Professional golfer Jordan Spieth, in his third commercial for AT&T, pairs with Saul Martinez for an inspirational round of golf. Martinez is a war veteran who lost both of his legs in combat. This :30 shows his commitment to rise up and take on new challenges; conversely AT&T and Spieth are committed to vets like Martinez.
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, a.k.a. Dayton/Faris, directed “Rise Up” for BBDO New York. The spot is one of five from AT&T’s “The Power of &” campaign–all of which debuted during this past week’s broadcast of the 2017 Masters tournament.
Credits
Client AT&T Corporate Agency BBDO New York David Lubars, chief creative officer, worldwide; Greg Hahn, chief creative officer, NY: Matt MacDonald, executive creative director; Simon Foster, John Lamacchia, sr. creative directors; Julie Collins, group executive producer; Helene Balzarini, executive producer; Melissa Chester, executive music producer; Dawn McCormick, integrated talent supervisor. Production BOB Industries Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, directors; Corey Water, DP; TK Knowles, exec producer; Bart Lipton, line producer. Editorial WAX Editorial Stephen Jess, editor; Joe Dillingham, covering editor; Annabelle Cuthbert, producer. Telecine Company 3 Tom Poole, colorist; Alexandra Lubrano, producer. VFX Framestore Murray Butler, executive creative director; Dez Macleod-Veilleux, VFX supervisor; Greg Gaskins, VFX artist; Sue McNamara, producer. Audio Post Heard City Corey Melious, mixer; Sasha Awn, 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
