This coffee ad about making things 'simpler' gets increasingly weird
Work by Lucky Generals for Taylors of Harrogate promotes coffee blends with straightforward names
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A woman imagines how her life would be if everything was simple in a new comedic spot by U.K. coffee brand Taylors of Harrogate.
The ad, by Lucky Generals, promotes a new range of coffee blends with "simple" names—Latte, Espresso and Cafetiere—that explain plainly what they're for rather than using fancy language. The creative idea sees the protagonist going into a reverie about a life in which everything is that straightforward: she asks the postman to marry her, they find a dream house, have a kid, win a "sizeable sum" on a game show and the woman then becomes a company boss. Her final wish, however, takes the story into bizarro world—the woman decides she wants to be a stingray, and her husband and son throw her off a pier.
The absurdist ending gives the spot, directed by Randy Krallman of Smuggler, a quirky twist that might make it more memorable than similar campaigns. The TV ad will be accompanied by outdoor ads, bus wraps and digital work across Facebook, Instagram and food-and-drink websites.
Credits
- Date
- Apr 20, 2021
- Client :
- Taylors of Harrogate
- Agency :
- Lucky Generals
- Media Agency :
- Goodstuff
- Director :
- Randy Krallman
- Production Company Producer :
- Gustav Geldenhuys
- Production Company :
- Smuggler
- Editor :
- Matt Pochettino
- Editor :
- Marshall Street Editors
- Post-Production :
- ETC
- Post Producer :
- Jon Purton
- Grade :
- Jason Wallis
- Sound :
- Aaron Taffel
- Sound :
- Rascal Post
- Music Composition :
- Goldstein Music Ltd
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