Filmmakers In Advertising

Have you seen - the Jason Kelce ads with the B-Dubs buffalo at the bar? Or maybe you've seen something a little more “pinkies out” such as the holiday campaign for Tiffany & Co featuring Anya Taylor Joy. 

Do you like Super Bowl commercials? 

If any of these interest you, then today is your day, cause we’re talking to industry pro - Mike Byrne, Founding Partner and Global Chief Creative Officer of Anomaly. 

Anomaly has in their portfolio: THIRTY-ONE Super Bowl commercials - with more on the way. 

Budweiser, the Lance Armstrong Live Strong campaign, Buffalo Wild Wings, Top Golf, so much Nike, Converse, SONY, Six offices around the world and 800+ employees - 

ALL with Mike at the helm.

Look up Anomaly.  Look up Mike. This is a good one.

Mike Byrne is a founding partner of Anomaly and Global Creative Chief, where he helped lead Anomaly to Agency of the Year in 2022, Ad Age A-list #1 in 2017 as well as seven top ten placements seven years in a row. He helped lead Anomaly to two-time Fast Company Most Innovative Companies on top of other industry accolades.

He spent his formative years in advertising at Wieden & Kennedy NY then Portland where he served as the co-creative chief for the agency's cornerstone Nike Account from 2000 – 2006. **During his tenure, W+K Portland amassed more awards than any other agency in the United States. W+K Portland was Agency of the Year two times in this tenure. While at W+K, Mike managed creative development for Nike in the US, Latin America and Europe.

Mike has been recognized throughout his career for creative excellence, being awarded numerous Grand Prix at Cannes International Advertising Festival, D&AD, The One Show, Art Directors Club, Clios, and CA amongst others. Mike is also a multiple Emmy award winner.

Beyond advertising, Mike has helped launch multiple companies spanning, from cannabis to fashion brands to food and beverage.

Some of Mike's Work

Nike Tag

Nike Angry Chicken

Nike Move

JW Gentleman's Wager II "The race"

Converse "Made By You"

Budweiser "Best Buds"

Budweiser "Prohibition"

Sony "This is 3DTV"

Dick's Sporting Goods Every Pitch

Converse Lunch Money

Episode Edited by Dylan Giovanetto
@dylangio  |  Dylangio.com

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IS ADVERTISING GETTING FUN AGAIN? 

Apparently, innovative, interesting, and fun work is making a comeback. That’s according to today’s guest Norm Shearer Partner, and CCO at Cactus (...among other things)

Look, today’s guest, won a 7th-grade art contest with a drawing of an X-Wing fighter. ...So you should probably listen up. 

We grabbed some good stuff from Norm that is informative and validating for how we can operate. Norm was a great guest and generous with his experience. 

He shares:

• Some tips for what directors and production companies can add to their websites and social media to better stand out to agencies
• Fine-tuning your goals and plans via brainstorming with mini-retreats and fun ways to empower your team
• Delivering on Challenging Work (basically delivering good work from shitty briefs)

Norm is delightful and you should give him and CACTUS a follow on social media and keep up with their work. 

And check out their website, they have cool case studies that walk through the actual results that their work brought in. 

https://www.cactusinc.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/cactusinc/

https://www.instagram.com/cactusdenver/

https://www.cactusinc.com/Noobs

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Gordy Sang & Brian Siedband, Co-Founders / Co-CCOs of Quality Meats - put the Quality in Quality Meats (Ad Age Small Agency of The Year… Again!)

In this episode with Quality Meats, (not a butcher shop), we gain a plethora of knowledge. Their creative is fun, -  and if you watch it you’ll notice a refreshing and straightforward authenticity to their humor and narratives, and I (Codey) highly recommend you check out their work. 

Quality Meats was founded during the pandemic with no paying clients or investors, just a few humans focused on delivering the highest-quality work without all the BS that gets in the way

• Client roster including Samsung, Huggies, Regal Cinemas, DoorDash, SAXX Underwear, Olliv/Coinflip, Marquee Sports Network, Biore, and GetYourGuide

“We want to make fun work that people don’t want to fast forward through and hate” - Gordy

“...bring people in on it, make them feel like they're in on the joke or they're in on the story, but getting them to rethink something in a way that's not hard to rethink.” - Brian

Quality Meats website: https://qualitymeatscreative.com/

• Ad Age 2024 Small Agency of the Year
• 10 Senior Hires in May 2024
• Regal Cinemas commercial

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Colin Jeffery is the Chief Creative Officer at Doner / Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer at Wolfgang / Advisory Board Member / Ad Age 2023 Agency A-List / Adweek Creative 100

Colin was instrumental in helping Kia Motors become one of the fastest-growing car brands in the world, taking them from 28th to 7th largest automotive brand in the US. Colin created the wildly popular Kia Hamsters which helped catapult the brand into pop culture. The long-standing campaign includes one of the most viewed commercials of all-time, according to AdWeek.

