A man is so engrossed in his $20 California Lottery Playbook containing six games of Scratchers that he is oblivious to what’s going around him. It’s a book he can’t put down as he walks through Venice Beach, Calif. Not even the excitement and action of the boardwalk can distract him for the game pages.
Nez Khammel directed via production house Furlined for agency David&Goliath, Los Angeles.
CreditsClient California Lottery Agency David&Goliath, L.A. David Angelo, founder/chairman; Colin Jeffery, chief creative officer; Ben Purcell, Steve Yee, group creative director; Greg Buri, creative director/copywriter; Basil Cowieson, creative director/art director; Kristen Knape, strategic planning director; Jessica Watts, strategic planner; Paul Albanese, director of broadcast production; Jessica Gardner, broadcast producer; Mike Geiger, chief digital officer; Robert Boucher, director of digital delivery & technology; Michael Karney, digital production & technology manager; Ardon Hall, sr. interactive developer; Keenan Howard, digital production coordinator. Production Furlined Nez Khammel, director; Andrij Parekh, DP; Robert Herman, managing director/exec producer; Sheila Eisenstein, head of production; Pete Vitale, line producer. Editorial Spinach Editorial Andy McGraw, editor (c/o Stitch Editorial); Jonathan Carpio, producer; Ronnie Shatto, assistant editor. Post Company 3 Bob Festa, colorist. Online & VFX Method Studios Noah Caddis, Flame artist; Robert Owens, exec producer; Stephanie Allis, producer. Music “Hey My Man” by The Babes. Audio Post Lime Studios Sam Casas, sound mixer/engineer
Top Spot of the Week: Samsung, BBH Singapore, Director Rhys Thomas Get Fit For A Surf Holiday
Samsung’s new global campaign from BBH Singapore, featuring Samsung Health and Galaxy AI, tells the story of a young professional couple who compete to get fit for a surf holiday.
Titled “A Samsung Health Story: Racing to Fiji,” this film taps into Gen Z’s wellness dilemma and the fact that they can often find health information overwhelming; in particular, BBH Singapore took inspiration from young people who reference their “quarter life crisis” on social media. This film tells the story of Stacey and Steve who decide to go surfing in Fiji, something they did five years ago but haven’t done since they started their jobs. However, there’s one problem: they need to get fitter first.
Featuring a range of Galaxy products powered by Galaxy AI, they rebuild their fitness to prepare for the trip, competing playfully to spur each other on. We see them comparing their Energy Scores (a new feature on the Samsung Health app), recording their runs and swims on their Samsung Galaxy Watches, trying and failing to get fit at work and on their commutes and striving to improve in the run up to the trip. When they get there, however, there’s a fun twist, and the film ends on a cliffhanger.
The ad is expected to be the first in a series, which will develop the characters and their “world” in future episodes. This longform (two-and-a-half-minute) version of the spot delves deeper into the storytelling, in a fresh approach for Samsung’s product campaigns, while the shorter edits focus on driving exposure to specific features.
BBH Singapore also leaned into the entertainment aspect of the spot; it was directed by comedic specialist Rhys Thomas at Stink Films, who has a major TV background. Best known for his work on Saturday Night... Read More