Directed by Juan Cabral of MJZ, this film for Visa Europe–a sponsor of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games–follows an athlete preparing to compete and depicts the journey he goes through in the buildup to the ultimate moment; the competition. His everyday life is interspersed with images of a beating heart, underscoring the heart of the dedicated athlete.
Titled “The Heart,” this 90-second cinema spot kicks off Visa Europe’s “Heart of the Olympian” campaign from Saatchi & Saatchi London. The ad will run in movie theaters in the U.K. Versions will also run across a range of channels including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, created especially for the campaign.
Credits
Client Visa Europe Agency Saatchi & Saatchi London Kate Stanners, chief creative officer; Ben Robinson, Mike Whiteside, creatives; Lisa Bowcott, planner; Celestine Hall, producer. Production MJZ Juan Cabral, director; Stephen Johnson, producer. Editorial Whitehouse Russell Icke, editor. Postproduction/VFX Glassworks, London Jordi Bares, VFX supervisor; Duncan Horn, Flame artist; Andy Nicholas, Julian Johnson, Vladimir Venkov, 3D artists; Mark Holman-Harris, Leanne Pletersky, Tiago Barbosa, Nuke; Aleks Ugarow, Smoke artist. Music Soundtree Peter Raeburn Sound Design Wave Parv Thind, sound designer. Soundtree Henning Knoepfeul, sound designer. Audio Post Wave Parv Thind, mixer.
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.
