THE JOY OF A SUMMER’S DAY
HERBAL ESSENCES CHAMOMILE
BRAND CAMPAIGN
TVC 30” + 20” YOUTUBE
IN-STREAM ADS +
SOCIAL
Herbal Essences wanted to premiumise their range of haircare products for the European market. As a fragrance first brand, they wanted to move away from their OTT, ‘enjoyment’ in a waterfall, to something that would feel more part of the contemporary fragrance world. Myself and my creative partner created a story that could encompass all the brand’s key moments such as ‘Transportation’ ‘Touch and smell moment’ ‘Hair WOW moment’ while still feeling looser and less formulaic than their previous work. In short, we needed to tell the dual story of the emotional benefit of summer time joy alongside the variant hair benefit of Chamomile shiny hair.
Shot in Mauritius in November, one of the few places in the world where Chamomile grows that time of year, I worked closely with the Director Ivo Weigaard on the main shoot.
All the post work, including the track re-composition, VO rec, SFX, grading and VFX were overseen by myself and my creative partner.
The film was highlighted by both the agency and several of the most senior clients as ‘The best first edit’ and ‘best ‘hair WOW moment’ they’d ever seen.
Brand campaign / TV/ Social /In-Store
Role: FTC Senior Copywriter.
Agency: PGOne Saatchi & Saatchi, London
YOUTUBE
IN-STREAM ADS
We created a large number of these around certain themes such as, The Shampoo, The LOT (Leave In Treatment), The Conditioner. With the exception of a few extra shots we managed to create this to YouTube’s best practice ABCD rules creatively reusing shots from the TVC and staying within a tight budget.
SOCIAL SHORT FORM FILMS
Part of the brief for the Chamomile variant project was to create a suite of branded 10sec short form 9:16 assets for TikTok and Instagram. Footage for these were captured during the TVC shoot in stolen moments with the talent and then cut with shots from the main camera. They were all on the theme of summer joy and, of course, Chamomile flowers.
Role: Fixed Contract Senior Copywriter
Agency: PGOne Saatchi & Saatchi, London