THIS GIRL CAN

Short List
TitleTHIS GIRL CAN
BrandSPORT ENGLAND
Product/ServiceSPORT ENGLAND
Category B01. Education & Awareness
Entrant Company FCB INFERNO London, UNITED KINGDOM
Advertising Agency FCB INFERNO London, UNITED KINGDOM
Media Agency CARAT London, UNITED KINGDOM
Production Company SOMESUCH London, UNITED KINGDOM
Credits
Name Company Position
Al Young FCB Inferno Chief Creative Officer
Bryn Attewell FCB Inferno Creative Director
Simon Cenamor FCB Inferno Copywriter
Raymond Chan FCB Inferno Art Director
Sharon Jiggins FCB Inferno Managing Director
Vicki Holgate FCB Inferno Head of Strategy
Ally mee FCB Inferno TV Producer
Nicola Willison FCB Inferno Strategist
Hollie Loxley FCB Inferno Account Director
Kim Gehrig Somesuch Director
Tim Nash Somesuch Executive Producer
Lee Groombridge Somesuch Producer
Tom Lindsay Trim Editor
David Procter Somesuch Director of Photography

The Campaign

We open on a young woman making her way confidently through a locker room, before adjusting her bikini bottoms with a twang of the elastic. What follows is an endorphin-stirring celebration of women of all sizes and abilities, running, punching, kicking, rowing, throwing and diving like they just don’t care. ‘This Girl Can’ rejects the idealised imagery of women in sports advertising and instead heroes them in their wonderful reality – cellulite and sweaty faces included. The pace of the edit mimics an exercise routine: building up, pausing for breath, continuing to a climax before finally slumping in a shattered heap, all in sync to Missy Elliott’s ‘Get Ur Freak On’.