BBC: BBC World Cup 2010 Trailer

If you love soccer (we can see on your blog that you do), you will love this new ad... Time to spur fan excitement for the upcoming World Cup in June! Eschewing the type of treatment typically associated with soccer games (e.g. a humdrum pastiche of goal kicks and famous players), Digital Kitchen conceived of and produced the spot with a pure cinematic eye.
With World Cup fever fast approaching, Digital Kitchen recently worked with ad agency Y&R London and Red Bee productions to deliver a gorgeous, high-intensity spot promoting the BBC
network’s broadcast of the event. With its riveting footage and fast edits,
the:60 spot (also packaged into :40, :20 and :05 versions) fuels absolute
suspense for the most-viewed sports event in the world.
Eschewing the type of treatment typically associated with soccer games (e.g..
a humdrum pastiche of goal kicks and famous players), Digital Kitchen
conceived of and produced the spot with a pure cinematic eye.
“The creative challenge was to make sure we conceptualized something that would not look
and feel and smell like a thousand traditional soccer montages,”
says Johan Liedgren, creative director at Digital Kitchen. “Instead,
Digital Kitchen captured more elusive emotions that precede the World Cup:
100% pure anticipation.Digital Kitchen dispatched a small camera crew to Cape Town, South Africa,to shoot everything from soccer players getting ready to candid street
scenes. The crew used a shot list as a starting point but was always on the
hunt for “little off moments that had more authenticity than anything we
could ever plan,” as Liedgren explains. DK took their original footage and
juxtaposed it with stock footage to create a rousing montage that captures
the vitality not only of the game, but also of life in South Africa. Thanks
to the vibrant, immersive footage, the spot transports fans to the African
nation and simulates the excitement of being there, waiting for the games to
begin. “It’s not just anticipation, it’s anticipation that’s happening
now,” explains Digital Kitchen editor Brian Cole. “It’s a montage of images
that could all be happening a few miles from each other.”To further build a sense of anticipation, Digital Kitchen applied quick jabsof sound to keep viewers on their toes and bathed the spot in vivid colors.The first 10 seconds are seeped in red — a girl in a red skirt, fans in redjerseys. The next 10 seconds are bathed in orange — neon signs, a sunset
glow, the orange seats of a stadium. The spot progresses through the colors
of the rainbow and eventually climaxes with an explosion of mingled color.
Though it’s subtle, the progression of color creates a visual arc that
unifies the panoply of imagery. DK also peppered the spot with close-ups of
television screens and pixilated soccer footage to connote the experience of
televised viewing.“We wanted to find a raw and primal sense of South Africa and in soccer, and
combine the two in a meaningful way,” Liedgren sums up.