Front Row StudioChicago · Bangkok

Work

Sites, films and spots.

Everything here has to pass one test before it goes up: with the sound off and the captions stripped, can a stranger still tell what is being sold? Most video advertising cannot. It is the words doing the work and the picture keeping them company. The scores are on each piece, including the ones we failed.

First light over the valley

Concept site · hotel

Rai

We build things nobody else in this market is building.

Ad · 10s

This is under a roof that looks fine

The work sells for the businesses we are selling to today.

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Short film · 47s

Still On The List

This is a house that makes films, not a web shop.

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Everything else

The rest of the spots.

Every one of these passed the same test before it went up. They are not featured because three pieces make an argument and seven make a list, not because there is anything wrong with them.

Ad · 10s

A listing that sits only gets cheaper

A sign going into a front lawn on an overcast morning. Made for a real estate agent in Chicago.

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Ad · 10s

Fresh beans still have oil on them

A bag emptied into a grinder, one morning, in one take. Made for a coffee roaster.

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Ad · 10s

You change the filter, nobody checks the rest

An access panel comes off a condenser and the inside is open. Made for an HVAC company in Chicago.

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Yours

Get a spot made for your business, free.

Ten seconds, one moment, in your brand. We make a set number free each month, ten right now; if there is room, yours is with you in two days. Tell us what you do and what you would want people to stop on.

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