This tongue-in-cheek infomercial style longer form PSA promotes the many advantages of having a pet dog–as we see canines serve as floor cleaners (eating spilled food), a barking alarm system when someone rings the doorbell, a concierge fetching the morning newspaper, a babysitter, even a physical fitness trainer (with the “gym attachment” of a leash bringing master and dog together to jog).
Agency R&R Partners conceptualized the spot, directed by Bill Aylward via FiveSix Productions. The spot is part of an integrated campaign to promote pet ownership and drive traffic to the Animal Foundation’s NewPetNow.com where dogs and cats can be adopted.
Credits
Client The Animal Foundation (Las Vegas) Agency R&R Partners Arnie DiGeorge, executive creative director; Ron Lopez, creative director; Chrissy Deem, Mary Money, copywriters; Rachel Hogan, art director. Sherpa Pictures, agency producer. Production FiveSix Productions Bill Aylward, director; Rob Jax, exec producer; David C. Smith, DP. Editorial FiveSix Productions John Stocker, editor.
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
