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Category
TV, VOD, & Online / Over 90 Seconds - Single
Annual ID
OS24_FI071M
About the Work
In America, gun violence is a public health crisis. Since 2022, guns have become the leading cause of death for children and adolescents, ahead of illnesses and car accidents. It doesn't need to be this way. 80% of school shooters actually tell someone about their plans, which means that 80% of school shootings are preventable. Unfortunately, these threats are rarely taken seriously; under the assumption that the person making them is "just joking." To highlight the absurdity of treating threats of violence as "jokes" we asked comedians to incorporate real threats made by school shooters into their stand-up comedy sets. At first the audiences thought these threats were the set-up for a joke-but it soon became clear they were anything but funny.
2024 Awards
Total Points: 3
Merit
Credits
Agency
BBDO / New York
Media Agency
Phd
Production Company
Rock Paper Scissors
Smuggler
Editing Company
Trim Editing
Chief Creative Officer
Matt MacDonald
Creative Director
Gary du Toit
Lance Vining
Max Sollisch
Designer
Jong Yeu Wu
Director
Shivi Kundra
Director of Photography
Joesph Arcidiacono
Justin Gurnari
Editor
Paul Hardcastle
Executive Producer
Alex Fitzgerald
Drew Santarsiero
James Dean Wells
Justin Kumpata
Noreen Khan
Producer
Libby Gandhi
Strategy Director
Jessica Weiss
Assistant Editor
Helena Teixeira
Lorna Searl
Nick O'Krepkie
Chairman, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer
David Lubars
Senior Producer
Mike Woodall
1st AD
Boma Pennebaker
Matt Smith
Account Director
Allison Ranshous
Cameron Cullman
Jordan Ruby
Laine Funkhouser
Account Executive
Romney Morgan
Assistant Colorist
Nicholas Hiltner
Associate Producer
Holland Kemp
Kj Brown
Associate VP, Communications
Aimee Thunberg
Associate VP, Digital
Penny Muldoon
Chief Operating Officer
Dawn Lyons
Co-Founder
Brian Carmody
Patrick Milling-Smith
Co-Founder & CEO
Nicole Hockley
Colorist
Fergus McCall
Comedian
Billy Eichner
Caitlin Reilly
David Cross
Iliza Shlesinger
Jay Phaoroh
Rachel Bloom
Roy Wood Jr.
Wanda Sykes
Compositor
Eileen Chan
Conform & Finish Company
Selected Works
Creative Lead & Chief Engineer
Sloan Alexander
DIRECTOR, DIGITAL MARKETING
Karen Louie-Joyce
EP/MD
Heath Raymond
EVP, Head of Content Production
Alex Gianni
Executive Vice President
Lee Ann Townes
Meaghan Koppel
Global Client Creative Lead
Luiz Sanches
Head of Production
Alex Hughes
Manager
Sarah Fogel
Managing Director
Eve Kornblum
Sue Yeon Ahn
Music + Audio Mix Company
Human
Planning director
Ben Bass
Post Producer
Niaomi McGarrell
Rob Suchecki
Tatyana Alexandra
Production Assistant
Noa Vuagniaux
Production Designer
Justin Allen
Peter Benson
Production Supervisor
Darby Pearson
Svetlana Dekic
Senior Account Director
Joshua Steinman
Lindsey Cash
Senior Associate
Christi-Anne Weatherly
Ella Stern
Senior Business Affairs Manager
Adele Solomon
Senior Music Producer
Julia Millison
Senior Vice President
Katherine Stein
Supporting Director (Los Angeles)
Tony Yacenda
Supporting Director (New York)
Samantha Scaffidi
SVP, Head of Connections Planning
Enda Conway
Telecine Company
Rare Medium
VP, Marketing
Jonathan Karron
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