11 Dollar Bill Teams with BravoEcho in Capturing the Winter Park Experience
New, 10-spot campaign targets both veteran skiers and newbies with authentic storytelling. CHICAGO, BOULDER and RALEIGH— 11 Dollar Bill helped capture the spirit of adventure, spectacular views and downhill fun offered by Colorado’s longest continuously operating ski resort in a new campaign for Winter Park. Conceived by strategic communications agency BravoEcho and produced by Natives […]
Directing Commercial Spec Spots: Jordan Brady Offers Three Tips
Commercial director Jordan Brady offers three tips for spec spots. His MasterClass with Filmmakers Academy Is Oct. 22.
11 Dollar Bill Shortlisted for AICP Post Award for Colorado Lottery Spot
CHICAGO, BOULDER and RALEIGH— 11 Dollar Bill is currently shortlisted for an AICP Post Award for its contribution to a spot for the Colorado Lottery offering a hilarious homage to the Rocky Mountain spirit. Welcome to Winning Country, a contender in the awards show’s Regional category, was conceived by Denver agency Cactus. Promoting the game […]
Director Hannah Cheesman Joins Yard Dog for U.S. Spot Work
LOS ANGELES—Award-winning Canadian director Hannah Cheesman has joined Yard Dog for advertising projects in the United States. Currently based in Los Angeles and Toronto, Cheesman has earned kudos for work spanning commercials, features, television, web series and shorts. She was recognized as an Emerging Canadian Filmmaker at the Toronto International Film Festival and named to […]
Jane Lynch Directs “Middle of Everything” Campaign for Illinois Tourism through STORY
CHICAGO—Actress, producer and writer Jane Lynch can add “Director” to her impressive list of titles. She recently directed a series of commercials for Illinois Tourism and was the primary actor. The comedic vignettes are part of the new Middle of Everything campaign that promotes Illinois as state that’s at the center of all sorts of […]
Fancy VFX Uses Emojis to Tell the Story of Unexpected Business Success in FedEx Spot
Visual effects studio, a Goldcrest Post sister company, works with BBDO on new national campaign promoting services for small business. NEW YORK CITY— Fancy VFX, a sister company to Goldcrest Post, New York, recently teamed with BBDO and production company Biscuit to tell the fictional story of an NFL star who unwittingly turns a small […]
Daily Planet’s Michael Gabriele Tells a Story of the Brassy Power of Love in “Mariachi Boy”
CHICAGO—A boy enlists a tuba in a quixotic quest to woo the girl of his dreams in the heartwarming short film Mariachi Boy, directed by Michael Gabriele and produced by Daily Planet. Proving the timeless maxim that love conquers all, the film follows the boy as he repeatedly shows up in the front yard of […]
11 Dollar Bill Adds WOW! Factor to Made’s New Campaign for Broadband Service
Studio provides creative, editorial and post services for spots introducing WOW! service in communities across the country. CHICAGO and BOULDER—11 Dollar Bill provided graphic design, editorial and post-production services for a new campaign for Wow! in which the speed, quality and reliability of the company’s broadband service has people shouting its name. Created by Boulder […]
Audiocastle Scores Music for Acuvue Broadcast Campaign
Audiocastle recently met the challenge of composing music for Acuvue Contact Lenses’ broadcast and integrated campaign, ‘Be Free, Be You.’ Composers Adam Robl and Shawn Sutta collaborated with songwriter/vocalist Gabriela Ferrer on the tracks for the spots, delivering instrumentals and lyrics with a contemporary commercial sound virtually overnight. At the 11th hour, the client decided that […]
11 Dollar Bill Joins Colorado Lottery and Cactus in Confronting “Fomoomoolah”
CHICAGO and BOULDER—11 Dollar Bill helped to draw attention to a mysterious phenomenon sweeping the Rocky Mountain State in a new campaign for the Colorado Lottery. The studio provided editorial and post-production finishing services for the spots, conceived by Denver agency Cactus and directed by Ryan Ebner of ArtClass, in which office workers are in […]
11 Dollar Bill Helps Piggyback Create a Buzz for Cheeba Chews
Studio provides post service for a hilarious social campaign promoting the brand’s new lemon meringue flavor of edibles. CHICAGO and BOULDER—11 Dollar Bill ended things on a high note in providing editorial, graphics design and post services for a new social campaign for Cheeba Chews, a maker of bite-size cannabis edibles. Conceived and produced by […]
Mr. Wolf Taps VFX Veterans Motal and Sippy to Lead New Advertising Division
CULVER CITY, CA— Mr. Wolf, a visual effects and finishing studio with facilities in Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver and Atlanta, is launching a division focused on commercials and other advertising media. The new venture will feature a brand new office in Los Angeles and be led by veteran Creative Director | VFX Lead Matt […]
Lowel Delivers Blender® XL LED Light
www.tiffen.com Mixable Color Balance at your Fingertips Burbank, California: Tiffen announces that new Blender® XL LED lights are now shipping. The bi-color Blender XL puts out a tunable narrow flood beam—up to four times brightness of a traditional 1×1 panel light—yet its durable metal housing is compact enough to hold in one hand. It’s a […]
Director Kevin Smith of STORY Creates a Crime Drama with a Funny Twist for Gumout
CHICAGO— A clandestine meeting between a pair of shady characters under a dank freeway overpass leads to an unexpectedly hilarious result in a new spot for Gumout directed by Kevin Smith of STORY. Conceived by Cramer-Krasselt (C-K), the clever ad is set up to look like a scene from a gritty TV crime drama as […]
11 Dollar Bill Puts the Icing on a New Campaign for RaceTrac and R/GA
Multi-platform campaign features popular RaceTrac icon The Freeze. CHICAGO and BOULDER—11 Dollar Bill teamed with R/GA and Swedish production company Hobby Film on a new campaign for RaceTrac featuring the “coolest” icon in professional sports. The funny online, social and broadcast spots introduce Freeze Blast, a new drink from the convenience store, named after its […]
