This Is Joe Woods First Day of Work | TD Ameritrade Spot

A new TV commercial for TD Ameritrade introduces us to Joe Woods who is at his first day of work. The ad is voiced by actor Matt Damon, who tells the story of how unpredictable the nature of life is while offering straight-forward retirement guidance. Joe looks happy now but wait til his investments tank, not to worry just cook what you love and save your money.

Credits:
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Production: Pony Show Entertainment
Country: United States of America
Director: Brad Silberling
Executive Creative Director: Rick Condos
Executive Creative Director: Huner Hindman
Creative Director: Matt Ashworth
Creative Director: John Shachter
Producer: MJ Otto
Executive Producer: Tod Puckett
Account Director: Katie Rafferty
Account manager: Jenna Lubin
Director of Photography: Philippe Rousselot
Executive producer: Susan Kirson & Jeffrey Frankel
Line Producer: Fern Martin
Editing House: Spotwelders
Editor: Haines Hall
Producer: Carolina Wallace
VFX House: Kilt Studios
Producer: Mathew McManus

"Jack in the Box: University of Farmers" New Farmers Insurance Commercial

New spot for Farmers Insurance entitled "Jack In The Box, The University of Farmers" starring J.K. Simmons as Professor Nathaniel Burke, who teaches America's smartest insurance agents how to help their customers avoid costly surprises.

Credits:
Agency: RPA
ECD: Joe Baratelli
GCD: Pat Mendelson
CDs: Tom Hamling, Laura Hauseman
ACD/CW: Damian Fratecelli
Senior AD: Katie Carlile
EVP, Executive Producer, Content: Gary Paticoff
Senior Producer: Selena Pizarro
Assistant Producer: Whitney Young

Production Co: über content
Director: Fred Savage
DP: Chris Soos
Executive Producer: Preston Lee
Line Producer: Cory Berg
Production Designer: Andy Reznik

Editorial Company: Spot Welders
Editor: Haines Hall
Assistant Editor: Paul Sabater
Post Producer: Patrick McElroy

Telecine: Company 3, Santa Monica, CA
Artist: Stefan Sonnenfeld
EP: Rhubie Jovanov

Visual Effects Company: Public VFX
Lead Flame Artist: James Allen
VFX Producer: Marlo Kinsey/Kim Nagel
VFX CD: Tony Smoller
Title Design: Laundry! TV
Audio Post Company: Lime Studios
Audio Post Mixer: Loren Sibler
Music Company: Elias Arts, LA
Composer/Arranger: Jonathan Elias
Executive Producer: Ann Haugen
Creative Director: Dave Gold
Music: Ramblin Man

"Where There's Help There's A Way" The FNB Dog Spot

FNB Dog is the latest brand commercial for FNB(First National Bank). The commercial tells the story of a man who goes out of his way to help find the owner of dog that he found. This shares the philosophy of how help is entrenched in the core belief system of FNB and that great things can happen when people help eachother. Where there's help, there's a way. Truly an emotionally uplifting short movie, I mean commercial, great stuff.
The ad was directed by Greg Gray.

Gio Compario for Gocompare.com Stone Age Advert

Opera singer Gio Compario rocks out in the Stone Age in the latest ad for Gocompare.com. The ad, which airs on Monday (26 September), shows Compario flown into the Stone Age by a flying reptile. Aiming to draw on comparisons with the Raquel Welch film, ‘One Million Years BC’, the ad features two young attractive cave women who have just invented the wheel.
The ad continues to use Compario’s famous ‘Go compare’ song with a rock twist. It was created by Yellow Boat Music and features American drummer Shay Godwin and lead guitarist Jan Cyrka.
The campaign was created by Gocompare.com’s in-house marketing team. The creative concept was developed by Siân and Chris Wilkins, and Groundglass was the production company.
Nick Hall, head of marketing at Gocompare.com, said: "This advert takes ‘rock opera’ to a whole new level. We think viewers are going to love it. The CGI characters and backgrounds are fantastic and every time you watch it, you see more of the detail.
"The rocked-up version of the Gocompare song is our favourite so far and it will definitely wake people up in the ad breaks. Move over Queens of the Stone Age – the King of the Stone Age is here and his name is Gio Compario."
Story via: Campaignlive.co.uk

