https://chrisstephensdotcom.com Chris Stephens Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:13:14 +0000 https://chrisstephensdotcom.com en https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Carl-s-Jr-Super-Bowl Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:13:14 +0000 Chris Stephens https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Carl-s-Jr-Super-Bowl Super Bowl, baby! I mean, Super Bowl, burger?! “Leaked” Staff Training Videos leading up to free burger day: Jets Super Bowl CREATIVES: Chris Stephens, Joey Ianno, Russ Rizzo, Casey Phillips CD: Matt Sorrell CCO: Craig Allen AGENCY: Callen DIRECTOR: Tom Kuntz EDITOR: Gavin Cutler Teasers:DIRECTOR: Fatal Farm https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Google-Assistant Mon, 31 Dec 2018 20:42:08 +0000 Chris Stephens https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Google-Assistant Joey and I brought back Macaulay Culkin to defend his home again with the help of Google Assistant.The video was Adweek and&nbsp;Creativity’s Pick of the Day. It was featured on&nbsp;the Today Show, BBC’s Homepage, CNN, Vulture, Buzzfeed, the front page of Reddit, Devour, and&nbsp;Digg. It was also&nbsp;the #2 most popular brand marketing story of 2018. CREATIVES: Chris Stephens, Joey Ianno, NJ Placentra, Jonathan Hirsch FOUNDER / ECD: Charles Hodges DIRECTOR: Mike Warzin EDITOR:&nbsp; &nbsp;Jeff Ferruzzo https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Brawl-Stars Mon, 22 Jan 2024 19:22:07 +0000 Chris Stephens https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Brawl-Stars To celebrate Brawl Stars’ 5th Anniversary, we created a fully interactive digital CCTV Security Room that allowed players access to Starr Park as it appeared in 1995. There they could watch 24-7 live footage of the park as it transition from a fun amusement park into an apocalyptic wasteland.AWARDS: Bronze Cannes Lion, Wooden Pencil D&amp;AD, Bronze Cube ADC, Tribeca Film Festival Case Study Video: CDs: Chris Stephens, Joey IannoECD: Okan Usta, Eric Reimer CLIENT: SUPERCELL PRODUCTION: BUCK https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Little-Caesars-3 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:45:20 +0000 Chris Stephens https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Little-Caesars-3 Sometimes being a creative director requires you to throw a 40 year old man in an office chair into a skate park bowl with little to no padding. At least that’s been my experience. SKATEPARK CD: Chris Stephens &amp; Joey Ianno DIRECTOR: Harold Einstein MIND ALTERING CD: Chris Stephens &amp; Joey Ianno DIRECTOR: Matt Dilmore SMOOSH CD: Chris Stephens &amp; Joey Ianno CW / AD: Sara Carr, Jesse BrownDIRECTOR: Harold Einstein https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Swedish-Fish Thu, 13 Apr 2017 20:41:50 +0000 Chris Stephens https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Swedish-Fish Joey and I helped brand Swedish Fish by digging into its rich Swedish heritage. Kinda. CD: Chris Stephens &amp; Joey Ianno ECD: Ian Reichenthal Director: Ulf Johansson https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Finland-100 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 15:57:11 +0000 Chris Stephens https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Finland-100 We created a short film to celebrate Finland’s 100 year anniversary. With no media budget it still managed to reach almost a million views.It’s 4 1/2 minutes long but I swear it’s worth at least two of those minutes. CD: Chris Stephens &amp; Joey Ianno DIRECTOR: Harold Einstein EDITOR: Ryan Steele https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Clash-Royale-2v2 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 16:37:30 +0000 Chris Stephens https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Clash-Royale-2v2 To advertise Clash Royale’s new game mode, we created a campaign with a new aesthetic that screamed “kick butt.” Sometimes literally. CD: Chris Stephens, Joey Ianno CW: Scott Miniear, Owen Weeks AD: Mike Devine Director: Jon Watts Animation: Titmouse Animation Director: Matt Taylor Editor: Gavin Cutler, Pam Petruski