CLIENT
EA Games/"The Sims."
PRODUCTION CO.
Compass Films, New York.
Kenan Moran, director; Eric Schmidt, DP; Lise Ostbirk, executive producer; Karen Renaudin, line producer. Shot at Lakeshore Studios, Toronto.
AGENCY
Odiorne Wilde Narraway & Partners, San Francisco.
Jeff Odiorne, creative director; Chris Weldon, executive producer; Gale Gortney, producer; Graham Lee, art director; Alex Loomis, copywriter.
STOCK FOOTAGE
The Image Bank, San Francisco.
EDITORIAL
Bob ‘n Sheila’s Edit World,
San Francisco.
Tim Fender, editor; Kim Bittle, assistant editor; Gina LoCurcio, executive producer/producer; Saima Awan, producer.
POST/VISUAL EFFECTS
Bob ‘n Sheila’s Edit World.
Ernie Camacho, online editor; Eugene Libadia, Smoke assistant; Ivan Miller, Mac artist.
R!OT, Santa Monica.
Bob Festa, colorist.
AUDIO POST
Transmedia, San Francisco.
Scott Greiner, engineer.
SOUND DESIGN
Rosnick MacKinnon, Toronto.
Ted Rosnick, sound designer.
THE SPOTS
Eight wacky :30s showcase the characters found in "The Sims," a video game which allows one to create and control people. The sitcom-style ads open and close in the same fashion, but the middle of each features a surprise situation, complete with a laugh track. The campaign comprises "Vibrating Bed," "Party Pick-Up," "Strip Poker," "Chemistry," "Hot Tub," "Pizza Delivery," "Llama" and "Pie Gag."
Spots broke Nov. 14.