Colin was included on Adweek’s 2016 Creative Top 100 list, and Doner was named an Ad Age A-List Standout Agency. 

Following Stagwell’s acquisition of Wolfgang, Colin became responsible for the creative output of both agencies. 

In 2012 and 2016, Business Insider included Colin on its list of the Most Creative People in Advertising, ranking him #11 and #20 respectively. 

Prior to co-founding Wolfgang, Colin was a Managing Partner and CCO at David&Goliath. 

Under his creative leadership, the agency grew from 60 to 250 employees and was named Ad Age Small Agency of the Year. 

Throughout Colin’s career, he has worked with Adidas, Halo Top, NBCUniversal, Panda Express, Kia Motors, Jack in the Box, Coca-Cola, Universal Studios,  MGM Resorts, and LG Mobile.

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The agency team responsible for the blockbuster launch of the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League spot featuring celebrity talent Will Arnett and Ron Funches for Warner Bros games.


Phil Khosid Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer

Stanton Hill Head of Production


Battery - 3X Ad Age Creative Agency of the Year

Advertising as sought after as Entertainment. 

This episode is packed with wisdom from Phil and Stan’s combined experience. 

Some of our favorite highlights from this episode: 

• What is the undeniable work that you’ve done? 
• There’s too much at stake to train you. I have to know you can do this.
• Consider making a spec (to show us you can do this)

Battery has worked with  EA Games, Land O’Lakes, Netflix, Royal Bank of Canada and Warner Bros. Battery is a lead creative agency of the Paris-based Havas Group with offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto and Shanghai.

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Today we chat with Megan Cunningham, founder of Magnet Media. 

In this episode, Megan discusses:

• Apple as Magnet Media’s first client
• Leveraging knowledge in the tech space to start a company
• The biggest mistake filmmakers make when approaching brands and how to pivot your approach
• Magnet Media’s “think, make, reach” brand storytelling strategy 
• Her early career and how her passion for storytelling developed
• The State of the Story trend reports and summits
• The magic of AI

Megan Cunningham founded Magnet Media 20 years ago as a pioneer in brand storytelling with a mission to tell stories that matter. Megan mentors two groups: female directors via Chicken & Egg Pictures and female founders, through Rent the Runway’s Project Entrepreneur. She’s also a founding partner of Marketers that Matter, the Forbes Agency Council, and is a Founding Member of CHIEF.

Megan’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megancunningham/

Megan on Intro: https://intro.co/MeganCunningham


‘Things We Noticed’

Lindex "Underwear for Life"
https://smuggler.xyz/work/commercials/lindex-underwear-for-life/

Helldivers2

https://twitter.com/helldivers2

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We are so back! Listen to a quick overview of what we’ve been up to and what’s coming. 

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Today we’re talking to Levi Sanford, Senior Marketing Manager at Ice Barrel. 

If you’re a filmmaker who works in advertising, this discussion is tangential because it will help you better understand how a (truly) value-driven company and its teams communicate in healthy ways, serve their customers, and achieve their goals. 


Levi is one of the most genuinely authentic guests we've spoken to thus far.  His leadership style,  and commitment to his team and helping others, make this conversation informative and engaging, even if you're not in filmmaking and or advertising. 

Expect to gain some valuable knowledge on both personal and professional topics.

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Links

Levi Sanford

Linkedin

Ice Barrel

Justin Rossbacher

Linkedin

Instagram

Codey Wilson

Linkedin

Instagram

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On today’s episode of Filmmakers In Advertising, Director Mwita Chacha interviews Director Justin Rossbacher on Directing through Loss & Grief.

I (Codey) initially wanted to share how we adjusted to such a shocking situation as a company, but, ultimately, we realized it was important that Justin simply share his experience of how he had to direct one of the biggest commercial campaigns of his career, at the time, while receiving the news that his brother was dying. 

We talk about: 

• Mortality 
• Love for your sibling
• Having a special relationship with your client
• Creating with people you care about
• Anxiety as unprocessed sadness
• And turning grief into art

So, if you want to hear how a director navigated massive loss while in the midst of a large commercial production, but also how his collaborators and friends showed up and got him through it, this one’s for you. 

