Swiss grocery retailer Migros brings back its holiday elf who makes the “bleep” noise in supermarket checkout scanner pads. In this animation adventure, he goes on the trail of his parents, with a faded family photograph as a clue to their whereabouts. He makes an epic, perilous journey that ultimately leads to a reunion.
Dorian & Daniel directed via stories AG in Zurich, with Kyra and Constantin serving as animation directors via Passion Pictures, London. Agency is Wirz Gruppe, Zurich.
Scoring the spot was Yessian Music, Hamburg and Detroit, with sound design and audio post from Jingle Jungle, Zurich.
Credits
Client Migros Agency Wirz Gruppe, Zurich Production stories AG, Zurich Dorian & Daniel, directors. Animation Passion Pictures, London Kyra & Constantin, animation directors. Music/Sound Yessian Music, Hamburg and Detroit Ingmar Rehberg, exec producer; Helena Schmitz, sr. producer; Brian Yessian, chief creative officer; Michael Yessian, head of production. Sound Design Jingle Jungle, Zurich Gregor Rosenberger, sound designer. Audio Post Jingle Jungle, Zurich Gregor Rosenberger, mixer.
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