https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Clash-Royale Fri, 23 Sep 2016 16:24:40 +0000 Chris Stephens https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Clash-Royale Supercell asked us to promote their new game - Clash Royale. We came up with “a most ridiculous duel” then made some ridiculous spots for it. When Supercell asked us to make a spot to highlight their game's intense head-to-head combat, we, uh, made this spot instead. It was the 2nd most watched ad on YouTube in 2017 and the most viewed ad in January. The spot currently has over a 110 million views on YouTube. Ridiculous Duel Credits: CW / AD: Chris Stephens, Michael Hagos WITH HELP FROM: Ross Fletcher, Mark Bielek CD: Joey Ianno, Matthew Smith DIRECTOR: Ulf Johansson ANIMATION DIRECTORS: Borja Pena &amp; Todd Mueller Last Second: CW / AD: Chris Stephens, Michael Hagos CD: Joey Ianno https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Bulleit Wed, 25 Oct 2017 18:32:31 +0000 Chris Stephens https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Bulleit We worked with local LA artists to create a neon billboard that reinterpreted Bulleit's iconic label and paid homage to neon and the culture of LA. It was the second in a series of collaborations entitled Frontier Works. The piece went up in Grand Central Market, was written up in the&nbsp;LA Times, and became a permanent art installation. You can find it on&nbsp;Google Maps. VIDEO <img width="4200" height="2801" width_o="4200" height_o="2801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/301322dba6a17931ae54783610fc2649f217d1131af004058f81b57b8cfa82cb/Metnick_170815_8482.jpg" data-mid="24337935" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/301322dba6a17931ae54783610fc2649f217d1131af004058f81b57b8cfa82cb/Metnick_170815_8482.jpg" /><img width="4200" height="2801" width_o="4200" height_o="2801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51e76888348a12d5ff1a5db9661866cc20348fd7e2ef6fc2c1dc5b42b288982c/Metnick_170726_6552.jpg" data-mid="24337926" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51e76888348a12d5ff1a5db9661866cc20348fd7e2ef6fc2c1dc5b42b288982c/Metnick_170726_6552.jpg" /><img width="4200" height="2801" width_o="4200" height_o="2801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f90470269ceb0cbd2ee21d081196be3e7887a515d1233f2ca4f93bf7dd736c3/Metnick_170722_5263.jpg" data-mid="24337923" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f90470269ceb0cbd2ee21d081196be3e7887a515d1233f2ca4f93bf7dd736c3/Metnick_170722_5263.jpg" /><img width="4200" height="2801" width_o="4200" height_o="2801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cdcac14a6db0f9f76f7711fef3a3ea2936c3d3818c6618ceaedcda35fbe8b360/Metnick_170722_5265.jpg" data-mid="24337924" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cdcac14a6db0f9f76f7711fef3a3ea2936c3d3818c6618ceaedcda35fbe8b360/Metnick_170722_5265.jpg" /><img width="4200" height="2801" width_o="4200" height_o="2801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09c184c7ea62159c994aecb22c0746b735599f06497a5b41f56c431191699305/Metnick_170722_5382.jpg" data-mid="24337925" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/09c184c7ea62159c994aecb22c0746b735599f06497a5b41f56c431191699305/Metnick_170722_5382.jpg" /><img width="4200" height="2801" width_o="4200" height_o="2801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f58083386d174e3ef0684723d97cb83d15b5d355f78357a08543bb792b07bf59/Metnick_170727_7657.jpg" data-mid="24337930" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f58083386d174e3ef0684723d97cb83d15b5d355f78357a08543bb792b07bf59/Metnick_170727_7657.jpg" /><img width="4200" height="2801" width_o="4200" height_o="2801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8edded40ee25f37f4f301a39e6ec6ff0a7ad6348c7d966b01b107f574ef0b2cc/Metnick_170815_8499.jpg" data-mid="24337938" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8edded40ee25f37f4f301a39e6ec6ff0a7ad6348c7d966b01b107f574ef0b2cc/Metnick_170815_8499.jpg" />LA illustrator Brendan Donnelly and "Neon Queen" Lisa Schulte standing in front (for scale.) <img