Last year, Paramount+ ascended to the Super Bowl with a groundbreaking campaign featuring over 30 stars from film, TV, sports, and news series coming together to climb the fabled Mount Paramount.
And just this past weekend, Paramount+ returned to the mountain during the AFC Championship game with this “Bonfire” spot, a nod to the highly anticipated Halo series coming to Paramount+ later this year, with the creative having a little bit of fun with the Halo theme song. “Bonfire” stars iCarly’s Miranda Cosgrove, Halo’s Pablo Schreiber, The Good Fight’s Audra McDonald and Christine Baranski, Reno 911’s Thomas Lennon, South Park’s Cartman, Jackass’ Johnny Knoxville, NFL superstars Matt Judon and Jalen Hurts and more talent from across Paramount+ titles. The campaign is also voiced over by Grammy Award winner Tim McGraw.
Also returning to Mount Paramount to direct “Bonfire” was David Shane of production house O Positive.
CreditsClient ViacomCBS/Paramount+ Agency Droga5 NY Tim Gordon, Felix Richter, co-chief creative officer; Dan Kelly, group creative director; Sean Buckhorn, sr. copywriter; Gonzalo Navarro, sr. art director; Emilie Abel, copywriter; Sara Meinecke, art director; Jeremy Fox, executive producer, film; Forrest Holt, sr. producer, film; Adam Vevang, producer, film; Lauren Bautista, associate producer, film. Kathryn Ruocco, group communications strategy director; Emily Mulvey, brand strategy director; Soheyla Escher, sr. communications strategist. Production O Positive David Shane, director; Jeff Kim, DP; Ralph Laucella, Marc Grill, exec producer; Jason Reda, Devon Clark, producers; Maia Javan, production designer; Greg McCollum, first assistant director; Luke Fiegar, production supervisor. Editorial Arcade Dave Anderson, editor; Sam Barden, assistant editor; Sila Soyer, partner/exec producer; Ellen Lavery, producer. Postproduction/VFX The Mill Nathan Kane, executive creative director; TJ Sponzo, exec producer; Colin Blaney, Luis Martin, production supervisors; Joaquina Lopez, producer; Kshitij Khanna, VFX supervisor, 2D lead; Zach Stimell, associate producer; Tara Goodman, production coordinator; James Mulholland, Seon Crawford, CG leads; Oisin O’Driscoll, Joni Brandenburg, colorists; Brian O’Donnell, design; Tara Holland, Luke Midgley, Michael Almodovar, Noah Catan, Andrew Emmerson, Kevan Lee, Matt McDonald, Marxcelo Pasqualino, Tamir Sapir, Akhil A S, 2D team; Abhishek Jain, Bhushan Thakur, Bikash Kalita, Chatta Ravikumar, Chetan Shelar, Jijo Joseph, Jyoti Nikam, Nilesh Patil, Sachin Ranaware, Sagar Gawande, 2D paint; Amit Kumar Shukla, Amit Singh, Apurva Palkar, Ashish Bhange, Avinash Sapale, Deepak Kumar, Jaydeep Rajendra Jadhav, Karthik A, Ketan Prabhakar Gangadhare, Manu PS, Nilesh Kale, Nitin Yashwant Thorat, Rahul Jagtap, Ramchandran Kannappan, Shrikant Jadhav, Vignesh Rajendran, roto; Arsen Arzumanyan, CG previs; Matt Roach, CG FX; Aman Jain, Dinesh B, Dinesh Kanakaraj, Dongili Varaprassad, Kartik Arona, Neveen Srinivasan, Sandeep Kumar Yadav, Shravan Srikanth, Sivasubramanian, CG matte painting; Christian Peck, Michael Davin, CG animation; Arman Matin, Bingi Akhil, Krantikumar Rawat, Nishant Amin, Setty Ashok Chakravarthy, CG lighting; Sathyaraj A, Sriram Namana, Bhushan Ghurade, Santosh Ambre, Vivek Shedge, CG tracking. Music Human James Wells, exec producer; Morgan Visconti, creative lead; Matthew O’Malley, composer. Sound Heard City Stefano Campbello, Evan Mangiamele, Phil Loeb, sound designers/audio mixers; Chenoa Tarin, Ronnie Stapleton, Seth Brogdon, Virginia Wright, Zoltan Monori, assistant engineers; Gloria Pitagorsky, managing director/partner; Sasha Awn, Jackie James, exec producers; Liana Rosenberg, sr. producer; Nick DuVarney, producer; Dylan Stetson, assistant producer.
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