The spot celebrates the lengths people will go to get their hands on even just one bite of gooey, creamy, cheesy Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Directed by Hank Perlman of Hungry Man for CP+B and set to Marvin Hamlisch’s “What I Did For Love,” this :45 features the various ruses, sneakiness, and outright thievery by Kraft Mac & Cheese lovers of all ages. “What I Did for Love” was written by Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban in 1975 for Broadway, and has been recorded by many artists since. This version for this commercial was arranged by JSM Music, New York.
Credits
Client Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Agency CP+B Adam Chasnow, VP/executive creative director; Michael Raso, creative director; Paul Sincoff, associate creative director/writer; Kyle Jones, associate creative director/art director; Chad Hoppenwasser, VP/director of video production; Katie Porter, sr. integrated producer; Alina Moeller, jr. integrated producer; Bill Meadows, executive music producer; Jorge Ivan Vargas Perez, music producer. Production Hungry Man Hank Perlman director; John Lindley, DP; Caleb Dewart, line producer; Kevin Byrne, Dan Duffy, Mino Jarjoura, Nancy Hacohen, exec producers. Editorial The Now Corporation, NY Jesse Reisner, editor; Renn Cheadle, assistant editor; Nancy Finn, exec producer. Post Method, Santa Monica, Calif. Kelley Bumbarger, lead compositor; Robert Owens, exec producer; Ananda Reavis, post producer. Post Company 3, Los Angeles. Stefan Sonnenfeld, colorist. Graphics/Animation Buck, Los Angeles Music JSM Music, NY Joel Simon, arranger, creative director, executive music producer; Doug Katsaros, arranger. Audio Lime Studios, Santa Monica. Mark Meyuhas, audio engineer; Matt Miller, engineer’s assistant; Kelli Espinoza, mix producer.
Director Zack Seckler Shares Secret Password, Gets Us Into The Dollar Shave Club
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.
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