This two-minute online film features Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman and his mom, Beverly, along with four charismatic super fans who together embark on an adventure. Beverly and her super fan cohorts do everything in their power, aided by a helicopter, to make sure Super Bowl champion Sherman gets his Chunky soup before the big game.
Created in a campy, tongue-in-cheek style reminiscent of the 1960’s Batman TV series, versions of the film will also air as :30 and :15 TV spots, which will encourage viewers to see the full epic adventure at Chunky.com.
Fatal Farm of production house Gifted Youth directed for Y&R New York.
Credits
Client Campbell’s Chunky Agency Y&R New York Jim Elliott, chief creative officer; James Caporimo, executive creative director; Stephen Hersh, creative director/partner; Eric Glickman, creative director; Letitia Jacobs, executive director of content production; Samantha Bonom, sr. producer. Production Gifted Youth Fatal Farm, director; Ulrik Bentzen Boel, DP; Stephen Mohammed, line producer; Dal Wolf, executivep roducer; Anthony Ficalora, head of production. Editorial Big Sky, NY Chris Franklin, editor; David Madden, Eirinn Disbrow, assistant editors; Cheryl Panek, exec producer; Sarah Van Tassel, producer. Visual Effects Ryan Sears. Post Nice Shoes, NY Chris Ryan, colorist.
How do you top one of the most viral brand videos ever made? Spoiler alert: you canโt. 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 โClubโ that people would love to join while showcasing Dollar Shave Clubโs products and embracing the weird. From script to direction and post, Seckler--an alum of SHOOTโs 2021 New Directors Showcase--was invited to help sculpt that vision.
The result is this โWelcome to the Clubโ 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."
โThe Clubโ 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.
