Noam Murro of Biscuit Filmworks tells this story of two high-performance automobiles: a trapped SEAT race car that longs for the freedom of the open road; and the new SEAT Leon CUPRA which enjoys that pleasure, available to the public and able to travel everywhere.
Indeed, by sharp contrast, the race car is confined to the same monotonous loop of the track, day after day, in all sorts of weather–and then locked up in a garage night after night.
Conceived by a creative ensemble at Droga5 London, this :90 spot titled “A Race Car Set Free” will run in Europe and Mexico in cinemas, online and at motor shows, including Geneva where it launches this week.
Credits
Client SEAT/SEAT Leon CUPRA Agency Droga5 London David Kolbusz, chief creative officer; Rick Dodds, Steve Howell, executive creative directors; Dan Morris, Teddy Souter, copywriters; Charlene Chandrasekaran, Frazer Price, art directors; Haider Muhdi, sr. designer; Chris Watling, head of production; Goldie Robbens, producer; Toto Ellis, head of strategy. Production Biscuit Filmworks Noam Murro, director; Jan Richter Friis, DP; Charlotte Woodhead, exec producer; Kwok Yau, producer; Jay Arthur, first assistant director; Perry Newberry, production designer. Production Services 24/7 Editorial Work Editorial, London Bill Smedley, editor; Ben Corfield, assistant editor; Winnie O’Neil, producer. Postproduction Electric Theatre Collective Matt Jackson, lead Flame; David Birkhill, Flame; Bernardo Varela, lead Nuke; Chris Fraser, Nuke artist; Timothy Stam, Davide Pieropan, CG; Jason Wallis, colorist; Matt Williams, producer. Sound Design String & Tins Will Cohen, sound engineer. Music Dustin O’Halloran, “An ending, a beginning”
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.
