Building a home mirrors building a life in this magical DIY spot

Nicolai Fuglsig directs a VFX-laden ad for BETC Paris for home improvement retailer Leroy Merlin

Published On
Oct 25, 2019

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An emotive new spot by French home improvement retailer Leroy Merlin uses some incredible VFX to illustrate how building your home is a metaphor for building your life together.

In the ad, created by BETC Paris and directed by Nicolai Fuglsig via MJZ/Henry, a young family stumbles on a dilapidated shack and take shelter there. They begin to make the run-down structure into a home, with the building transforming into a kind of magical treehouse as the family grows. Over time, new roots branch out to make extensions and new spaces for their kids. The set designs were created by Christopher Glass ("The Jungle Book," Apple AirPods).

A previous spot by the brand turned a house into a ship that sets sail on the ocean

Credits

Date
Oct 25, 2019
Client :
Leroy Merlin
Agency :
BETC-Paris
Brand Director :
Erwan Soquet
Communication Manager :
Agathe Ruckebusch
Brand Campaign Project Manager :
Maïté Boussemart
VP/Executive Creative Director :
Olivier Apers
Creative :
Moritz Maus
Creative :
Sebastian Regfeldt
VP/Brand Director :
Jean-Patrick Spitz
Business Director :
Sofiane Ouaddah
Account Director :
Coline Leroy
Project Manager :
Florence Gury
Agency Producer :
David Green
Music Creative Director :
Christophe Caurret
Traffic :
Christine Eon
Director :
Nicolaï Fuglsig
Cinematographer :
Phaedon Papamichael
Set Designer :
Christopher Glass
Production Company :
Henry
Production Company :
MJZ
Executive Producer :
Jean Ozannat
UK Producer :
Tim Wild
French Producer :
Gaelle Delaporte
Editor :
Walter Mauriot
Post Production :
nineteentwenty
Head of Post Production :
Sebastien Gros
VFX Supervisor :
Chris King
VFX Supervisor :
Bill McNamara
VFX Producer :
David Keegan
Head of Sound Production :
Christophe Caurret
Record Label :
City Slang
Music Artist :
Grandbrothers - “Bloodflow”
Sound Production :
GUM
Sound Designer :
Anaïs Khout
Sound Producer :
Marion Torreilles

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