The newest short film from Under Armour’s “Rule Yourself” campaign features Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps.
Directed by Martin de Thurah of Epoch Films for Droga5 New York, the short focuses on the intense training regimen, sacrifice and determination of Phelps as he trains into the wee hours. His story is a perfect fit for the Under Armour mantra, “It’s what you do in the dark that puts you in the light.”
Client Under Armour Agency Droga5 NY David Droga, creative chairman/executive creative director; Ted Royer, chief creative officer; Tim Gordon, group creative director; Alexander Nowak, Felix Richter, creative directors; Toby Treyer-Evans, Laurie Howell, copywriters/art directors; Cynthia Ratasbouth, design director; Sally-Ann Dale, chief creation officer; Ben Davies, head of broadcast production; Adam Perloff, executive producer; Niklas Lindstrom, head of interactive production; Cliff Lewis, head of art production; Julia Menassa, sr. art producer; Jennifer Lally, Tessa Modi, designers. Production Epoch Films Martin de Thurah, director; Kasper Tuxen, DP; Melissa Culligan, exec producer; Michaela Johnson, producer. Editorial Stitch/Cartel Leo Scott, editor. Postproduction Blacksmith Sound Design Q Department, New York. Music “The Last Goodbye” by The Kills Audio Post Chris Afzal, mixer/sound editing.
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
