Carmaker Dacia, owned by Renault, is taking part in the legendary Dakar Rally, a grueling long distance race where drivers take on the Saudi Arabian desert.
To mark Dacia’s first-ever participation in the Dakar Rally, Publicis Conseil created this film which presents a world of sand that is as spectacular as it is challenging for drivers and their vehicles. Rune Milton directed this visceral, hyper-realistic piece via production house Wanda.
As a bonus, the drivers of the official Dacia team, The Dacia Sandriders, make an appearance: Nasser Al-Attiyah, Sébastien Loeb and Cristina Gutièrrez. The work has been released in Europe on television and digital.
Credits
Client Dacia Agency Publicis Conseil Paris Marco Venturelli, CEO/chief creative officer; Romulus Petcan, Gabriel Gherca, executive creative directors; Morgan Carrio, copywriter; Edgar Heusch, art director; Chloe Frappereau, Emilie Assimakopoulos, digital team; Marion Le Forsonney, strategic planning; Benjamin Auberdiac, TV producer. Production Company Wanda Rune Milton, director; Paul Meyers, DP; Jay Pooley, production designer; Julia Gordon, exec producer; Yannick Le Bot, line producer. Postproduction Chemistry/Wanda Yanis Belmokhtar, Thomas Savary, post producer; Morten Sthalhut, VFX producer; Simon Sandin, VFX supervisor; Peter Brandt, editor. Sound Design Kevin Koch, sound designer
“The Contextualist,” the latest chapter in Bloomberg Media’s “Context Changes Everything” brand platform, debuts today (3/6), creatively distinguishing Bloomberg.com & the Bloomberg app subscription’s value for global business and government leaders. The new concept builds on the campaign’s foundation of context--the power of Bloomberg’s journalism to draw deft connections between its wealth of news, insights and data in every corner of the world.
Golden Globe and BAFTA-award winning filmmaker Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) directed three new spots for the campaign via magna studios in his debut helming brand commercials. This spot titled “The Price of Tea in China” takes a well-known and seemingly simple idiom and unpacks its complexity as an international business story in a 30-second journey. (The other two commercials are “Bird in the Hand” and “Rising Tides.” The “Context” campaign continues to be developed in collaboration agency Wieden+Kennedy New York.
“‘Context Changes Everything’ has become an important rallying point with consumers to remind them what’s unique about Bloomberg as we continue to double down on global news coverage for them,” said Julia Beizer, COO, Bloomberg Media. “‘The Contextualist’ moves the brand forward by personifying the prevailing ideas of intellect, curiosity and ambition. We’ve gained more than 100,000 subscribers in the time since we first launched the campaign in September 2023, and it remains an important driving element of our investment to continue growing and engaging subscribers in the years to come.”
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