Funny First Bank "Stress" Commercial Ad

First Bank introduces us their newest mortgage product in their new TV campaign entitled "Stress". That's right its the Anti-Pull-Your-Hair-Out-Steal-A-Bus-And-Jump-In-Front-Of-It Mortgage, only from First Bank.
Credits:
Advertising Agency: TDA, Boulder, USA
Art Director: Barrett Brynestad
Copywriter: Jeremy Seibold
Agency Producer: Susan Fisher
Creative Directors: Jonathan Schoenberg, Thomas Dooley
Production Company: MJZ
Director: Clay Williams
D.P.: Eric Steelberg
Executive Producer: Eric Stern
Line Producer: Clarissa Troop
Editorial / Post: Cosmo Street, Santa Monica
Editor: Katz
Asst. Editor: Zoe Mougin
Exec. Prod.: Yvette Cobarrubias
Prod.: Patty Paz
Sound Design: POP 
Sound Engineer: Zac Fisher
Asst. Engineer: Joseph Garten
Executive Producer: Susie Boyajan

TIFF RBC "Not Everyone Has An Uncle In The Biz" TV Ads

Three new TV ad spots for RBC’s sponsorship of TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival), Untitled Films director Mark Gilbert helps paint the picture of how handy having an 'Uncle in the Biz' can be for young filmmakers. Unfortunately, not everyone has such an uncle.

"Screening" Spot

RBC/TIFF "Boom" Ad

"Helicopter" TIFF Spot

Credits:

Client: Royal Bank of Canada
Agency:BBDO, Toronto
Sr VP, ECD: Peter Ignazi
Senior Copywriter: Jason Perdue
Senior Art Director: Patrick Shing
Copywriter: Jon Murray
Sr Producer: Beatrice Bodogh
Producer: Adriana Laborde
Sr. VP, Managing Director: Lori Davison
Account Director: Rebecca Flaman
Production Company: Untitled Films
Director: Mark Gilbert
Executive Producer: Peter Davis
Producer: Tom Evelyn
Director of Photography: Tico Poulakakis
Editorial: School Editing
Editor: Jon De Vries
Music: RMW
Casting: Jigsaw Casting
Casting Director: Shasta Lutz

New 1stBank History Lessons TV Ad

New TV commercial for 1st Bank gives us a history lesson in this spot created by TDA. From the Hollands tulip mania in 1637, New Yorks Stock Speculation in 1929, and the housing bubble in 2008 1st Bank reminds us there is no get rich.
Credits:
Advertising Agency: TDA, Boulder, USA
Art Director: Barrett Brynestad
Copywriters: Jeremy Seibold, Neal Desai
Agency Producer: Susan Fisher
Creative Directors: Jonathan Schoenberg, Thomas Dooley
Production Company: MJZ, Los Angeles
Director: Clay Williams
D.P.: Eric Steelberg
Executive Producer: Eric Stern
Line Producer: Clarissa Troop
Editorial / Post: Cosmo Street / Santa Monica
Editor: Katz
Assistant Editor: Zoe Mougin
Executive Producer: Yvette Cobarrubias
Production: Patty Paz
Sound Design: POP Sound, Santa Monica
Engineer: Zac Fisher
Assistant Engineer: Joseph Garten
Executive Producer: Susie Boyajan

GE Capital and Polaris TV Spot

In a collaborative showcase between their top-flight color-grading and VFX departments, full-service post studio Nice Shoes just finished work on the latest stunning spot for GE Capital's ongoing co-branding campaign, this time spotlighting the company's relationship with Polaris.

Polaris opens on a panoramic shot of a stunning, jagged-edged dunescape. A Polaris dune buggy streaks across the screen, tossing a trail of sand behind and adding a flash of red color to the brown-and-tan-hued land. A voiceover extols the merits of GE Capital's intensive client relationship with Polaris before the spot ends with the occupants leaping from the buggy and dancing joyously across the sand.

