CLIENT
ESPN/ESPN’s 2-Minute Drill.
PRODUCTION CO.
The A+R Group, bicoastal.
David Frankham, director; Patrick Simpson, DP; Roberto Cecchini and Lori Lober, executive producers; John Malina, producer. Shot on location in Van Nuys and Sun Valley, Calif.
AGENCY
Ground Zero, Marina del Rey, Calif.
Kirk Souder, creative director; Patricia Phelan, executive producer; Heidi Hawkings, producer; Arnie Presiado, art director; Steve O’Brien, copywriter.
EDITORIAL
Soul, Los Angeles.
Erin Nordstrom, offline editor; Corey Bartha, executive producer.
POST
Soul.
Erin Nordstrom, online editor.
R!OT, Santa Monica.
Bob Festa, colorist.
525 Studios, Santa Monica.
Jais Thierry Lamaire, colorist.
AUDIO POST
POP Sound, Santa Monica.
Peter Rincon, mixer; Diana Gunderson, assistant mixer.
MUSIC
Elias Associates, bicoastal.
David Gold and Ryan Rehm, composers.
SOUND DESIGN
POP Sound.
Peter Rincon, sound designer.
COSTUME DESIGN
Anatomorphex Special Effects, North Hollywood.
Robert DeVine, owner; Paul Barnes, supervisor; Angee Beckett, pattern maker; Peter Chevako and Harvey Hubert, mechanics; Mark Wahlberg, sculptor.
THE SPOTS
Three wacky :30s promote ESPN’s 2-Minute Drill, "the ultimate sports quiz show." The spots feature a cuddly character which wears an "A:" on his chest, representing "the answer." "Mower" shows the little guy running away after being spotted by a man riding his lawnmower. The man chases the animal, who mumbles sports answers repeatedly as he escapes. In "Roof," A: jumps off the top of a house and escapes after he’s noticed by a man repairing his shingles. And in "Fishing," a family of critters near the edge of a lake scatters as a fisherman heads towards them.
Spots broke in September.