A woman dressed in black turns out to be Lady Luck. She drives a motorboat and arrives at a pier where good luck befalls each person she walks by. She then arrives at a couple seated on a bench; the guy is playing a California Lottery scratchers game. Lady Luck blows upon his game card and with his last scratch he reveals a jackpot icon. Todd Field directed via Smuggler for agency David&Goliath.
CreditsClient California Lottery Agency David&Goliath, El Segundo, Calif. David Angelo, founder/chief creative officer; Colin Jeffery, executive creative director/managing partner; Mark Monteiro, creative director/copywriter; John Davis, Eron Broughton, creative directors/art directors; Shaun Wright, art director; Peter Hughes, copywriter; Kristen Knape, strategic planning director; Carol Lombard, managing director of broadcast production; Christopher Coleman, executive producer; Josh Crick, digital director; Robert Boucher, director of digital delivery and technology; Erica Tremblay, Michael Karney, digital producers; Ardon Hall, developer. Production Smuggler, bicoastal/international Todd Field, director; Patrick Milling Smith, Brian Carmody, partners/exec producers; Lisa Rich, COO; Shannon Jones, bidding producer; Andrew Colon, head of production; Cory Berg, producer. Editorial Spinach Pete Koob, editor; Michael Weiss, assistant editor; Jonathan Carpio, producer. Visual Effects Eight VFX Baptiste Andrieux, Shira Boardman, exec producers; Philip Ineno, VFX lead; Satoshi Ozecki, Joe Chiao, Anthony Petitti, Flame artists; Denis Gaulthier, Houdini artist; Michael Shores, producer; Evan Kantor, coordinator. Post Company 3. Sean Coleman, colorist. Music Human Sound Design/Audio Post Mix Barking Owl.
Top Spot of the Week: Nike, W+K Portland, Megaforce Take Us On A “Sunshine” Run
“Winning isn’t Comfortable” is the second chapter of Nike’s “Winning isn’t for Everyone,” extended through the lens of running. It is based on true insights and the realities that runner experience when they lace up their shoes.
It adds the perspective of how hard it can be to just get out the door and go for a run. The idea that if you don’t hate running a little, you don’t love running enough. It celebrates the need and opportunity to push outside a person’s comfort zone to discover what they can accomplish, emphasizing that true victory often requires pushing through uncomfortable moments.
Each film of the series builds on the tension that every runner faces--pushing through the morning dread, the elements outside, the pain of hitting a wall, or even walking down the stairs after a run or race--juxtaposed with the feeling of elation only runners know as they push themselves beyond what they thought possible.
The irreverence of the films--directed by Megaforce via production company Iconoclast for Wieden+Kennedy Portland--is in pairing visuals showing the mundanity of everyday struggles with music that brings to life a contradictory tension. This film, the first to be released, is titled “Sunshine” and shows the inclement weather and obstacles that runners encounter to the tune of “You Are My Sunshine.”
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