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William C. Martel, Shoot, December 4, 1998
"Vision Crew [a Marina del Rey, Calif.-based miniature model company] made the model roadway," Brewster said.
Summary: Shoot's December 1998 profile of Australian-born visual effects artist Simon Brewster, then working at A52 (formerly Area 5) in Los Angeles after early years in Sydney and at post houses in London. The article follows his current work on spots directed by Jeff Darling and on Lexus' "High Bank Track" for Team One Advertising, El Segundo: components shot on an airport runway with six cars and one tollbooth, which Brewster cloned into several tollbooths, plus color backgrounds, model shoots, CGI, and live helicopter footage. On the Lexus spot he notes, "Vision Crew [a Marina del Rey, Calif.-based miniature model company] made the model roadway" - the miniature freeway model built by Vision Crew Unlimited. The piece also shows a clip from "The Car of the Year," a spot directed by Kelleher that Brewster worked on.