In this spot, we see the birth of puppies via unconventional yet definitively natural means–like coming out of a cracked eggshell ala a baby chick, growing on tree branches like fruit that is then harvested, growing from the soil like a pumpkin-variety squash that splits open to reveal a cute canine.
The creative license is taken to accentuate the point that Mars Petcare’s Nutro dog food helps to grow healthy pets–as part of a campaign conceived by BBDO New York. This anthem spot was directed by Raf Wathion via production house Skunk.
Credits
Client Mars Petcare/Nutro Agency BBDO New York David Lubars, chief creative officer, worldwide; Luiz Sanches, chief creative officer, North America; Peter Kain, EVP, executive creative director; Gary du Toit, Lance Vinings, SVPs, creative directors; Bhanu Arbuaratna, associate creative director, designer; Becky Burkhard, group executive producer; James Young, head of interactive production; Katie Young, interactive group executive producer; Melanie Cornish, executive producer; Jasmine Batista, art producer; Julia Millison, sr. music producer. Production Company Skunk Raf Wathion, director; Matt Factor, exec producer; Frederik Vrancken, line producer. Production Orange Films South Africa Jon Day, producer & partner. Editorial Work Editorial Martin Leroy, editor; Victor Medina, producer. VFX Nozon Chris Mascarello, Xavier leconte, CG lead artists; Carmen Sanchez, producer. Music Company Human Seth Fruiterman, Gareth Williams, composers; James Wells, producer.
FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider, has partnered with Chicago-based creative agency VSA Partners to unveil a second round of spots in its “Not Just the Facts” campaign. The campaign originally launched back in April.
The campaign was built on a core strategic insight: While quality data is critical for financial professionals, facts in isolation provide little value. FactSet’s personalization, data connectivity, open and flexible technology, and dedicated service and support provide the context necessary for the investment community to turn facts into valuable insights--and make the most of them.
The new creative picks up where the previous left off. This time it focuses on a particularly boorish office worker, drolly played by character actor Wyndham Maxwell, who ticks off an encyclopedic list of facts and non sequiturs during business meetings and to the bemusement of his colleagues.
The tongue-in-cheek campaign, which plays more like a perfect-pitch comedy series than a typical B2B commercial effort, is a major departure from financial services industry norm--both in its use of humor and in its humanistic approach. Starting this week, FactSet will roll out 16 unique spots—a combination of :30s, :15s, :06s and nine “shorts”—across multiple channels including digital, streaming and CTV.
This :30, “Dinos,” has an office worker’s relevant reference to dinosaurs spark our boorish colleague who proceeds to utter one irrelevant fact after another about the prehistoric creatures.
The Los Angeles–based Docter Twins (Matthew and Jason Docter) directed the original campaign and this new humorous work through their production company, Thinking Machine. The identical twin... Read More