width="4200" height="2801" width_o="4200" height_o="2801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e39ab31aed782b039fa732b795ce22bc5c35af668d845302fd0a644889899172/Metnick_170815_8575.jpg" data-mid="24337943" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e39ab31aed782b039fa732b795ce22bc5c35af668d845302fd0a644889899172/Metnick_170815_8575.jpg" /> We also worked with 24 LA tattoo artists to recreate Bulleit whiskey's iconic label. Each artist tattooed their own 2 1/2 by 2 foot section, then we pieced them all together to create the world's first&nbsp;tattooed leather billboard. It was featured on Adweek and Le Book. <img width="1087" height="513" width_o="1087" height_o="513" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d902e9f2aed9727d1a83e9551f0077a43568fdf004272e87539cbfa019b47b42/Metnick_170221_3799-Pano.jpg" data-mid="24359069" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d902e9f2aed9727d1a83e9551f0077a43568fdf004272e87539cbfa019b47b42/Metnick_170221_3799-Pano.jpg" /><img width="769" height="513" width_o="769" height_o="513" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c98d46746cff3b237ab53ac1f3bc9916f6bf887b4ebbcccfef9d72be8c381b9/Metnick_170221_3711.jpg" data-mid="24359068" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/769/i/0c98d46746cff3b237ab53ac1f3bc9916f6bf887b4ebbcccfef9d72be8c381b9/Metnick_170221_3711.jpg" /><img width="769" height="513" width_o="769" height_o="513" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c56976b78f3d6e42cae54ff284849cf7c1871f046639b6202003813d95ddab1/Metnick_170223_3978.jpg" data-mid="24359066" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/769/i/4c56976b78f3d6e42cae54ff284849cf7c1871f046639b6202003813d95ddab1/Metnick_170223_3978.jpg" /><img width="769" height="513" width_o="769" height_o="513" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3a73b59067b7608154f17265aad1f00004da50cc2179a5770961f8020426807/Metnick_170218_3199.jpg" data-mid="24359065" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/769/i/d3a73b59067b7608154f17265aad1f00004da50cc2179a5770961f8020426807/Metnick_170218_3199.jpg" /><img width="769" height="513" width_o="769" height_o="513" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/131ffe7ce4337c7998e7da47017da34ab16db2d6d5718e15fc967112a71cf27e/Metnick_170221_3669.jpg" data-mid="24359064" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/769/i/131ffe7ce4337c7998e7da47017da34ab16db2d6d5718e15fc967112a71cf27e/Metnick_170221_3669.jpg" /><img width="769" height="513" width_o="769" height_o="513" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78b37a999304e3bdee83bfe785fca27d6e473405d45542aa801037e1c4ea2580/Metnick_170223_4005.jpg" data-mid="24359063" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/769/i/78b37a999304e3bdee83bfe785fca27d6e473405d45542aa801037e1c4ea2580/Metnick_170223_4005.jpg" /><img width="1161" height="513" width_o="1161" height_o="513" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8865a97998e91d0be29ec167e3225e2c4c9c8a2737cf5dcdb37fba87d0f6fccc/Metnick_170223_3971-Pano.jpg" data-mid="24359067" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8865a97998e91d0be29ec167e3225e2c4c9c8a2737cf5dcdb37fba87d0f6fccc/Metnick_170223_3971-Pano.jpg" /> We worked with California Sunday Magazine to create video content that featured each of the artists as well as a behind the scenes video of what it took to complete the final piece. VIDEO NEON SIGN CW / AD: Chris Stephens, Michael Hagos CD: Nate Naylor, Marco Kaye TATTOO BILLBOARD BILLBOARD CW / AD: Chris Stephens, Michael Hagos, Kate Overholt CD: Nick Kaplan, Nate Naylor https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Sour-Patch-Kids Wed, 02 Jan 2019 17:14:06 +0000 Chris Stephens https://chrisstephensdotcom.com/Sour-Patch-Kids We created a 25 minute Sour Patch Kids film where we destroyed an entire gingerbread house using toy bulldozers. And we did it in one take. It was written up in Muse by Clio. Check out the trailer below or watch the film on&nbsp;Amazon Prime. We also made a :15 spot. GINGERBREAD HOUSECD: Chris Stephens, Joey Ianno, Mark Bielek, Ross FletcherCW / AD: Chris Sheldon, Van GouldWORKING OUTCD: Chris Stephens, Joey Ianno, Mark Bielek, Ross FletcherCW / AD: Chris Sheldon, Van GouldDIRECTOR: Matt DilmoreEDITOR: Ryan Steele