Justin at CRY - https://filmcry.com/justin-rossbacher

Justin’s website - https://justinrossbacher.com/

Justin’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bossrocker/

Mwita at CRY - https://filmcry.com/mwita-chacha

Mwita’s website - https://mwitachacha.com

Mwita’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mwitachacha/

Carilion Clinic Curious Campaign - https://filmcry.com/carilion-clinic-curious

Filmmakers In Advertising Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/filmmakersinadvertising/

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Today we’re talking to Michael Ryan Bennett and Josh Shadid of LORD DANGER!

Lord Danger is a creative production studio based in Los Angeles that specializes in bold and innovative commercials, branded content, and music videos. From their commercials for Old Spice, Tostitos, and Mint, to their music videos for Lil Nas X, Doja Cat, and Run The Jewels, LORD DANGER is making some really cool work. 

However, while getting to know the guys, we learned that one of the reasons they have such high-quality creative, especially with animation, is because Michael and Josh run several different companies that work in tandem with LORD DANGER, (such as Modern Logic, under the holding company, Monstera Group). 

Josh and Michael share about: 

• The ups and downs of building your own ship
• How to scale
• How to team up to generate success
• Being solution driven and when to contribute as an employee
• Running a hybrid studio
• And keeping production and creative separate but equal

So, we hope you get something out of this episode with Michael and Josh of LORD DANGER … Modern Logic … And Monstera Group

Michael Bennett bio

Michael Bennett is the Managing Director, Executive Producer, and Founding Partner of Monstera Group, holding company for Lord Danger and Modern Logic, creative studios specializing in design, animation, live-action and immersive content. As an award-winning producer working with brands across industries, Bennett has led national and international campaigns through the lens of cutting-edge technology, design, and craft. A self-proclaimed futurist, Bennett has a deep understanding of the evolution of tech spanning decades. Prior to launching Monstera Group with Josh Shadid, Bennett held senior positions at Method Studios, LAUNDRY and yU+co and has earned over 20 awards including Daytime Emmy Award, the Cannes Lions Grand Prix, Webby Awards, and the Best Film/TV Award at SXSW Interactive Awards.

Josh Shadid bio

Josh Shadid founded Lord Danger in 2012, which was acquired by Zealot Networks in 2015. After negotiating his exit and the repurchase of the Lord Danger brand, Josh re-established his independence. During the initial height of the pandemic in 2020, Josh co-founded Solo Cinebot, the world's most advanced remote production system which was employed by major studios, brands and celebrities worldwide. Concurrently, Josh partnered with commercial veteran Michael Bennett to build brand studio Monstera Group which operates Lord Danger as well as design and animation studio Modern Logic. Josh is currently President of Monstera Group and Executive Producer of Lord Danger.

LINKS

Michael Ryan Bennett - Managing Director / EP - Partner

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ohtheplaceswewillgo/

Josh Shadid - Founding Partner, Executive Producer

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshshadid/

LORD DANGER

https://www.lorddanger.com/

MODERN LOGIC

https://www.modlo.tv/

MONSTERA GROUP

https://www.monstera.group/

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Today we’re diving into the world of PR, specifically around the advertising industry, and to guide us is today’s guest: Matt Van Hoven of Raven PR. 

Matt is the Co-founder of Raven Public Relations and a former journalist who helps ad agencies, media companies, and publishers find their voice in the market and make it heard.

Matt has a ton of industry experience and knowledge, and today he talks to us about: 

• Raven PR and what it is that they do
• WHY PR companies support ad agencies and media companies
• HOW should we be thinking about PR
• WHEN a production company, media company, and creative directors, need to start thinking about working with a PR company
• Working with Gary Vee at VaynerMedia

And much more. So, we hope you learn something from this episode with Matt Van Hoven


RAVEN PR

https://www.ravenpublicrelations.com/

Matt Van Hoven 

• Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattvanhoven/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/MattVanHoven

Donate An Organ spot:

https://www.fastcompany.com/90649260/would-you-donate-an-organ-to-a-stranger-this-extraordinary-new-ad-campaign-makes-it-hard-to-say-no

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Hey everyone, today we’re talking with Dan Sorgen from X4Y

You really should listen to this one because Dan and his collaborators at X4Y have created a way for filmmakers to get discovered by brands and monetize your existing footage and creative, as well as giving Brands access to you and your ready-to-brand stories. 

We discuss how you can make money creating spec commercials, whether that’s creating a new spec from your old footage, or creating new specs from scratch with the intention of them being purchased from you. 

