CG character “The Lord of Mishap” wreaks havoc on a residential neighborhood, throwing firebombs which set a house ablaze. A car slams into a power pole, which topples over. However, in a heartbeat, all the damage is reversed. Turns out we’re in the throes of a videogame being played by Farmers Insurance staffers who have reached “Level 5” and are able to instantly counteract disaster. The menacing Lord of Mishap is reduced to utter helplessness.
Agency: Campbell Ewald | Los Angeles Bill Ludwig, chief creative officer; Debbie Karnowsky, executive creative director; Mike Conboy, associate creative director/art director; Neville Anderson, associate creative director/copywriter; Bob Solano, head of production; John Haggerty, executive producer.
Production Company: Aero Film Klaus Obermeyer, director/DP; Skip Short, executive producer; Lance O’Connor, producer; Bernie Wesson, head of production; Kate Thumann, production supervisor.
Editorial: Aero Film Barnett Kiel, editor; Stephan Malik, assistant editor; Bernie Wesson, producer
Postproduction: Company 3 Los Angeles Stefan Sonnenfeld, colorist
Visual Effects: House of Moves Capture Studios,Movie Arms Management,Sight Effects Inc Mike Jantz, motion capture supervisor; Scott Gagain, executive producer; Chris Bellaci, production manager.
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,Melissa Davies, executive producer/visual effects supervisor; Adrian Hurley,
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The Docter Twins Direct Part 2 Of FactSets’ “Not Just The Facts” Comedy Campaign From VSA Partners
FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider, has partnered with Chicago-based creative agency VSA Partners to unveil a second round of spots in its “Not Just the Facts” campaign. The campaign originally launched back in April.
The campaign was built on a core strategic insight: While quality data is critical for financial professionals, facts in isolation provide little value. FactSet’s personalization, data connectivity, open and flexible technology, and dedicated service and support provide the context necessary for the investment community to turn facts into valuable insights--and make the most of them.
The new creative picks up where the previous left off. This time it focuses on a particularly boorish office worker, drolly played by character actor Wyndham Maxwell, who ticks off an encyclopedic list of facts and non sequiturs during business meetings and to the bemusement of his colleagues.
The tongue-in-cheek campaign, which plays more like a perfect-pitch comedy series than a typical B2B commercial effort, is a major departure from financial services industry norm--both in its use of humor and in its humanistic approach. Starting this week, FactSet will roll out 16 unique spots—a combination of :30s, :15s, :06s and nine “shorts”—across multiple channels including digital, streaming and CTV.
This :30, “Dinos,” has an office worker’s relevant reference to dinosaurs spark our boorish colleague who proceeds to utter one irrelevant fact after another about the prehistoric creatures.
The Los Angeles–based Docter Twins (Matthew and Jason Docter) directed the original campaign and this new humorous work through their production company, Thinking Machine. The identical twin... Read More