episode 4: "Marriage is not a Cakewalk"
For the fourth episode of The Account, the Turning Point cast and crew gathered on location at a local restaurant in San Diego to shoot. It was an exciting day of filming!
In this episode, the camera focuses on characters Kent, Thomas, Joseph and Wanda of Wyndham Ridgestone who all sit over lunch discussing their next ad. This time the Client wants them to discredit the institution of marriage.
Fueled by their personal experiences, the four begin to imagine a world where couples could test drive a marriage relationship before taking the plunge; where marriage is risk free, with no problems.
Finally, Kent nails the ad’s slogan: “Marriage Is Not a Cakewalk! Sample the Mix First!”�
June 15, 2011
Episode 3: "How Do You Picture Jesus?"
The Turning Point cast and crew are hard at work as filming continues. The third episode of The Account is finished!
This episode opens on the Wyndham Ridgestone conference table as the advertising team constructs a campaign that will lead people to profane the name of Jesus. Promoting the Client’s ideas becomes increasingly difficult, but with a little inspiration they start selling Jesus as one of the guys. Joseph, one of the copywriters, suggests modern living allows for a fast, drive-thru image of Jesus for convenience. After all, nothing is absolutely picture-perfect anymore. So use your imagination!
Episode 2: "Life Is Too Colorful to Be Afraid of Red"
Filming for episode 2 of The Account is underway! Lights, Camera, Action!
With their first campaign approved, the team at Wyndham Ridgestone is still doubtful that their work will persuade a moral decline in the culture.
For their next assignment, the Client wants Christians to lower their guard against the threat of spiritual warfare. The Client want to promote Satan as nothing to fear. Kent’s creative genius imagines a picture of a worn out man in a red devil suit and the catch phrases start flying:
“Red has faded from fashion!�
“Satan is old news, a has been. He’s worn out.”�
Kent finally lands on the heart of the ad: “Life is too colorful to be afraid of red.”�
Episode 1: "Look Inward Not Upward"
Filming for Episode 1 of The Account is complete!
Today the Wyndham Ridgestone Advertising team tackled their first assignment: persuading the public to consider Atheism. It’s no easy task, and the nameless Client is eager to proceed. Kent, the team’s Creative Director, breaks the ice and gets the discussion started. As the brainstorming unfolds they suggest the campaign has to be positive. Upbeat. It has to appeal to the senses, make people quietly question their beliefs. Plant just a small seed of doubt. “Who really knows if God exists, anyway? We should look inward, not upward.�
Pyke Wyndham can’t imagine the day when culture would accept the concept of no God! But it’s clear the mysterious, and intimidating, Client has great power and is intolerant of objections.