This is beyond posting your stand-alone shots on stock footage sites, this is creating specs that X4Y will shop to brands and clients for you, and brands are already coming to X4Y looking for specs they can use and new creators they can work with. 

I could go on but you’ll hear me fanboying plenty enough throughout the episode as Dan tells us about what X4Y is up to, how this process works, and what may be a new future for commercial filmmakers and brands. 

x4y LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/company/x4y/about/

x4y Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/X4Ycom/

x4y Twitter

https://twitter.com/X4Ycom

x4y Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/X4Ycom/

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Learn the sales and marketing tools that The Lewis Brothers used to grow their filmmaking business, Atomic City, and land six-figure gigs with Amazon.

Taylor covers how he and his two brothers (aka The Lewis Brothers) went from lighting each other on fire and filming it when they were young into a full-blown production company 20 years later, working with brands such as Amazon, Microsoft, and DJI. 

He shares how networking has been one of the biggest contributors to landing new clients and gives some helpful tips and tricks on how they turn clients into fans, while also sharing a few tactics to avoid.

We also chat about their online filmmaking course where they help filmmakers from all levels grow their business. 

Lastly, they are giving away their 12-page filmmaking guide, “The Filmmakers Handbook,” free to our audience. 

The Lewis Brothers cut their filmmaking teeth by lighting each other on fire and filming it in their parent’s backyard. After many trips to the hospital, they knew this is what they wanted to do for the rest of their lives. Starting their production company before graduating high school, they have grown an impressive client list (Amazon, Microsoft, DJI) that has them shooting projects all around the globe. With a relentless passion for filmmaking (plus cereal and gummy candy), they love keeping their sets relaxed and believe in helping other filmmakers along the way with their online courses and filmmaking tools.

Site Links

Course: https://www.filmcreatorpro.com/

Free 12 Page Filmmaking Guide: https://www.filmcreatorpro.com/handbook

Company website: https://www.atomiccity.com/

Atomic City on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atomic_city/



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Holiday Ride is Chevrolet’s new ad about a father, his daughter, and his late wife’s classic 1966 Impala. It’s sad, inspiring, and it tugs right at the heartstrings.

Based on a true story, GM ad-maker Commonwealth/McCann worked with Academy Award winners Tom Hooper, Claudio Miranda, and Rachel Portman “to tell the story of love, redemption, and restoration.”

The McCann Creative Director of Holiday Ride is Nick Allen, who was kind enough to join us to talk about his methodology, his process, and how Chevy and McCann created the most tear-jerking ad of the 2021 Holidays. 

If you are a filmmaker who’s curious about what goes on inside the minds of the creative directors at large agencies, how the people who you want thinking of you when they’re planning their next big campaign think, then this episode is for you. 

Nick Allen

Website - www.ideasoutofnowhere.com

Instagram - nicka11en

Linkedin 

Commonwealth // McCann

AdWeek article on Holiday Ride

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...with Codey Wilson

I’m gonna share how I almost botched a huge campaign for filmCRY, what we learned from it, and what we’ve implemented since to make sure it didn’t happen again. 

The role, I’ll be discussing has a few different names depending on where you work or the size of your production company or agency you’re working with, but the most familiar one we’ll use for this discussion is - THE AGENCY PRODUCER.


Reference Links
https://theindustryclub.co.uk/agency-producer-and-production-company-producer-who-does-what/

https://www.wrapbook.com/blog/agency-producer

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Your copy - the words you use to communicate with your ideal customers - is what makes people decide if they like you and trust you enough to buy from you.

Today’s guest, Kelsey Formost, specializes in teaching NON-writers (like us) how to write copy that quickly connects to our ideal customers, and converts them into paying clients (and maybe even fans).

This is a high-value episode. There are literal steps that Kelsey shares that you can apply to your own business and website copy. 

So grab a notepad, or bookmark this episode for later, because you’ll want to take notes and then go to her website to take advantage of her templates, courses, and freebies. 

*This one’s a little ZOOMY, and I’m SORRY about that, but we’ve since solved the Zoom - electro-sound debacle. Otherwise, I hope you get as much as we did out of this episode with Kelsey Formost.

Kelsey's Website - https://kelseyformost.com


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Today we have on Jackson Adams, a director & writer based in Los Angeles. 

Originally from Western Massachusetts, Jackson graduated from Emerson College in 2010. He’s worked extensively in original and commercial content online, which has been viewed more than a billion times. He also directed the most “disliked” YouTube video of all time!

Jackson is the Associate Creative Director at Portal A.

