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Oppenheimer Funds

You’re in the market. But what do you want your numbers to add up to?

Blind breathes life into the financial pages, navigating investors through uncertain terrain in a new campaign for OppenheimerFunds, out of Euro RSCG, New York. The Blind team produced, designed, directed and edited the integrated campaign that includes three spots, “Escalator,” “Balloon,” and “Train,” as well as print, web banners and a micro-site. The inventive, VFX-heavy spots feature investors thoughtfully navigating a world plucked right from the earnings pages of The Wall Street Journal: stock ticker-covered trains, pie chart-shaped balloons and jagged, graphical peaks; symbolically illustrating how OppenheimerFunds brings clarity to daunting financial landscapes.

Blind’s goal was to show that financial data in the hands of OppenheimerFunds isn’t simply a collection of nebulous numbers on a grid or pie chart, but a concrete way to achieve your financial dreams. Blind was tasked by Euro RSCG to help pose the question “What do you want your numbers to add up to?” and did so over a span of five months with their team of live-action, animation, editorial and VFX experts lead by Creative Director/Director Erik Buth and Art Director Lauren Indovina.

“The team did a great job,” Says Erik,maintaining a sense of dimension and space while applying a moving typographical treatment to the talent so they could live and breath in our 3D environment. While this may sound simple, the task of maintaining a sense of personality and a fidelity in the actors’ performances was uniquely challenging.”

Check out the end results below and let us know what you think.

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17 Comments

  1. Wow...this is awesome. I love the numbers and the escalators turning into a line graph. I am a motion graphics student and this stuff is inspirational and motivating.
    Trey Nguyen
    October 2, 2008 at 1:05 am
  2. Very cool.
    dhanunjay
    October 14, 2008 at 11:27 am
  3. Holy crap guys. I had no idea you went through so much to make that. I just figured you did everything in 3D (other than the actors) But seeing that you live shot makes more sense. Brilliant.
    Alan Province
    October 21, 2008 at 7:56 pm
  4. Simple fantastic..and very..very..very professional...great team...great storyboard..this is we need. congratulations!
    Jariel Oliveira
    October 26, 2008 at 11:39 pm
  5. RAWRRRRRrrrrr!!!
    The Dragon
    November 4, 2008 at 6:42 am
  6. As someone involved in suplying video bacgrounds to the creative industry, I can only admire this level of quality...wow
    Brian
    November 26, 2008 at 1:22 pm
  7. Congrats to Erik and Lauren and crew! The spots look top notch. I hope all is well in NYC L and you guys have a good holiday!
    The Other Brian
    December 2, 2008 at 4:18 pm
  8. Wow. A lot of work went into this. The end results are brilliant.
    Ellsworth
    December 3, 2008 at 7:30 pm
  9. so crispy. i love it.
    Ratha Nou
    December 4, 2008 at 6:36 pm
  10. High end quality, and very nice sens of esthetic!I love it
    patman
    December 4, 2008 at 8:11 pm
  11. Beautiful! did you use Boujou?
    Bilao
    December 4, 2008 at 9:36 pm
  12. congratulations!
    Gabriela
    December 7, 2008 at 12:24 am
  13. very beautifull :)
    cadrage
    December 17, 2008 at 5:00 pm
  14. ...very cool
    Thesword
    January 14, 2009 at 9:23 pm
  15. Fantastic Loved the diversity of characters particularly appreciated the creativity of the balloon sequence and everyone loves trains and can also relate to the sense of moving upwars on an escalator
    margo sherring
    February 15, 2009 at 1:23 am
  16. Wicked!!!
    David
    March 30, 2009 at 11:58 am
  17. [...] on the “Numbers” campaign from Blind (they have full credits listed and more): Commercials / Spots [...]
    Oppenheimer Numbers | whnwlnd
    May 17, 2010 at 8:11 pm

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CLIENT

Agency
Euro RSCG
Creatives
John Rea, Matt Sherring
Producer
Erik Iversen

CREDITS

Director
Erik Buth
Production Company
BL:ND
Creative Director
Erik Buth

creative director (pitch phase)
Vanessa Marzaroli
Executive Producer
David Kleinman (LA)
Nick Litwinko (NY)
Post Producer
Carl Walters (NY)

editorial producer
Alyssa Evans (LA)
Art Director
Lauren Indovina
Designers
Lead Designer: Lauren Indovina
Design Team: Jason Tsai, Andre Salyer, Christine Kim, Kenny Kegley, Daniel Garcia, Lawrence Wyatt, Arisu Kashiwagi, Lisa Kwon, Jeff Baghai, Rex Kim
Additional Pitch Design: Michael Zimmerman, Wakoko Ichinooe, Paul Kim, Shaun Collings, Chris Saunders, Reza Rasoli, Brian Michael Gossett, James Hurlburt
2D Animators
Animation Directors: Daniel Garcia, Chase Massingill
2d Animation + Compositing: Chase Massingill, Cryssy Cheung, Kevin Couture, Jeff the Dragon
3D Animators
CG Directors: Joe Burrascano, Mats Anderson
3d Animation: Kevin Phelps, David Han
Producer: Mike Harry
Technical Director
Denis Koszyrev, Anca Risca, Jeff Huang, Michael Vicari, Sarah-Elizabeth Clemens, Shai Halfon, Victor DeRespins
Vfx Supervisor
Eric Alba
Compositors
Absolute Post NY, Flame Artist: David Elkins, Producer: Nirad Russell
Blind LA, Flame Artist: Alan Latteri
Storyboard Artist
Andrew Baron, Vincent Lucido
Line Producer
Chris Palladino
Director Of Photography
Martin Sec
First Assistant Director
Olda Mach
Wardrobe
Katka Mirova
Editor
Carsten Becker, Assistant Editor: Lin Wilde, Animatics: Paul Kim
Music
Bang Music: Derek Menzies, Harry Frost, Espen Noreger, Sara Iversen, Brad Stratton, Ryan Billia

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Fonts/Type
Frutiger, Escrow, News Gothic, Trade Gothic