After capital investments this year in both on-mountain attractions (new summer rides, winter chairlifts) and off- (new retail area and restaurants), POWDR Corp., owner of Copper Mountain, Frisco, Colo., wanted those improvements known. So from this sprung a campaign, agency TDA_Boulder's first work for the new client touting the fun and recreation available at Copper Mountain.
In this TV :30 titled “I! Miss You,” a video game avatar sheds a tear for his former teen gamer, Brad. The lad now prefers real snowboarding to joy-stick combat, leaving his avatar warrior playmate alone in full lament mode.
The :30 is airing on broadcast TV in Colorado, and on Outside TV and on the Tout network where its reach includes Colorado and some of the Midwest (Chicago to Austin).
Ben Perry of L.A. production house Hobnob directed “I! Miss You.”
Credits
Client Copper Mountain, Frisco, Colo. Agency TDA_Boulder, Boulder, Colo. Jonathan Schoenberg, executive creative director; Alex Rice, Jeremy Seibold, creative directors; Ande Eich, Zach Minard, art directors; Zola Owsley, copywriter; Sarah Sweeney, producer. Production Hobnob, Los Angeles Ben Perry, director; Dennis Di Salvo, Jonathon Ker, exec producers; Chris Crawford, line producer. Animation MakeFX, Kailua Kona, Hawaii Rusty Ippolito, animator; Daniele Auber, concept design. Editorial Cosmo Street, Santa Monica, Calif. John Bradley, editor; Shinya Saito, conform. Color Apache, Santa Monica Steve Rodriguez, colorist. Sound Thunk, Santa Monica Music APM Music, Hollywood. Motion Capture House of Moves, El Segundo, Calif.
Continuing their partnership to combat the mental health crisis among America’s youth, the Ad Council and McCann New York have released the latest installment of the “Sound It Out” campaign which focuses on helping parents and caregivers have meaningful conversations with their kids about emotional wellbeing.
The new work, “Listening is a Form of Love,” focuses on the important role parents and caregivers play in supporting young people’s emotional wellbeing and is supported by new data from Surgo Health’s Youth Mental Health Tracker. The survey highlights that: 55% of youth (ages 10-24) report mental health struggles; and one in five youth report symptoms of depression, and one in four report symptoms of anxiety.
The film includes an interactive digital experience that invites parents to practice “holding space” by pressing the space bar to listen to kids sharing what they wish their parents could hear, in their own words. Along with this literal interpretation of the active listening the campaign encourages, the website also gives valuable tools to help parents and caregivers be better listeners, and in turn, better support their kids.
There is also this 60-second PSA--directed by Alex Fischman Cardenas via Greenpoint Pictures--which underscores the power and importance of listening to your loved ones.
