Full-bleed hero
Product launch  ·  Taylor Guitars  ·  2025

Gold Label

▶ Watch the launch film 4:09
Role

Creative Director. Director and producer of the hero film. Director of photography for the campaign.

Deliverables

Hero launch film, environmental and lifestyle photography, [paid / social / dealer / web assets].

Outcome

Roughly eightfold growth in non-cutaway market share.

Challenge

Taylor held a marginal position in the non-cutaway acoustic market. The Gold Label collection needed to register as a new direction for the brand, not another model in the catalog.

Key decision
The beat that reads as direction

Anchor the launch in a single artist-led hero film, so the guitar's character came through performance rather than specs. [Describe the visual language: palette, lighting, locations, and why they fit this collection.]

Reference / frame
Final still
The film Directed and produced by Charles Torrealba  ·  4:09
▶Launch film

[One or two lines on what the film had to carry: who it was speaking to, what it had to prove about the collection, and why it works through performance rather than specification.]

Execution

Directed and produced the hero film, then directed the environmental and lifestyle photography that carried the campaign across [channels]. [N] assets delivered.

StillsEnvironmental and lifestyle photography shot by Charles Torrealba
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SocialVertical cutdowns built for feed and story placements
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9:16, with the platform UI composited on the thumbnail.
On setCaptured during production

[One or two lines on what the shoot actually required: crew size, location constraints, the setup that made the hero shot possible.]

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[The problem this setup solved. What had to be built, rigged or waited for.]
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[The constraint that forced a decision, and what you decided.]
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[The setup that made the hero frame possible.]
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Outcome Growth in non-cutaway market share within [timeframe].
What it became
Two artist signature models

The collection went on to carry two artist signature models, released a year apart and given the same level of support. I directed both launch campaigns, extending the Gold Label visual language into artist-led work that stands on its own.

▶Launch film
Gold Label 510e Trey Hensley  ·  2025
▶Launch film
Gold Label 512e Ben Harper  ·  2026