Title | ELECTRIC EELS |
Brand | DAIMLER AG / SMART |
Product/Service | SMART ELECTRIC |
Category |
A07. Use of Original Music |
Entrant
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BBDO Berlin, GERMANY
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Idea Creation
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BBDO Berlin, GERMANY
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Media Placement
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AMQ WORLDWIDE Berlin, GERMANY
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Production
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MARKENFILM Hamburg, GERMANY
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Credits
Till Diestel |
BBDO Group Germany GmbH |
Chief Creative Officer |
Siyamak Jung |
BBDO Berlin GmbH |
Executive Creative Director |
Erick Barrios Hernandez |
BBDO Berlin GmbH |
Creative Director |
Wolfgang Warzilek |
BBDO Berlin GmbH |
Creative Director |
Erin Conboy |
BBDO Berlin GmbH |
Art Director |
Benjamin Besser |
BBDO Berlin GmbH |
Designer |
Dara Kleyer |
BBDO Berlin GmbH |
Copywriter |
Mark Hassan |
BBDO Berlin GmbH |
Managing Director |
Martha Rzeppa |
BBDO Berlin GmbH |
Group Account Director |
Silke Schmitz |
BBDO Berlin GmbH |
Account Director |
Martin Gülker |
BBDO Berlin GmbH |
Account Manager |
Aline Lindenblatt |
BBDO Berlin GmbH |
Account Manager Digital |
Anna Dymkowska |
BBDO Berlin GmbH |
Planning |
Eva Peschkes |
BBDO Berlin GmbH |
Agency Producer |
Alexander Münzer |
BBDO Berlin GmbH |
Agency Producer |
Daniel Farkas |
Markenfilm Hamburg GmbH |
Producer |
- - |
nhb studios Berlin GmbH |
Post-Production |
Julia Saure |
nhb studios Berlin GmbH |
Producer |
Svenja Wagner |
nhb studios Berlin GmbH |
Producer |
- - |
SIZZER Amsterdam |
Music/Sound Design / Audio Production |
Dolf Bekker |
SIZZER Amsterdam |
Music Supervisor |
Luna Morgenstern |
SIZZER Amsterdam |
Music Producer |
Kenma Shindo |
SIZZER Amsterdam |
Music Producer |
Tessa Rose Jackson |
- |
Composer |
Reimer Eising |
- |
Composer |
Sander v.d. Maarschalkerweerd |
- |
Arranger |
Zoran Bihac |
- |
Director |
Daniel Gottschalk |
- |
Director Of Photography |
Rob Myers |
- |
Editor |
Nhat Quant Tran |
nhb studios Berlin GmbH |
VFX Supervisor |
Norman Struwe |
nhb studios Berlin GmbH |
Flame |
Diego Camacho |
nhb studios Berlin GmbH |
Digital Composition |
Rayk Herrmerling |
nhb studios Berlin GmbH |
Digital Composition |
Andreas Petri |
nhb studios Berlin GmbH |
3D |
Tany Heider |
nhb studios Berlin GmbH |
3D |
Andreas Kleinmann |
Woodland Studios |
Setting |
- - |
Chris Creatures Filmeffects GmbH |
Puppets / SFX |
Rike Schuberty |
- |
Puppeteers |
Anna Tkatsch |
- |
Puppeteers |
Manuel de la Peza |
- |
Puppeteers |
Write a short summary of what happens in the film
Under the motto “As electric as it gets.” a trio of electric eels is rapping about electricity in a humorous music video. Funny lyrics combined with electro 80s hip hop tunes deliver the literally shocking news: smart will be fully electric by 2020. Quirky faces with voices inspired by rap legends like Grandmaster Flash or Eazy-E rap puns about e-mobility and get priceless reactions from other sea animals. They do cool dance moves, create electric shocks, try on sun glasses, have a headbanging session and bite into an anchor that electrifies all oceans.
Tell the jury about the creation of the original music track.
The self-composed song rapped by the eels was originally inspired by late 80s hip hop and parts of the synth pop era. Even the voices were small tributes to the big rap legends of that time. The quirky and puny lyrics were originally sung by individual singers and then lip-synced by the puppets. This is how every eel developed its own character. Solos, rap passages, vocoder and underwater sounds add another level of humor to the film. So the video accomplishes to underline the brands quirky tonality without having to show a smart.