Continuing its campaign centered on how we are all irrationally tied to various objects and belongings we don’t need anymore–and demonstrating that mobile marketplace app letgo can help by easily posting an item for sale in seconds–CP+B Miami has rolled out three new commercials directed by Craig Gillespie of MJZ.
This package of letgo spots includes “Disco Ball” which introduces us to a young woman riding a scooter through heavy traffic who won’t get rid of her disco ball even though it blocks her line of sight to the point where she can barely see where she’s going. Riding with her is a passenger who deploys the letgo app leading to a buyer for the disco ball and marking a return to TV by the Village People.
Credits
Client letgo Agency CP+B Miami Gustavo Sarkis, executive creative director; Jeff Siegel, Alvaro Ramos, creative directors; Marshall Mann, Cristina Flores, content managers; Ian Kelly, sr. integrated producer; Jennifer Malki, jr. integrated producer. Production MJZ Craig Gillespie, director; Martha Davis, producer; Emma Wilcockson, exec producer. Editorial Exile Edit Eric Zumbrunnen, editor; CL Weaver, exec producer; Toby Louie, producer; Tara Wall, assistant editor; VFX/Finishing Eight VFX Shira Boardman, exec producer; Juliet Tierney, head of production, Jean-Marc Demmer, VFX supervisor; Evan Kantor, VFX coordinator; Philip Ineno, Andy Davis, Joe Chiao, Flame artists; Paul Heagney, Flame compositor. Postproduction Company 3 Siggy Ferstl, colorist; Matt Moran, producer. Sound Design/Mix Barking Owl, West Los Angeles, Calif. Michael Anastasi, sound design; KC Doissett, Ashley Benton, producers; Morgan Johnson, mixer. Music JSM Music, New York Joel Simon, creative director/composer; Dave Wolfert, composer; Jeff Fiorello, exec producer.
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.
