The average person’s attention span is just eight seconds. To promote the 2017 Kia Forte, agency David&Goliath plays on this insight by showing where the mind might wander (while driving) after eight seconds has elapsed.
In the :30 “Talent Show,” an aspiring singer daydreams that she is on stage performing in a competitive singing show. Kia Forte’s driver assist technologies bring her back to reality as the automatic braking system helps to avert a potential accident.
Phil Morrison and Joe Ventura of Epoch Films directed for agency David&Goliath.
Credits
Client Kia Agency David&Goliath Colin Jeffery, chief creative officer; Mike Geiger, chief digital officer; Seema Miller, chief strategy officer; Paul Albanese, director of broadcast production; Christopher Coleman, executive broadcast producer; Andrea Mariash, director of art production. Production Epoch Films Phil Morrison, director; Joe Ventura, director; Toby Irwin, DP; Melissa Culligan, exec producer; Megan Murphree, head of production; Pat Frazier, producer. Editorial Spinach Editorial Grant Surmi, editor (courtesy of Exile); Grant Hall, assistant editor (courtesy of Exile); Adam Bright, editor (Hispanic market); Carlos Crooks, assistant editor (Hispanic market); Jonathan Carpio, Patricia Gushikuma, producers. VFX Eight VFX Shira Boardman, exec producer; Juliet Tierney, head of production; Philip Ineno, VFX supervisor; Colleen Brattesani, Anthony Petitti, Flame artists; Yann Mallard, art director; Marianne Magne, Nuke artist; Fred Hopp, CG supervisor; Jaguar Lee, matte painter; Lynn Luckoff, VFX producer; Evan Kantor, VFX coordinator; Philippe Chotard, system engineer. Licensed Music Tori Kelly “Hollow” (general market); Fifth Harmony “Sin Tu Amor” (Hispanic market). Sound Design stimmung Gus Koven, sound designer, Ceinwyn Clark, exec producer. Audio Post 740 Sound Larry Winer, sound engineer.
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.
