SAMSUNG X TREK FACTORY RACING | WE ARE GREATER THAN I

Short List
TitleSAMSUNG X TREK FACTORY RACING | WE ARE GREATER THAN I
BrandSAMSUNG
Product/ServiceSAMSUNG GALAXY
Category A05. Cinematography
Entrant Company 72ANDSUNNY AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
Advertising Agency 72ANDSUNNY AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
Production Company KNUCKLEHEAD London, UNITED KINGDOM
Production Company 2 DIVISION PRODUCTIONS Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
Credits
Name Company Position
Carlo Cavallone 72andsunny Executive Creative Director
Paulo Martins 72andsunny Creative Director
Simone Moessinger 72andsunny Creative Director
Domingo De La Villa 72andsunny Creative
Felicitas Olschewski 72andsunny Creative
Nic Owen 72andsunny Managing Director
Rob Conibear 72andsunny Group Brand Director
Josh Akmens 72andsunny Brand Director
Stephanie Feeney 72andsunny Director Of Strategy
Alex Jordan 72andsunny Strategist
Simon Summerscales 72andsunny Director Of Communications Strategy
Madelon Pol 72andsunny Business Affairs Director
Hoon Kang Samsung Head Of Sports And Entertainment Marketing
Jeff Yangsoo Kim Samsung Sports And Entertainment Marketing
David Park Samsung Sports And Entertainment Marketing
Tk Park Samsung Sports And Entertainment Marketing
Christopher Hewitt Knucklehead Director
Adam Marshall Whitehouse Post Editor
Matthew Brown Knucklehead Producer
Jane Bakx Glassworks Amsterdam Producer

The Campaign

Our film is about the journey of a domestique in a cycling team. It’s about all the sacrifices he, as a cyclist who rides for his leader, needs to endure. In the end he’s given it his all just to lose. As most domestiques are nameless riders we wanted to make him as faceless as possible throughout his journey, which we did by always filming him from behind. Only at the point where he needs to handover to his leader, his final duty, did we spin the camera around to reveal his face just as he moves out of the way. In order to ensure as much authenticity as possible we enlisted the expertise and help from as many cyclists as possible. In the end our film was staring Fabian Cancellara and Gregory Rast and featured the voices of David Millar, Phil Ligget and Jens Voigt. This was truly a film for the cycling community, made with the help of the cycling community.

Creative Execution

The cinematography was prepared to show painful and intense moments in the most beautiful way possible, all the time focused on him and his battle against everything. There is constant change between shots close to our rider to wide lenses with shallow depth of field to create intimacy and sharpness of perspective that translates as focus. The natural and ambient light was a key element to play with backlights and allow a look close to nature.