A factory worker places his arm in a vat of acid to retrieve a package of Starburst candies. The acid eats away his arm, causing him to put the other arm in as well. A coworker witnesses this and then rolls up his sleeve as he prepares to immerse his arm. A tagline reads, “Starburst. Blame the juicy goodness.”
Agency: TBWA/Chiat/Day, Inc Production Company: Epoch FIlms, NY Office Matt Aselton, director; Jerry Solomon, executive producer; Jo Willems, DP.
Editorial: MacKenzie Cutler Gavin Cutler, editor
Postproduction: Company 3 New York Tim Masick, colorist
Visual Effects: Ring of Fire John Myers, executive producer; Jerry Spivack, creative director; Greg Anderson, visual effects supervisor/head of CGI
Audio: Sound Lounge Philip Loeb, audio post mixer
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