Samsung's Olympics ad immerses you in the thrill of the games (even if you can't be there)
'Be There' spot from The Community is one of the agency's first global ads for the brand
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Last week, Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa announced that the 2020 Games would ban spectators due to a resurgence of the coronavirus in Japan—showing the pandemic's continuing toll on live events (and, in turn, the marketers that sponsor them).
A new ad from official Olympics partner Samsung, however, manages to fit the brand’s message into all the uncertainty by showing how its devices help fans “Be There” at the games, no matter where they are in the world.
The new film from The Community and directed by Us via Reset shows a series of vignettes of people around the world transported into the Olympics universe—one city commuter on the subway finds herself watching sprinters at the stadium; a man on a hike lands among the crowd at a basketball game; children in a classroom feel the wind on their faces as sailing competitors breeze by. Sky Brown, who will be one of the inaugural skateboarding athletes to participate in the Games, has her dad by her side during the competition, thanks to her Samsung phone.
The ad aims to illustrate how Samsung technology has come to play an even bigger role in bringing friends and family together for major events such as the Olympics.
“Sports have the power to bring the world together, but the world can't be together right now," Marcelo Padoca, executive idea director of The Community said in a statement. "This gives Samsung technology a meaningful and important role this year: bring athletes and fans together, even when they’re apart."
The Community has worked with Samsung for two years, focusing mostly on the Hispanic market, but last year, the partnership expanded to global work. The Olympics ad is one of its first for Samsung Global Mobile.
Credits
- Date
- Jul 16, 2021
- Client :
- Samsung
- Agency :
- The Community
- Director :
- Us
- Production Company :
- RESET
- Founder & CCO :
- Jose Molla
- VP Executive Creative Director Executive Creative Director :
- Roger Baran
- VP Executive Creative Director Executive Creative Director :
- Marcelo Padoca
- Executive Creative Director :
- Fernando Reis
- Associate Creative Director :
- Federico Diaz
- Associate Creative Director Art Director :
- Juarez Rodrigues
- Associate Creative Director Art Director :
- Manfred Kruger
- Group Strategy Director :
- Anthony Mariello
- Global Strategy Lead :
- Ed Tsue
- Associate Connections Director :
- Amilynn Soto
- EVP Global Business Lead Publicis Groupe :
- Radim Svoboda
- SVP Global Account Director :
- Vesna Siftar
- Senior Brand Lead :
- Adam Caron
- EVP Head of Integrated Production :
- Laurie Malaga
- SVP Executive Producer :
- Scott Kemper
- Business Affairs :
- Priscilla Houlihan
- Production Company :
- RESET
- Director :
- Us
- President :
- Dave Morrison
- EP & Director of Production :
- Megan Moore
- Producer :
- Robby Mooring
- Editorial :
- Cabin Edit
- Editor :
- Robert Lopuski
- Executive Producer :
- Adam Becht
- Producer :
- Mary Stasilli
- VFX :
- MPC
- Sr Executive Producer :
- Camila De Biaggi
- Producer :
- Colleen Valentino
- Creative Director :
- Alvin Cruz
- 2D Lead :
- Thiago Porto
- 3D Lead :
- Jessie Amadio
- Color Company :
- Company 3
- Colorist :
- Joseph Bicknell
- Color Executive Producer :
- Ashley McKim
- Color Producer :
- Julia Paskert
- Music :
- KOM
- Composer :
- Philip Kae
- Mix Company :
- Ballad
- Audio Mixer & Sound Design :
- Philip Nicolai Flindt
- Executive Producer :
- Gregers Maersk Moeller
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