Football season is back (virtually for now)! Chelsea Pictures’ David Gordon Green remotely directs EA Sports Madden’s latest spot, “The Spokesplayer,” for agency Johannes Leonardo.
While NFL players are too busy creating, your Spokesplayer, King Keraun, is stepping into the spotlight and is here to report all that’s new wit this year’s EA Madden. Say goodbye to tradition and welcome to a whole new era with Madden 21.
Client EA Sports Agency Johannes Leonardo Omid Amidi, creative director; Brett Fisher, executive producer; Doug Moffitt, sr. producer; Meg Piro, Andrew Raine, Brendan Smith, strategists; Mina Mikhael, Jacobi Mehringer, art directors; Thomas Woods, copywriter. Production Chelsea Pictures David Gordon Green, director; Lisa Mehling, owner/exec producer; Pat McGoldrick, VP/exec producer; Shanah Blevins, sr. producer; Michael Simmonds, DP; Christopher Spellman, production designer; Brian Stevens, first assistant director; Greg Grill, production supervisor. Editorial Arcade Jeff Ferruzzo, editor; Sila Soyer, exec producer. VFX Preymaker Angus Kneale, chief creative; Verity Kneale, Melanie Wickham, exec producers
This holiday season, YETI, in partnership with Wieden+Kennedy (W+K) Portland, has launched a film to highlight the unintended consequences of gifting a YETI product to someone you love. “Don’t Get Them a YETI,” is a punchy cautionary tale with a wink, warning those considering gifting a YETI not to, because a world of adventurous highs and lows awaits and it might just be more than they bargained for.
Directed by Daniel Wolfe and Jess Kohl of Love Song, with VO by Oscar- and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and Yellowstone actor Ryan Bingham, the hero film opens with a YETI Tundra Cooler flying off the back of a truck and tumbling through the mud. This kicks off a kaleidoscopic fever dream of worst-case scenarios in the mind’s eye of the female lead. As she imagines what could unfold, bites to burns to rashes, to wet dogs to never ending slideshows, the witty voiceover rattles off reason after reason why giving a YETI is a terrible idea.
But the truth is, every “disaster” looks kind of amazing. And as the adrenaline builds, so does her resolve. By the end, she commits. This might be the worst idea she’s ever had, but it’s also the best. She’s getting the YETI.
The campaign embraces YETI’s core truth: it’s not just gear, it’s a gateway. A catalyst. And commitment to whatever comes with it. And YETI clearly has no problem beating up their own product in the process. Because they know it’s built to take it. From the mud to the rodeo to the back of a bush plane, these products are made for the ones who go too far—and the loved ones who enable them.
“Don’t Get Them a YETI” flips the holiday script. It’s not just about gift guides and wrapping paper. It’s about understanding what you’re really giving... Read More
