Creative Showcase: Featuring Ogilvy Melbourne, Grey New York and The Red Brick Road
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Ogilvy & Mather Paris: Dove 'Love Your Curls'
Brand: Dove
Title(s): Love Your Curls
Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Paris
Agency website: http://www.ogilvy.com/
Executive Creative Director: Baptiste Clinet
Creative Director: Ginevra Capece, Kurt Novak
Creative Team: Lisa MacLeod, Maureen McCabe
Additional Credits: Account Team: Maria Gloria Moya, Kasia Williams, Nadia Lasfar
Producer: Annette Hallum
Production House: 1ONE Production
Film Director: Yan Dal Santo
Original Music: Apollo Studios
Music Composer: Hey Jackson
Singer: Sophia Bastian
Published: January 2015
Short Rationale: Only 4 out of 10 curly haired girls think their hair is beautiful. In fact you are less likely to like your hair if it is curly, at any stage in your life. So the women who do like their curls need show the world they are proud in order to inspire others.
Dove and Ogilvy Paris create a campaign which encourages women to openly love, be proud and embrace their curly hair.
The campaign continues to amplify the ongoing conversation Dove has been leading on real beauty.
Martin Agency: Oreo 'Play With Oreo'
Brand: Oreo
Title(s): Play with Oreo
Agency: Martin Agency
Agency website: http://www.martinagency.com/
Executive Creative Director: Jorge Calleja
Creative Director: David Muhlenfeld, Magnus Hierta
Production Company: Brand New School
Music Composition and mix: David Muhlenfeld, English Major, Duotone
Voice Over: Yelle
Agency Producers: Gemma Fergie, James Bolton
Published: January 2015
Short Rationale: ‘Play with Oreo’ will show life through a unique ‘Oreo’ lens by turning everyday routine into imaginative play. Already well known as a cookie you can play with, the campaign evolves the ‘Twist, Lick, Dunk’ ritual traditionally associated with Oreo to encourage more playfulness in life.
Incorporating TV, digital and social, the global campaign which is being rolled out globally, will show us how to play, with its quirky, creative look and feel and upbeat tone.
Tough Slate Design Kiev: Boulangerie 'Packaging'
Brand: Boulangerie
Title: Packaging
Agency: Tough Slate Design Kiev, Ukraine
Agency website: http://toughslatedesign.com/
Art Director, Designer: Dima Tsapko
Producer: Valeria Zhigalyova
Published: January 2015
Grey New York: No More 'Listen'
Brand: No More
Title(s): Listen
Agency: Grey New York
Agency website: http://grey.com/us
President, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer: Tor Myhren
Executive Creative Director: Lisa Topol, Derek Barnes
Creative Director: Stephen Nathans, Lance Parrish
Additional Credits: Associate Director of Project Management: Michelle Moscone
Account Director, SVP: Brett Banker
VP, Senior Music Producer: Zachary Pollakoff
Production Company: Chelsea
Director: Nadav Kandar
Director of Photography: Adam Beckman
Executive Producer, Partner: Allison Amon, Lisa Mehling
Sales Rep: Denise Blate Roederer
Line Producer: Carla Tate
Production Designer: Ginger Tougas
Editorial Rock Paper Scissors/NY
Editor: Stewart Reeves
Senior Assistant Editor: Alex Liu
Executive Producer: Eve Kornblum
Producer: Jenny Greenfield
Sound Design/SFX/Mix: Heard City
Mixer, Partner: Keith Reynaud
Visual Effects: The Mill
Senior Colorist: Fergus McCall
Published: January 2015
Short Rationale: The Super Bowl featured a 30 second commercial for No More, the public service and engagement campaign focused on domestic violence and sexual assault, running in the first quarter. Viewers will be directed to No More’s website and asked to take a pledge to say No More.
The commercial, created by Grey New York, was inspired by a real domestic violence call. The NFL donated its airtime for the spot and its production costs.
In addition to airing during the Super Bowl on NBC, No More will host the spot on digital channels and will use their network of celebrity supporters to promote the commercial.
