Cigna Insurance’s latest campaign – out of Y&R NZ – sees the brand employ Rube Goldberg machines to illustrate how unpredictable life can be and how Cigna can help get things back on track.
Y&R has released two new Cigna 45” spots for their Travel Insurance and Mortgage & Rent Safe Insurance products. Each TVC features a different Rube Goldberg machine – an over-engineered machine created to perform a simple task in a complicated fashion, generally including achain reaction.
The two TVCs are part of a suite of work created by Y&R NZ and production company Flying Fish, with two more TVCs to be released later this year. The latest suite of ads promote Cigna’s new range of products expanding beyond their core base of life insurance and funeral cover.
“Our challenge was to talk about our expanded range of products to a broader audience than we ever have before,” said Cigna chief marketing officer Suzanne de Geus. “When the idea of using the Rube Goldberg model was raised it seemed like an ideal way to depict how Cigna can help New Zealanders prepare for the unexpected and help get things back on track.”
Directed by James Solomon, the Rube Goldberg machine depicts a coloured marble making its way through a host of category-relevant settings related to each of the products promoted, such as a shelf full of overseas souvenirs for travel insurance.
Flying Fish constructed bespoke complex builds for each TVC, shooting them over a three-day period.
Y&R Wellington MD Tim Ellis believes the spots will have great cut through and succinctly demonstrate Cigna’s role in New Zealanders lives. “We’re really proud of this new work for Cigna,” he told M+AD.
“By using an engaging story-telling narrative not common in the world of DRTV we’ve created ads that are watchable time and again. Now we look forward to seeing how consumers respond.”
Suzanne de Gues said: “Working on this type of ad was very refreshing; the whole process was different form the type of TVCs we have created before with Y&R. We are looking forward to seeing how the ads perform within our marketing mix.”
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CREDITS
Cigna Insurance
Chief Marketing Officer: Suzanne de Geus
Direct Marketing Manager: Danielle Barrett
Senior Marketing Specialist: Pip Kennedy
Y&R NZ
CEO & COO: Josh Moore
Creative Director: Seymour Pope
Associate Creative Director: Lisa Dupre
Managing Director: Tim Ellis
Account Director: Carmen Sellwood
Account Manager: Christine Malek
Head Producer: Liz Rosby
Designer: Rachael Jupp
Editor: Amanda Sasano
Production company: Flying Fish
Director: James Solomon
Producer: Samantha Attenborough
Art Department: Brett Schwieters
DOP: Simon Raby
Post-Production: Mandy
Offline: Nathan Pickles
Online: James Cordon & Anita Ward
Grade: Dave Gibson
Audio: Liquid Studios
Engineer: Craig Matuschka
Music: Peter van der Fluit
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