Man-eating sharks turn cuddly in a new campaign for La Quinta. Filmworkers and Churchill Studio provided the inspired CG magic for Swim in which a businessman is dropped into a dive tank filled with blood-thirsty sea creatures. The campaign was conceived by DDB Chicago, and directed by David McNally of CoMPANY Films. The man finds himself underwater after giving a business pitch, made with the aid of La Quinta’s faster Wi-Fi service, to a roomful of skeptical executives. They open a trap door beneath his feet to see if he’s ready to “swim with the sharks.” Turns out, he is. The man cavorts playfully with the ravenous creatures, even clasping one in an affectionate bear hug.
SPW Credits
Title: Swim
Client: La Quinta
Agency: DDB, Chicago.
Production: CoMPANY Films. David McNally, Director.
Edit: Cutters. Grant Gustafson
Visual Effects: FWC / Churchill Studios. Derek de Board, Executive Producer; Casey Swircz, Producer; Fred Keller, Colorist; Rob Churchill, Creative Director; Daniel Pernikoff, Senior Art Director/Lead Nuke Artist; Drew Parks, Lead 3D Artist; Quin Barclay, 3D Artist; Rob Churchill, 3D Animator; Tristan Dotson, 3D Character Rigging; Rob Churchill, Michael Anderson. Heidi Anderson, Flame Artists.
Go RVing, Explore Commercial Productions and Director Jeremy Pinckert Don’t Go There In “Hotel Hassle.”
"Hotel Hassle"
Commercial production company Explore and director Jeremy Pinckert went to a familiar well to pull inspiration for their latest production for Go RVing. "Hotel Hassle" was initially conceived as an audio-only campaign, but Go RVing's SVP/CMO Karen Redfern asked Explore to adapt the script into a new, live-action commercial. The adaptation from audio ads to digital commercial spots involved adding re-written lines and a few iconic scenes from Pinckert’s ideas that provided anchor moments for the ads. In particular, 'Hotel Hassle' features a room key that just won’t open the door. The visual he added (a round sensor on the door where the key unlocks) not only modernized the ad into the age of tap, but also gave the spot a technology vs. human undertone, invoking the AI-character Hal from Stanley Kubrick’s '2001 A Space Odyssey.'
Explore and Pinckert also added a visual hook to the ending of the spot that leaned on his own experiences traveling with his family. He found his hands were always full, clutching a few bags, random loose objects, his phone, and of course, his coffee. In the commercial, there is a moment where all of the frustrations are just too much for the protagonist and he almost curses in front of the family. What if the director added an action where the protagonist accidentally spills their coffee and the camera freezes precisely at this moment?
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"Hotel Hassle", part of Go RVing's larger Don't Go There! campaign, is currently being broadcast nationwide via strategic digital channels.
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