Leo’s Thjnk Tank: McDonalds Germany 'Forever Young'
Brand: McDonald’s Germany
Title(s): Forever Young
Agency: Leo’s thjnk tank
Agency website: http://www.thjnk.de/
Chief Creative Officer: Armin Jochum, Andreas Pauli
Creative Supervision: Georg Baur, Torben Otten, Florian Weber, Armin Jochum
Creative Director: Torben Otten, Georg Bauer
TV Producer: Thomas Nabbefeld, Marcus Wetschewald
Director: Alex Feil
Film Production: Tempomedia Filmproduktion GMBH
DOP: Antonio Palladino
Producer: Vera Portz, Justin Mundehenke
Music: Supereme Music
Published: January 2015
Short Rationale: Director Alex Feil helps McDonald’s celebrate its 60th anniversary in Germany with a heartwarming 1:30” spot out of Leo Burnett’s new hybrid German agency, Thjnk Tank. Feil sends in the clowns with a poignant and cinematic glimpse into the life of an octogenarian circus performer who still dons the greasepaint.
The spot features legendary Russian clown, Oleg Popov, also known as “the Sunshine Clown.” One of the most popular circus performers of the 20th century, Popov still manages to delight audiences and inspire standing ovations today at age 84.
The dulcet lilt of the music gilds the story with a bittersweet glow, as we watch the jester take joy in life's simplest pleasures, ending with a trip to the Golden Arches. There, he gives a nod to the most famous clown of all, Ronald McDonald, as the tag line appears: "When you make people happy, you never get old."
Voice: Lord Poppington’s 'Identity and packaging'
Brand: Lord Poppington’s
Title(s): Identity and packaging
Agency: Voice
Agency website: http://realworldthinking.co/
Creative Director: Tim Harrison
Designer: Tom Glen
Strategist and Copywriter: Chris Sherrard
Published: January 2015
Short Rationale: Leicestershire based brand and design agency Voice have worked with midlands snack brand Lord Poppington’s on evolving the identity and packaging for their popcorn range of snacks.
The brand which featured in the 2014 John Lewis Christmas hamper are starting to roll out the new identity and packaging across major UK retailers, delis and farm shops.
Voice’s Tim Harrison says “We wanted to bring some of the eccentrically English attributes of the brand into the packaging by bringing colours that depict the popcorn flavour into the union jack back drop. We have also evolved the character “Percy” by simplifying the illustration and highlighting his distinguishable features – the cane, top hat, bow tie and shoes which allows for tactical campaigns in the future”.
BETC Paris: Canal + 'Unicorns'
Brand: Canal+
Title(s): Unicorns
Agency: BETC Paris
Agency website: http://www.betc-life.com/
Executive Creative Director: Stephane Xiberras
Creative Director: Olivier Apers
Art Director: Aurelie Scalabre
Copywriter: Patrice Dumas
Additional Credits: Traffic: Coralie Chasset
Planning: Maria Galleriu, Sarah Lemarie
Production House: Soixante Quinze
Producer: Yuki Suga
Sound Production: Kouz
Post Production: Mikros
Director: Matthijs Van Heijningen
Director of Photography: Joost Van Gelder
Film Editor: Jono Griffiths
Published: January 2015
Short Rationale: The film celebrates the broadcaster's talented screenwriters and showcase of original programming consisting of series, documentaries and fictions, created by and for CANAL+.
With the tagline ‘We love making up stories’ we're taken on an adventure with Noah and his ark where we see a side of the unicorn that we don't usually associate with the mythic creatures.
King Zog: D&AD 'Time to separate the ants from the ants'
Brand: D&AD
Title(s): Time to separate the ants from the ants
Agency: King Zog (Felix Heyes, Josh King, Jake Slee & Ben West)
Agency website: http://www.kingzog.com
Published: December 2014
Short Rationale: Like ants, graduates are hardworking, numerous and difficult to tell apart, but the one with the Pencil stands out instantly. Winning a Pencil can be a catalyst to a successful career.
Holler: TravelSupermarket 'Holiday Double'
Brand: TravelSupermarket
Title(s): Holiday Double
Agency: Holler
Agency website: http://holler.co.uk/
Creative Director: Joel Lim
Art Director: Andy Paulson
Copywriter: Dan Sanderson
Additional Credits: Planning Director: Laura Jones
Senior Account Manager: Andrew Killey
Project Manager: Luke Sanders
Published: January 2015Short Rationale: Travel Supermarket has a broad selection of winter sun deals, and a simple-to-use platform for booking a last minute escape from the dreary British weather. The only thing they couldn't do was help secure the time off work...until now.
