Acura
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This is the kind of world we love to sink our teeth into. We like to walk through the museum in our muddy boots. We love to find that unexpected juxtaposition that captures the essence of the story. The right image in the right moment. That gentle kiss and the slap in the face. This is thesis, antithesis, synthesis. This is 1+1= I could tell you but you’d never be the same.


2017 is the year mobile becomes the number one way people will consume video. This is the first commercial to be shot vertically as a truly social-first campaign. We rethought formats, composition and production. We designed a spot for mobile that looks just as amazing when broadcast on TV.

Credits

Production Company
Scholar

Directors
William Campbell & Will Johnson

Executive Producer
Jo Arghiris

Head of Production
Rachel Kaminek

Line Producer
Richard Kaylor

DP Beauty
Ross McLennon

DP Location
Jordan Valenti

 

Design & Animation
Scholar

Creative Directors
William Campbell & Will Johnson

Executive Producer
Jo Arghiris

Head of Production
Rachel Kaminek

Art Director
Michael Tavarez

Senior Producer
Kirsten Noll

Designers
Gautam Dutta, Steve Lee, Cynthia Lou, Brandon Smith

Additional Design
Macauley Johnson

Additional Art Direction
Juan Carlos Cuadra

2D Animators
Jeffrey Jeong, Wu Hyun Lew, Henry Pak, Andrew Tan

Cel Animation
Matt Everton

3D Generalists
Ryan Kaplan, Mike Ko, Brandon Lester, Kevin Lim, Billy Maloney, Fede Ponce

Dynamics/FX
Adedunmola Olanrewaju

Compositors
Joshua Bolin, Chris Fung, Kevin Kim, Kevin Njoo

Flame Artists
Federico Saccone, Susanne Scharping

Storyboards
Bryan DeLoach

 

Editorial
Scholar

Assistant Editor
Miki Miyazaki

 

Editorial
MullenLowe

Editor
Emile Doucette

Editor
Dylan Schwartz

Assistant Editor
Tim Jieh

 

Agency
MullenLowe

SVP/Executive Director of Int. Production
Lisa Setten

VP, Executive Producer
Alli Taylor

Senior Producer
Amy Jo Deguzis

Executive Creative Director
Margaret Keene

VP, Video Content Director
Dylan Schwartz/Emile Doucette

VP, Director of Creative Content
Dylan Schwartz

ACD/Art Director
Bryan Carroll

ACD/Copywriter
Aroon Mukhey

VP, Group Acct. Director
Nicole Neopolitan

Account Director
Bryan Reugebrink

Account Supervisor
Kylie Mugg

THE CAMPAIGN

You’re seeing inside of our brains. All of the ideas strewn out on the table, and our spider web of thought connecting all of the dots.

Prepare For Insanity...