2020 was one lemon of a year as this Super Bowl spot for Bud Light Seltzer Lemonade underscores. It’s literally raining lemons on life’s events from weddings to do-it-yourself haircuts and Major League Baseball games, creating what in this commercial is a special brand of comedic havoc.
Bud Light, though, has found the proverbial silver lining by making lemonade out of all those lemons with its new seltzer.
Mike Warzin of Arts & Sciences directed this “Last Year’s Lemons” commercial for Wieden+Kennedy New York, with visual effects by The Mill.
Credits
Client Anheuser-Busch/InBev, Bud Light Seltzer Lemonade Agency Wieden+Kennedy New York Karl Lieberman, chief creative officer; Gerard Caputo, group creative director; Stu Rubin, copywriter; Aimee Perrin, art director; Nick Setounski, head of integrated production; Jessica Griffeth, executive producer; Sam Kilbreth, sr. producer; Stephane Missier, global strategy director; Matt Hisamoto, sr. strategist; Connor Corr, digital strategist; Leah Greene, strategic planner. Production Arts & Sciences Mike Warzin, director; Marc Marrie, managing partner/exec producer; Mal Ward, partner/managing director; John Benson, exec producer, NY; Zoe Odlum, exec producer; Christa Skotland, exec producer/head of production; Casey Byron, producer (Arts & Sciences); Kristin Porter, producer; Ivy Jane, research and operations manager. Editorial Arcade Edit Jeff Ferruzzo, editor; Sila Soyer, exec producer/partner; Andrew Cravotta, sr. post producer; Sam Barden, assistant editor. VFX The Mill Clairellen Wallin, exec producer; Mandy Harris, sr. producer; Ajit Menon, 3D lead/shoot supervisor; Jimmy Bullard, 2D supervisor; Katharine Mulderry, production coordinator; Andrew Pellicer, Dhruv Shankar, Eric Sibley, James Cudahy, Kshitij Khanna, AVV Suresh, Mahesh Ravlia, Naga Praveen, Kumar Y, Rose Mathew, 2D team; Tyler Scheitlin, design; Fazal Khan, Indrajeet Kumar, Jadheer TP, Manoj Ravi, Rijo R, Showber Shadik, Swathi Balasubramaniam, Upasana Choudhary, Dongili Varaprsad, CG tracking; Alek Vacura, Krushna Ramrao Kuisange, Shahid Hussain, Kiran Prabhu, CG modeling; Daishi Takishima, CG rigging; Dave Barosin, Eban Byrne, Incheol Jeong, Pegah Naserifar, CG FX; Steve Parish, Arman Matin, Tom Bardwell, CG lighting. Telecine Company 3 Tom Poole, colorist; Alexandra Lubrano, color producer. Music Search Company Walker Sara Matarazzo, Stephanie Pigott, exec producers; Danielle Soury, music producer. Licensed Song: “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (I Love You)” as sung by Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae, original from 1950. Sound Design Trinitite Inc. Brian Emrich, sound designer. Audio Post Sonic Union Brian Goodheart, mixer; Pat Sullivan, head of production.
The Ad Council, partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and AdoptUSKids, launched a public service campaign, created pro bono by Edelman, which aims to inspire prospective parents to consider adopting a teen from foster care.
This centerpiece PSA titled “The Rewards”--directed by The Hudson Dusters (Michael Kuhn and Niles Roth) via Greenpoint Pictures--spotlights real adoptive families who have personally experienced the mutual benefits of adoption. This longer form PSA (and cutdown versions) begins with a touching display of openness and vulnerability as adoptive parents reflect on their adoption journeys and their initial questions and hesitations about adopting a teen. Then, in a deeply emotional turn, the adoptive parents witness their children recounting the profound rewards of adoption in their lives. The teens speak of the love they share with their parents and how the decision to become a family is reciprocal. The campaign directs viewers to the AdoptUSKids website to learn more about adopting a teen from foster care.