Before Christmas, we asked consumers to follow us on twitter & send us a picture of them enduring the gloomy winter weather with #HolidayDouble
We chose one winner and sought out their 'holiday double,' a professional clone to cover their working duties, while Travel Supermarket sent them on an all-expenses paid holiday to Jamaica.
This film shows the hilarious results of the Holiday Double and their attempts at living life in our winner's shoes.
The campaign will be supported by an exclusive partnership with Shortlist, paid for Twitter media activity and broadcast support across Travel Supermarket owned channels.
Publicis Montreal: Mira 'United to Outplay Autism'
Brand: Mira
Title: United to Outplay Autism
Agency: Publicis, Montreal, Canada
Agency website: http://www.publicis.ca/
Creative Directors: Bogdan Truta, Nicolas Massey
Art Director: Bogdan Truta
Copywriter: Nicolas Massey
Account Service: Yves Gougoux
Strategy and Media Placement: Nathalie Beaudoin / ZenithOptimedia
Published: January 2015
Havas Milan: Ferrarelle 'Naturally Sparkling Mineral Water'
Brand: Ferrarelle
Title: Naturally Sparkling Mineral Water
Agency: Havas Worldwide Milan, Italy
Agency website: www.havasww.it/
Creative Directors: Erick Loi, Dario Villa
Art Directors: Erick Loi, Diego Campana, Michele Romani
Copywriters: Dario Villa, Riccardo Walchhutter, Pietro Rivolta
Illustrator: Diemick
Published: January 2015
Lowe Campbell Ewald: US Navy 'Pin Map'
Brand: US Navy
Title(s): Pin Map
Agency: Lowe Campbell Ewald
Agency website: http://www.lowecampbellewald.com/
Creative Director: Eric Olis Associate
Creative Director/Art: Alan Majewski
Associate Creative Director/Copy: Jeff Warner
Executive Integrated Producer: Clark Attebury
Additional Credits: Group Strategy Director: Dave Lockwood
Managing Director: Jennifer Monaghan
Management Supervisor: Alvin Plexico
Account and Experiential Marketing Manager: Yvonne Hughes
Director, National Broadcast and Video Integration: Helen Giles
Director, Media Planning: Dan Rioux
Supervisor, Media Buying: Ken Carver
Production Company: Parachute VFX Director/DP: Klaus Obermeyer
Executive Producer: Lance O’ Connor
Visual FX: Parachute VFX Designer: Sam O’Hare
Graphics House: Burrows Designer/Animator: Christopher Wirth
Editing House: Aerofilm Editor: Tony Gentile
Producer: Patrick Knight
Music House: Yessian Composer: Bill Wandel Producer: Gerard Smerek
Sound Design: Yessian Sound designer: Dean Hovey
Audio Mix: Yessian Mixer: Scotty Gatteno
Published: January 2015
Short Rationale: The TV spot, which just launched during ESPN’s X Games Aspen 2015, shows audiences that America’s Navy is the only military branch that’s on watch around the world and around the clock.
It is also the first commercial to highlight the Navy’s role in protecting the U.S. against both physical and digital threats. In order to truly encapsulate all of the Navy’s capabilities, Lowe Campbell Ewald took on the difficult task of incorporating various complex land, air and sea shots and gave the spot more of a “movie-like quality” with its enhanced visuals and music.
Entitled “Pin Map,” the work features obscure red globes in the background of each shot that are later identified as “pins” – similar to the ones you would see on a map to “pinpoint” your location. The pins speak to the hundreds of locations you can currently find Navy personnel – whether it be a snowy mountain top, harsh desert, deep in the jungle, among the clouds or open sea. The spot’s intense music and locales showcase the complexity of what the Navy does and rounds out by stating “Around the world, around the clock. In defense in all we hold dear back home
Ogilvy Melbourne: Mini Australia 'Australia Day'
Brand: Mini Australia
Title(s): Australia Day
Agency: Ogilvy Melbourne, Australia
Agency website: http://www.ogilvy.com.au/
Executive Creative Director: Brendon Guthrie
Creative Director: Cameron Mitchell
Copywriter: AnnaTara Clark-Sneddon
Art Director: Scott Zuliani
Additional Credits: Retoucher: Steve Simmonds
Group Account Director: Patrice Bougouin
Account Executive: Michael Beard
Producer: Brendan Hanrahan
Media: Vizeum
Published: January 2015
Short Rationale: MINI Australia has paid tribute to the great Aussie barbecue, launching the all-new MINI 5-door hatch on Australia Day through a fun and cheeky tactical campaign.
