Nike Kicks Off Unofficial World Cup Work With Glazer-Directed Spot
Rooney, Ronaldo and Neymar Feature In New Film and Online Effort Asking Viewers to 'Risk Everything'
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Jonathan Glazer directs this new spot from Nike Football out of Wieden + Kennedy Portland, which focuses on the pressure faced by star players in the run-up to a big match. It's clearly a preamble to the FIFA World Cup, although Nike, as a non-sponsor, naturally doesn't mention the tournament by name. (In 2010, Nike's Write The Future spot, which similarly hinted at the World Cup without mentioning it, won the Cannes Film Grand Prix).
The spots rachets up the tension, as Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar are shown preparing for a showdown to the background of a rhythmic clock-like beat and sports commentators speculating about their performances. It touts the new tag "Risk Everything" and directs viewers to a dedicated site, Nike.com/riskeverything, where Nike instructs, "Don't just watch them, join them." The site asks visitors to submit their own content about how they, too, #riskeverything and also encourages them to join Nike-sponsored local "ultimate" football tournaments in big cities around the world, including Rio De Janeiro, Los Angeles, New York, Madrid, Berlin, Sydney, Tokyo, Beijing and many more.
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Credits
- Date
- Apr 01, 2014
- Brand :
- Nike Football
- Client :
- Nike Football
- Director :
- Jonathan Glazer
- Agency :
- Wieden & Kennedy-Portland
- Production Company :
- RESET/Academy Films
- Creative Director :
- Alberto Ponte
- Creative Director :
- Ryan O'Rourke
- Interactive Director :
- Dan Viens
- Copywriter :
- Rick Herrera
- Copywriter :
- Jeff Salomonsson
- Art Director :
- Stuart Brown
- Art Director :
- Johan Arlig
- Art Director :
- Sezay Altinok
- Producer :
- Andy Murillo
- Executive Producer :
- Matt Hunnicutt
- Executive Creative Director :
- Mark Fitzloff
- Executive Creative Director :
- Susan Hoffman
- Executive Creative Director :
- Joe Staples
- Executive Producer :
- Simon Cooper
- Executive Producer :
- Jeff McDougall
- Line Producer :
- Simon Cooper
- Director, Photography :
- Barry Ackroyd
- Director, Photography :
- Alex Barber
- Editing Company :
- The Quarry
- Editing Company :
- Rock Paper Scissors
- Editor :
- Paul Watts
- Editor :
- Mark Whelan
- Post Producer :
- Shada Shariatzadeh
- Post Executive Producer :
- Carol Lynn Weaver
- Visual Effects :
- The Mission
- Visual Effects Supervisor :
- Rob Trent
- Flame Artist :
- Jan Cilliers
- Visual Effects Producer :
- Diana Cheng
- Music and Sound Company :
- Squeak E. Clean Studios
- Composer :
- Squeak E. Clean Studios
- Music Creative Director :
- Justin Hori
- Sound Designer :
- Johnnie Burn
- Sound Designer :
- Stephen Dewey
- Music Producer :
- Carol Dunn
- Mix :
- Barking Owl
- Mixer :
- Brock Babcock
- Mix :
- Whitney Fromholtz
- Sound Design :
- Johnnie Burn
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