Wondros directors Chris Riess and Amy Hill, professionally known as Riess|Hill, provide a new take on Mother’s Day storytelling in Teleflora’s new campaign, “Love Makes a Mom.” These deeply moving spots highlight three unconventional motherhood scenarios that beautifully reinforce the brand’s belief that it is love above all else that makes a Mom.
In this spot produced by Wondros for Wonderful Agency, we meet Cara and her daughter Mia who has Down syndrome.
The commercial was scored by SOUTH Music & Sound Design.
Credits
Client Teleflora Agency Wonderful Agency Michael Perdigao, president; Darren Moran, chief creative officer; Amber Justis, executive creative director; Janna Carney, sr. copywriter; Corey Bartha, director of integrated production; Nadia Pack, sr. integrated producer; Lori Hobson, SVP, managing director; Nicole Klein, sr. digital producer. Production Wondros Riess|Hill, directors; Chris Riess, DP; Sophie Gold, exec producer; Leah Allina, producer; Shelly Silverman, production supervisor. Editorial Cosmo Street Bill Chessman, editor; Yvette Cobarrubias-Sears, exec producer; Marie Mangahas, head of production; Rich Gonzalez, assistant editor; Jonlyn Williams, producer. Visual Effects Carbon VFX Matthew McManus, exec producer; John Price, creative director; Aubrey Woodiwiss, colorist; Bree Brackett, color assist. Audio Post Lime Studios Loren Silber, audio mixer; Mark Nieto, audio assist; Susie Boyajan, exec producer. Music SOUTH Music & Sound Design, Santa Monica, Calif.
The Ad Council, partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and AdoptUSKids, launched a public service campaign, created pro bono by Edelman, which aims to inspire prospective parents to consider adopting a teen from foster care.
This centerpiece PSA titled “The Rewards”--directed by The Hudson Dusters (Michael Kuhn and Niles Roth) via Greenpoint Pictures--spotlights real adoptive families who have personally experienced the mutual benefits of adoption. This longer form PSA (and cutdown versions) begins with a touching display of openness and vulnerability as adoptive parents reflect on their adoption journeys and their initial questions and hesitations about adopting a teen. Then, in a deeply emotional turn, the adoptive parents witness their children recounting the profound rewards of adoption in their lives. The teens speak of the love they share with their parents and how the decision to become a family is reciprocal. The campaign directs viewers to the AdoptUSKids website to learn more about adopting a teen from foster care.
