RED DOT

TitleRED DOT
BrandUBISOFT
Product/ServiceGHOST RECON WILDLANDS
Category B07. Media & Publications
Entrant DDB PARIS, FRANCE
Idea Creation DDB PARIS, FRANCE
Idea Creation 2 UBISOFT Paris, FRANCE
Production LA PAC Paris, FRANCE
Production 2 MIKROS IMAGE Paris, FRANCE
Production 3 SCHMOOZE Paris, FRANCE
Credits
Name Company Position
Alexander Kalchev DDB Paris Executive Creative Director
Patrice Dumas DDB Paris Head of Copy
Sophie Megrous DDB Paris Head of TV
Jérôme Deplatiere DDB Paris TV Post Production
Vincent Léorat DDB Paris Vice-President
Marie-Elise Archambaud DDB Paris Account Manager
Olivier Guillerot DDB Paris Account Executive
Sebastien Genty DDB Paris Planning Director
Dominique Castellano DDB Paris Planner
Alban 404 - Game Advisor
Geoffroy Sardin Ubisoft Vice-President
Guillaume Carmona Ubisoft Marketing Director
Clément Prevosto Ubisoft EMEA Marketing Group Manager
Pierre Miazga Ubisoft EMEA Senior Brand Manager
Jerome Denis La Pac Producer
John McTiernan La Pac Director
Jeff Cronenweth La Pac Cinematographer

Brief Explanation

After more than 5 years of absence, Ubisoft were relaunching the “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon” franchise, a military tactical shooter. In “Wildlands”, the new installment in the franchise, you control 4 elite soldiers called Ghosts. The objective: take down a Bolivian cartel. Considering the ruthless competition (Call of Duty, Battlefield) and the high standards of gamers, we set out to create a unique viral asset to kick-start the pre-launch the game. To showcase the brutal, cool efficiency of the Ghosts, we created a dark humored cat video with a bloody result. To direct, we brought back from retirement (after 14 years!) John McTiernan, known for creating some of the most iconic action movies such as Predator & Die Hard. The result are 90 seconds of pure entertainment with only 3 bullets fired. The film has been wildly successful with over 19 million cumulated views to date. Ultimately, over 6.8 million