A food fight meets the western movie genre in “The Showdown: Fully Loaded” campaign for Red Baron’s Fully Loaded Hand Tossed Style Pizza.
The campaign includes this hero spot directed by Robert Llauro via production house Landia for TBWAChiatDay LA. The film draws inspiration for a classic western duel scene in which a town may not be big enough for the adversaries–but Red Baron pizza is. This over-the-top, action-packed film gives us a fully loaded western brawl–until it’s pointed out that the cost of fighting is that the pizza is getting cold.
Ben Shaffery, sr. art director at TBWAChiatDay LA, said, “Watching a movie and eating pizza go hand in hand for our target market, so we used this space to create something that felt unique for the product and relevant to our audience.”
Credits
Client Red Baron Agency TBWAChiatDay LA Renato Fernandez, chief creative officer; Bruno Regalo, chief design officer; Anh-Thu Le, director of content production; Thiago Matsunaga, associate design director; Gabriel Menezes, design supervisor; Monica Gelbecke, design brand director; Alessandra Horn, associate production director; Kirsten Rutherford, executive creative director; Martin Insua, group creative director; Ben Shaffery, sr. art director; Vidur Raswant, sr. copywriter; Kim-Lara King, executive producer; Danny Arnone, producer; Corey Kindberg, strategy director; Blair Paley, associate strategy director; Fars Woldai, strategist; Julia Lucey, sr. data strategist; Albert Kim, group connections director; Monica Glosson, sr. connections strategist. Production Company Landia Robert Llauro, director. Editorial Cartel Matt Berardi, editor. Music Pickle Music Sound Design/Mix Porta VO Record Lime Color Company 3 Siggy Ferstl, colorist. Media Agency MediaHub
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.
