Running out of ink can be a pain in the neck. Luckily, HP has created the remedy to the many challenges of printing at home. Instant Ink — a subscription that automatically delivers ink to your door before you run out. To spread the word, in this campaign from Goodby Silverstein & Partners, HP is enlisting modern day spokes-vampires, portrayed by Beth Dover (Orange is the New Black) and Tom Musgraves (Fargo). The immortal couple has seen many human innovations over the centuries, but Instant ink changes their whole world.
This “Midday” :30 is part of the “They Print at Night” campaign series of spots directed by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Rob McElhenney via production house Raucous.
McElhenney said, “We love using the fact that vampires can’t leave their house during the day to highlight how annoying it is to run out of ink.”
“The idea wasn’t to write TV commercials, but rather approach these more like an episodic sitcom. We want people to ask ‘when’s season 2 coming?!’ That’s why Rob was the perfect guy for the job,” said Laura Petruccelli, executive creative director, Goodby Silverstein & Partners.
Credits
Client HP Agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners Rich Silverstein, co-chairman; Laura Petruccelli, executive creative director; Andrew Bancroft, creative director; Roseanne Overston, art director; Kayla Lott, copywriter; Leila Gage, director of broadcast production; Tess Kenner, executive producer; Melissa Nagy, sr. producer; Bonnie Wan, partner, head of brand strategy; Christine Chen, partner, head of communications strategy; Dong Kim, group communications strategy director; Matt Hudgins, sr. communications strategist; Josh German, jr. communications strategist; Kelly Evans-Pfeifer, group brand strategy director; Cassidy Wilber, brand strategy director. Production Company Raucous Rob McElhenney, director; Steve Wi, Phyllis Koenig, owners/exec producers; Gonul Aldogan, head of production; Leanne Amos, producer; Mike Berlucci, DP; Rika Nakanishi, production designer; Dawn Boonyachlito, wardrobe stylist. Production, doormat tag shot Andrew Butte, director; Mark Sandoff, DP; Amanda Steigerwald, line producer. Photography Quinn Gravier, photographer; Keegan Attlee, photo assistant; Noah Daho, sr. print producer; Dmax Imaging, photo retouching. Editorial Union Editorial Graham Turner, editor; Connie Chuang, Roman Petrov, assistant editors; Michael Raimondi, president/managing partner; Joe Ross, exec producer. VFX/Finish KEVIN Tim Davies, ECD, partner; Robert Murdock, lead Flame/VFX supervisor; Sue Troyan, sr. exec producer/partner; Jami Schakel, sr. VFX producer. Telecine Company 3 Tom Poole, colorist; Alexandra Lubrano, color producer. Music Shortcake Music Katie Day, creative director; Kyle VandeKerkhoff, producer/mixer; Dmitriy Bolotnyy, composer. Sound Design/Audio Post Lime Studios Adam Primack, sound designer/mixer; Susie Boyajan, exec producer.
Stain remover Vanish presents this emotional short film--created by BETC Havas, Sao Paulo, and produced by LOBO--that explores the profound consequences of bullying and highlights the importance of open conversations between parents and children. Titled The Bully Monster, the animated film premiered at the Maquinaria Festival in Rio de Janeiro on February 15 in a special edition featuring family-focused programming.
The film’s protagonist is a boy who experiences bullying at school but keeps silent about his suffering. Isolation turns sadness into insecurity, creating invisible emotional scars that only grow in the absence of dialogue. When his mother notices stains on his uniform, these marks become the starting point for a revealing conversation. As words find space to make themselves heard, the stains begin to fade.
This initiative aligns with the Vanish Saves Your Uniform campaign, which, for the past three years during the back-to-school season, has engaged with parents by positioning the brand as a trusted partner in preserving school uniforms. This year, Vanish decided to broaden the conversation, bringing bullying into the debate as the real stain that can impact a child’s life.
The Bully Monster is being screened as preshow material in movie theaters starting February 20 and will also be available on streaming platforms and digital channels. In addition to the film, the campaign will include out-of-home activations and school initiatives through a partnership with Abrace – Preventive Programs, the founding organization of the “Bullying-Free Schools” program, which has been equipping institutions with resources to combat school violence for 12 years.
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