In this :60 titled “Protect like a mother,” human moms are replaced with animal counterparts who fiercely yet caringly protect children from everything ranging from the rain to being bullied to a potential traffic accident at a crosswalk.
This is the launch film for a campaign from McCann New York for Lysol. The platform is called “What It Takes To Protect” and celebrates the protective strength of parents, and the ways in which germ-killing Lysol is also there to help protect.
Tom Routson of Framestore directed the :60.
Credits
Client Lysol Agency McCann New York Tom Murphy, Sean Bryan, co-chief creative officers; John Mescall, global executive creative director; Priti Kapoor, executive creative director; Erin Wendel, Lauren McCrindle, creative directors; Susan Young, copywriter; Daniel Colburn, copywriter; Jesse Yowell, art director; Nathy Aviram, chief production officer; Christine Lane, executive producer, innovation; Winslow Dennis, executive producer; Andrea Kaye, executive art producer; Matthew Arrow, sr. producer-innovation; Phoebe Chao, producer-innovation; Eric Johnson, executive music director; Dan Gross, music producer; Erica Yahr, executive strategy director; Sarah Watson, global strategy director; Amanda Shapiro, strategy director. Production & VFX Framestore Tom Routson, director. Editorial Cut+Run Jon Grover, editorial.
Continuing their partnership to combat the mental health crisis among America’s youth, the Ad Council and McCann New York have released the latest installment of the “Sound It Out” campaign which focuses on helping parents and caregivers have meaningful conversations with their kids about emotional wellbeing.
The new work, “Listening is a Form of Love,” focuses on the important role parents and caregivers play in supporting young people’s emotional wellbeing and is supported by new data from Surgo Health’s Youth Mental Health Tracker. The survey highlights that: 55% of youth (ages 10-24) report mental health struggles; and one in five youth report symptoms of depression, and one in four report symptoms of anxiety.
The film includes an interactive digital experience that invites parents to practice “holding space” by pressing the space bar to listen to kids sharing what they wish their parents could hear, in their own words. Along with this literal interpretation of the active listening the campaign encourages, the website also gives valuable tools to help parents and caregivers be better listeners, and in turn, better support their kids.
There is also this 60-second PSA--directed by Alex Fischman Cardenas via Greenpoint Pictures--which underscores the power and importance of listening to your loved ones.