This episode is one of those ‘hang out ’ types where we get to know Jackson and learn a little bit about how he got into his current role, his perspectives, and what’s working for him right now. 

Jackson has some good tips to share, as well as some familiar but validating experiences, such as: If someone gives you an opportunity to direct, whether you feel you’re ready or not, - just say yes and figure it out. ...A little bit about casting and working with talent and influencer talent, as well as working with some high profile brands and creators, such as Infiniti and Stephan Curry, and an important reminder, that whether your content is branded or not, this stuff should be fun to watch. 

As always, if you have any recommendations for guests just message us on instagram or facebook at filmmakers in advertising, or head to filmcry.com and shoot us an email. 

//

[email protected]

http://www.jacksonhadams.com/

Steph Curry Infinity

https://www.portal-a.com/projects/infiniti-life-lived/

Portal A

https://www.portal-a.com/

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Today is very exciting because we got to talk to Natalie Metzger and I’m so happy that she was willing to talk to us because I don’t think it’s going to be easy to get her on the phone in the near future. 

Natalie and her friends are living the filmmaker's dream and if you want to know how you could replicate that for yourself you should listen to what she has to say. 

Her films have premiered at top festivals around the world including Sundance, Cannes, Berlin, SXSW, Tribeca, and Locarno. She is now the VP of Production & Development at Vanishing Angle, making several films a year now while running commercial and marketing companies at the same time. 

Like many others, I saw the Thunder Road short about six years ago, then followed along to watch their team fight to get the Thunder Road feature made, which has been talked about by Jim Cummings and there’s great coverage and articles about that which can be found with a simple google search, but today we’re going to talk about Natalie because I think she’s a powerhouse behind the scenes making a lot of this exciting stuff happen. 

She’s awesome, soak up some wisdom, and please enjoy this episode with Natalie Metzger. 

Natalie’s website - https://www.nataliemetz.com/

Natalie’s instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nataliemetzger/

Natalie’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/metzart

Vanishing Angle - https://vanishingangle.com/

Thunder Road Sundance Case Study - https://www.sundance.org/case-studies/creative-distribution/thunder-road

The Beta Test Wefunder Page - https://wefunder.com/thebetatest

If you have any ideas for future episodes or who you’d like to hear from next, please DM us or leave us a comment on Instagram or facebook and we’ll try to make it happen. 

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If you pay attention to the advertising or commercial production world, you’d have noticed over the last few years that a small agency from Chattanooga, Tennessee, has quietly been climbing the ranks of AdAge’s annual agency A-list awards. 

That agency, or brand production studio, is Humanaut.

You’re about to hear from a few of the awesome personalities that make them so good at what they do,  because today, we’re talking to Tommy Wilson and Dan Jacobs, as they share some of the secret sauce that makes Humanaut one of the top ten agencies in the country. 

Links

Humanaut

https://www.humanaut.is/

Humanaut Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/humanaut.is/?hl=en

The agency is No. 10 on Ad Age’s 2020 A-List

https://adage.com/article/special-report-agency-list/how-humanaut-regional-small-agency-winner-2017-made-it-top-10/2249826

Nice Talk 

https://www.instagram.com/nicetalkshow/

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Matt is the creator of CineTracer, a Cinematography Simulator that enables filmmakers to visualize films, tv shows, and commercials in 3D in the app before shooting in real life. He also runs Cinematography database - which, to best understand what he does there, you should just visit his YouTube channel, where he showcases what he’s working on. Also, recently he started a new channel called project MetaHuman 1, and has been concentrating lately on motion capture.

Basically, he does a lot, and he runs several virtual production blogs where he’s sharing his progress and projects, mostly in Unreal Engine. For those of you who don’t know about Unreal Engine, or if like me you’ve wondered how to incorporate Unreal into your filmmaking, this is a nice way to ease your way in and get a broad scope overview of how it works. 

Matt’s Twitter

https://twitter.com/cinedatabase

Cinematography Database

http://www.cinematographydb.com/

https://www.youtube.com/c/CinematographyDatabase/videos

CineTracer

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN0HxYF_yeEOGEodgK6ww0Q

CitizenMetaOne 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2gH3UhyNvsyNZwubGTBhIg

Unreal Engine Showcase - Directed by Matt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bErPsq5kPzE


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Intro mixed by Micheal Hartman - [email protected] 

If you want a shoutout in a future episode please leave us a written review on Apple podcasts.

From CRY, a Creative, Production, and Post house based in New York City.

Brought to you by CRY www.filmcry.com

Intro mixed by Micheal Hartman - [email protected]