Guys wearing see-through plastic pants over their Fruit of the Loom boxer briefs demonstrate there’s no riding up with those no ride-up briefs, which have been fully reinvented with a softer waistband, redesigned cut, and longer legs that stay in place even when the gents make extreme moves.
Martin Granger of Moxie Pictures directed this spot, titled “Plastic Pants,” for agency CP+B.
Client Fruit of the Loom Agency CP+B Ralph Watson, chief creative officer; Dave Steinke, Allen Richardson, VP/creative directors; Mona Hasan, Nicholas Buckingham, associate creative directors; Kate Hildebrant, VP/director of video production; Annie Turlay, integrated video producer; Addison Born, Shelby Hawkinson, integrated jr. video producers; Andy Hamm, music supervisor; Charissa Kinney, content supervisor; Tara Delaney, Whitney Beemer, Ben Song, content managers; Abel Gonzalez, Hispanic consultant; Eva Hunter, asset producer. Production Moxie Pictures Martin Granger, director; Eric Schmidt, DP; Karol Zeno, exec producer; Paula Benson, head of production; Heidi Soltesz, producer. Editorial Hutch Co, Los Angeles Jim Hutchins, editor; Joaquin Machado, assistant editor; Jane Hutchins, exec producer. Post/VFX Method Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Claus Hansen, creative director; Wensen Ho, sr. Flame artist; Robert Owens, exec producer; Paula Jimenez, producer. Audio Post Lime Studios, Santa Monica Mark Meyuhas, engineer; Matt Miller, assistant engineer; Jessica Locke, Susie Boyajan, exec producers. Post Company 3, Santa Monica Stefan Sonnenfeld, colorist; Rhubie Jovanov, exec producer.
Following World AIDS Day, which was celebrated on December 1, co-production companies Central Films and Freelance For track one man’s existential, and potentially career-altering, decision to “come out” as living with HIV in Spain in this public service spot titled “The HInVisible Celebrity.”
Out of agency Señora Rushmore for ViiV Healthcare Spain, in collaboration with GESIDA, SEISIDA, and Apoyo Positivo, the PSA--directed by Rodrigo García Sáiz via Central Films Spain--addresses the stigma against publicly living with HIV in Spanish society. In the more than 40 years since the first case of HIV appeared in Spain, no public figure in Spain has claimed to have HIV. Viiv Healthcare Spain asks, if there are 150,000 people with HIV in Spain (or approximately 1 in 300), why don’t we know anyone with HIV?
The central character, who dons a mask of television-pixelated anonymity, gives himself an introspective pep-talk ahead of announcing his status to the Spanish public. Along the way, he wonders what will become of his career, and reputation in general, even as he recognizes that his declaration could change Spain’s cultural landscape for the better and for all of those in Spain who live with HIV every day. As no public figure in Spain has ever announced living with HIV--due to fear of public rejection--this character realizes that such a role model could change that.
The character has already begun building social media awareness with his Instagram profile, @famosoinvihsible, which began cataloging his life as a public figure earlier this fall. Still, though, the figure either leaves himself out of the picture, faces away from the camera, or dons the pixelated mask associated with anonymous admission. “The HInVisible... Read More
