Thank you to everyone who submitted Entries for our inaugural 

Spot in a Pocket Challenge!

Seven finalists were featured in the October 14th Showcase, where a panel of judges selected one Grand Prize Winner and two runners-up. You can view all seven pieces below.

Grand Prize Winner

Life of a Thermometer

Director: Courtney Marsh

Runners-Up

Swiffer Power Mop: Scary Clean

Director: Staci Talley

The Case of Scarlet Ledger

Director: David Bradburn

showcase Finalists

Welcome to the Next Level

Director: Jerome Lehoucq with BAM Productions

Double Dribble

Directors: Emily Gurland & Kasey Oldford

Attack of the Empty Wallets

Director: Utsab Giri

BlueCross: Never Too Hot

Director: Sandy Morris


SPECIAL THANKS TO

Judges Molly Mitchell, Donald O’Connor, and Chinkara Singh

AIR Partners, LBB, Simian, Agency Source, and Press Kitchen and our friend Jordan Brady for providing prizes, promotion, and support.

Create a :30 Spot with your SmartPhone

invites you to create a :30 spot with your smartphone.

 

THE CHALLENGE: Create a :30 Spot with your SmartPhone

THE RULES:

  1. Pick one of the following categories and use the prop to create a commercial.  The brand can be real or imaginary. 

    o   Healthcare / Thermometer

    o   Finance / Wallet

    o   Sports / Whistle

    o   Household / Mop

  2.  Use any style or genre (comedy / heartfelt / storytelling, etc.)

  3. Must be shot on a smartphone but you can use any editing platform.

  4. Open to filmmakers of all ages and experience

DATES:

Contest Kick-Off — August 4th

Submission Deadline — September 26th

Finalists Showcase — October 14th

PRIZES:

Grand Prize Winner:

  1. Six-month subscription to Agency Source

  2. 3 career consultation sessions with AIR members. 

  3. Appearance on Respect the Process Podcast with Jordan Brady

  4. Profile on LBB and The Howler

Runner-ups:

  1. One consultation session with AIR Member 

  2. Access to Jordan Brady’s Online Directing Master Class

Submissions Closed