The naturally beautiful color palette, the epic landscape, the contrasting shades, and the sand trail stirred up by the dune buggy called for special cooperation between Nice Shoes' powerful color-grading and VFX units. "More than anything, the finished product shows how well Nice Shoes' various departments unite," noted Nice Shoes Colorist Ron Sudul. "Plus we have done so many of these spots now for GE that we are particularly tuned in to their desired look and style."

Nice Shoes took the 35MM footage, scanned it in at 2K, and color corrected in Baselight to capture the unique tint of light reflecting on sand. The VFX department contributed with Autodesk Flame, taking advantage of its ability to composite within a 3D workspace.

The crew faced myriad challenges, from trying to reproduce accurate looking sand to maintaining the integrity of the pristine desert scenery. Nice Shoes enhanced the natural lines and shading in the sand dunes to really bring out the contrasts and contours. In nearly every shot, the VFX crew then removed tracks from the dune buggy and the film crew and recreated clean sand to fill the space.

"We had a very short turnaround for this project, so it was important that each group cooperated with the other," noted Nice Shoes VFX Artist Jason Farber. "Luckily we have a long history of collaborating not only internally, but also with the agencies and production companies we work with, so we were able to come together and turn out a beautiful final spot."

Credits:
Client: GE Capital
Spots Title: Polaris :30
Agency: BBDO/NY
Creative Group Head: Don Schneider
Art Director(s): Rick Rabe, John Cornette
Copywriter(s): John Kenney, Daniel Bremmer
EP: Regina Ebel
Music Producer: Rani Vaz
Producer: Regina Iannuzzi
Prod Company: @radical.media
DP: Anthony Wolberg
Director: Lenny Dorfman
Editorial: Crewcuts
Editor: Nate Taylor
Telecine: Nice Shoes
Colorist: Ron Sudul
Post/Effects: Nice Shoes
CD: Aron Baxter
Flame Artist(s): Jason Farber, Andrew Granelli, Bryan Rosen Blum, Vin Roma, Russ Bigsby, Rich Schrek
Producer: Dave Moore
Music: Black Iris
Sound Design: Sonic Union
Attribution: Written content created by TRUST: http://www.trustcollective.com
Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Share Alike

Travelers Insurance - Drifters (New Floating Umbrella Commercial)

Travelers new TV spot, featuring the music of Langhorne Slim, "Worries", shows red umbrellas drifting through the countryside and city scapes before coming together to protect the things that people care about most.In the latest spot in the celebrated Travelers Insurance campaign, joining Rupert Sanders' Emmy nominated "Delivery" and Daniel Kleinman's charming bone-obsessed dog in "Prized Possession," comes "Drifters." Directed by Frank Budgen, the story unfolds in the skies above America, as we see thousands of small red umbrellas elegantly floating above. As we hear "Worries" from the incomparable folk star Langhorne Slim, we watch as the hypnotic flotilla moves from the ocean, over the countryside and, finally, into the skyscraper-filled canyons of a city where they gently drift down to protect a home, a car and a business.
Client: Travelers Insurance
Agency: Fallon
Creative Directors: Scott O'Leary, Ryan Peck
Art Director: Scott O'Leary
Copywriter: Ryan Peck
Director of Integrated Production: Vic Palumbo
Executive Producer: Kate Talbott
Production Company: Gorgeous Enterprises
Director: Frank Budgen
Director of Photography: Ellen Kuras/Frank Budgen
Executive Producer: Cassie Hulen
Producer: Alicia Richards
Production Manager: Judy Vermeulen
Editorial Company: Rock Paper Scissors
Editor: Angus Wall
Executive Producer: Linda Carlson, Carol Lynn Weaver
Producer: Kim Colen
Editorial Assistant: Grant Surmi
Visual Effects Company: a52
VFX Supervisor: Patrick Murphy
Colorist: Angus Wall
Flame Artists: Patrick Murphy, Stefan Gaillot, Mike Bliss, Andy Hall
CGI Supervisor: Kirk Shintani
CGI Artists: Andy Hall, Paulo de Almada, Joe Chiechi, Adam Newman, Ian Ruhfass, Terry Shigemitsu
VFX Producer: Jenny Bright
Executive Producer: Jennifer Sofio Hall
Mix Company: Eleven Sound
Mix Engineer: Jeff Fuller
Music Track: "Worries" Langhorne Slim

