McCafe Baristas Get Their Own Directors' Commentaries in Toronto Film Festival Campaign

Spots by Cossette Mark Festival Sponsorship

Published On
Sep 05, 2017

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McDonald's McCafé is the official coffee sponsor of the Toronto International Film Festival, and to mark it, it's made some films in which McCafé staff get to narrate the coffee-making process as if they were movie directors.

Created by Cossette, the campaign includes a spot seen here, in which an employee gives his commentary on making a cappucino in film-noir style ("I wanted to express an understated bliss, foreshadowing the role of...the cappucino"). Another ad sees a perky barista explain how she made French vanilla lattes for a dating couple, in the style of a director describing her latest romantic comedy.

The spots end with the words "Really into coffee and film." They will run on YouTube as long-form content and pre-roll, while shorter versions of the filmic scenes will be featured on Facebook and Instagram for the duration of the festival, until September 17. The director was Taso Alexander at Skin & Bones.

Meanwhile, in the U.S., McDonald's recently debuted this ad for McCafé drinks, in which a mom plays a "director," of sorts.

Credits

Date
Sep 05, 2017
Brand :
McCaf
Client :
McCaf
Agency :
Cossette-Toronto
Chief Creative Officer :
Peter Ignazi
Chief Creative Officer :
Carlos Moreno
Group Creative Director :
Ed Morris
Creative Director :
Jonathan Careless
Creative Director :
Troy McGuinness
Senior Art Director :
Andrew Bernardi
Senior Copywriter :
Lee Cristiano
Agency Producer :
Tony DeSousa
Vice President, Strategy :
Scott McKay
Content Strategist :
Carly Miller
Account Executive :
Dane Armstrong
Account Supervisor :
Nicole Bakker
Group Account Director :
Geoff Wilton
Senior Vice President, Managing Director :
Kathy McGuire
Production and Editorial House :
Skin & Bones
Executive Producer :
Dan Ford
Line Producer :
Luke Bryant
Post Producer :
Tanja Harney
Director :
Taso Alexander
Director, Photography :
Barry Parrell
Editor :
Mitch Finn
Audio House :
Pirate Audio
Audio Mixer :
Joanne Uyeyama
Track Director :
Tom Eymundson
Color Transfer and Online :
The Vanity
Colorist :
Andrew Exworth
Flame Artist :
Michael Mederios
Online Producer :
Kayla Baxter
Casting House :
Mann Casting
Casting Director :
Steven Mann
Senior Marketing Manager :
Chuck Coolen
Regional Marketing Supervisor :
Andrew Mumford

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