THE WORK / CONTINUED

Every story opens
another door.

Every story opens
another door.

Every story opens
another door.

Campaigns, customer stories, shared experiences and the ideas behind them.

Okta Films

Okta

Okta Films

Okta Films

Okta Films

Identity creates the freedom to choose. These stories connect that promise to customers, people and the digital world around them.

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Google Cloud Next

Google Cloud / Google Workspace

Bring possibility into the room.

Bring possibility into the room.

Bring possibility into the room.

An event is a meeting of people with different ideas of what comes next. The films welcome them in, make room for possibility and carry the conversation beyond the stage.

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Google Films

Google Cloud / Google Workspace

Google Films

Google Films

Google Films

Make complex possibility feel human. Brand design, customer stories and the making of Google Workspace reveal different sides of that ambition.

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Google Cloud / Customer stories

Google Cloud / Google Workspace

Start with what matters.

Start with what matters.

Start with what matters.

A scientific question. A song finding its audience. A business finding another way forward. The technology becomes meaningful through what people are trying to do.

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Make It With G Suite

Google Cloud / Google Workspace

Make it together.

Make it together.

Make it together.

An idea moves through conversations, contributions and small acts of ingenuity. A family of films about people finding a way to make something together.

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Google Cloud / NASA

Google Cloud / Google Workspace

The next question.

The next question.

The next question.

From the water around us to worlds beyond our own. A family of stories about the questions people ask, and the possibilities that open when they look for answers.

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SALESFORCE FILMS

Salesforce

SALESFORCE FILMS

SALESFORCE FILMS

SALESFORCE FILMS

The customer is the story. A collection of brand and customer films showing how a company’s promise takes shape in people’s lives and ambitions.

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Dreamforce / 2017

Salesforce

A community. Many stories.

A community. Many stories.

A community. Many stories.

An opening invitation, customer ambition and individual trailblazers. Different voices, sharing the Dreamforce stage.

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Dreamforce / 2016

Salesforce

Different missions. Shared possibility.

Different missions. Shared possibility.

Different missions. Shared possibility.

From (RED) to Aston Martin, Fitbit, Schneider and Farmers. A collection that gives very different ambitions a shared stage.

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Dreamforce / 2015

Salesforce

The story grows through people.

The story grows through people.

The story grows through people.

Customers, care and community. An opening film and four stories that take the Dreamforce conversation into the wider world.

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Dreamforce / 2014

Salesforce

What becomes possible?

What becomes possible?

What becomes possible?

Education, customer businesses, analytics and a product launch. Each film opens a different part of the Dreamforce story.

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Dreamforce / 2013

Salesforce

A new way to connect.

A new way to connect.

A new way to connect.

Salesforce1, customer stories and community work. An early Dreamforce chapter about the people and possibilities around a connected world.

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Ads/Virals

Multi-brand / advertising

Ads/Virals

Ads/Virals

Ads/Virals

An idea has to earn attention. Advertising, comedy, viral stories and broadcast work across different brands, audiences and moments.

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INTERACTIVE

Multi-brand / advertising

Ideas people can enter.

Ideas people can enter.

Ideas people can enter.

A story can become a place to explore, a tool to use, or a system a team can build with. Digital experiences give an idea a life through what people do.

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Design Leadership Conference

Salesforce

Design Leadership Conference

Design Leadership Conference

Design Leadership Conference

Bring different minds into the same room. A design leadership experience connecting story, science, architecture, diversity and the future of making.

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Inside the Beast Campaign

Salesforce

Inside the Beast Campaign

Inside the Beast Campaign

Inside the Beast Campaign

The launch, the campaign films, the Super Bowl ad and the story behind them.

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The context behind the film

Google / Artificial intelligence

The possibilities. The responsibility.

The possibilities. The responsibility.

The possibilities. The responsibility.

In 2018, Google needed to explain what artificial intelligence could make possible and how it should be developed responsibly. A film about access, human capability and the principles behind the technology.

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How the story comes together

Salesforce / Company in motion

A company’s story. In real time.

A company’s story. In real time.

A company’s story. In real time.

Made every quarter and released with earnings. Three and a half minutes bringing together what has happened, what matters now and where the company is going.

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Behind the story

Salesforce / Missionforce

Serving those who serve us all.

Serving those who serve us all.

Serving those who serve us all.

A story about people who take responsibility for others, and the work that makes their missions possible.

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Behind the story

Salesforce / Claudeforce

Intelligence meets context.

Intelligence meets context.

Intelligence meets context.

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Rise and Shine

Salesforce

Rise and Shine

Rise and Shine

Rise and Shine

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Protect Papahānaumokuākea

Conservation

Protect Papahānaumokuākea

Protect Papahānaumokuākea

Protect Papahānaumokuākea

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Agentic Marketing

Salesforce

Agentic Marketing

Agentic Marketing

Agentic Marketing

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San Francisco Giants

Ads & Virals

A new season. A new cast.

A new season. A new cast.

A new season. A new cast.

New players. New energy. An annual campaign to bring the team’s next chapter to life.

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Alpo

Ads & Virals

Let dogs be dogs.

Let dogs be dogs.

Let dogs be dogs.

A simple thought in a world finding ever more elaborate ways to pamper a dog.

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Mike’s Hard Lemonade

Ads & Virals

A different kind of screen.

A different kind of screen.

A different kind of screen.

A campaign made in the early days of YouTube, when its possibilities were still taking shape.

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Lipton Brisk

Ads & Virals

Rocky. Sinatra.

Rocky. Sinatra.

Rocky. Sinatra.

Two Super Bowl ads at the start of a long-running campaign, and an early chapter in John’s career.

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Make It With G Suite

Google Cloud

Make it together.

Make it together.

Make it together.

A family of films about ideas taking shape through people working together.

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The Making of Google Workspace

Google Cloud

The making of Google Workspace.

The making of Google Workspace.

The making of Google Workspace.

The people and ideas behind Google Workspace.

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Salesforce Video Wall

Salesforce

A brand you can walk into.

A brand you can walk into.

A brand you can walk into.

The first encounter with a company happens before the first conversation. The Salesforce lobby became a place to feel the brand’s sense of possibility.

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CONTACT

Get in touch.

Get in touch.

Get in touch.

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