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ITO YO

What shaped you stays with you.

A jewellery advertising film for the ITO YO pendant by Eugene Zalan. Childhood memory, thistle and stickleback meet a contemporary rock aesthetic.

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Jewellery advertising for your brand

01 / The inspiration

The three-spined stickleback was Eugene Zalan’s favourite fish as a child. For his own pendant, he brought it together with the thistle: two small natural forms with a delicate presence and a sharp defence. ITO YO carries that memory into adult life.

02 / The transformation

The film moves from a motorcycle ride beneath golden autumn trees to the living fish and twisting thistle stems. Their transformation into the pendant connects the object to its personal origin. Close views return to its silhouette, surface and black cord.

03 / The connection

Night, movement and a rock soundtrack bring another side of the story into view. In the club, a woman pauses to examine the pendant. The pace slows around that gesture before the energy returns: a private memory becomes a moment of connection.

04 / The production

Pendant design, creative direction, AI-assisted imagery, editing, colour finishing, original music and lyrics come together in one authored campaign. The film demonstrates an approach to jewellery advertising that gives a piece a story, a visual identity and a place in someone’s life.

Credits

Pendant design, direction & editing
Eugene Zalan
Original music & lyrics
Eugene Zalan
Production
IMORI FILMS

Frames from the film

Motorcycle ride through golden autumn foliage
Motorcycle ride through golden autumn foliage
The pendant worn on a black cord
The pendant worn on a black cord
Thistle stems: the natural inspiration
Thistle stems: the natural inspiration
The three-spined stickleback
The three-spined stickleback
Nature becoming a pendant
Nature becoming a pendant
A pause beneath the golden trees
A pause beneath the golden trees
The pendant becomes a shared moment
The pendant becomes a shared moment
ITO YO: the finished pendant
ITO YO: the finished pendant

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