Developed by Ogilvy Melbourne, the campaign displays the new vehicle in a sealed and labelled meat tray, utilising the tagline ‘Throw another Door on the MINI’ in homage to the Australian notion of throwing another snag on the barbie. It spans Digital OOH, Press and Social, with an extension to the campaign also running on TV, Cinema and Digital until March.
Studio Output and Found: PlayStation '#20YearsOfPlay'
Playstation 20 Years of Play from Found on Vimeo.
Brand: PlayStation
Title(s): #20YearsOfPlay
Agency: Studio Output and Found
Agency website: http://www.studio-output.com/ http://www.found-studio.com/
Creative Director: Dan Moore
Published: January 2015
Short Rationale: Global entertainment brand, PlayStation, called in design studio, Studio Output, and production studio, Found, to help mark its 20th anniversary. The gaming giant briefed the pair to turn the best tweets of the anniversary campaign into a cool, shareable video.
The duo created an animated video called #20yearsOfPlay that successfully conveyed the gaming experience whilst bringing the top tweets to life in an engaging and contagious manner. Studio Output and Found teamed up to take on the creative direction and design with Found producing and animating the commemorative video.
The Red Brick Road: Savills 'Out of home campaign'
Brand: Savills
Title(s): Out of home campaign
Agency: The Red Brick Road
Agency website: http://www.theredbrickroad.com/
Creative Director: Matt Davis, Richard Megson
Creatives: Baz Williamson, Jess Little, Ben Markey
Additional Credits: Business Director: Matt Anderson
Account Manager: Fiona Parson
Planning Partner: Ben Mitchell
Published: January 2015
Short Rationale: An OOH brand campaign communicating three key pillars of Savills’ proposition to vendors: global reach, diverse inventory and a market-leading website.
We Launch: Post Office Money 'Brand Imagery'
Brand: Post Office Money
Title(s): Brand Imagery
Agency: We Launch, London, England
Agency website: http://welaunch.co.uk
Creative Director: Stuart Lang
Art Director: Stuart Lang
Copywriter: Stephen Mulholland
Illustrator: Les Hynes
Photographer: Nick Daly
Published: January, 2015
Short rationale (optional): The Post Office has always offered a wide range of financial services products – but public perception mainly viewed them as only providing traditional and functional postal delivery services. With the launch of the ‘Post Office Money’ brand, they are now clearly and firmly pitching their financial products against those of the established high-street banks. The new images are now being used throughout the new Post Office Money website and printed collateral to bring a very real, human element to this exciting new high street brand.
B-Reel': Nordeus 'Top Eleven'
Brand: Nordeus
Title(s): Top Eleven
Agency: B-Reel
Agency website: http://www.b-reel.com/
Additional Credits: Director: Emil Moller
Producer: Ivana Bohuslavova
EP: Trine Pillay
Editor: Phil Hignett @ Marshall St Editors
Published: January 2015
Short Rationale: José Mourinho stars in a new advertising campaign shot through B-Reel London for Top Eleven, the football manager game from cross platform games developer Nordeus.
In the commercial the Chelsea manager delivers an inspirational call to arms to football fans everywhere, before a humourous twist shows even ‘the Special One’ does not always take himself too seriously.
Top Eleven’s film for this new campaign was developed by creative partner B-Reel London. It features the ‘Special One’ delivering a stirring speech about the spirit of the beautiful game and action-packed vignettes capturing the trials and tribulations of the world’s most popular sport.
