FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider, has unveiled a B2B campaign that demonstrates how, when it comes to the facts, context is everything.
Titled “Not Just The Facts,” the campaign from agency VSA shows what happens when members of the investment community are pelted with increasingly absurd and irrelevant facts. The ending reminds viewers that getting just facts—without context or personalization—is useless.
“The premise is comedic, but the point it makes is 100% true: The investment community is overwhelmed with information,” said FactSet CMO Jenifer Brooks. “FactSet provides our clients with industry-leading breadth and depth of data through an intelligent platform that ensures they’re getting not just the facts, but also the context they need to make the most of these facts.”
Thinking Machine’s Docter Twins–Matthew and Jason Docter–directed the package of comedy campaign spots, including this :30 titled “Donuts” in which one fact spawns assorted follow-up bits of info that could be charitably described as nonsensical in the big picture.
“The best way to stand out is to do something really memorable and different, and FactSet really embraced that with this campaign,” said Kim Mickenberg, associate partner and executive creative director at VSA. “There’s a misconception that B2B advertising has to be less interesting and emotional than consumer-facing ads, but the truth is that B2B buyers are people, too—and people love to laugh.”
“You know it’s a special project when the entire crew is enjoying each take just as much as the agency and client,” said Matthew Docter.
“We got involved early on because Kim’s scripts were so good, and we couldn’t have asked for a more creative collaboration,” Jason Docter added. “The teamwork on set kept us nimble and enabled us to capture a lot in a single shoot day.”
The Docter Twins are alums of SHOOT’s 2008 New Directors Showcase. The FactSet campaign is rolling out across digital, streaming, and CTV this week.
CreditsClient FactSet Agency VSA Kim Mickenberg, Josh Berta, associate partners/executive creative directors; Jessica Sochol, associate partner/strategy; Jessica Brown; associate director/strategy; Meghan Schulist, creative director; Sarah Trent, associate director/design; Tarek El-Mofty, associate partner/executive director, production; Bryan Haney, director, motion production; Thomas Horne, director, editorial & animation; Nate Pence, motion editor; Maria Erdmann, sr. copy editor; Ronnie Crecco, music composer. Production Company Thinking Machine Docter Twins, director; Alon Simcha, exec producer; Alexandra Byer, line producer; Kip Bogdhan, DP; Ursula Barker, art director; Lauren Charkow, casting director.
Director Gia Coppola Teams With Mejuri For “A New York Minute”; 1st Episode Takes Us To The Grocery Store
Mejuri, known for turning fine jewelry into an everyday luxury, has partnered with director Gia Coppola (The Last Show Girl, Palo Alto) and The Directors Bureau in Los Angeles, for the first time reimagining the brand’s story as episodic content. In a series of microfilms, co-created by Coppola and premiering following New York Fashion Week, Mejuri eschewed a typical celebrity campaign and cast us as voyeurs to a group of aspiring young women--real people, not actors--at the crossroads of their adult lives against the backdrop of New York City.
Titled “A New York Minute,” the series features five real-life friends, who include one perfectly imperfect heroine named Emma. The women celebrate ordinary moments and interactions which reveal, sometimes retrospectively, the extraordinary within the mundane. Adjacent to the brand’s own community, the 30-something year old cast includes Laura Love (Emma), Rebecca Ressler, Natalie Vall-Freed and Rozzi Crane. Mejuri’s jewelry makes an appearance as the best supporting actor.
“When I met with Gia and The Directors Bureau team, there was instant creative and personal chemistry and a natural alignment on the desire to push and blur the lines between marketing, storytelling, and the construct of what a ‘campaign’ could be,” said Jacob Jordan, chief brand officer, Mejuri. “Gia was able to push that idea into something that truly feels new and artful, with a realism and relatability that almost feels jarring. Gia was such a perfect collaborator and partner, someone I had complete trust in to be a catalyst for Mejuri’s values of celebrating women as their truest selves. I can’t wait for us to continue to tell the next chapters of this story.”
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