National Geographic’s “Manhattan” shows several parts of the normally bustling Manhattan empty and silent. In modest print, “If Manhattan had the population density of Alaska” is written across a white screen. More clips of an empty Manhattan leads to a shot of a diner with one person sitting at a table. Then, “only 25 people would live there” is printed across another all white screen. The National Geographic logo and slogan “Think again” appear on the white screen to conclude the advertisement.
Agency: Devilfish Agency Producer, Anna Grund; Executive Creative Director, Richard Holman; Copywriter/Art Director, Barry Kimber, Andy Poyiadgi Production Company: Hungry Man, Inc Director, Brendan Gibbons; Executive Producer, Steve Orent, Matt Buels; Head of Production/Executive Producer, Tom Rossano, Tim Nunn; Line Producer, Lalou Dammnod; DP, Barry Markowitz Editorial: Hungry Man, Inc Editor, Alex Kuciw Postproduction: THE MILL, London Colorist, The Mill, London Music: Sound Monsters
The Docter Twins Direct Part 2 Of FactSets’ “Not Just The Facts” Comedy Campaign From VSA Partners
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