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Uncovering the new future with Ford and PunchBBDO | #BehindTheIdea

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"People want tech to be helpful in their lives, but they see the futuristic tech as something unreachable today." It is with such simplicity that the team at PunchBBDO describes the premise and the idea behind their campaign for Ford Turkey, named 'The New Future'.

The stunning video campaign below embraces the most hopeful views of a deep sci-fi future to strengthen the bond between Ford and futuristic tech, already implemented in Ford cars to assist the customers of today. The video feels like a journey ahead in time, featuring great production value as it attempts to blend future and present in the Ford brand.

Today we are getting Behind the Idea with PunchBBDO to learn more about the inspiring campaign for Ford below.

What was the brief?

As the brand that thought the world about automobiles since its foundation, Ford is taking the game to the next level: it works hard for future automobile technologies that ease people’s lives starting from today. With this intention at the relaunch campaign of the new strategy ‘Bring of Tomorrow’ we had to increase the bond between Ford and technology by finding a unique way of talking about the future.

How did the initial pitch/brainstorming phase go?

Talking about the future is common in many industries especially in automobiles. We had to find a unique way of saying what the future holds for Ford. Scanning through the news about future tech and reading many consumer trends people want tech to be helpful in their lives but they see the futuristic tech as something unreachable today. Then we had a Eureka moment: automative is the only category that future tech is available today. And we build our campaign based on that insight. 

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What was the process behind ideating the concept?

Ford Turkey targeted aspirers who are enthusiastic about new technologies that help them ease their lives. With the “Future=Present” creative strategy, we wanted to encourage living the future starting from today, the rich vehicle portfolio, more sustainable engine technologies, autonomous and connected features Ford provides. Hence we created a campaign  highlighting the message ‘Real future technologies are possible with Ford today.’ In our campaign, we created two worlds, one today’s Istanbul the other, the future of Istanbul. We see two protagonists in two different worlds first one has today’s technologies and the other futuristic technologies. At the end of the sequences our characters merge into one screen, get in Ford Mach-e and that’s when the future meets the present.

What was the production process like?

 The whole campaign was a four-month-long journey for us. We worked with incredibly talented people like Sir Fred from Norr Film. Our film is shot by Oscar Faura known for his work in The Impossible, The Imitation Game, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as well as a number of successful commercials. Famous Tears For Fears song, Mad World was covered by Pedro Macedo Camacho for the commercial, with Tina Guo’s vocals. With a powerful team like that, we got coverage from local and global press. We became the talk of the town.

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What was the biggest challenge during production? How did you overcome it?

The biggest challenge was to create the concept of the future. Under the leadership of Norr Film's director Sir Fred, we worked with Los Angeles-based designer/director/artist Mert Kızılay, known for his work in Altered Carbon and Robocop, and Istanbul-based VFX/animation studio Anima Istanbul to create the concept of the future that suits for this project.

What is one funny or notable thing that happened during production?

The film was a huge success, created hype, even some people couldn’t believe it was a locally made campaign. But besides our film, our Mad World cover is loved by thousands. People are dying to get a hold of the cover.

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What’s the main message of this project and why does it matter?

‘Present Is The New Future With Ford’ that’s what we want to emphasize. 

Ford Turkey’s campaign that presents its vision for the future along with its new creative world is the start of a new journey for Ford filled with future technologies, new customer experiences, mobility and sustainable cities.

How long did it take from inception to delivery?

4 months.

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What do you hope it achieves for the brand?

From the Kantar Link test, we can say that we achieved to create a bond with future technologies. Our brand awareness and equity scores are far above average. Ford is a brand that provides new technologies / innovative technologies and our target audience is aware of it. 

Credit list for the work?

Advertised Brand: Ford Turkey
Brand Team: Talat İşçioğlu, Serkan Özerbay, Deniz Göktaş, Koray Kavalcı, Gamze Keskin, Ahmet Meral, Nergis Salman, Alper Tohar, Sinem Yıldırım, Mehmet Kalp

Agency: PunchBBDO
CCO: Ali Musa Paça
Creative Director: Mert Şentürk, Erçin Sadıkoğlu
Creative Team Director: Sanlı Kayabölen, Serkan Ün
Art Director: Oktay Metin, Selahattin Özdemir
Head of Digital: Bahar Arasan
Digital Team: Cem Bozkurt, Burak Çiçek
Graphic Design: Ozan Küme
Strategy: Beliz Atalay 
VP, Account & New Business Director: Gülin Erdoğan
Account Director: Ezgi Günaydın
Account Supervisor: Cansın Ergün
VP, Head of Production: Koray Öztürk
Producer: Aslı Aykut, Beray Odabaşı

Production Company: Norr Film
Animation & Post Production: Anima
Post Production: ABT
Director: Sir Fred
Müzik Composer: Pedro Macedo Camacho 
Original Song: Mad World (Orzabal / BMG Rights (UK) c/o Zeplin Edisyon)
Trademark Management: Som Entertainment Communications
Published: October, 2021

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