American Family Insurance connects with Marvel Studio’s Captain America: Brave New World–which hits theaters this week (2/14)–on a campaign which reflects the parallels between the insurance company’s Red Roofline and Captain America’s iconic shield as trusted symbols of protection.
This :45 cinema ad features original footage with Anthony Mackie as Captain America in an action-packed sequence that concludes at a family’s home. Introduced by American Family Insurance’s distinctive musical jingle, we hear a voiceover reminding viewers “Life’s better when you’re under our roof because we help protect your dreams.” As Captain America checks on the family, their son remarks, “I like your shield.” Captain America looks upward to the red roof and responds, “I like yours, too.” The ad ends with the company logo and its long-running tagline, “Insure carefully, dream fearlessly.”
The :45 cinema spot and :30 TV version were directed by Anthony Leonardi III via production house Eleanor for ad agency Elite Media.
Credits
Clients American Family Insurance, Marvel Agency Elite Media Chris Crawford, chief creative officer; Jindai Joseph, executive creative lead; Gati Curtis, president; Adam Glickman, Craig Feigen, creative directors; Emilio Ayala, Mo Alsadi, art directors. Production Company Eleanor Anthony Leonardi III, director; Sophie Gold, president; Rochelle Savory, head of production; Nathaniel Greene, Russ Lemkin, producers; Sarah McColgan, DP. Editorial The Den Christjan Jordan, editor; Jesse Richard, assistant editor; Lucia Villalta, prdoucer; Jennifer Mersis, exec producer. VFX The Mill Gavin Wellsman, executive creative director; Nhat Tran, creative director; Ruairi Twohig, Eva-Maria Kuehlmann, VFX supervisors; Chris Connolly, sr. exec producer.
Tom Tagholm of Various Films directed this moving piece for the U.K.’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) out of creative agency MullenLowe UK.
Focused on adult social care, the public service film delves into the world of care providers and how they connect with those they help. We feel how gratifying it is to assist people in daily tasks, the value it brings to their lives--and to the lives of those who provide this special care.
It’s a special career for people who might not have previously considered the role. It’s about a fulfilling job that fulfills lives. There’s a shared, reciprocal energy that emerges from working together in this way.
Capturing this dynamic and doing justice to this human story grew out of the creatives and filmmaker spending an extended amount of time in this world--long before any scheduled lensing. At this juncture, there were no cameras, just getting to know those involved--sharing tea and chatting, driven by a curiosity about life.
And this facilitated down the line the capturing of real human stories--trying not to get in the way of the natural rhythms of these special relationships as they unfolded. The mission was to recognize and capture all this--and in some cases uncover the significant moments and feelings inside of an apparently normal day. At the same time, the role of adult special care providers isn’t sugarcoated. There are challenges on both sides of the relationship. Yet there is a magic to the seemingly mundane, practical beats in a life--getting from point A to point B, answering emails, shopping, the daily tasks where the connection felt the most vivid and inspiring. One such task was seeing a man in a kitchen, cutting an onion for the first time, experiencing the joy of cooking.
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