Framestore served as CGI/animation house on this Super Bowl spot in which medieval combatants do battle, with the decisive strategic ploy entailing a bottle of Coca-Cola. FX&Mat of Nexus directed the TV/cinema :60 for Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore.
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy | Portland Hal Curtis, Sheena Brady, creative directors; Matt Hunnicutt, sr. agency producer; Lindsay Reed, producer. Production Company: Nexus Productions, London FX & Mat, directors; Chris O’Reilly, creative director; Julia Parfitt, exec producer; Isobel Conroy, producer; Claire Thompson, production manager. Visual Effects: Framestore CFC | London Diarmid Harrison-Murray, VFX supervisor; Sarah Hiddlestone, VFX producer; Simon French, CG supervisor; Mike Mellor, animation lead; Johnny Han, crowd lead; Russell Dodgson, composite lead; Martin Aufinger, VFX lead; Simon Bourne, telecine. Music: Stimmung Song: “1812 Overture”; Robert Miller, arranger; Ceinwyn Clark, exec producer; Joey Reyes, producer; Gus Koven, sound designer. Audio: Lime Studios Loren Silber, mixer; Jessica Locke, producer.
Brady Corbet Makes Commercial Directing Debut With Bloomberg Media Campaign Out Of W+K NY
“The Contextualist,” the latest chapter in Bloomberg Media’s “Context Changes Everything” brand platform, debuts today (3/6), creatively distinguishing Bloomberg.com & the Bloomberg app subscription’s value for global business and government leaders. The new concept builds on the campaign’s foundation of context--the power of Bloomberg’s journalism to draw deft connections between its wealth of news, insights and data in every corner of the world.
Golden Globe and BAFTA-award winning filmmaker Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) directed three new spots for the campaign via magna studios in his debut helming brand commercials. This spot titled “The Price of Tea in China” takes a well-known and seemingly simple idiom and unpacks its complexity as an international business story in a 30-second journey. (The other two commercials are “Bird in the Hand” and “Rising Tides.” The “Context” campaign continues to be developed in collaboration agency Wieden+Kennedy New York.
“‘Context Changes Everything’ has become an important rallying point with consumers to remind them what’s unique about Bloomberg as we continue to double down on global news coverage for them,” said Julia Beizer, COO, Bloomberg Media. “‘The Contextualist’ moves the brand forward by personifying the prevailing ideas of intellect, curiosity and ambition. We’ve gained more than 100,000 subscribers in the time since we first launched the campaign in September 2023, and it remains an important driving element of our investment to continue growing and engaging subscribers in the years to come.”
“As my directorial debut in the world of advertisement, I’m proud of this work for Bloomberg and how it addresses the importance of... Read More