This mysterious Mercedes-Benz film tells the tale of a daughter afraid to watch her mom compete
Global ad for the GLE introduces tagline 'All Kinds of Strength'
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A teenage girl refuses to watch her mother compete in a triathlon in a new film promoting Mercedes-Benz's new GLE SUV--but it's not until later in the film that we find out why.
The four-minute ad, which will run globally in various length cut-downs on different platforms and in full on YouTube, centers on a woman who's preparing to compete in a grueling race. But for some reason her daughter, who's hiding away in her bedroom, refuses to go out and support her. As the woman prepares for the race and then take part, we see the daughter looking through her scrap book, and the puzzle starts to come together. But only in the final frame (when the daughter, who's changed her mind and asked Dad to pick her up in the family car) do we discover the full story.
The film was created by German agency Antoni Garage and directed by Swedish film maker Niclas Larsson. It's the first part of a new branding campaign for Mercedes SUVs and introduces the tagline "All Kinds of Strength." Rather than showcasing rugged off-road features like a typical SUV ad, it aims to show the GLE as a modern family car that's " a strong companion in all circumstances," according to Natanael Sijanta, head of marketing communication at Mercdes-Benz.
Credits
- Date
- Dec 04, 2018
- Client :
- Mercedes-Benz
- Agency :
- Antoni GmbH-Berlin
- Managing Director Creative :
- Matthias Schmidt
- Executive Creative Director :
- Veit Moeller
- Creative Director :
- Christian Kies
- Creative Director :
- Christopher Hoene
- Creative Director :
- Patrick Klebba
- Art Director :
- Mathias Wilke
- Writer :
- Matti Lietsch
- Script Development :
- Niclas Larsson
- Script Development :
- Matti Lietsch
- Script Development :
- Mathias Wilke
- Script Development :
- Patrick Klebba
- Script Development :
- Christian Kies
- Script Development :
- Veit Moeller
- Chief Creative Officer, Founder :
- André Kemper
- Managing Partner, Founder :
- Dr. Tonio Kröger
- Managing Director :
- Jörg Schultheis
- Client Service Director :
- Steffen Schuhmann
- Account Director :
- Rebecca Sander-Ott
- Account Director :
- Steffen Günther
- Head of Strategy :
- Andreas Möllmann
- Strategy :
- Stephanie Dzionara
- Campaign Concept :
- Sebastian Lyman
- Executive Producer Agency :
- Sebastiaan Peters
- Head of Global Marketing Communications :
- Bettina Fetzer
- Director Global Marketing Communications :
- Natanael Sijanta
- Head of Global Campaigns and Product Content :
- Damir Maric
- Campaign Development/Creation :
- Kai Köpf
- Campaign Development/Creation :
- Stefan Brommer
- Production :
- Iconoclast
- Director :
- Niclas Larsson
- Executive Producer :
- Jan Dressler
- Producer :
- Björn Krüger
- Director of Photography :
- Linus Sandgren
- Music :
- Interscrope
- Music Supervisor :
- Tracks & Fields
- Music Coordinator :
- Christian-Mix Linzer
- Music Coordinator :
- Steve Bartlik
- Written by :
- Michael Kiwanuka
- Written by :
- Dean Josiah Cover
- Written by :
- Brian Burton
- Artist :
- Michael Kiwanuka
- Title :
- Cold Little Heart
- Producer :
- Inflo, Danger Mouse
- Post Production :
- Slaughterhouse
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