In a series of humorous videos currently scoring big on YouTube, homegrown hockey stars Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon spend the day manning a Tim Hortons drive-through window in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Created by JWT Toronto and directed by Jordan Brady via his Canadian affiliate, Cartilage in Toronto (Brady is a principal in U.S. production house Superlounge), the first video, “Drive Thru Rookies With Sid & Nate,” has already topped 1.5 million views and counting.
“Sidney Crosby & Nate MacKinnon didn’t pretend,” Brady said. “They really worked that shift and we shot it. Thanks JWT and Tim Hortons for the opportunity of a lunchtime!”
Credits
Client Tim Hortons Agency JWT Toronto Matt Syberg-Olsen, VP, creative director; Troy Geoghegan, art director; Kyla Galloway, copywriter; Pam Portsmouth, producer. Production Company Cartilage Jordan Brady, director; William Cranor, exec producer; Guy Godfree, DP. Postproduction Married to Giants Geoff Ashenhurst, editor
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
