Real people meet celebrity testimonials in this tongue-in-cheek Geico insurance campaign directed by Chris Smith of bicoastal Smuggler for The Martin Agency, Richmond, Va. In “Burt Bacharach,” the noted songwriter, clad in a tuxedo, sits at a piano alongside Brenda Coates, a real Geico customer. Coates relates her story, which is then translated sentence by sentence into song by Bacharach who provides piano accompaniment to his vocals.
Agency: The Martin Agency Steve Bassett, creative director; Bob Meagher, copywriter; Adam Stockton, art director; Holly Flaisher, producer; Valerie Battenfeld, assistant producer. Production Company: Smuggler Chris Smith, director; Brian Carmody, executive producer; Suzanne Hargrove, producer; Stefan Czapsky, DP. Editorial: Spot Welders Inc. Dick Gordon, editor; Dahkil Hausif, assistant editor Postproduction: Company 3 New York,Method Billy Gabor, colorist,Jay Tillen, online editor Audio: McHale at Irvig Place Mark Harder, engineer
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 โNot Just the Factsโ 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. FactSetโs 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 spotsโa combination of :30s, :15s, :06s and nine โshortsโโacross multiple channels including digital, streaming and CTV.
This :30, โDinos,โ has an office workerโs relevant reference to dinosaurs spark our boorish colleague who proceeds to utter one irrelevant fact after another about the prehistoric creatures.
The Los Angelesโbased 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