As voters report feeling demoralized, overwhelmed, and exhausted ahead of the November 2024 election, ‘Doomscroll’ exposes how the opposition deliberately fuels our feelings of despair and helplessness as part of their strategy to seize and hold onto power. The campaign encourages voters to get offline and channel their energy into community-building and direct action. This spot was created as part of the ‘Amplify’ open-source program so that non-profit orgs across the country can utilize it with their own custom end cards to sign people up for their cause. See more at amplify-freedom.com.
Director / Writer / Editor / Producer: Conor C. Simpson
Concept: Jay Marcellus
Agency: Gutsy Media
Managing Partner / EP: Julie Hermelin
EP: Mary Ann Marino
EP: Lisa Lee @halvinandcobbes
Producer: Rebecca Maar @st.rebecca
DP: Gabe Knoos-Newton @gabeofsweden
AD: Daniel Bennaiem
Gaffer: Rene Yescas @ryescasvision
Grip: Mathew Barauskas
AC: Jake Coury @jakecoury
PD: Danny Erb @dannyerb
Props + Set Dec: Christina Skilbred @christinaskilbred + Hunter Kist @hunterkist
Wardrobe: Andie Linze @andielinze
HMU: Martha Sanchez @marthfx
Sound Mixer: Travis Brown @fieldtapes
PA: Nathan Shoop
VFX: Gerry Kodo Jr. @gerbear_fx + Marina Antonowicz @manto_media
Colorist: Nick Lareau @nick_lareau
Sound Design + Mix: Kevin Senzaki @kevinsenzaki
Music: Jason Steingold @steingoldmusic
Motion Graphics: Cassidy Routh
End Card Mograph: Nayeli Lavenderos @nala_studio
Casting: @danbellcasting_official
Starring: Janna Jalla @jannajalla, Deangelo Davis @deangelodavis23, Jeff Rector @rector.jeff [Doomscrollers], Dave Huber @mrhuber [Evil Pol] and Annie Word [Volunteer]
Camera + Lenses: Old Fast Glass
Client: Way to Win
VP/Co-Founder: Jenifer Fernandez Ancona
Senior Director of Political Advising: Causten Rodriguez-Wollerman
Client: ASO Communications
Principal: Anat Shenker-Osorio
Director of Narrative: Jay Marcellus
Special Thanks to @old_fast_glass for helping to make this PSA happen!
Extra-special thanks to Gerry Kodo Jr. for going above to crush our VFX!
#OfTheNotion #getoutthevote #SonyVenice #TribeBlackwings #LaowaProbe #Petzvalux #OurFreedomsOurFutures #BuckTheEffUp
BILL & BILLY Round 2 - Midterms 2022
It's round 2 of mistaken identity between Billy Crystal and Bill Kristol, but they continue to find common ground as they encourage voters to save democracy.
Directed by Colette Burson
Written by Billy Crystal and Phil Rosenthal
Produced and Edited by Conor Simpson
Motion Graphics & Design: Rey Rodriguez
VFX: Gerry Kodo
Colorist: Nick Lareau
Sound Design and Mix: Diana Cha
Executive Producers: Gutsy Media/Wake Up & Vote - Julie Hermelin, Mary Ann Marino, Lisa Lee
Telenovela
Another get-out-the-vote ad for Gutsy Media.
Written by Adriana DeGirolami
Direction, Cinematography, and Edit: Conor Simpson
Executive Producers: Gutsy Media/Wake Up & Vote - Julie Hermelin, Mary Ann Marino, Lisa Lee
Produced by Conor Simpson
Starring: Adrian Gonzalez, Andrea Savo, and Daniel Salas
Assistant Director and Production Coordinator: Daniel Sotelo-Reiner
Gaffer: Gonzalo Digenio
Assistant Camera: Jose Mendoza
Production Designer: Julia Vela
Stylist: Andie Linze @andielinze
Hair and Makeup: Rachel Jenkins and Chloe Gingold
Sound Recordist and Mixer: Travis Brown
Production Assistant: Johnny Moon
Composer, Sound Design, Mix: J Clark
Motion Graphics: Julisha Kim, June Ahn @ahncheong and Connor Thomas
Visual Effects: Connor Thomas
Camera and Lenses: Panavision
Special Thanks to Rik DeLisle for helping to make this happen!
