We can all do our part to make sustainability a part of our world. That message resonates in this IKEA spot from agency Rethink Canada in which people are seen inhabiting their own in=individual little planets above the clouds–all doing their part for sustainability such as recycling, riding a bicycle, hanging laundry on a clothesline to dry.
Collectively these small acts of sustainability make for a better planet, underscored by supers which read, “A better world starts at home,” and the IKEA tagline, “The beautiful possibilities.”
Mark Zibert of production house Scouts Honour directed “Our Little World,” with visual effects from a52.
Credits
Client IKEA Agency Rethink Canada Aaron Starkman, chief creative officer; Mike Dubrick, executive creative director; Joel Holtby, head of art & creative director; Dhaval Bhatt, creative director; Hayley Hinkley, art director; Jacquelyn Parent, writer; Karine Doucet, French writer, associate creative director; Sean McDonald, chief strategy officer; Shereen Ladha, strategy director; Anne Marie Martignago, Laura Rioux, broadcast producers; Sarah Longpre, French broadcast producer; Terri Winter, digital producer. Production Company Scouts Honour Mark Zibert, director/DP; Eric Kaskens, DP; Rita Popielak, Simon Dragland, live-action exec producers; Jesson Moen, production designer. VFX a52, Santa Monica, Calif. Jesse Monsour, VFX supervisor, on-set VFX supervisor; Dan Margules, on-set VFX supervisor; Andy Wilkoff, CG supervisor; Richard Hirst, Matt Sousa, Adam Flynn, Kirk Balden, Flame artists; Whitman Lindstrom, Jie Zhou, matte painters; Adam Rosenzweig, Ariana Ziae-Mohseni, Derek Friesenborg, Dustin Mellum, Jade Smrz, Joe Paniagua, Jose Limon, Josh Dyer, Jun Kim, Mike Di Nocco, Scott Nishiki, Joey Bettinardi, Joseph Chiechi, Michael Bettinardi, Mike Di Nocco, 3D artists; Kevin Stokes, John Valle, Chris Riley, online editors; Niki Goodwin, sr. producer; Shane Hoffman, production coordinator; Stacy Kessler-Aungst, head of production; Michael Steinmann, head of CG production; Patrick Nugent, Kim Christensen, exec producers; Jennifer Sofio Hall, managing director. (Toolbox: Flame, Maya, Vray, SpeedTree, Houdini, Nuke, Photoshop, Substance Painter, Marvelous Designer). Color Primary Daniel de Vue, colorist; Corey Martinez, Dylan Bursick, color assistants; Jenny Bright, color producer; Jessica Clark, color coordinator; Thatcher Peterson, exec producer. Editorial Outsider Editorial Michael Barker, editor; Kerstin Juby, assistant editor; Denise Shearer, exec producer; Kayan Choi, producer; Inna Gertsberg, concept artist. Audio Vapor Music Ted Rosnik, music director; Ryan Chalmers, final mix; Lindsey Bates, audio producer. Music “Book of Dreams” by Daniel Tashian.
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
