We love telling genuine stories and we love The Doughnut Vault, so we made a short film documenting the sights and sounds of our neighbor’s new shop – just up the street from us on Franklin.
Summertime is a great time to “Search for the Coldest”. The Coldest MC-that is. When Coors Light launched a national competition for finding the “Coldest MC in America”, Chicago agency commonground enlisted Mode Project as it’s content partner for the multi-platform effort targeted at the next generation of MC’s. We created a :15 national television spot seen on the NBA playoffs, web content, iPad videos and live event projections. The interactive iPad videos played in custom-built “ice cold” kiosks which were deployed at four live events around the country.
How many people love their bank? The USAA customers we interviewed sure do! USAA is an insurance and financial services company which serves over 8 million members of the military and their families. Mode Project invited customers to share their banking experiences in a series of videos for USAA Bank’s website. We were able to capture the customers’ sparkle and sincere enthusiasm about USAA Bank, reinforcing USAA’s brand story with authenticity and credibility.
Mode Project has been selected as a finalist in the PromaxBDA North American Design Awards competition for “David Plouffe: The Art of the Possible”. The video, created as an introduction to President Obama’s campaign manager Plouffe at the 2009 Cannes Festival, is a finalist in two categories: Music Video or Short Subject and Sales or Internal Marketing Presentation. Mode Project shares these nominations with such competitors as Optimus, Sony BMG, Fox Broadcasting Company, Showtime Networks and MTV On-Air Promos. An industry standard in excellence, PromaxBDA 2010 is “where the world’s most innovative creatives, marketers, strategists, designers and thought leaders gather”.
Mode Project was asked by DDB to highlight Plouffe’s point of view on personal connectivity in political campaigns while introducing him to an international audience that otherwise may not have been familiar with his role in the campaign. Mode Project dug deep into the 400 hours of campaign footage and built a story arc using candidate Obama’s powerful oratory and Plouffe’s YouTube messages to supporters.
Mode Project received a Silver World Medal on May 3rd at the 2010 New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards for their 2-minute film: “David Plouffe: The Art of The Possible.” DDB tapped Mode Project to create an opening title sequence which preceded Barack Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe, at a DDB-sponsored lecture for the 2009 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.
Mode Project was asked by DDB to highlight Plouffe’s point of view on personal connectivity in political campaigns while introducing him to an international audience that otherwise may not have been familiar with his role in the campaign. Mode Project dug deep into the 400 hours of campaign footage and built a story arc using candidate Obama’s powerful oratory and Plouffe’s YouTube messages to supporters. As Mode Project founder Colin Carter explains: “It was exciting for us to be able to summarize Obama’s historic campaign in a creative, cinematic way and we’re honored to receive this award.”
The New York Festivals Television & Film Awards recognizes “The World’s Best Work” in documentary, entertainment programming, music videos, promotion spots, openings and ID’s. The 2010 competition received entries from thirty-five countries around the globe.
With the release of Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy 2 around the corner, Leo Burnett / Arc Worldwide came to Mode Project with a delightful assignment: develop bookends for upcoming sneak previews of previously unreleased game play footage to be showcased at youtube.com/wii. This rich media content, made to look like transmissions from Mario himself, were released in small segments to build anticipation and excitement about the game. Building upon visual elements provided by Leo Burnett / Arc Worldwide, Mode created a customized analog static, awesome broken color bars and a spectral soundscape that complemented the visuals perfectly. The staticky fuzz and visualizer we animated bring a sense of real transmission interference to the footage: as the visualizer slides into frame and struggles to transmit back to Earth, the animated galaxy map reflects which message is being transmitted.
Our awards for the Titanium and Integrated Grand Prix arrived today! In June, we announced that the work we did on the advertising and marketing campaign that helped propel Barack Obama into the White House had been honored with the two top prizes — the Titanium Grand Prix and the Integrated Grand Prix — from the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Mode Project was one of the main creative partners in the campaign, assisting its longtime client and the lead agency, AKPD Message and Media. Mode Project oversaw the design of the now famous Obama logo and produced more than 200 broadcast commercials and additional digital content during the course of the primary and general election. Of the Cannes win for Obama for America, Mode Project’s Colin Carter says, “We were honored to be a part of the Obama for America campaign and congratulate everyone on the Obama Media Team in this historic, game-changing endeavor. The Cannes honor is the highest in advertising and knowing we contributed to the successes of the campaign gives us a sense of accomplishment, second only to the election’s outcome.”
DDB Worldwide asked us to create an integrated collateral campaign for their sponsored presentation of David Plouffe’s ‘The Art of the Possible” at the 2009 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.
The main component of the integrated campaign was a short film that introduced David Plouffe. To create this film, we reviewed over 400 hours of election-related footage. Bringing compelling moments together with subtle yet stirring graphic treatments, we wove together the story of Plouffe’s innovative and galvanizing campaign and the historic election of Barack Obama.
Additional elements of the integrated campaign included print elements and a web banner.
The advertising and marketing campaign that helped propel Barack Obama into the White House has been honored with the two top prizes — the Titanium Grand Prix and the Integrated Grand Prix — from the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.
Chicago-based Mode Project was one of the main creative partners in the campaign, assisting its longtime client and the lead agency, AKPD Message and Media. Mode Project oversaw the design of the now famous Obama logo and produced more than 200 broadcast commercials and additional digital content during the course of the primary and general election.
Of the Cannes win for Obama for America, Mode Project’s Colin Carter says, “We were honored to be a part of the Obama for America campaign and congratulate everyone on the Obama Media Team in this historic, game-changing endeavor. The Cannes honor is the highest in advertising and knowing we contributed to the successes of the campaign gives us a sense of accomplishment, second only to the election’s outcome.”
OK, you didn’t get a ticket to Cannes (neither did we) but you don’t have to be lugging a delegate bag to see our contribution to the festival. DDB asked Mode Project to create an introductory video and collateral (poster, web banner and print ads) for David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s campaign manager, and his talk on the Audacity of Successful Brands. Mr. Plouffe will be at the Palais in the Debussy Auditorium on Thursday, June 25 at 10:45 a.m. in Cannes. (We’ll be in bed here in Chicago because that’s 3:45 a.m.) Stay tuned, because we’ll post the video on Thursday just as soon as we finish our morning coffee run. It’s a piece that we think people will be talking about. You don’t even have to get on an airplane. Brilliant.
The Obama campaign continues to rake in accolades from the advertising and design community. Ad Age named him Brand of the Year and Creativity cited the campaign as one of the top Creative Marketers of 2008. Mode Project has been involved not only in the design of the Obama campaign identity but also in the production and editorial work of numerious broadcast spots. We’re proud to contribute to an effort that is considered to be “a blueprint of political campaigns to come.”
Sparked by the grass roots nature of the Obama campaign, Mode Project conceptualized and designed this spot featuring user-generated content with 2&3D animation.
Mode Project found the most compelling moments amongst tons of footage to develop ‘featured documentaries’ for Sunsilk’s “Life Can’t Wait” interactive campaign. In only 2 weeks, twenty-four interview-driven shorts were cut. The website was flooded with votes and the winner, DJ Tatiana, won a feature documentary. Editorial and title animation by Mode Project.