Challenge: Break through the seasonal clutter of toy advertising by creating engaging
spots that show off a variety of toys & that speak to broad audiences, while prompting
repeated views, shares, & engagement.
Solution: Toy ads often solely target kids to pester their parents. Our team wanted to
instead create an emotional story that targeted adults as well; something they could share.
Our internal team worked with Weber Shandwick, Oscar nominated DP Svetlana Cvetko,
& composer Billy Mallery to transform well known holiday songs with new lyrics into
engaging, fun spots with strong narrative arcs–a much broader reach than the initial RFP.
The three holiday spots were viewed & shared millions of times, exhausted the coupon
campaign in roughly 1/4 of the expected time frame, & were cited by Ad Age as a crucial
element to our client PR firm being newly recognized as a top-ten advertising agency.
Storyboard Example - Imaginext
Our talented storyboard illustrator helped bring our team's concept briefs to life.
From here, animatics were created to dial in pacing.
Concept-to-Completion Examples
On set, I was technical director and DIT,
then created all environmental effects for the final videos.
Final Fisher-Price Ads
Each targets a different age group / toy set:
Laugh & Learn, Little People, & Imaginext
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