CLIENT
Visa.
PRODUCTION CO.
Tool of North America, New York.
Erich Joiner, director; Jeff Cronenweth, DP; Deirdre Harrington, executive producer; Joby Ochsner, producer. Shot on location in Los Angeles.
AGENCY
BBDO New York.
Ted Sann, co-CEO/chief creative officer; Charlie Miesmer, vice chairman/ senior executive creative director; Jimmy Siegel, executive VP/executive creative director; Michael Aimette, creative supervisor/copywriter; Phil Jungmann, creative supervisor/art director; David Frankel, senior VP/associate director/TV production.
EDITORIAL
Crew Cuts, New York.
Karen Kourtessis, editor; Kirsten Sandberg, assistant editor; Nancy Shames, executive producer; Alexis Wiscomb, producer.
POST
Nice Shoes, New York.
Chris Ryan, colorist; Ed Patrowicz and Eric Gelgand, online editors.
VISUAL EFFECTS
Quiet Man, New York.
Philana Dias, animator.
AUDIO POST
Buzz, New York.
Michael Marinelli and Rob McIver,
mixers.
THE SPOT
"Buy" highlights the spending power of Visa, and also positions the credit card as the preferred payment of Ebay. A man uses Ebay to bid on an unsightly lamp for his wife, thinking that it is a perfect match for the one she already owns. The man arrives home to find his wife wrapping up her lamp, as she informs him that she’d sold it on Ebay for $500. The :30 ends with the man sitting in his office. Adorning his desk is the lamp; a co-worker snickers about the eyesore.
Spot broke July 7.