The latest animated short from Reel FX Animation Studios for mobile giant Seriously's wildly popular title "Best Fiends" is now officially live. The comedic animated short Baby Slug's Big Day Out, directed by Augusto Schillaci, shows that mayhem can ensure from even the tiniest of creatures as a baby slug escapes the nursery and ultimately leaves his finders in a high-pressure situation.
Visual Effects/Animation: Reel FX Animation Studios, Dallas Augusto Schillaci, art dir/VFX supervisor; Scott G. Peterson, digital supervisor; Meghann Robinson, surfacing supervisor; Ty Chen, Yen-Min Hu, Diane Bradley, Casey Kreft, surfacing; Marisol Gladding, Joseph P. Johnston, layout supervisors; Tom Danen, layout; Jessica Hogan, matte painting supervisor; Diane Bradley, matte painting; Paul-Jozef “PJ” Torrevil, cloth & fur supervisor; Delinor Smith II, cloth & fur; Bill Haller, animation supervisor; Angelo Sta. Catalina, animation character lead; Guillaume Arantes, Jean-Francois Barthelemy, Jason Behr, Chris Burnham, Kosta Dracopoulos, Don Dixon, Martin Ferland, Tim Hatcher, Samantha Lagace, Chris Street, Dorian Soto, Chris Burnham, Robin Thiriet, Justin Ustel, David B. Vallone, Philippe Zerounian, animation; John Anderholm, tech supervisor; Seth Schwartz, TD; Ted Lebeau III, render supervisor; Tony Fan, Eddy Lowinkski, VFX; David A. Parrish, SVP of animation; Joanna D. Ferguson, head of prodn. (Toolbox: Maya, Nuke) Agency: None Production: Reel FX Animation Studios, Dallas; Augusto Schillaci, director
The Docter Twins Direct Part 2 Of FactSets’ “Not Just The Facts” Comedy Campaign From VSA Partners
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 โNot Just the Factsโ 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. FactSetโs 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 spotsโa combination of :30s, :15s, :06s and nine โshortsโโacross multiple channels including digital, streaming and CTV.
This :30, โDinos,โ has an office workerโs relevant reference to dinosaurs spark our boorish colleague who proceeds to utter one irrelevant fact after another about the prehistoric creatures.
The Los Angelesโbased 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