Will and Chuck are police officers ready to spring into action when they get called to chase down a couple of suspects. Enthused, they jump into their police car only to have to spend an inordinate amount of time adjusting the vehicle’s settings including the positioning of the driver’s seat, mirrors, etc. As a result, the thrilling pursuit of bad guys never comes to pass.
If only they had a SKODA, the automobile with a built-in “key” feature. The "key" stores driver settings, meaning that in the case of our eager cops, they could have been ready to roll on a moment’s notice.
With a Hollywood cops-and-robbers movie feel, this humorous SKODA spot came out of Paris agency Rosapark, directed by Jean Baptiste Saurel via production house Big.
Credits
Client SKODA France Agency Rosapark, Paris Jean-Patrick Chiquiar, Gilles Fichteberg, Jean-François Sacco, co-founders; Sacha Lacroix, managing director; Julien Perrard, copywriter; Nicolas Hurez, artistic director; Elodie Jonqauille, head of TV production; Romain Bruneau, consulting director; Maxime Persuy, group leader; Jeanne Neuschwander, head of digital strategy; Clement Bonnet, social media manager; Léo Palti, Julien Thibon, Pierre Bonnet, Athina Perroux, Pierre René Martin, Aike Westra, social media creative team. Production Big Jean Baptiste Saurel, director; Kasia Staniaszek, Pierre Rambaldi, producers; Driss Lumbroso, production manager. Sound Studio Schmooze Postproduction Firm
How do you top one of the most viral brand videos ever made? Spoiler alert: you can’t. But when Dollar Shave Club tapped Zack Seckler to direct a new campaign to revive the absurdist humor of its iconic launch video, he knew he had a rare opportunity to create something special.
The brief was simple: introduce the concept of a physical “Club” that people would love to join while showcasing Dollar Shave Club’s products and embracing the weird. From script to direction and post, Seckler--an alum of SHOOT’s 2021 New Directors Showcase--was invited to help sculpt that vision.
The result is this “Welcome to the Club” spot which invites us to join a unique, seemingly exclusive but in reality an accessible and affordable fraternity of Dollar Shave Club members. But you need to know the password or more accurately, the two-word phrase--"shave money."
“The Club” campaign brings the brand back to its humorous roots, reflecting a new chapter after being acquired by Nexus Capital Management from Unilever in late 2023. The work takes Dollar Shave Club back to its disruptive beginnings and what made the brand a viral sensation from its inception in 2011.
