Directorial duo Speck and Gordon (Will Speck, Josh Gordon) of production house Furlined teamed with McCann NY on this send-up of the movie musical for the New York Lottery. Titled “Odds of Love,” the spot centers on a guy and a gal whose paths cross by chance–and it’s love at first sight. They break into song but soon realize that they are not compatible.
The couple realizes that while the odds are too great for love at first sight, they have an option–they can play the Take 5 NY Lotto game in which their chances of winning are one in nine.
Credits
Client New York Lottery Agency McCann New York Eric Silver, North American chief creative officer; Sean Bryan, Tom Murphy, McCann NY chief creative officers; Mat Bisher, Dan Donovan, executive creative directors; Jason Ashlock, Dominick Baccollo, creative directors; Johan Leandersson, sr. art director; Ryan Paulsen, creative director, writer; Jack Deligter, writer; Eric Aragon, art director; Nathy Aviram, chief production officer; Chance Bassett, VP, executive producer; Eric David Johnson, SVP, executive music producer. Production Furlined Speck and Gordon, directors; David Thorne, sr. exec producer; Greg Schultz, producer; Edu Grau, DP. Editorial MackCut Ian Mackenzie, editor; Gina Pagano, exec producer; Mike Leuis, Gustavo Roman, assistant editors. Music Walker, New York Peter Gannon, creative director/partner; Joe Iconis, composer; Abbey Hendrix, sr. producer; Christopher Keyes, engineer; Julianne Wilson, associate producer. Sound Design Sonic Union, New York Paul Weiss, sound designer. Audio Post Sonic Union Paul Weiss, mixer.
Tonal, the strength training system combining revolutionary digital weight technology with personalized, AI-powered coaching, has introduced its new brand platform, “Power Progress,” and advertising campaign developed in partnership with Quality Experience (QX), the creative independent agency founded by Ari Weiss.
Directed by Aube Perrie of Pulse Films (UKMVA Director of the Year 2023 & 2024, UKMVA Best New Director 2021 and Webby’s Best Music Video 2022) with visual effects from The Mill NY, this brand film contrasts how the heavy chains of the past still shape how we work out today, with Tonal representing the future of fitness.
In addition to the brand film, the campaign includes cutdowns ranging from 90 seconds to 15 seconds, with even the shortest spot clearly connecting the old and the new. French director Perrie’s body of work includes music videos for Harry Styles, Megan Thee Stallion, and RM’s “LOST!”
“Sports marketing has had a long history of breakthrough advertising,” said QX creative chairman Weiss. “We wanted to launch with an idea as disruptive as the product itself. Not an easy bar to live up to. Like any great idea the insight is dead simple but the execution is unexpected and riveting. Great sports marketing doesn’t happen without great sports marketers and the team at Tonal shared our ambition to make the marketing as disruptive as the product.”
