Burt's Bees Celebrates Unique Beauties in Uplifting Campaign
Films for Brand's Lipsticks Stars Albino Model and Deaf Singer
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Burt's Bees has stepped into the territory of the docu-style ad beloved of brands like Dove with a pair of uplifting online films that are all about embracing your differences.
The campaign, promoting the brand's moisturizing lipsticks, is minimally branded and the product is barely seen -- instead, the message is about loving your "nature," and by implication, Burt's Bees all-natural products.
The first film centers around Diandra, a stunning African-American model with Albinism. As she reflects on how hard it was growing up in the Bronx, we see her walking in the local neighborhood and at home, surrounded by family photos of her as a baby and growing up. She then explains how she became more confident, embraced her looks and was eventually scouted as a model -- and we see her transformed with makeup (including a Burt's Bees lipstick) into a catwalk beauty.
A second film features Mandy Harvey, a musician who became deaf, but uses her sense of touch to "feel" the music in different ways, and now loves that about herself.
The ads, which will run online including as paid social, were created by Baldwin&, and directed by Anna &Ewen of production company RDI.
Credits
- Date
- May 12, 2016
- Brand :
- Burt's Bees
- Client :
- Burt's Bees
- Agency :
- Baldwin&
- Creative Director :
- David Baldwin
- Creative Director :
- Bob Ranew
- Associate Creative Director :
- Kellyn McGarity
- Copywriter :
- Britton Upchurch
- Agency Producer :
- Lisa Effress
- Production Company :
- RDI - Santa Monica
- Director :
- Anna and Ewan
- Director, Photography :
- Ewan McGregor
- Executive Producer :
- Caryn Maclean
- Producer :
- Lauren Hafner Addison
- Editor (for Mandy) :
- Marco Perez
- Editor (for Diandra) :
- Andrew Doga
- Assistant Editor :
- George Dodsworth
- Telecine Artist :
- Stephen Picano
- Flame Artist :
- Brian Kubovcik
- Flame Artist :
- Jason Ortenberg
- Sound Design and Music :
- JSM New York
- Music Chief Creative Officer :
- Joel Simon
- Music Producer :
- Jeff Fiorello
- Voiceover Record :
- Coupe Studios
- Sound/Mix :
- Sonic Union, New York
- Sound Engineer :
- Rob McIver
- Voiceover Engineer :
- Kip Kuepper
- Voiceover Engineer :
- Ed Kaufman
- Voiceover Producer :
- Eric Singer
- Voiceover Producer :
- Aaron Lasko
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