AT&T Business is using The Masters golf tournament live coverage as a platform to launch a new campaign from BBDO targeting mid-sized business. Directed by Academy-Award winner Michel Gondry of production house Partizan, the spots use portals as a visual metaphor for Edge-to-Edge Intelligence, showing how the portals show up to give business decision makers and owners the power to see and react to every corner of their business. It’s a simple visualization that shows how Edge-to-Edge technology gives businesses, especially growing businesses–in this case a Gelato company–a competitive advantage.
“Gelato” is one of three commercials in the AT&T Business campaign.
Credits
Client AT&T Business Agency BBDO David Lubars, chief creative officer, worldwide; Greg Hahn, chief creative officer, NY; Matt MacDonald, EVP, group executive creative director; Daniela Vojta, Susan Young, EVPs, executive creative directors; Kara Goodrich, SVP, sr. creative director; Pebble Goh, VP, creative director; Julie Collins, EVP, group executive producer; George Sholley, VP, executive producer; Melissa Chester, executive music producer. Production Partizan Michel Gondry, director; Lisa Tauscher, managing director/executive producer; Molly Griffin, executive producer/ head of production; Raffi Adlan, line producer; Shawn Kim, DP. Editorial Cosmo Street Editorial Tessa Davis, editor; Josh Berger, Taylor Morano, Habib Semaan, George Irizarry, assistant editors; Maura Woodward, NY exec producer; Yvette Cobarrubias, LA exec producer; Kacie Gomez, LA producer. VFX/Finishing The Mill Erin Hicke, sr. producer; Mary Mondrus, VFX coordinator; Glyn Tebbutt, creative director/2D lead; Tim Rudgard, Franz Kol, Katerina Aroyyo, Jeannie Huynh (Remedy), Daniel Lang, Matthew Dobrez, Lisa Kim, Tim Robbins, 2D team; Fredrick Ross, design lead/3D lead; Katie Yancey, 3D; Patrick Kipper, Greg Rubner, Anastasia Skrebneva, design team. Audio Post Sonic Union Steve Rosen, sound engineer; Patrick Sullivan, producer. Music Beacon Street Studios Leslie DiLullo, exec producer; Beacon Street Studios, composers. Telecine The Mill Adam Scott, colorist; Liza Kerlin, sr. color producer; Nate Seymour, Gemma Parr, Logan Highlen, color assists.
The Ad Council, partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and AdoptUSKids, launched a public service campaign, created pro bono by Edelman, which aims to inspire prospective parents to consider adopting a teen from foster care.
This centerpiece PSA titled “The Rewards”--directed by The Hudson Dusters (Michael Kuhn and Niles Roth) via Greenpoint Pictures--spotlights real adoptive families who have personally experienced the mutual benefits of adoption. This longer form PSA (and cutdown versions) begins with a touching display of openness and vulnerability as adoptive parents reflect on their adoption journeys and their initial questions and hesitations about adopting a teen. Then, in a deeply emotional turn, the adoptive parents witness their children recounting the profound rewards of adoption in their lives. The teens speak of the love they share with their parents and how the decision to become a family is reciprocal. The campaign directs viewers to the AdoptUSKids website to learn more about adopting a teen from foster care.
