Procter & Gamble’s Gillette Venus rolled out this piece to further de-stigmatize the care of pubic hair. From Grey NY, the spot debuts the song “It’s Time to Care (For Your Public Hair)” featuring female rapper Princess Nokia.
A worthy follow-up to last year’s “The Pube Song”–for which BANG Music won the AMP Award for Best Original Song in a commercial directed by Sacha Beeley of animation studio Strange Beast–this new animated film again teamed Grey NY and Beeley, with BANG as the music house.
“I love that Venus is using all means to get people comfortable with saying pubic,” said Princess Nokia, co-writer and featured artist. “As a songwriter and rapper, I connect with my fans by helping them show up as their truest selves.”
CreditsClient Procter & Gamble/Gillette Venus Agency Grey New York Javier Bonilla, global executive creative director; Rebecca Flinn, creative director, art; Bevan Mahaney, creative director, copy; Lauren Otis, associate creative director, copy; Sophia Moore, sr. art director; Claire Wyatt, sr. writer. Production Agency Townhouse James McPherson, chief production officer; Keira Rosenthal, VP, executive integrated producer; Jasmine Reyes, associate integrated producer; Kurt Steinke, director of music production; Beliansh Assefa, associate music producer. Production Company Strange Beast Sacha Beeley, director; Zoe Muslim, exec producer; Louise Simpson, Nefeli Petika, producers; Nelly Michenaud, Harriet Gillian, Matt Lloyd, Matt Partridge, Ana Garcia Sebastia, animators; Eloise Garlick, Zohar Dvir, Lydia Reid, Daisy Mojave Holland, Laura Jayne Hodkin, animation assistants; Linus Kraemer, compositor. Postproduction GPS Ned Martin, executive post producer; Devon Edwards, post producer; Andrea Podaski, head of edit assist; Brandon Cotter, assistant editor. Music & Audio Post BANG Brian Jones, composer; Alec Setten, exec producer; Karen Lloyd, lead singer. Music Princess Nokia, co-writer & featured artist.
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