Old Spice's Spicy Hunks Revitalize Boring Old Bar Soap
New ads out of W+K Portland debut brand's new product line
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Who needs sissy body wash when you can use a big, solid bar of soap? Old Spice reinvigorates the old-fashion cleansing concept with its new line up of bar soaps and a pair of hilarious new spots out of Wieden + Kennedy Portland.
Directed by Biscuit/Revoler's Steve Rogers, the commercials feature songs that harken back to the jingly soap ads of the '80s and '90s, albeit with ridiculous lyrics, and show how using soap (even without rope) can be a highly masculine activity. "Shower" stars an extreme hunk who manages to stay clean--and wet--no matter where he goes, while "Watermelon" reveals bath time surprises in the most unlikely of places.
"With new Old Spice bar soap, we wanted to show the more than 40 percent of guys who are bar soap loyalists that we have their backs when it comes to manly scented shower equipment," said P&G VP/North American Beauty Care Joe Arcuri in a statement. "We know many guys are living with an unspoken shame--that they simply use whatever bar soap is already in the shower based on what the woman in their life purchased and is often using. I guess we're also in the business of helping guys reclaim their territory in the shower."
Credits
- Date
- Apr 08, 2013
- Brand :
- Old Spice
- Client :
- Old Spice
- Agency :
- Wieden & Kennedy-Portland
- Creative Director :
- Jason Bagley
- Creative Director :
- Craig Allen
- Art Director :
- Croix Gagnon
- Copywriter :
- Nathaniel Lawlor
- Senior Producer :
- Lindsay Reed
- Executive Creative Director :
- Joe Staples
- Executive Creative Director :
- Susan Hoffman
- Head of Production :
- Ben Grylewicz
- Production Company :
- Biscuit Filmworks/Revolver Film
- Director :
- Steve Rogers
- Executive Producer :
- Shawn Lacy
- Executive Producer :
- Holly Vega
- Executive Producer :
- Michael Ritchie
- Line Producer :
- Pip Smart
- Director, Photography :
- Ben Seresin
- Editorial Company :
- Work Post
- Editor :
- Richard Orrick
- Assistant Editor :
- Healy Snow
- Post Executive Producer :
- Erica Thompson
- Visual Effects :
- The Mil
- Executive Producer :
- Sue Troyan
- Producer :
- Adam Reeb
- Production Coordinator :
- Samantha Axelrod
- Visual Effects Supervisor/Flame Artist :
- Tim Davies
- Lead Flame Artist :
- Sarah Eim
- Flame Artist :
- Bill Higgins
- Flame Artist :
- Elad Offer
- Compositor :
- Steve Cokonis
- Compositor :
- Remedy Huynh
- CG Artist :
- Ryan Reeb
- CG Artist :
- Blake Sullivan
- CG Artist :
- Martin Rivera
- CG Artist :
- Misha Panov
- CG Artist :
- Jacob Bergman
- Shoot Supervisor :
- Steven Anderson
- Music :
- Libman Music
- Composer :
- Paul Libman
- Recording Studio :
- Sear Sound
- Engineer :
- Ted Tuthill
- Mix Company :
- Avatar Studios
- Mixer :
- Jay Messina
- Music Editing :
- Madpan Productions
- Music Editing :
- Lime Studios
- Music Editor :
- Uri Djemal
- Music Editor :
- Rohan Young
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