Who would know that this action-packed short film is actually an ad for a shoe?
Nike is releasing its new soccer shoe (or football boot as they say in England), the Phantom VSN. To introduce it, the brand rounded up several of the world’s biggest soccer stars, including Phillipe Coutinho, Kevin De Bruyne, Ronaldinho, Andrea Pirlo, Gennaro Gattuso, Mal Pugh, Neymar Jr., and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
As if that wasn’t enough, international music stars also show up, including Nigerian rap star WizKid, Legendury Beatz, and Tiwa Savage.
And it’s all directed by Matthew Vaughan, the auteur behind such movies as X-Men First Class, Kingsman, Kick-Ass and Layer Cake.
CREDITS:
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam
Producer: Elissa Singstock
Creative Directors: Mark Bernath, Eric Quennoy
Creatives: Jake Barnes, Ricardo Rachello
Assistant Producer: Sanne Van Hattum
Production: Black Label Productions
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Executive Producer: Tim Wild
Producer: Dom Freeman
Director of Photography: George Richmond
VFX: The Mill
Executive Producer: Gemma Humphries, Alex Fitzgerald
Producer: Sean Francis
Line Producer: Supreetha Murthy
Production Coordinator: Dan Crozier
Shoot Supervisor: Barnes Barnsley, Adam Droy
VFX Creative: The Mill
2D Lead Artists: Gianluca Di Marco, Dan Adams
3D Lead Artist: Adam Droy
2D Artists: Carl Norton, Dan Adams, Declan Andrews, Fergal Hendrick, Georgina Ford, Holly McLean, James Pratt, Olivia O’Neil, Peter Hodsman, Rebecca Clay, Sole Martin, Theajo Dharan
3D Artists: Alan Williamson, Andreas Graichen, Antoine Mariez, Ashley Tilley, Bethan Williams, Carlo Carfora, Dan Yargici, Deniz Cinar, Evelina Dalin, Giacomo Cavalletti, Jack Powell, James Hansell, James Hickey, James Weston, Joshua Curtis, Kate Gabrielova, Katherine Ross, Kevin O’sullivan, Kristian Olsson, Ludwig Ek, Maria Carriedo, Matthew Kavanagh, Maxime Cronier, Nile Hylton, Pavel Mamichev, Peter Agg, Philippe Moine, Sergio Xisto, Todd Akita, Tony Atherton, Will Burdett , Amritha Raajendher, Ananda Murthy, Bharat Ediga, Gokul N, Jadheer T P, Karthick Karuppaswamy, Karthik Viswanathan, Rajan Ramakrishna, Rijo R, Sendil Kumar J, Shaik Azam
Tracking Supervisor: Senthil Murugan Balasundara
Matte Painting: Henrik Holmberg, Cameron Johnson, Can Y. Sanalan, Jiyoung Lee
Design: Kenny Addeh
Color: The Mill
Colorist: James Bamford
Color Assist: Thomas Mangham
Editorial: The Quarry
Editor: Paul Watts
Edit Assistant: Patrick Walsh
Music: Justice “Genesis” and “Heavy Metal”
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