In Coca-Cola’s “Thirsty,” a completely red screen has small white writing sending a clever message to the viewer. “Right now,” the message starts out, “someone is getting a Coke out of their refrigerator instead of watching this commercial. The rest of us are thirsty.” White bubbles fill the screen, leaving just the shape of a Coke bottle in red.
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy | Portland Chief Creative Officer, Mark Fenske; Creative Director, Mark Fitzloff; CD/Art Director, Hal Curtis; Copywriter, Sheena Brady; Art Director, Aaron Allen; Executive Producer, Ben Grylewicz; Producer, Patti Stein; Assistant Producre, Melanie Fedunok Production Company: Brand New School Creative Director, Jens Gehlhaar; EP, Jennifer Sofio; Designers, Eli Carrico, Jens Gehlhaar, Megan McGinley; Animators ,Dickson Chow, Taekyu Ki, Trix Taylor, Kirk Shintani, Dave Yan; Producer, Kevin Brook Music: Agoraphone Music Direction Music Supervisor, Beth Urdang; Music Used in Campaign: ๏ฟฝThirsty,๏ฟฝ ๏ฟฝSolstice (Song for David)๏ฟฝ by Allen Clapp; ๏ฟฝFormula,๏ฟฝ ๏ฟฝPoint of Hope๏ฟฝ by Static; ๏ฟฝWondering,๏ฟฝ ๏ฟฝI๏ฟฝd Like to Teach The World to Sing๏ฟฝ by John Dragonetti; ๏ฟฝCrushed Ice,๏ฟฝ ๏ฟฝpopular Mechanics for Lovers๏ฟฝ by Beulah; ๏ฟฝOlympics Ice,๏ฟฝ ๏ฟฝA Night in Vegas๏ฟฝ by Victor Malloy; ๏ฟฝTemperature,๏ฟฝ ๏ฟฝWe were Never Built to Last๏ฟฝ by Electric President; ๏ฟฝNew Year๏ฟฝs Eve,๏ฟฝ ๏ฟฝwant No Other๏ฟฝ by Holly Golightly; ๏ฟฝ
The Docter Twins Direct Part 2 Of FactSets’ “Not Just The Facts” Comedy Campaign From VSA Partners
FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider, has partnered with Chicago-based creative agency VSA Partners to unveil a second round of spots in its โNot Just the Factsโ campaign. The campaign originally launched back in April.
The campaign was built on a core strategic insight: While quality data is critical for financial professionals, facts in isolation provide little value. FactSetโs personalization, data connectivity, open and flexible technology, and dedicated service and support provide the context necessary for the investment community to turn facts into valuable insights--and make the most of them.
The new creative picks up where the previous left off. This time it focuses on a particularly boorish office worker, drolly played by character actor Wyndham Maxwell, who ticks off an encyclopedic list of facts and non sequiturs during business meetings and to the bemusement of his colleagues.
The tongue-in-cheek campaign, which plays more like a perfect-pitch comedy series than a typical B2B commercial effort, is a major departure from financial services industry norm--both in its use of humor and in its humanistic approach. Starting this week, FactSet will roll out 16 unique spotsโa combination of :30s, :15s, :06s and nine โshortsโโacross multiple channels including digital, streaming and CTV.
This :30, โDinos,โ has an office workerโs relevant reference to dinosaurs spark our boorish colleague who proceeds to utter one irrelevant fact after another about the prehistoric creatures.
The Los Angelesโbased Docter Twins (Matthew and Jason Docter) directed the original campaign and this new humorous work through their production company, Thinking Machine. The identical twin... Read More