NEXT AWAITS

TitleNEXT AWAITS
BrandHYUNDAI MOTOR EUROPE
Product/ServiceHYUNDAI BRAND FILM
Category A05. Cinematography
Entrant INNOCEAN WORLDWIDE EUROPE Berlin, GERMANY
Idea Creation INNOCEAN WORLDWIDE EUROPE Berlin, GERMANY
Production MJZ UK London, UNITED KINGDOM
Production 2 MPC LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Production 3 STIMMUNG Santa Monica, USA
Production 4 LOFT TONSTUDIOS Berlin, GERMANY
Credits
Name Company Position
Andreas- Christoph Hofmann Hyundai Motor Europe Vice President Marketing & Product
Philippe Jourdain Hyundai Motor Europe Brand Strategy Manager
Hyang A Kim Hyundai Motor Europe Strategic Marketing Planning Assistant Manager
Gabriel Mattar INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH European CCO
Ricardo Wolff INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH ECD
Reinier Gorissen INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH Senior Copywriter
Marlon von Franquemont INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH Senior Art Director
Rohan Vitus Fernandes INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH Copywriter
Nicolaas Kotzé INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH Senior Designer
Christiano Rocco Freelancer Senior Copywriter
Stefano de Luccia Freelancer Senior Art Director
Mark Rota INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH Head of Production Department
Dante Ariola MJZ Director
Kasper Tuxen MJZ DOP
Crispin Struthers Final Cut LA Editor
Andreas Cordt INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH European COO
Scott Choi INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH European CEO
Andrea Razeto INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH Business Director
Sven Kübler INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH Senior Account Director
Min Kyung Park INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH Account Manager
Sophia Goerner INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH European Strategy Director
Anna Nowak-Otto INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe GmbH Senior Strategy Manager

Write a short summary of what happens in the film

Launched as a two-minute film, the spot showcases for the first time Hyundai’s enterprising past. It begins with the Nexo, the latest fuel-cell car, arriving on the scene, after which the film reels backwards in time to show all that preceded the present day. The film hypnotically rewinds along with the mesmerizing track from the composer team 2wei, while the VO leads us on with “Progress doesn’t happen by chance, it’s shaped by history…” We soon find ourselves in a time when Hyundai not only made cars but built harbours and ships, constructed bridges and dams, forged their steel, laid roads. Ultimately, we see how it all started with the founder of Hyundai, Mr Chung Ju-yung, who began the ambitious journey as a labourer carrying stones.

Tell the jury anything relevant about the cinematography.

The film was shot on Alexa cameras with Hawk anamorphic lenses to give a cinematic look to the story. Also used gels, filters and grading to enhance the different decades we visit and enforce the look throughout time. We’ve been very specific with the colors in each decade and scene to help a rewind storytelling through our look as well becoming more monochromatic back through time. And we used the elements that where a part of the narrative to help the reversed motions, like sparks, drops, stone, specific body movement etc.