Four Seasons Total Landscaping gets a hi-tech revamp in Fiverr's Super Bowl spot

The ad by Publicis wasn't filmed in Philadelphia but in a studio in Mexico City

Published On
Feb 08, 2021

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Fiverr, the freelance resources provider, played on the moment of fame experienced by Philadelphia's Four Seasons Total Landscaping in its Super Bowl spot.

The female-owned business rose to prominence following the election, when Rudy Giuliani held a press conference there for the Trump campaign, rather than at Philadelphia's Four Seasons hotel. In the Super Bowl ad, created via Publicis New York, features Four Seasons Total Landscaping owner and president Marie Siravo enters the now-famous door and inside, it's revealed there's a "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" -like world of high-tech horticulture, with jet pack hedge trimming and more. The ad was directed by Nick Ball via MJZ.

The aim of the spot is to imagine what a landscaping company would do with its newly found fame, income and resources thanks to Fiverr.  "Fiverr has the freelancers to get you where you want to be," says Siravo, as she surveys her empire to the strains of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons." (For more on Fiverr's strategy, Ad Age's Jeanine Poggi spoke to Duncan Bird, the company's VP of brand marketing and digital, in an Ad Age Remotely interview last week.)

According to Publicis New York Chief Creative Officer Andy Bird, the Four Seasons idea was one of several the agency came up with while pitching for Fiverr's Super Bowl spot last year. " They have a bold and entrepreneurial mind set at Fiverr, and they saw the scale and fit and the fact that the Four Seasons story is a real American success story, they went for it."

The reaction of Four Seasons, when asked to take part, was "kind of gob-smacked," says Bird. "They said yes pretty much straight away, Marie the owner is fantastic and a lot of fun, hopefully you’ll see that out of the spot. They loved every minute of it." The production involved recreating Four Seasons Total Landscaping from scratch in a studio in Mexico City, rather than filming at the actual Philadelphia location.

Asked how he thought the Super Bowl audience would react to the spot, Bird commented: "Hopefully with the same spirit that the Four Seasons fiasco played out in November, hilarity with a healthy dose of ‘what the ----?"

 

Credits

Date
Feb 08, 2021
Client :
Fiverr
Agency :
Publicis-New York
Chief Creative Officer :
Andy Bird
Global Chief Strategy Officer :
Mick McCabe
EVP Executive Creative Director :
Matt McKay
SVP Executive Creative Director :
Josh Horn
Associate Creative Director Art Director :
Shaun Bruce
Creative Director Copywriter :
Zac Sax
Creative Director :
Kristen Koop
Art Director :
Camilla Ciappina
Junior Copywriter :
Jane Raymond
VP Account Director :
Anna Pogosova
EVP Head of Integrated Production :
Jenny Read
VP Executive Producer :
Lauren Schneidmuller
SVP Strategy Director :
Ben Zumsteg
Senior Director Social Content & Engagement Strategy :
Matt Heindl
Senior Marketing & Consumer Strategy Director :
Ivette Alonso
SVP Group Director Program Management :
Paul Daligan
Senior Program Manager :
Chelsea Brill
SVP Director Business Affairs :
Robin Oksenhendler
Associate Director Business Affairs :
Janet Regan
Production Company :
MJZ
Director :
Nick Ball
President/Co-Founder :
David Zander
Executive Producer :
Emma Wilcockson
Producer :
Karen Chen
Production Manager :
Beth Schiffman
Production Designer :
Andrew Reznik
Director of Photography :
Lol Crawley
Local Service Production Company :
The Lift Managing
Director :
Avelino Rodriguez
Partner :
Jose Barrera
Producer :
Magali Sagarra
Editorial Company :
MackCut
Editor :
Ian Mackenzie
Assistant Editor :
Cooper McLane
Executive Producer :
Gina Pagano
VFX/Post Production Company :
Parliament
Color Company :
MPC
Colorist :
Ricky Gausis
Audio Record & Mix :
Super Exploder
Audio Mixer & Sound Designer :
Jody Nazzaro
Music/Composer :
Jonathan Dreyfus

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