This film from Grey Tokyo for Procter & Gamble’s Pantene features an interview with two transgender former job hunters, helping to heighten awareness of the stress people from the LGBTQ+ community might be going through when seeking employment. Not only the normal stress that most applicants face during a job interview but a bigger question of whether to be “themselves.”
The #PrideHair project is the third installment of Pantene Japan’s “#HairWeGo: My Hair Moves Me Forward” campaign, encouraging everyone to express their true selves and to take the first step towards being who they really want to be.
Credits
Client P&G/Pantene Agency Grey Tokyo Masanori Tagaya, executive creative director; Jun Ogasawara, sr. creative director; Ryumja Kodaka, creative director; Yoichi Inamura, associate creative director; Kei Takimoto, sr. art director; Shota Ishikawa, art director; Katsuhiro Fujimoto, interactive art director; Takuya Tanaka, jr. art director; Masanori Tagaya, Yukika Anan, copywriters; Tatsuo Tamaru, designer. Daijiro Yamakawa, Yoshiaki Saito, producers. Production Company TYO drive Tadashi Umazume, Natsuki Tsuda, producers; Futoshi Takashima, director; Jin Ito, DP. Editorial Cutters Studios Sachi Sasaki, offline editor. Postproduction PPC Yoshihiro Miura, online editor. Color L’espace Vision Naotaka Takahashi, colorist.
After losing part of his right leg due to cancer, Terry Fox campaigned to raise national awareness and funding for cancer research by running his Marathon of Hope, a cross-Canada 42-km daily run, on his prosthetic leg. Fox, who died in 1981, is a national hero. His image will be on Canada’s new $5 bill.
In this two-minute video titled “Finish It,” the Marathon of Hope is recreated. It’s all done in one take, and it features an actor/marathon runner who uses a prosthesis on the same leg as Fox. CGI was deployed to make him look more like Fox. To further ensure the actor represented Fox accurately, not only did the actor and team watch and study many videos of Terry, but Terry’s brothers, Fred and Darrel, coached the actor on Terry’s running style and mannerisms. They also created a copy of Terry’s prosthesis for the actor to use for the shoot.
The message is clear. As the Marathon of Hope now marks its 45th anniversary, we now have the opportunity to “Finish It” for Fox, raising money and awareness to get a cure for cancer over the finish line, completing the work that Fox started. The public service film starts with Fox on the marathon run, eventually joined by a crowd of other dedicated runners from all walks of life who take over the race.
Mark Zibert directed via production company Scouts Honour for Toronto agency Diamond. The video features a never-before-heard version of the song “Courage” from Canadian band The Tragically Hip.
“We wanted to create a campaign that captures the magnitude of Terry Fox’s legacy while driving meaningful action,” said Peter Ignazi, chief creative officer at Diamond. “By revisiting the Marathon of Hope with such care and reverence, we aimed to reignite Terry’s mission and... Read More