Allan Gray Investments James Dean "Legend" Advert

Allan Gray Investments uses the legend of James Dean in their newest advertising campaign. I don't get the connection, but the ad agency King James had this to say about the commercial:

Allan Gray surmises how much more could have been achieved by the Legend had James Dean had more time.
In all my years of advertising, I have never seen a treatment that was so detailed, so carefully thought through, and so deeply researched, than the treatment Keith gave us when pitching to handle this commercial. From beginning to end, his commitment to the job bordered on obsession." says Alistair King, Executive Creative Director at King James.
"This was an incredibly challenging board, says Rose. You just take it for granted that James Dean is so iconic, so to go and mess with him and replan his life, if it doesnt work its like youre desecrating his memory."
We really needed to deal with it with sensitivity. According to Karin Barry-McCormack and Paige Nick, the creative team from King James; "For both of us, this was without a doubt the most exciting, challenging and intricate television project we have ever worked on. And it was amazing to work so closely with such a passionate team and such a collaborative client."

Agency: King James
Client: Allan Gray Investments
Executive Creative Director: Alistair King
Agency: King James
Copywriter: Paige Nick
Art Director: Karin Barry-McCormack
Agency Producer: Caz Friedman
Director: Keith Rose
Executive Producer: Barry Munchick
Executive Producer: Peter Carr
Executive Producer: Nicola Valentine
Producer: Grant Davies
Director of Photography: Keith Rose
Editor: Ricky Boyd
Editing Company: Deliverance
Producer: Paula Raphael
Head Flame Artist: Marco Raposa de Barbosa
Post Company: Black Ginger
Flame Artist: Eddie Addinall
Matte Paintings: Rob Muir
Rotoscoping: Ashley Ryan
Rotoscoping: Angelo Beceiro Collinicos
Post Producer: Tracy-Lee Portnoi
Music: Stefan Nilsson
Music: Theo Crous
Sound Design: Barry Donnelly

RBC Emerging Filmmakers Competition TV Spots

With the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is in full gear in Toronto, ad agency BBDO, Toronto has created this funny campaign for the RBC Emerging Filmmakers Competition. Be sure to watch the spots in order so can follow the story; After Party, Cheetah Prince and Chic Chicken. The campaign is directed by Holiday Films Steven Tsuchida.

RBC: After Party SpotThe Cheetah PrinceChic Chicken - RBC Emerging Filmmakers Competition
Titles: After Party, Cheetah Prince, Chic Chicken
Client: RBC
Agency: BBDO, Toronto
Creative Directors: Peter Ignazi, Carlos Moreno
Copywriter: Chris Joakim
Art Director: Mike Donaghey
Agency Producer: Megan Flett
VP Group Account Director: Lori Davison
Account Director: Aimee DeParolis
VP Account Planning: Scott Griffith
Director: Steven Tsuchida
Production Company: Holiday Films
Executive Producer: Josefina Nadurata
Line Producer: Tim Corrigan
Director of Photography: Chris Mably
Editor & Company: Aaron Dark, School Editing
Music & Sound Design: Sonny Keyes, Ricochet
credits via: Glossy Inc. | video via: Ads of the World

HSBC Bank Commercial UK Washing Machine India

Fun HSBC commercial from the UK. Apparently washing machine sales are through the roof in India and an innocent salesman heads to India to investigate. HSBC advertising agency JWT London has created a fun commercial promoting that HSBC is the Worlds Local Bank.

HSBC The Worlds Local Bank

Brand: HSBC Commercial Bank
Agency: JWT London
Executive Creative Director: Russell Ramsey
Creative Director: Axel Chaldecott
Agency Producer: Dean Baker
Group Head: Joseph Petyan
Director: Kevin MacDonald
Editor: Justine at Final Cut
Production Company: Rogue Films
Country: United Kingdom