ON - "The Infinite Sprint"

Gold For Cash Inc. Los Angeles, 美国

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品牌: ON
国家: 美国

广告主: ON Run

标题	The Infinite Sprint
广告公司	Gold For Cash Inc.
广告战役	The Infinite Sprint
广告主	ON Run
品牌	ON
首次发布日期	2023 / 7
行业领域	运动鞋
哲学	Just how much endurance does a sprinter need? The answer is: a lot more than you think. A new campaign by Swiss sportswear company, On, aims to reframe sport’s single-minded focus on winning - by highlighting perseverance as an equally essential quality for athletes. The campaign is led by a 171 second film, The Infinite Sprint, which paints an intimate portrait of German sprinter Alexandra Burghardt (29) and her 22-year-long journey to becoming a national champion - and is released just as the athlete celebrates another winning performance in the 200m race at the 2023 German Athletics Championships in Kassel. Centred on the surprising message (for a sports brand) that winning isn’t everything, the film is a powerful reminder that mental strength and a resilient attitude are just as important as crossing the finish line first - whether you’re a professional, aspiring runner or running as a hobby or way of keeping fit. Filmed in Burghardt’s hometown of Altötting, Germany, and featuring original archive moments from the very beginning of her career, the film portrays Burghardt’s journey with both a sense of childlike wonder and unwavering willpower. It juxtaposes vignettes of Burghardt’s gruelling training schedule with fictional scenes of a young girl of a similar age to Burghardt when she first set out to pursue her dream of becoming a professional sprinter and making it to the Olympics. The evocative visuals are overlaid by Burghardt narrating the challenges of her 22-year-long journey to become a champion - concluding with her powerful realisation that ‘The distance between dream and reality is perseverance - and with every day, this distance gets a little shorter, until the two meet.’ Written by Los Angeles-based creative director Oliver DeVitre and shot by award-winning director and editor Mischa Meyer, The Infinite Sprint is a new style of content film, subverting the traditional sports documentary format with fictional elements in order to connect to a wider audience. The campaign was created by On in collaboration with Oliver de VeVitre’s transatlantic creative agency Gold for Cash Inc. and produced through Akkurat production company in Berlin. The Infinite Sprint represents a new twist on a traditional format - showcasing the human behind the athlete in an authentic and unfiltered manner, yet also using a script and direction that casts a spotlight on the mental strength needed to make the necessary sacrifices, to believe in oneself despite all setbacks, and, most of all, to never give up. Stylistically, the film is carefully crafted to convey both the intensity and grace of Alexandra's sprinting prowess and to let original footage taken from Burghardt family’s VHS tape archive from her childhood. Playing with time in different ways was the guiding principle for the use of different cameras, speed and angles - a high-speed drone typically used for capturing motorsport action was needed to capture the shots of her sprinting because she was too fast for a standard drone to keep up with. DeVitre and Meyer have been collaborating with On since 2020. Currently based in LA, DeVitre is a creative director who has worked for some of the world’s top advertising agencies including Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam and VCCP Berlin, where he created award-winning work for global brands including Nike, BMW Motorrad Global, Sky, Heineken and Converse. Also based in Los Angeles, Meyer is a commercial, music video, and film director and editor originally from Stuttgart, Germany. Following success in the commercials world, his first short film, ANT, was selected in over 30 international film festivals as well as winning a Young Directors Award at Cannes 2021, while his latest short film, In The Shadow of Palms, recently premiered at Tribeca.
媒体类别	Branded Content
长度	171 seconds
市场	德国
Talent	Alexandra Burghardt
广告经理	Gessica Giulini
广告经理	Jacob Wessel
创意总监	Oliver DeVitre
导演	Mischa Meyer
摄影指导	Louis Lustermann
制作公司	Akkurat Studios
制片	Nian Tang
Production Assistant	Sophie Werche
执行制片	Rocco Kopecny
音乐	RWDY Music
剪辑公司	Cabin Edit
剪辑师	Nathan Rodgers
Colorist	Mikey Pehanich
后期制作	SLGH