Mattress Firm turns sleepless zombies human again in new ads from Droga5
Steve Ayson returns to direct new spots breaking in time for summer moving season
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In a world that puts sleep at the bottom of the to-do list, retailer Mattress Firm wants people to see the physical, emotional and mental impact of not getting enough snooze time.
In the next chapter of its "Junk Sleep" campaign by Droga5, Mattress Firm has released five new films, including a 60-second anthem that depicts viewers in a sleepless purgatory filled with looming deadlines, binge-watching and an excessive amount of social media usage.
“The world may not want you to sleep, but we do,” a voice-over says, adding that a “better sleep means a better you.”
The campaign continues with four 30-second videos exploring the many ways not sleeping impacts people. In one titled “Reflexes,” a baseball player takes 200 hours to finally swing his bat after a pitch, which also happens to be the amount of time Mattress Firm trains its sleep experts.
Another ad shows how three triplets completely forget that they live together due to their lack of sleep and end up scaring one another.
“Left My Wife” shows a poor old man with such a nasty crick in his neck that he can no longer turn to see his wife, now fearing she has left him.
A final video in the campaign promotes the retailer's "Black Friday Now: sale, with a dancing statue who cracks his back a little too hard during a performance.
“The Junk Sleep platform gives us an endless amount of insights to draw from, stories to tell, and rich worlds of depravity to create," said Tara Lawall, executive creative director at Droga5 in a statement. "This latest round of work lets us do it all."
The campaign bows in time for summer moving season and will expand in the coming months with two additional films. All were filmed by director Steve Ayson of MJZ, who had also directed the campaign's kick-off spots starring Liev Schreiber.
The ads will run during the MLB season across broadcast, online, and social media channels including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Snapchat.
Credits
- Date
- Jul 20, 2022
- Client :
- Mattress Firm
- Agency :
- Droga5-New York
- Director :
- Steve Ayson
- Production Company :
- MJZ
- Chief Creative Officer :
- Scott Bell
- Executive Creative Director :
- Tara Lawall
- Group Creative Director :
- George McQueen
- Group Creative Director :
- Tom McQueen
- Creative Director :
- Jonas Wittenmark
- Creative Director :
- Tobias Carlson
- Senior Copywriter :
- Lorne Heller
- Senior Art Director :
- Justin Luu
- Copywriter :
- Juan Camillo Garza
- Art Director :
- Eve Nova
- Group Design Director :
- Erin McCarthy
- Senior Designer :
- Andrew Diemer
- Executive Producer :
- Jeremy Fox
- Executive Producer :
- Gulshan Jaffery
- Producer :
- Adam Vevang
- Associate Producer :
- Hugh Copeland
- Producer :
- Caroline Fahey
- Producer :
- Abraham Nowels
- Music Supervisor :
- Mike Ladman
- Director of Business Affairs :
- Dan Simonetti
- Senior Business Affairs Manager :
- Paul Van Dorpe
- Senior Talent Manager :
- Sunny Valencia
- Chief Brand Strategy Officer :
- Harry Roman-Torres
- Group Brand Strategy Director :
- Tom Haslow
- Brand Strategy Director :
- Gideon Olshansky
- Senior Strategist :
- Raymond Sein
- Group Communications Strategy Director :
- Justin Schneider
- Communications Strategy Director :
- Lizzie Manning
- Senior Communications Strategist :
- Gabrielle Deckelman
- Chief Knowledge Officer :
- Andy Littlewood
- Data Strategy Director :
- Lorna Ruane
- Senior Data Strategist :
- Caroline May
- Group Account Director :
- Caitlin Patrick
- Account Director :
- Nivie Roberts
- Account Supervisor :
- Chris Pozzi
- Account Manager :
- Anita Richmond
- Associate Account Manager :
- Leon Brewington
- Group Project Manager :
- Karen Tshimanga
- Senior Project Manager :
- Sagar Patel
- Post Production Company :
- Second Child
- Post Producer :
- Troy Landry
- Editor :
- Elizabeth Morringello
- Post Production Coordinator :
- Karis Konkler
- Chief Executive Officer :
- John Eck
- Chief Marketing Officer :
- Mickey Mericle
- Senior Vice President :
- Sam Bennett
- Vice President :
- Kelly Shannon
- Senior Director :
- Sofya Vannelli
- Senior Marketing Manager :
- Hannah Miller
- Senior Manager :
- Rhea Davis
- Vice President :
- Kat Siegling
- Senior Director :
- Marty Lubeck
- Senior Manager :
- Christine Rieter
- Senior Integrated Marketing Specialist :
- Sarah Vargas
- Senior Integrated Marketing Specialist :
- Melissa Rivers
- Social Media Manager :
- Justin Ramsay
- Social Media Community Specialist :
- Abigail Murphy
- DOP :
- Jeff Cronenweth
- Executive Producer :
- Emma Wilcockson
- Line Producer :
- Adriana Cabada Mora
- Production Designer :
- Jason Kisvarday
- Editorial :
- Exile
- Editor :
- Grant Surmi
- Editor :
- Edward Line
- Editor :
- Shane Van
- Assistant Editor :
- Erin Offenhauser
- Assistant Editor :
- Tara O'Sullivan
- Executive Producer :
- Sasha Hirschfeld
- Lead Producer :
- LauRenn Reed
- Telecine :
- Company3
- Colorist :
- Tim Masick
- Color Producer :
- Kevin Breheny
- Color Assistant :
- Ryan Moncrief
- Colorist :
- Jenny Montgomery
- Color Producer :
- Nick Krasnic
- Colorist :
- Jaime O'Bradovich
- Post Production :
- Parliament
- Music :
- Found Objects Music Production
- ECD :
- Jay Wadley
- ECD :
- Trevor Gureckis
- Creative Director & Composer :
- Ben Marshall
- Composer :
- Adam Weiss
- Executive Producer :
- Jennie Armon
- Lead Producer :
- Nick Chomowicz
- Producer :
- Katt Matt
- Producer :
- Agatha Lee
- Music Coordinator :
- Lee Cash Chisholm
- Sound :
- King Lear Music & Sound
- Sound Design & Mix :
- Ed Downham
- Sound Design & Mix :
- Dugal MacDiarmid
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