In this long-form spot directed by Wayne McClammy of Hungry Man for Old Navy and agency Chandelier Creative, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Silicon Valley’s Kumail Nanjiani are amateur partners in crime, ransacking Snoop Dogg’s house, holding him hostage in an attempt to steal $1 million.
However, we learn that the entire break-in could have been avoided our would-be criminals went to Old Navy, where the store is giving away $1 million to a lucky customer.
Client Old Navy Agency Chandelier Creative Richard Christiansen, Lena Kuffner, creative directors; Sara Fisher, executive producer; Gulshan Jaffery, producer; Camilla Rothenberg, production coordinator; Production Hungry Man Wayne McClammy, director; Mino Jarjoura, Dan Duffy, exec producers; Dave Bernstein, line producer; Phedon Papamichael, DP. Editorial Final Cut Patrick Coleman, Crispin Struthers, editors; Suzy Ramirez, head of production; Mackenzie Alexander, producer. Postproduction Color Collective Alex Bickel, Mike Howell, colorists; Claudia Guevara, exec producer. Audio Post Sonic Union Mike Marinelli, mixer. VFX Significant Others Alek Rost, finishing producer.
Following World AIDS Day, which was celebrated on December 1, co-production companies Central Films and Freelance For track one man’s existential, and potentially career-altering, decision to “come out” as living with HIV in Spain in this public service spot titled “The HInVisible Celebrity.”
Out of agency Señora Rushmore for ViiV Healthcare Spain, in collaboration with GESIDA, SEISIDA, and Apoyo Positivo, the PSA--directed by Rodrigo García Sáiz via Central Films Spain--addresses the stigma against publicly living with HIV in Spanish society. In the more than 40 years since the first case of HIV appeared in Spain, no public figure in Spain has claimed to have HIV. Viiv Healthcare Spain asks, if there are 150,000 people with HIV in Spain (or approximately 1 in 300), why don’t we know anyone with HIV?
The central character, who dons a mask of television-pixelated anonymity, gives himself an introspective pep-talk ahead of announcing his status to the Spanish public. Along the way, he wonders what will become of his career, and reputation in general, even as he recognizes that his declaration could change Spain’s cultural landscape for the better and for all of those in Spain who live with HIV every day. As no public figure in Spain has ever announced living with HIV--due to fear of public rejection--this character realizes that such a role model could change that.
The character has already begun building social media awareness with his Instagram profile, @famosoinvihsible, which began cataloging his life as a public figure earlier this fall. Still, though, the figure either leaves himself out of the picture, faces away from the camera, or dons the pixelated mask associated with anonymous admission. “The HInVisible... Read More
