Enlisted by CNN Creative Marketing to collaborate in promoting HLN Original Series “Vengeance,” 2C Creative gave the campaign a cinematic feel, opting to approach the launch promos more like main titles in style and pacing and delivering elements that heighten a sense of danger through contrasts. With campaign elements that include launch spots, key art, the HLN Original Series open, episodics and graphic toolkits, 2C’s concept takes the familiar scenes and objects from our work and injects them with a True Crime twist. Each scenario has been tainted with murder so it’s both familiar and shocking, normal and unsettling. 2C used a combination of 3D elements and compositing. Heavy shadows and shifting darkness isolate the focus on the scene of the crime while a desaturated palette helps emphasize the blood stains in each location, embodying the element of murder. The story is told with titles, as authentic audio from the show provides the pacing.
CNN Creative Marketing
Senior Vice President: Rick Lewchuk, Vice President & Group Creative Director: Whit Friese, Creative Director: Marnye Hall, Assistant Creative Director: Suzanne Cooke, Senior Director, Production: Matt Barnett, Senior Production Manager: Nichole Goralnik
2C
President/Owner: Chris Sloan, General Manager, Senior Director of Operations: Nikki Coloma, Executive Producer, Graphics: Bob Cobb, Creative Director: Ben Frank, Creative Director: Marni Wagner, Editor: Mark Clark, Animator: Dmitri Zavyazkin, Assistant Editor: Christian Santangelo, Audio Engineer: Cesar Haliwa
Collaborators
Lead Motion Designer, 3D Artist: Luis Martinez; Designer: Nick Ford; Animator, Designer: Alberto Garcia; Key Art Design: Aaron Magee
Dutch Boy Paints’ “Works Hard For You”
Explore Media was chosen by Britton Marketing to produce a Professional Series advertising campaign. This 2024-2025 campaign, titled “Works Hard For You”, led by Chicago-based director Jeremy Pinckert, was cast and filmed in the Atlanta, Georgia region and features outdoor home improvement shots. Viewers can view the commercials in the fifteen-state region where Menards’ stores are located. Read More