Back in May of this year, NFL star receiver Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals, attained his Bachelor’s in Communication degree from the University of Phoenix, marking the completion of a promise he made to his mother in 2003 before he lost her to breast cancer. In the years following her death, he revealed that he would call his childhood home in St. Paul, Minnesota, to hear her voice recorded on the answering machine. In the TV spot “Voicemail,” Larry calls home, and this time leaves a message, thanking her for inspiring him not only as a student but as a son and father.
Larry’s message to his mom was unrehearsed. His message in the spot was the first and only take filmed.
Credits
Client University of Phoenix Agency 180LA William Gelner, chief creative officer; Eduardo Marques, Rafael Rizuto, executive creative directors; Wilson Mateos, creative director; Alex Goulart, associate creative director/copywriter; Joao Madeiros, associate creative director/art director; Natasha Wellesley, head of integrated production; Michael Quinones, producer. Production Tool of North America John X. Carey, director; Oliver Fuselier, managing partner, live action; Nancy Hacohen, exec producer; Leslie Owen, producer. Editorial Whitehouse Post Martin LeRoy, editor; Nick O’Neill, assistant editor; Joni Williamson, exec producer; Jennifer Mersis, producer. Postproduction Carbon VFX Matt McManus, exec producer; Devon Irete, producer; Peter Mayor, lead Flame artist; Jim Gomez, Flame assistant. Telecine The Mill Gregory Reese, colorist; Thatcher Peterson, exec producer; Diane Valera, producer; Robert Cohen, color coordinator. Music Human Craig DeLeon, composer; Kamela Anderson, producer.
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
