Featuring a family that’s getting into the holiday spirit ahead of the big day, some more enthusiastically than others, this Tesco spot, “Become More Christmas,” is packed full of festive joy.
Created by BBH, the commercial taps into the insight that for many of us, Christmas is about so much more than the big day.
While there will always be the “Big Christmas Shop,” the need for festive goods and festivities in general starts a lot earlier than Dec. 25th. In fact, the Tesco 2023 Christmas Report revealed that nearly a third of U.K. adults (31%) said they find the build up to Christmas more exciting than the big day itself.
The ad opens on an enthusiastic dad and his reticent son driving to Tesco for their usual shop. While wandering around the store, the dad spots a Christmas sampling display and, after getting his first taste of Christmas (the Tesco Finest Triple Chocolate Star Shaped Panettone), immediately transforms into a Christmas tree as he gets into the festive spirit. In typical teenage fashion, his son looks embarrassed and walks away, clearly reluctant to join in the fun.
In another scene, dad has gone through a truly tree-mendous transformation, complete with twinkling lights, and is excitedly putting the decorations up at home. When mom returns home from Tesco and delights in sharing some Tesco Finest Golden Mince Pies, she is overcome with festive joy and captures the “Become More Christmas” mantra, transforming into a spectacular Snowmum.
Following a second visit to Tesco, other customers can be seen “Becoming More Christmas” with baubles and glittering stars exploring the aisles. At the checkout, dad is served by a Tesco colleague who has transformed into a reindeer. As soon as dad’s Tesco Clubcard is accepted, a shining star decoration explodes from the top of his head, and his Christmas transformation is complete.
While everyone around him “Becomes More Christmas,” the teenage son continues to remain hesitant to get into the festive spirit. Until, dad gives him the handcrafted Christmas tree topper that he made when he was a little boy–it’s just the nudge the teen needs to transform into a Christmas tree himself, topped with that very star.
BBH’s Felipe Serradourada Guimaraes was the campaign’s deputy executive creative director, and Elliott White and Will Maxey were the lead creative team. The film was directed by Alaska (Marco Lafer and Gustavo Moraes) through Iconoclast. The spot is set to the soundtrack of OMC’s “How Bizarre.”
CreditsClient Tesco Agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) London Alex Grieve, global chief creative officer; Felipe Guimaraes, creative director; Elliott White, sr. copywriter; Wil Maxey, sr. art director; Saskia Jones, group strategy director; Hannah Slapper, strategy director; Tom Papaloizou, sr. strategist; Lisa Nicholls, Nicole Southey, sr. producers; Valentina Schwendinger, assistant producer; Julian Cave, art producer. BBH Dublin Amy Crowe, Amy Harrington; Hywel Evans, Daniel Olaifa, music supervisor. Production Company Iconoclast Alaska (Marco Lafer and Gustavo Moraes), director; Jean Mougin, exec producer; Emma Butterworth, line producer; Natalie Isaac, production manager; Arthur De Borman, production designer; Pierre De Kerchove, DP; Anarchy Ltd, costumes; Freddie Stopler, prosthetics make-up. Editorial Trim Editing Paul Hardcastle, editor; Josh Mannox, assistant editor. Postproduction Black Kite Studios Alex Lovejoy, VFX supervisor; Tom Mangham, colorist; James Hansell, 3D lead; George Brunt, compositing lead; Paul Branch, exec producer; Phil Whalley, sr. producer. Sound 750mph Sam Ashwell, sound engineer
Top Spot of the Week: Samsung, BBH Singapore, Director Rhys Thomas Get Fit For A Surf Holiday
Samsung’s new global campaign from BBH Singapore, featuring Samsung Health and Galaxy AI, tells the story of a young professional couple who compete to get fit for a surf holiday.
Titled “A Samsung Health Story: Racing to Fiji,” this film taps into Gen Z’s wellness dilemma and the fact that they can often find health information overwhelming; in particular, BBH Singapore took inspiration from young people who reference their “quarter life crisis” on social media. This film tells the story of Stacey and Steve who decide to go surfing in Fiji, something they did five years ago but haven’t done since they started their jobs. However, there’s one problem: they need to get fitter first.
Featuring a range of Galaxy products powered by Galaxy AI, they rebuild their fitness to prepare for the trip, competing playfully to spur each other on. We see them comparing their Energy Scores (a new feature on the Samsung Health app), recording their runs and swims on their Samsung Galaxy Watches, trying and failing to get fit at work and on their commutes and striving to improve in the run up to the trip. When they get there, however, there’s a fun twist, and the film ends on a cliffhanger.
The ad is expected to be the first in a series, which will develop the characters and their “world” in future episodes. This longform (two-and-a-half-minute) version of the spot delves deeper into the storytelling, in a fresh approach for Samsung’s product campaigns, while the shorter edits focus on driving exposure to specific features.
BBH Singapore also leaned into the entertainment aspect of the spot; it was directed by comedic specialist Rhys Thomas at Stink Films, who has a major TV background. Best known for his work on Saturday Night... Read More