Beginning this summer and continuing over the next year, AT&T has entered into a media partnership with cinema media vendor NCM (National CineMedia). The partnership, which was secured by AT&T’s media agency Hearts & Science, enables AT&T to run :90 second films during the previews before all the biggest films, such as Jurassic World, Mamma Mia! and more.
This :90 titled "Surprise" is part of BBDO’s series of mash-ups which blend movie genres in completely unexpected ways–underscoring the range of entertainment AT&T can deliver. For example, in this cinema ad we see a romantic comedy turn into a horror film.
Daniel Wolfe directed via production houses Somesuch and Anonymous.
Credits
Client AT&T Agency BBDO NY David Lubars, chief creative officer, worldwide; Greg Hahn, chief creative officer, NY; Matt MacDonald, group executive creative director; David Povill, David Cuccinello, executive creative directors; Kevin Mulroy, Dan Kenneally, creative directors; Julie Collins, group executive producer; Jessica Coccaro, executive producer; David Rolfe, director of integrated production. Production Somesuch X Anonymous Daniel Wolfe, director; Tim Nash, founding partner; Nicky Barnes, exec producer; Tom Martin, producer; Tom Townend, DP. Editorial Cosmo Street | Trim Editorial Tom Lindsay, editor; Maura Woodward, exec producer; Anne Lai, head of production; Alex Morales, Ben Elkaim, Habin Semaan, assistant editors. Telecine Framestore London Simon Bourne, telecine artist; Chris Anthony, producer. VFX KEVIN, Venice, Calif. Tim Davies, VFX supervisor/2D lead; Sue Troyan, exec producer; Jami Schakel, producer. Music/Sound Design Barking Owl Atticus Ross, composer; Morgan Johnson, sound designer; Kelly Bayett, executive producer/creative director. Audio Post Sonic Union Steven Rosen, Mike Marinelli, Paul Weiss, engineers; Justine Cortale, Pat Sullivan, producers.
“The Contextualist,” the latest chapter in Bloomberg Media’s “Context Changes Everything” brand platform, debuts today (3/6), creatively distinguishing Bloomberg.com & the Bloomberg app subscription’s value for global business and government leaders. The new concept builds on the campaign’s foundation of context--the power of Bloomberg’s journalism to draw deft connections between its wealth of news, insights and data in every corner of the world.
Golden Globe and BAFTA-award winning filmmaker Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) directed three new spots for the campaign via magna studios in his debut helming brand commercials. This spot titled “The Price of Tea in China” takes a well-known and seemingly simple idiom and unpacks its complexity as an international business story in a 30-second journey. (The other two commercials are “Bird in the Hand” and “Rising Tides.” The “Context” campaign continues to be developed in collaboration agency Wieden+Kennedy New York.
“‘Context Changes Everything’ has become an important rallying point with consumers to remind them what’s unique about Bloomberg as we continue to double down on global news coverage for them,” said Julia Beizer, COO, Bloomberg Media. “‘The Contextualist’ moves the brand forward by personifying the prevailing ideas of intellect, curiosity and ambition. We’ve gained more than 100,000 subscribers in the time since we first launched the campaign in September 2023, and it remains an important driving element of our investment to continue growing and engaging subscribers in the years to come.”
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