The commercial begins with a clear deep blue sky with a few big white puffy clouds. A plane flies onto the scene. As it sails across the screen you can hear the voice of a confused man saying he believes he is in the wrong section as he has a “comfy leather seat with a lot of leg room and I am watching live satellite television. I didn’t sign up for first class, you aren’t going to charge me extra are you?” A flight attendant politely tells him “We only have first class.” “WestJet” appears below the plane as the commercial ends.
Agency: Taxi | Toronto Paul Lavoie, creative director; Jim Larmon, art director; Kenny Herzon, copywriter; Jennifer Mete, executive producer/producer Production Company: Global Mechanic Bruce Alcock, animation director; Matthew Charde, executive producer; Tina Ouellette, producer Audio: Pirate Radio & TV Tom Goudie, audio director Stock Footage: Getty Images.com Getty Images, Seattle
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