Hasta La Creative!

DigitasLBi launched a digital April Fool’s Day spot for Motorola, supposedly introducing the “#MotoSelfieStick.”

The 90-second spot plays it straight, feigning seriousness with dramatic piano music and artisans talking about their craft and what the selfie stick really means. “A selfie stick is a branch of self-expression,” says a woodworker at the beginning of the spot. “To take such a raw form and craft it into one of the most practical and useful accessories around…it’s like when the sun turns the rain into a rainbow.”

The tongue-in-cheek spot never turns its back on the mock serious tone, which pokes fun at both the selfie stick and advertising cliches. Because of this, it may be the most successful of branded April Fool’s Day videos (although it also helps that we viewed it after the barrage of such efforts). It also appears to be one of the more popular, racking up almost 400,000 views over the last several days.

Credits:

Client: Motorola Mobility LLC

North America Social Media: Jenna Rice

Global Social Media: Barbara Liss

North America Public Relations: Dawn McKenzie

Sr. Brand Comm. Manager: Katie Cowan

Agency: DigitasLBi

VP Account Director: Kevin Babcock

Creative Director: Mark Czupryna

Sr. Social Media Strategist: Matt Wolk

Sr. Producer: Kristen Hartill

Production Company: Tool

Director: Shawn Z

Managing Director – Live Action / EP: Oliver Fuselier

Managing Director – Digital: Dustin Callif

Executive Producer Live Action: Lori Stonebraker

Producer: Patrick Malloy

Editorial Co.: BUTCHER

Editor: Teddy Gersten

Executive Producer: Rob Van