Ford's short film about a mushroom was powered entirely by EVs

Campaign by BBDO Canada contains no vehicles, but demonstrates their power

Published On
Oct 24, 2022

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Ford is illustrating the power of its EVs in a new short film -- but it doesn't actually show any cars.

Instead, the production of the film, entitled |"Mushroom" was entirely powered by electric vehicles. 

In a project by BBDO Canada, Chilean American director Danilo Parra filmed the nighttime shoot using  by Ford Electrified Vehicles, including the F-150 Lightning and two E-Transits. To demonstrate how people can use the vehicles' battery power as a portable power supply, they were used to power everything on set from coffee makers to lights, camera batteries and wind machines.

Watch the Behind the Scenes film, below, to find out more about how it was done.

 

Shot in a remote wooded location, “Mushroom” tells the story of a grizzled old forager who stumbles upon a one-of-a-kind Matsutake mushroom. Unfortunately, a younger, better-equipped forager has also discovered the prize, setting up a showdown between the two men as they wait for the giant mushroom to grow larger before harvesting it.

 The full film is running on YouTube as well as on Bell Media’s streaming service Crave.

 

Credits

Date
Oct 24, 2022
Client :
Ford
Agency :
BBDO-Canada
VP Marketing & Sales :
Jim Hartford
Director Marketing Communications :
Gemma Giovinazzo
Brand Communications Manager :
Kristina Webb
Vehicle Line Specialist Mach-E/Comm Vehicles :
Logan Traynor
Vehicle Line Marketing Manager Mach-E/Comm Vehicles :
Alexa Desjardins
Vehicle Line Marketing Specialist, F-150 :
Morris Chiang
Vehicle Line Marketing Specialist, F-150 :
Joseph Comacchio
Chief Creative Officer :
Max Geraldo
SVP Executive Creative Director :
Derek Blais
VP Creative Director :
Mike Schonberger
Sr Copywriter :
Simon Craig
Sr Copywriter :
Emma Quiroz
VP Group Account Director :
Justin Seegobin
Sr Account Director :
Wes Dean
Account Executive :
Aidan Bingham
SVP Integrated Production :
Beatrice Bodogh
Producer :
Nikki Drakul
Strategy Director :
Aaron Arellano
Sr Project Manager :
Michelle Rawlings
Directed by :
Danilo Parra
Written by :
Danilo Parra
Written by :
Jamie Fraser
Cast :
Veronica De Cecco
Cast :
Thomas Bolton
Cast :
Aaron MacPherson
Production Company :
Soft Citizen
Executive Producer :
Jaclyn Morga
Executive Producer :
Rob Burns
Executive Producer :
Matthew Clyde
Executive Producer :
Matthew Fone
Executive Producer :
Kate Brady
Editor :
Danilo Parra
Score :
Ben Brunnemer
Sound Mix :
Dean White
Colorist :
Patrick Devine
Assistant Editor :
Kalil Haddad
VFX :
Dave McGhie
VFX/Editorial :
B2Y Productions
VFX Supervisor :
Dimitar Itskov
Producer :
Bogomil Georgiev
Agency :
Mindshare

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