Mayo Clinic’s new internal creative agency developed the concept and strategy for this campaign, which centers on words frequently heard by patients and people in a health care setting. Through interventions inspired by Mayo Clinic’s very own technology, these words visibly change from negative to positive in each spot directed by Espadaysantacruz via production company 1stAveMachine.
Included in this mix of commercials is “Imaginable” in which the “un” is removed in a state-of-the-art innovative manner from such words as “unanswerable,” “unconquerable” and “uncurable.”
Credits
Client/Creative Mayo Clinic Mark Pagnano, M.D., medical director-marketing; Sherri Gilligan, chief markting officer; Molly Biwer, chair–brand strategist; Jeff Warnock, director–brand strategy; Wes Weleczki, executive creative director; Chastity Kessler, sr. brand manager; Debbie Schallock, sr. brand specialist; Anna Stassen, group creative director; Joel Stacy, Anthony DiNicola, Sammy Gorelik, June Lee, creative directors; Andy Zetzman, sr. copywriter; Craig Nordeen, sr. art director; Stan Prinsen, executive producer. Production 1stAveMachine Espadaysantacruz, director; Sam Penfield, partner/exec producer; Ella Nuortila, exec producer; Elizabeth Collins, producer; Persona, DP; Brian Branstetter, production designer; Dave Peterson, SPFX supervisor. Editorial, VFX & Finish Studio PPS John Vitagliano, editor; Madison Brigode, sr. producer; Christos Mounzouros, head of postproduction; John Loughlin, head of VFX; John Harrison, lead compositor. Music & Sound Jafbox Sound Joseph Fraioli, SDX & music; Sarah Park, exec producer. LED Volume XR Studios JT Rooney, president; Marissa Johnson, producer. Color Company 3 Joseph Bicknell, colorist. Audio Post SisterBoss Carl White, sound mixer; Annie Sparrows, 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
