Samsung's musical extravaganza stars dancing aliens, cat memes and foldable phones
The mobile giant's Unpacked event kicked off with a cinematic short film promoting 'Open to That' platform
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Samsung’s Unpacked event this week unveiled new smartphones and accessories designed to take on Apple’s mobile ecosystem. No room for the close-minded here. A two-minute cinematic spot from Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam serves as a product showcase and drives home a new brand philosophy: "I’m Open to That."
Unfolding like a musical number in a Broadway show (or one of Samsung’s new foldable phones), the spot dives headfirst into the weird with a man in a grizzly bear suit. Strumming an old tree branch, he kicks off a medley chock full of plushie animals, living memes and tiny worlds seemingly ripped straight from the mind of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
He morphs into a zombie, and then a woman, before continuing the song-and-dance routine, across what appears to be the world's biggest soundstage.
The lyrics serve as sidelong references to the tech capabilities. Open, like an unfolded screen, not open, like a phone without privacy controls, you see? A few product shots do get squeezed into the quick cuts (this debuted at a launch event, remember?) before the big finale—a chorus line followed by a slow fall through space.
Credits
- Date
- Aug 18, 2021
- Client :
- Samsung
- Agency :
- Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam
- Corporate SVP Head of Marketing :
- Stephanie Choi
- VP Global Brand Marketing :
- Matthew Leem
- Brand Director :
- Jessie Song
- Senior Brand Manager :
- Ahra Cho
- Brand Manager :
- Saebin Park
- Managing Director :
- Blake Harrop
- Executive Creative Director :
- Eric Quennoy
- Executive Creative Director :
- Mark Bernath
- Creative Director :
- Zeynep Orbay
- Creative Director :
- Mohamed Diaa
- Art Director :
- Zeynep Orbay
- Art Director :
- Sandra Nicolas
- Copywriter :
- Mohamed Diaa
- Head of Broadcast Production :
- Joe Togneri
- Executive Producer :
- Endy Hedman
- Group Account Director :
- David Newsome
- Account Director :
- Yulia Prokhorova
- Account Executive :
- Bliss Zhawi
- Head of Planning :
- Martin Weigel
- Planning Director :
- Thom Dinsdale
- Head of Comms & Digital Strategy :
- Elsa Stahura
- Project Manager :
- Caroline Koss
- Project Manager :
- Mirke Sipsma
- Director of Business Affairs :
- Michael Graves
- Production Company :
- Iconoclast
- Director :
- Alaska
- MD+EP :
- Jean Mougin
- EP :
- Guy Rolfe
- Producer :
- Molly Pope
- DP :
- Todd Martin
- PD :
- Carolina Emiliozzi
- AD :
- Tony Fernandes
- Choreographer :
- Edson Soares da Silva Junio
- Stylist :
- Sergei Yordanov
- Editorial :
- Final Cut
- Editor :
- Sam Bould
- Producer :
- Frankie Elser
- Music and Sound :
- String and Tins
- Music Composition :
- Auburn Jam
- Music Supervision :
- Laura-Leigh Smith
- Music Supervision :
- Mike Bamford
- Sound Design and Mix :
- Joe Wilkinson
- Additional Sound Design :
- Lawrence Kendrick
- Audio Producer :
- Laura-Leigh Smith
- Post Production :
- Nash Production
- VFX Supervisor/Creative Director :
- Cirilo Bonazzi
- VFX Artist :
- Alice Villela
- VFX Artist :
- Andre Neumann
- VFX Artist :
- Caique Veloso
- VFX Artist :
- Cirilo Bonazzi
- VFX Artist :
- Diego Ruiz
- VFX Artist :
- Luiz Fernando Tavares Alves
- VFX Artist :
- Rafael Jimenez
- VFX Artist :
- Renata Prado
- VFX Artist :
- Thiago Cora
- CG Lead :
- Fagmario Rodrigues
- CG Artist :
- Alex Ferreira Simões
- CG Artist :
- Fagmario Rodrigues
- CG Artist :
- François Puren
- CG Artist :
- Jesiel Almeida
- Coordinator :
- Gabriel Bittencourt
- Producer :
- Flavia Gannam
- Colour Grade :
- Osmar Junior
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