A dog picks up an errant ball during a street soccer game and takes off, as the players scramble after the canine but to no avail. The dog has his prized soccer ball and takes it inside a house to present to his mate, a disinterested dog.
Undeterred, the male dog goes outside to find something that will spark his intended beau. He eludes a pack of dogs after taking their stuffed animal. Again, the lovely lass isn’t impressed.’
A succession of gifts then follows–a baseball glove, a slipper, a squeeze toy–with the same result. This lady dog isn’t easily won over.
Finally our courting dog digs up a ratty old bone from a backyard and brings it to the picky canine. Finally, she’s impressed, perks up and picks up the bone.
This courtship underscores the importance of finding the right gift, paralleling that to the precision of State Street Global Advisors’ SPDR ETF financial investments.
Shot in black and white, the spot pays homage to the French film Breathless, with appropriate music to boot.
The spot was directed by the Guard Brothers of bicoastal/international Smuggler for agency The Gate Worldwide, New York. The DP was Joost Van Gelder.
The Gate ensemble included agency executive creative director/writer David Bernstein, creative director/art director Bill Schwab and producer Bob Samuel.
Editor was Chuck Willis of The Cutting Room, New York.
Visual effects house was Absolute Post, New York. Dirk Greene served as VFX supervisor/lead Flame artist for Absolute.
Composer was Darren Solomon of Big Foote, New York.
Stars Among Those Who Lost Their Homes In L.A. Area Fires; Jamie Lee Curtis Pledges $1M To Relief Effort
Fires burning in and around Los Angeles have claimed the homes of numerous celebrities, including Billy Crystal, Jeff Bridges, and R&B star Jhené Aiko, and led to sweeping disruptions of entertainment events. Three awards ceremonies planned for this weekend have been postponed. Next week's Oscar nominations have been delayed. And tens of thousands of Angelenos are displaced and awaiting word Thursday on whether their homes survived the flames — some of them the city's most famous denizens. Thousands of structures have been destroyed but damage assessments are just beginning. More than 180,000 people are also under evacuation orders in the metropolitan area, from the Pacific Coast inland to Pasadena, a number that continues to shift as new fires erupt. Late Wednesday, a fire in the Hollywood Hills was scorching the hills near the famed Hollywood Bowl and Dolby Theatre, which is the home of the Academy Awards. That fire had been largely contained without damage to Hollywood landmarks. Here are how the fires are impacting celebrities and the Los Angeles entertainment industry: Stars whose homes have burned in the fires Celebrities like Crystal and his wife, Janice, were sharing memories of the homes they lost. The Crystals lost the home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood that they lived in for 45 years. "Janice and I lived in our home since 1979. We raised our children and grandchildren here. Every inch of our house was filled with love. Beautiful memories that can't be taken away. We are heartbroken of course but with the love of our children and friends we will get through this," the Crystals wrote in the statement. After her learning her Pacific Palisades home was lost in the fires, Melissa Rivers says she was... Read More