San Francisco-based advertising agency Odysseus Arms brings monstrous pangs of hunger to life in the new :30 “Appetites” for Foster Farms Corn Dogs. Directed by Emmy-winning Hungry Man helmer Dave Laden, the spot shows an active young boy being thrown off his soccer game by a furry little monster. As the game progresses, the creature grows bigger and bigger, only to be kept at bay with a savvy save by his mom, serving up Foster Farms Corn Dogs to finally kick the Hunger monster to the curb.
This spot marks Foster Farms Corn Dogs’ first official advertising campaign, launching in select markets. In addition to the :30 and :15, the integrated campaign includes digital advertisements, online displays, mobile executions and local activations.
“Launching the first campaign for Foster Farms Corn Dogs was a big undertaking for us,” says Foster Farms Corn Dogs Marketing Director Jon Swadley. “We found a great strategic and creative partner in Odysseus Arms. Their immersive consumer approach in strategic and creative development resulted in creative that was immensely successful in our initial reads. We look forward to putting that success to the test in-market.”
The spot was developed using ThirdEye™, Odysseus Arms’ proprietary creative development approach. The ThirdEye™ process allows Odysseus Arms to co-create with consumers to refine strategy and creative assets, and to empirically test, through focus groups and copy testing labs, prospective materials before they hit the market. For this campaign, they worked alongside busy moms that are buying food for the always-hungry family. This approach brings the creative process a step closer to target consumers than generic market research, tailoring each concept to the unique goals of the campaign and the brand.
“ThirdEye™ started as a proprietary technique I was using to glean insight from an unfamiliar segmentation,” says Odysseus Arms co-founder Libby Brockhoff. “Four years later, it’s our model. It shows us what fascinates a consumer before media investment.”
Creative Credits:
Creative Agency: Odysseus Arms
Design Director: Libby Brockhoff
Creative Director: Franklin Tipton
Managing Director: Eric Dunn
Art Director: Rachel Ngun
Executive Producer: Cherie L. Appleby
Production Company: Hungry Man
Director: Dave Laden
Managing Partner/Executive Producer: Kevin Byrne
Producer: Caleb Dewart
Director of Photography: Chrisophe Lanzenberg
Editorial: Final Cut
Editor: Paul Zucker
Assistant Editor: Dillon Stoneburner
Executive Producer: Eric McCasline
Production VFX: Significant Others
Executive Producer: Alek Rost
VFX, Flame Artist: Dirk Greene
Producer: Garrett Braren
Sound Mix: Beacon Street
Composer: Andrew Feltenstein
Mix Artist and Sound Design: Rommel Molina
Executive Producer: Adrea Lavezzoli
Props/Monster Design: Legacy Effects
Production Designer: Alan Scott
Design and Build: Theodore Haines