After winning the account in a creative pitch at the end of 2018, Brooklyn, NY-based agency Dead As We Know It launches its first work for Pendleton Whisky with the brand’s first national marketing campaign which includes this centerpiece spot, “Everybody Falls.”
Created to honor the traditions of the American cowboy, Pendleton Whisky is the official whisky of the Pendleton Round-Up, one of America’s oldest rodeos, held each and every year in Pendleton, Oregon, since 1910.
In “Everybody Falls,” Dead As We Know It aimed to capture the unique culture of the Pendleton Round-Up, and to highlight the intense athleticism of the sport of bull riding. Dead As We Know It landed Jake Scott of RSA Films to direct the commercial, which was shot at and around the Pendleton Round-Up’s 101-year old, 17,000-seat stadium, and cast the campaign exclusively with bull riders–all of whom are competitors in the grueling professional rodeo circuit, participating in over 100 rodeos per year.
Starring up-and-coming bull rider Dalton McMurtrie and veteran Pro Rodeo champion Douglas Duncan, the commercial tells the story of a young prospect’s tough road to the Pendleton Round-Up. We watch as he repeatedly falls off practice bulls and doggedly gets back on. Finally, surrounded by his mentor and friends, the young cowboy climbs onto a 1,500 pound bull at the Round-Up and hangs on for eight harrowing, victorious seconds. The moment is celebrated with glasses of Pendleton Whisky under the stands, just inches away from the bull pens.
CreditsClient Proximo Spirits/Pendleton Whisky Agency Dead As We Know It, Brooklyn, NY Mikal Reich, executive creative director/art director; Jesse Adelman, sr. copywriter; Tara Lee Byrne, producer. Production RSA Jake Scott, director; Chris Soos, DP; David Mitchell, managing director; Tracie Norfleet, exec producer; Jason Groves, producer; Elicia Laport, head of production; Jason Hamilton, production designer. Editorial PS260 Alex Hagon, editor; Tara O’Sullivan, assistant editor; Donna Lee, sr. producer. VFX Artjail Steve Mottershead, executive creative director; Lee Towndrow, creative director; John Skeffington, exec producer; Justin Blaustein, VFX supervisor; Janine Conway, VFX producer; Marcus Wood, Emily Bloom, Dayung Ju, 2D team; Gene Dreitser, Ross Denner, 3D team. Color Company 3 Tom Poole, colorist; Alexandra Lubrano, color producer. Music/Sound Human Mike Jurasits, creative lead and sound design; James Leibow, Morgan Visconti, composers; James Wells, exec producer; Craig Caniglia, sr. producer; Sloan Alexander, sound design/mix engineer.
NHS England, M&C Saatchi UK, Director Tom Tagholm Team On PSA Highlighting The Overlooked Signs Of A Stroke
National Health Service (NHS) England has unveiled a multichannel campaign, “Act FAST,” to raise awareness of the individual signs of a stroke and get people to call 999 as soon as they suspect they may be experiencing any one symptom. The push, which is part of the ongoing “Help Us, Help You” campaign, was developed in partnership with M&C Saatchi UK.
The campaign depicts everyday situations where everything might seem relatively normal, but where there’s the sign of someone experiencing a stroke.
A key component of the campaign is this :30--directed by Tom Tagholm of Various Films--which sets up the idea that initially, a stroke might not seem like much, highlighting key symptoms: from struggling to use a paint roller, to not being able to smile when watching TV, to slurring your speech when reading a story to your grandchild. The PSA emphasizes that time is critical, ending with the line: “Face or arm or speech, at the first sign, it’s time to call 999.”
Jo Bacon, Group CEO, M&C Saatchi UK, said, “We want to ensure people take action on the first symptom, rather than waiting for more conclusive signs. To help them understand that even when everything seems normal, something serious might be happening.”
Matt Lee, executive creative director, M&C Saatchi UK, commented: “This is important work. We wanted to explore that precise moment when your world shifts, quietly yet powerfully, off its axis during a stroke. We highlight how a tiny external moment can actually be seismic—an extraordinary gear change, framed in a really ordinary way.”
Director Tagholm shared, “My Dad suffered a stroke a few years ago and was saved from the worst by acting quickly, and by the work of the NHS. So there’s... Read More