BBD Perfect Storm: Skins 'Official FIFA Non-Sponsor'
Brand: Skins
Title(s): Official FIFA Non-Sponsor
Agency: BBD Perfect Storm
Agency website: http://www.bbdperfectstorm.com/
Executive Creative Director: Seb Hill
Creatives: Lianne Rivett, Jacob-Hill Gowing, Danielle Mensah, Matt Hull
Additional Credits: Account Management: Jamie Buchanan, Antonia Metcalfe
Production Company: Quiet Storm, Bad Moods
Director: Nick Horowitz
Editor: Dave Owen (Quiet Storm), Ben Hedley (Bad Moods)
Post Production: Quiet Storm
Music Production/Track: Beat Suite
Published: January 2015
Short Rationale: FIFA is a discredited organisation that no longer shares any values with the companies whom sponsor it. For this reason, SKINS would never sponsor FIFA.
But for SKINS, doing nothing is not enough. We’re uncomfortable just standing on the sidelines voicing politically-correct disapproval. We can do better than that.
We didn’t want to just opt out of being a sponsor. We went one step further: we opted in to be a non-sponsor. This was our way of saying we violently & wholeheartedly reject the way FIFA runs global football. After all, we have a track record of campaigning to right the wrongs of global sport. It’s part of our DNA – to fight for The Spirit Of True Competition.
The strength of the idea lay in the subversion of traditional sponsor behaviour, by parodying traditional activation plans & the channels they use to announce ourselves as the first ever Official Non-Sponsor of FIFA.
Bensimon Byrne: Carnivore Club 'F-Up Insuance'
Brand: Carnivore Club
Title(s): F-Up Insuance
Agency: Bensimon Byrne
Agency website: http://bensimonbyrne.com/
Creative Director: Joseph Bonnici
Associate Creative Director: Dan Strasser
Additional Credits: Writer: Dave Thornhill
Agency Producer: Michelle Pilling
Business Lead: Zeesh Hussain
Project Manager: Patricia Tay
Production House: OPC/Family Style
Executive Producer: Liz Dussault, Harland Weiss, Donovan Boden
Director: Max Sherman
Line Producer: Dwight Phipps
Casting: Steven Mann
Post Production Offline: Married to Giants
Producer: Denise Scherer
Editor: Leo Zaharatos
Post Production Online: Alter Ego
Producer: Caitlin Schooly
Editor: Darren Achim
Transfer: Alter Ego
Colourist: Wade Odlum
Audio House: Grayson Matthews
Producer: Bridget Flynn
Director: Jono Holmes
Published: January 2015
Short Rationale: Carnivore Club, a meat-of-the-month club, was looking for a new way to sell subscriptions. Many products typically given as gifts are marketed as a form of forgiveness―flowers, chocolates and diamonds have been doing this for years.
Carnivore Club partnered with Toronto-based creative agency Bensimon Byrne to make Carnivore Club the first product to market itself as a form of pre-emptive forgiveness. A gift you should give because we’re all bound to screw up eventually. They dubbed it F-Up Insurance. Now you can protect yourself from your mistakes before you even make them.
M&C Saatchi London: RBS 'Putting Fairness First'
Brand: RBS
Title: Putting Fairness First
Agency: M&C Saatchi London, UK
Agency website: www.mcsaatchi.com/london
Creative Director: Jason Lawes
Copywriter: Christopher Ross-Kellam
Art Director: Andrew Dawes
Producers: Angela Zabala, Sue Cooke, Mary Fostiropoulos
Planner: Gabrielle Bell
Designer: Jonathan Muddell
Production: Riff Raff Films
Director: Megaforce
Post Production: Glassworks
Audio Post Production: Jungles
Published: January 2015
M&C Saatchi London: Havana Club Rum 'The Maestro Ronero'
Brand: Havana Club Rum
Title: The Maestro Ronero
Agency: M&C Saatchi, London, UK
Agency website: www.mcsaatchi.com/london
Producer: Mary Fostiropoulos
Creative Director: Mark Goodwin
Art Director: Grant Parker
Production Company: Sonny
Director: Nick Rutter
Producer: Tina Pawlik
DoP: Jim Jolliffe
Producer: Joe West / Rushes
Colourist: Simona Harrison
Online: Glenn Cone
Published: January 2015
Opperman Weiss: Bombay Sapphire 'Find Sublime'
Brand: Bombay Sapphire
Title: Find Sublime
Agency: Opperman Weiss
Published: January 2015