Squirt, tinkle, splash! Sounds capture the chaos of home life in Dettol cleaning ad
Spot from McCann London takes a sonic approach to promoting the brand's cleaning products
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A new spot from Dettol, the Reckitt-owned household cleaning brand, creatively uses sound to reflect the messy chaos of home life, recording every tinkle, splash and squeak of a family's day.
The ad depicts a sequence of spills and messes, from accidental sauce squirts to a kid's pee, messy football boots, dusty tablets, toothbrushing stains and more. Along the way, all of these are cleaned up by Dettol's range of sprays and wipes. The tagline is "Let Life Flow."
The campaign was created via McCann London and directed by Charlie Thorne of Oto Films. It's running on TV, digital, social, radio and point of sale in the U.K.
“Dettol has for many years been part of the everyday lives of many households," said Mathieu Desbrandes, category marketing manager at Dettol, in a statement. "This campaign is a chance to celebrate and beautify the little messes and chaos of daily life as they happen. Our products are consumers’ trusted partners to get both the cleaning and disinfecting job done in a quick wipe or a simple spray."
"Sound design quickly became the focal point for our story, informing what we shot and how we shot it," added Matt Crabtree, creative director at McCann London, in a statement. "The campaign is a visceral and textural symphony showing how a quick squirt or wipe of Dettol can effectively kill 99.9% of germs when cleaning the splats, splashes, spills and scrapes of life in its wonderfully chaotic flow."
Credits
- Date
- Aug 16, 2022
- Client :
- Dettol
- Agency :
- McCann London
- Category Marketing Manager :
- Mathieu Desbrandes
- Brand Manager :
- Mandi Wong
- Chief Creative Officer :
- Laurence Thomson
- Chief Creative Officer :
- Rob Doubal
- Chief Strategy Officer :
- Theo Izzard-Brown
- Creative Director :
- Matt Crabtree
- Creative Director :
- Melissa Down
- Creative Team :
- Richard Holmes
- Creative Team :
- Zac Ellis
- Design :
- Jason Smith
- Business Director :
- Joe Thomson
- Account Director :
- Mike Knowles
- Senior Account Manager :
- Harriet Bates
- Strategy Director :
- James Clee
- Project Manager :
- Nishita Upadhyay
- Head of Integrated Production :
- Sophie Chapman-Andrews
- Executive Producer :
- Amos Usiskin
- Senior Producer :
- Kal Tank
- Producer :
- Amber Brown
- Business Affairs Lead :
- Val Boyce
- Creative Director :
- Jo Jenkins
- Creative Lead :
- Matthew Beevor
- Creative Lead :
- Lucia Mencos
- Creative Lead :
- Tania Bell
- Designer :
- Suzani Reitz
- Motion Graphics :
- Riccardo Vitale
- Motion Graphics :
- Skye Svorinic
- Brand Partner :
- Becki Woodage
- Project Manager :
- Via Henderson
- Production Company :
- OTO Film
- Director :
- Charlie Thorne
- Director of Photography :
- Ian Murray
- Executive Producer :
- Tomasz Kozera
- Producer :
- Agata Wiśniewska
- Production Manager :
- Janek Białobłocki
- Editor :
- Charlie Moreton
- Colorist :
- Matt Turner
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