Deutsch New York created a “New Way to Well” campaign for VillageMD, a national provider of value-based primary care services, which included this spot titled “Factory” in which a doctor is literally whisked away in the midst of treating a patient, The commercial depicts a broken healthcare system–taking the form of a complex automated assembly line where patients don’t get the time and attention they deserve. VillageMD is then positioned as driving much needed change which keeps doctor and patient together, communicating and building a relationship.
Patrick Daughters of Anonymous Content directed the VillageMD package of spots, including “Factory," with Artjail serving as VFX house.
Credits
Client VillageMD Agency Deutsch New York Samira Ansari, chief creative officer; Jeff Kopay, Craig Feigen, Adam Glickman, Matt Vescovo, Scott Kaplan, creative directors; Liz Gumbinner, EVP, executive creative director; Melatan Riden, EVP, head of art & design; Alexandre Correa, design director; Joyce Shi, Limber Zhang, designers; Miriam Franklin, EVP, head of integrated production; Gillian Burkley, sr. producer; Matt Onorato, digital producer. Production Anonymous Content Patrick Daughters, director; SueEllen Claire, exec producer; James Waters, line producer. Production Services Division Films Viktor Mara, line producer. Editorial Final Cut JD Smyth, editor; Maria Cunningham, assistant editor; Laura Mirabell, exec producer; Sarah Roebuck, managing director. Telecine Trafik Mark Gethin, colorist. VFX ArtJail John Skeffington, managing director/exec producer/partner; Elizabeth Thuvanuti Keating, head of production, NY & L.A.; Adriana Wong, sr. producer; Andreina Villabon, production assistant; Steve Mottershead, founder/executive creative director/shoot supervisor; JD Yepes, head of 2D, partner/VFX lead/shoot supervisor; Jackie Liao, head of 3D; Dayung Jo, Wes Cronk, 2D artists; Todd herman, Mark Ingle, Cody Chen, Emily Irish, 3D artists; Darren Chang, previz; James Healey, concept design; DJ Miranda, U.S. sr. data tech, NY & L.A.; Stephen Ramnarine, data tech. (Toolbox: Nuke, Maya, Houdini, Flame) Music JSM Joel Simon, CEO/CCO/co-composer; Nathan Kil, co-composer; Jeff Fiorello, VP/exec producer; Norm Felker, Andrew Manning, sr. producers; Sharon Cha, producer. Audio Post Heard City Phil Loeb, partner, sound designer & mixer; Gloria Pitagorsky, partner/managing director; Liana Rosenberg, producer.
How do you top one of the most viral brand videos ever made? Spoiler alert: you can’t. But when Dollar Shave Club tapped Zack Seckler to direct a new campaign to revive the absurdist humor of its iconic launch video, he knew he had a rare opportunity to create something special.
The brief was simple: introduce the concept of a physical “Club” that people would love to join while showcasing Dollar Shave Club’s products and embracing the weird. From script to direction and post, Seckler--an alum of SHOOT’s 2021 New Directors Showcase--was invited to help sculpt that vision.
The result is this “Welcome to the Club” spot which invites us to join a unique, seemingly exclusive but in reality an accessible and affordable fraternity of Dollar Shave Club members. But you need to know the password or more accurately, the two-word phrase--"shave money."
“The Club” campaign brings the brand back to its humorous roots, reflecting a new chapter after being acquired by Nexus Capital Management from Unilever in late 2023. The work takes Dollar Shave Club back to its disruptive beginnings and what made the brand a viral sensation from its inception in 2011.
