Ushering in the season of holiday cheer are six NBA stars decked out in this year's Special Edition Xmas Day Uniforms: Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, James Harden, Steve Nash and LeBron James. They play a unique musical rendition of "One-Horse Open Sleigh" through virtuoso, choreographed three-point shots punctuated by an alley-oop exclamation point. Jonathan Klein of O Positive directed for Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.
Client: National Basketball Association (NBA) Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners Jeff Goodby, executive creative director; Nick Klinkert, Adam Reeves, creative directors; Rus Chao, associate creative director/copywriter; Kevin Koller, associate creative director/art director; Benton Roman, producer; Tod Puckett, executive producer; Cindy Fluitt, director of broadcast production. Production Company: O Positive Films Jonathan Klein, director; Ralph Laucella, exec producer; Angie Revell, line producer; Eric Steelberg, DP. Editorial: Final Cut Matt Murphy, editor; Tara Wall, Nate Connella, assistant editors; Suzy Ramirez, producer; Saima Awan, exec producer. Visual Effects: MPC (The Moving Picture Company)
Jake Montgomery, VFX supervisor/2D lead; Brendan Smith, Will Voss, Nuke; Eric Pascarelli, shoot supervisor; Casey McIntyre, design/animation; Juliet Tierney, sr. producer; Asher Edwards, exec producer. eLevel. Brady Baltezore, creative director; Chris Carmichael, 2D artist. Music: Barking Owl, West Los Angeles. Kelly Bayett, creative director; Michael Anastasi, sound designer; Whitney Fromholtz, producer. Audio: Barking Owl, West Los Angeles. Brock Babcock, audio engineer.
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 โNot Just the Factsโ 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. FactSetโs 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 spotsโa combination of :30s, :15s, :06s and nine โshortsโโacross multiple channels including digital, streaming and CTV.
This :30, โDinos,โ has an office workerโs relevant reference to dinosaurs spark our boorish colleague who proceeds to utter one irrelevant fact after another about the prehistoric creatures.
The Los Angelesโbased 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