Explore Wins 7 Telly Awards in 42nd Annual Competition
CHICAGO, IL – Explore, a commercial production company creating award-winning commercials & digital content for advertisers, was recently awarded seven trophies in the annual competition. With these 7 Telly Awards, Explore has now won 61 of the prestigious awards over the course of their 17-year history.
Better Banking
“Better Banking”, produced for Teacher’s Credit Union (TCU) won four Tellys, including 2 Silvers, in the following categories:
Directing Craft – Jeremy Pinckert
Editing Craft – Jill Dugan
Cinematography Craft – Jason Chiu
Banking TV Commercial
The ad features a meta foray into time travel, poignant dialogue, and unique transitions & match frames director Jeremy Pinckert & cinematographer Jason Chiu planned in-camera, and editor Jill Dugan cut together in post. Through it all, the timeless story of a woman thinking about her path in life resonates in this spot, titled “Better Banking”
DeLorean Delivery
“DeLorean Delivery” won a Telly Award in the Directing Craft category. Produced for Voodoo Ranger’s agency of record, Fact & Fiction, the project features a fleet of DeLoreans – the same car made immortal by the blockbuster franchise “Back to the Future” – as they swoop down on a Covid-locked-down Chicago to delivery their latest hazy IPA beer to the needy citizens. The brainchild of Exec.Creative Director Rob Lewis from Boulder’s Fact & Fiction agency, directed by Jeremy Pinckert in a post-apocalyptic Midwest setting in late May, 2020.
The Graduates
“The Graduates” won a silver Telly Award in the Retail TV Commercial category. The heartfelt commercial for Martin’s Super Markets featured the stories of real high school and college seniors who missed their graduations during the Covid-19 adjusted reality of spring 2020.
Dedicated As Ever
“Dedicated as Ever” won a Telly Award in TV Commercial: Banking category. Contracted just after the United States ordered a shut down in March of 2020, Explore produced this spot remotely using these rules: Using only real bank employees, following all safety/social distancing guidelines, using only available light, and turning the barriers between face to face contact into a symbol & a metaphor. The spot gained recognition on TV and online as one of the first commercials to address the Covid-19 pandemic, featuring a Zoom video grid which would soon be copied and featured in spots around the world.
“The Telly Awards have always been a benchmark for our productions over the years,” says Explore’s executive producer Jeremy Pinckert. “We aspire to create a level of storytelling worthy of awards like the Tellys in all our productions, and when all of our goals align to actually be honored by these prestigious awards, it’s a special, special achievement for our team.”
ABOUT EXPLORE
EXPLORE is an award-winning commercial production company focused on one core idea: every project deserves our very best. We collaborate directly with agencies and brands to produce commercials and content which makes viewers feel; motivated to react, stimulated to buy, interested to click, impressed to tell others, inspired… to respond. We’ve been producing with this simple idea as our foundation since opening our doors in 2003.
Over the years, Explore has stayed boutique enough to focus on our clients first, but big enough to offer them the creative talent and sales reach of a multi-coast powerhouse. And this invincible combo has resulted in over 77 industry awards along the way, including Tellys, ADDYs and an Emmy. For more information or to discuss production needs with a sales rep or producer, visit: http://www.explore-media.com/contact
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