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04-28-2016, 11:41 AM
Microsoft had ** hand in making this tearjerking viral Xbox commercial
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One of the most compelling and emotional Microsoft Xbox commercials ever made is climbing its way to viral fame.
But until the video started getting attention online last week, Microsoft had ** idea it existed.
SEE ALSO: Olympians say thank you to their moms in touching new ad campaign (http://mashable.com/2016/04/27/olympics-athletes-mothers-commercial/)
It turns out that the ad was created by an aspiring Los Angeles filmmaker named John Wikstrom,*Adweek (http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/heres-story-behind-moving-xbox-video-microsoft-had-**-hand-creating-171051) first reported. Wikstrom works in the ad industry as a treatment designer, but he'd never had the chance to actually make a commercial.
So he decided to create and post one on his own time to give his portfolio a boost. * Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/28/xbox-ad-microsoft-moving/)
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One of the most compelling and emotional Microsoft Xbox commercials ever made is climbing its way to viral fame.
But until the video started getting attention online last week, Microsoft had ** idea it existed.
SEE ALSO: Olympians say thank you to their moms in touching new ad campaign (http://mashable.com/2016/04/27/olympics-athletes-mothers-commercial/)
It turns out that the ad was created by an aspiring Los Angeles filmmaker named John Wikstrom,*Adweek (http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/heres-story-behind-moving-xbox-video-microsoft-had-**-hand-creating-171051) first reported. Wikstrom works in the ad industry as a treatment designer, but he'd never had the chance to actually make a commercial.
So he decided to create and post one on his own time to give his portfolio a boost. * Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/28/xbox-ad-microsoft-moving/)
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