Best of 2014 #4 TV/Film: Moms Lament Their Sons Reaching Manhood for Old Spice
Campaign For Body Sprays Takes A Mom's Eye View Of Smelling Like A Man
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Through this week, we continue our countdown of the best work of the year in TV/Film, Print/Outdoor/Design and Interactive (IX)/Integrated/Social. See all the Best of 2014 so far here.
At #4 in TV/Film, Old Spice and Wieden + Kennedy Portland moved on from the Man Your Man Could Smell Like ot focus on another target that might find its body products worth buying: moms. Over the top ads featured mothers stalking their sons to ridiculous extremes as they lamented their boys becoming men -- to the tune of an outragoeous '80s-style ballad.
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Old Spice has been extolling the benefits of smelling like a man for a while now, but what about the mom's point of view on all this? In a new campaign for its Re-fresh Body Sprays by W+K Portland and directed by MJZ's Steve Ayson, a succession of middle-aged mothers lament (in ballad-style song, while performing creepy stalker activities) the fact that their sons have grown up and become come of age -- attracting all the women thanks to a can of Old Spice body spray. The strapline is "Smellcome To Manhood". The 60-second spot, which broke last night (January 5), will be followed by by two shorter variations on the same theme.
Credits
- Date
- Jan 06, 2014
- Agency :
- Wieden & Kennedy-Portland
- Brand :
- Old Spice
- Client :
- Old Spice
- Director :
- Steve Ayson
- Production Company :
- MJZ
- Creative Director :
- Craig Allen
- Creative Director :
- Jason Bagley
- Copywriter :
- Justine Armour
- Copywriter :
- David Povill
- Art Director :
- Ruth Bellotti
- Senior Producer :
- Lindsay Reed
- Executive Creative Director :
- Susan Hoffman
- Executive Creative Director :
- Joe Staples
- Executive Producer :
- Emma Wilcockson
- Line Producer :
- Mark Hall
- Director, Photography :
- Ryley Brown
- Editorial Company :
- HutchCo Technologies, Inc
- Editor :
- Jim Hutchins
- Assistant Editor :
- Patrick O'Leary
- Post Producer :
- Jane Hutchins
- Visual Effects :
- The Mill
- Head of Production :
- Arielle Davis
- Executive Producer :
- Sue Troyan
- Producer :
- Adam Reeb
- Coordinator :
- Ben Sposato
- Creative Director/Lead Flame Artist :
- Tim Davies
- Shoot Supervisor :
- Steve Anderson
- 3D Lead Artist :
- Meng-Yang Lu
- 3D Artist :
- Mike Di Nocco
- Music Company :
- Walker
- Producer :
- Sara Matarazzo
- Producer Assistant :
- Abbey Hickman
- Composer/Arranger :
- Brad Neely
- Music Recording Studios :
- Warehouse Studio
- Music Recording Studios :
- GGRP Productions
- Recording Engineer :
- Vince Renaud
- Composition Engineer :
- Graeme Gibson
- Final Mix :
- Barking Owl
- Post Engineer :
- Brock Babcock
- Producer :
- Whitney Fromholtz
- Color Transfer :
- MPC-LA
- Artist :
- Mark Gethin
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