Directed by Martin Werner, produced by Copenhagen-based Bacon and made with Denmark agency PONG, this film for Interflora puts us in a time machine as we follow a couple’s date nights at the movies over the decades, starting with their first rendezvous in the 1960s.
Titled “Date Night,” this tug-at-the-heartstrings piece focuses more on universal feelings than flowers, which ties into the sign-off, “Remember those you love.”
This is the first Interflora film with new agency PONG and it marks a return to the emotional and cinematic narrative style that used to be the trademark of the brand’s campaigns in films such as the award-winning “Circus Love” from 2015, also directed by Werner (who is repped by RESET Content in the U.S. ad market).
Credits
Client Interflora Agency PONG Mikkel Elung, Sigurd Bjerre, creative directors. Production Company Bacon Martin Werner, director; Mette Jermiin, exec producer; Lasse Frank, DP; Nana Ama Rothenborg, Nicholas Perry, Oliver K. Sand, production managers; Simone Grau, production designer; Pernille Holm, stylist; Lis Bang, makeup. Editorial Art Official Agency Rasmus Nyholm Schmidt, editor. Sound Design ballad Adrian Aurelius, sound designer. Music “Slow Mover”; Louise Alenius, Ben Kaniewski, composers. VFX BaconX Kai Hauswirth, Johannes Englehardt. Color Grade BaconX Lasse Selvil, colorist.
Violence against women is rooted in gender and relationship models based on control and emotional dependence: this is the starting point for the development of the awareness-raising campaign “Getting Ready,” ideated for Sephora Italia by creative agency LePub and directed by Juul Op den Kamp.
Psychological violence manifests itself through constant and repeated behaviors aimed at controlling and subduing the partner. When we talk about gender-based violence, the focus is often on the physical side. However, not enough is said about the first signs of abusive behavior, especially from a psychological point of view, which are mostly subtle.
The objective of LePub and Sephora Italia’s “Getting Ready” campaign is deliberately simple and direct: to encourage awareness of what are called “Early Signs,” being the first signals of gender-based violence. Taking care of one’s outward appearance, the way one dresses and wears make-up, are powerful means of expressing one’s identity and are often the subject of abusive controlling behavior. Sephora believes in the right of every woman to be able to express herself freely and has once again decided to turn the spotlight on this issue through a campaign with a strong emotional impact.
“The topic addressed in this campaign is a sensitive one, unfortunately of a tragic relevance that cannot leave us indifferent. Signs of violence must be scrupulously observed, properly recognized and promptly interrupted. It starts with a comment, continues with an insult and finally culminates in a concrete act, a dramatic phenomenon that we are forced to read about every day in our newspapers. This is why it is absolutely necessary to act and talk about it: if our message reaches and supports even one... Read More
