Thierry Henry 'Time Travels' Through Classic Soccer Moments in Sky Sports Ad
Spot Recreates Premier League History With Some Great VFX
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French soccer star Thierry Henry "time travels" through some classic moments in the U.K.'s Premier League soccer in this ad from Sky Sports marking the start of the new season.
The spot, by Brothers & Sisters and directed by Scott Lyon of Outsider, digitally transposes Henry into old footage of games, victories, arguments and more. We see him joining legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson as he wins his first title; consoling Kevin Keegan after Newcastle loses to Liverpool, and coming face to face with his younger self when Arsenal won the League at White Hart Lane.
According to the agency, making this happen included some feats of production such as filming Henry under the same motion camera conditions and lighting, at the right time of day, to match up the new and old film, and building a tunnel wall to allow him to "eavesdrop" on Manchester United Roy Keane's argument with Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira. Electric Theatre Collective is responsible for the great VFX.
Football-mad Brits are impressed by the ad already: London paper Metro is even conducting a poll asking "Is this the best advert ever?" while the Mirror called it "the greatest thing in the history of the universe."
Credits
- Date
- Jul 16, 2015
- Agency :
- Brothers and Sisters-London
- Brand :
- Sky Sports
- Client :
- Sky Sports
- Executive Creative Director :
- Andy Fowler
- Creative :
- Indy Selvarajah
- Creative :
- Harv Bains
- Agency Producer :
- Pete Thornton
- Creative Planner :
- Luke Brookner
- Director :
- Scott Lyon
- Production Company :
- Outsider
- Producer :
- Zeno Campbell-Salmon
- Executive Producer :
- Richard Packer
- Production Manager :
- Sam Jackson
- Editor :
- Art Jones
- Post Production/Visual Effects :
- Electric Theatre Collective
- Lead Flame Artist :
- Giles Cheetham
- Flame Artist :
- Yourick Van Impe
- Flame Artist :
- Grant Conner
- Flame Artist :
- Andrew Stewart
- Nuke :
- Taran Spear
- Nuke :
- Bernardo Varela
- CG Producer :
- Sean Elliott
- CG Producer :
- Mak Knighton
- CG Producer :
- Dean Robinson
- Visual Effects Producer :
- Matt Williams
- Original Music :
- Fran Sinatra, "That's Life"
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