#OfTheNotion #getoutthevote #bluewave #telenovela
NEVADA U UP?
A sexy, comedic get out the vote ad made for The Impact Project, supporting the 2022 midterm reelection of Nevada Governor Sisolak and the Democratic legislature.
Directed, produced and edited by Conor Chandler Simpson
Starring: Collin Franklin
Executive Producers: Gutsy Media/Wake Up & Vote - Julie Hermelin, Mary Ann Marino, Lisa Lee
Director of Photography: Conor Chandler Simpson
Gaffer: Lawrence Le
Production Designer: Christina Skilbred
Costume Designer: Andie Linze
Assistant Camera: Jose Mendoza
Sound Design and Mix: Kevin Senzaki
Motion Graphics: June Ahn
Huge thanks to Old Fast Glass for their generous support!
Newsom Recall - Vote Nooooooo!!
New spot we made to help remind people to vote NO on the CA Recall, because the fate of the universe depends on it of course!
Please help share far and wide!
Direction, script, edit: Conor Chandler Simpson @conpulsiv
Produced by Lisa Lee @halvinandcobbes
Starring:
Kimiko Singer @japajew & @conpulsiv
Animation: Hoda Ramy @hodaillustrations
John Brown @damn_fine_job
Sound Design/Mix: Kevin Senzaki @kevinsenzaki
Made possible by: Julie Hermelin, Mary Ann Marino @maryannmarino, Molly Gale @mollywantspizza & the Wake Up & Vote consortium, and Meidas Touch.
#VoteNo #NoRecall #VoteNOonRecall #StopTheRecall #StopTheRepublicanRecall #OfTheNotion
Transform our Rage into Votes!
* Winner - Silver Award at the 2020 American Advertising Federation (Addy Awards) Coastal California Competition *
Be it quarantine, protesting police brutality, raging wildfires, or our incendiary political climate - this spot aims to inspire all of us to Transform our angst, pain and rage into the power of our vote, in a time when taking that step will impact all of the things that affect our immediate environments in dramatic ways.
Created in partnership with Acronym, People’s Power Grab, and Wake Up & Vote.
Written & Produced by Conor Chandler Simpson, Scott Schuler, & Jessica Randolph
Direction/Cinematography/Edit: Conor Chandler Simpson
Original Music/Sound Design/Mix: J Clark
Featuring: Allauné Blegbo, Maria Wada, Konkrete, Selasi Dogbatse, Amanda MacLeod, Kate Martel, Kimara Wood
In Kamala’s Words
This Get Out the Vote ad - in partnership with Wake Up & Vote and the Democratic Coalition - was created with a team of excited, badass and talented collaborators to help inspire support for Kamala Harris’ VP candidacy by amplifying her voice through young women that support what she stands for.
Produced by Lisa Lee
Direction, Cinematography: Conor Chandler Simpson
Choreography: Rony Jacques
Edit: Conor Chandler Simpson & Aditya Nair
Featuring: Chelsea Malyia, Maya-Shaie Vitug, Sitara California, Amanda MacLeod, Vanessa Gelacio, Marquitta “Q” Baines, Shontice Carter
American Know-How
Created in partnership with Future Majority and Wake Up & Vote to amp up the 8M swing voters that went from Obama to Trump and swing them back to Biden. Working with a team of badass animators/designers including Hoda Ramy and Notion’s premier partner in sound and music, J Clark. We were honored to collaborate on the script with legendary film director, writer, and producer Marshall Herskovitz (Traffic, The Last Samurai, Blood Diamond)! By using a retro-futuristic animation style that conveys classic American ingenuity from the ‘50’s updated with a contemporary look - featuring a a more diverse cast - we refocus on timeless, forward-thinking American Collaborative Ingenuity as the answer to our current economic predicament. This spot’s aim is to evoke the idea of what America represents to ALL people, and inspires us to come together and rally around our ability to achieve epic, innovative solutions to society’s problems, which in turn generates a thriving economy.
Produced by Lisa Lee and Conor Chandler Simpson
Directed by Conor Chandler Simpson
Written by Marshall Herskovitz
Design & Motion Graphics: Hoda Ramy and Zachary Carnes
Original Music/Sound Design/Mix: J Clark
Voice Over: Harry Cocciolo