This intentionally inane tongue-in-cheek spot–in which a man and his young sidekick break into Bavarian dancing in a backyard–is part of Qualcomm’s “Ignore This” campaign from McCann NY.
The “Ignore This” premise is that a growing number of people don’t watch commercials during program breaks on TV. Instead, they’re likely on their smartphones to find something better to watch. But Qualcomm isn’t bothered a bit by this since it invented the technology that makes smartphones so indispensable. The company invented the “smart” behind the smartphone so no problem if you ignore its TV commercials.
Lance Acord of Park Pictures directed the “Bavarian Dance” spot which was edited by Matt Murphy of Exile.
Credits
Client Qualcomm Agency McCann NY Eric Silver, North American chief creative officer; Sean Bryan, Tom Murphy, co-chief creative officers, McCann NY; Bill Wright, global executive creative director; Vince Lim, creative director; Josh Grossberg, group creative director; Nathan Dills, copywriter; Nathy Aviram, chief production officer; Alexis Mead, sr. integrated producer. Production Park Pictures Lance Acord, director; Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Justin Pollock, exec producers; Anne Bobroff, head of production; Michaela Johnson, producer. Editorial Exile Matt Murphy, editor; Evyn Bruce, producer.
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.
