Boost Mobile, 180LA Say ‘You Earned It’

By Ella Riley-Adams 

After their amusing spot featuring a basketball player juggling a couple of extra balls, Boost Mobile and 180LA are back together once again, this time emphasizing the savings Boost customers can get. In three short videos, we see various stealing scenarios: a man on the subway gets pickpocketed, a city guy leaps over fences to evade a mugger, a woman has her purse snatched on the sidewalk. But by the end of each ad, the victim has money handed back to them, showing that “Boost Mobile puts cash back in your pocket, literally.”

It’s a good concept, and the little song that shifts each scene into celebration coupled with the actors’ yay-I’m-richer-than-I-thought smiles makes these spots sweet. I only wish they could have cast at least one white thief. Sure, they’re all good guys in the end, but these spots still reinforce tired racial stereotypes. We can do better.

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Credits and the rest of the videos after the jump.

CREDIT LIST

 

Campaign: Boost Mobile Shrinkage

Length: :30

Spot: Pickpocket

Agency: 180LA

Client: Boost Mobile

Agency: 180LA

Executive Creative Director: William Gelner

Creative Director: Carl Corbitt

Creative Director: Anja Duering

Copywriter: Sean Smith

Art Director: Brandon Sides

Head of Production: Natasha Wellesley

Senior Producer: Dave Stephenson

Head of Account Management: Chad Bettor 

Account Director: Jerico Cabaysa

Account Manager: Frith Dabkowski

Account Manager: Paul Kinsella

Account Coordinator: Mackenzie Walen

Planning Director: Mitch Polatin

Production

Production Co.: Rattling Stick

Director: Daniel Kleinman

DP: Sal Totino

Executive Producer: Johnnie Frankel

Executive Producer: Jennifer Barrons

Head of Production: Joe Biggins

Production Designer: Dave Wilson

Stylist: Keith Wager

Casting Company: Dan Bell Casting

Casting Director: Dan Bell 

Editorial

Editorial Company: Cut + Run

Editor: Steve Gandolfi

Executive Producer: Carr Schilling

Producer: Amburr Farls

Assistant Editor: Sean Stender

Completion/Special Effects

Colorist: Siggy Ferstl

Transfer Facility: CO3

Online/VFX: The Mill

Flame Artist: Gareth Parr

Managing Director: Ben Hampshire

Executive Producer: Sue Troyan

Head of Production: Ari Davis

Deputy Head of Production: Enca Kaul

Producer: Jessica Ambrose

Recording Mix

Recording Studio: Lime Studios

Date: 7/1/13

Mixer: Rohan Young

Asst Mixer: Jeff Malen

Client Credits

Director, Brand Strategy + Marketing: Peiti Feng

Multicultural Brand Manager: Arlin Morales

Creative Director: Wally Fox

Brand Manager: Ian O’Gorman

Advertising Manager: Rosalind Ledesma

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