Creative Director / Writer
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Intel: Super Bowl Drones

 

INTEL

Super Bowl Drone Show

A Super Bowl commercial brief that became a Super Bowl Halftime performance.

Recognition:
Cannes: Silver Lion, Digital Craft
Cannes: Bronze Lion, Media
Cannes Shortlist: Innovation, Cyber, Entertainment for Music
Webby, Best Event Activation, Winner
Webby, Best Event Activation, People's Choice
Clios: Gold, Music
Clios: Silver, Branded Entertainment
Clios: Bronze, Brand Partnerships
One Show: Silver Pencil, Innovation in Branded Entertainment

At the Super Bowl, brands fight for attention in the crowded ad space and Intel wanted an ad to break through the noise. We pitched a show.

We launched 300 Intel-powered drones in a synchronized light show for an audience of 150 million people, kicking off Lady Gaga's Halftime Show performance.

It was the first drone integration on television.

 

Case Study

 

Full Performance

Watch Lady Gaga goes from the roof to the stage in one of the most acrobatic & incredible Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime show performances of all time. Set list: God Bless America This Land is Your Land Poker Face Born this Way Telephone Just Dance Million Reasons Bad Romance Subscribe to NFL: http://j.mp/1L0bVBu Start your free trial of NFL Game Pass: https://www.nfl.com/gamepass?campaign=sp-nf-gd-ot-yt-3000342 Sign up for Fantasy Football!
 

The show was the most ambitious project Intel had ever attempted, but we needed to stamp Intel's name on it.
Luckily, we still had the ad space. We let the drones speak for themselves with two commercials that ran immediately after the show. 

Intel Drone Team Wraps Up Light Show at Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show
After participating in the Super Bowl Half Show with Lady Gaga, we captured the excitement of the engineers as our drones flew back home.
 

After the performance, millions of people were asking what the hell they just saw. We launched a social film on Monday morning that told the story of the drone team behind the performance and engaged fans in the story. 

Lady Gaga and a backdrop of 300 drones... see how me made it happen
 

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