Zenuity Brand Film & Toolkit
Brief
To provide a communication kit for Zenuity covering attendance to conferences like the CES in Las Vegas and boost the brand’s image online and offline.
When
October 2018 – January 2019
Outcome
We created the Zenuity brand film to launch in Las Vegas CES beginning 2019. We engineered the film to be re-used and repurposed for different activations and contexts. We delivered usage guidelines and the supporting toolkit to create a seamless conference experience. Finally, we baked the company’s product offering into a digital application.
Complexity
4 / 5
Background.
There is, arguably, a whole lot of buzz around autonomous driving at the moment. Presently, the automotive industry invests a lot of resources in developing autonomous driving technologies and advanced driver assistance systems. How can we tell a story that stands out to the end-user in the populated automotive technology arena?
The challenge.
When B2B tech companies attempt explaining their products, they are inclined to do so in flat explainer film formats or informercials, restricted to those who understand tech already. When it comes to autonomous driving, things get even harder, since the general public cannot fully grasp the topic, due to the convolution of its subject matter. When we got the assignment from Zenuity to tell the story that showcases their product, we asked ourselves: how can we tell the Zenuity story in an authentic, visually appealing and relatable narrative? How can we break down autonomous driving for just about everyone, and tingle their senses at the same time? And how can we boost the Zenuity brand image in doing so?
The outcome.
Come to think of it, what is possible by 2021, the year anticipated for autonomous driving technology to hit the streets, is the material of science fiction. To add to that, the capacity of the software that will inhibit the self-driving automobiles of the future, is argued by many to surpass that of the human brain. In order to tap into the futuristic essence of the product’s aspects, we borrowed sensory queues from futuristic film classics, like 1982’s Blade Runner, dressed up Zenuity’s vision like a neon coloured science fiction short and told a story about safety, Zenuity’s strongest brand value.
And we managed to do that by telling a story that fits different contexts. At CES, the film matched the fair’s character as being a glamorous and dazzling presentation of the brand. For the press and the rest of the world, Zenuity is finally breaking down how autonomous driving functions for everyone.
And our main message? All this will be shortly within reach. Zenuity is “making Intelligent mobility Real”.
The film is filled with “easter eggs”: The world designed is Zenuity’s world, illuminated by neon signs that bare the company’s brand values and distinct messages. The footage on the screens, whirling around midway into the film, is real footage collected in the streets of Gothenburg from the cameras of a Zenuity demo vehicle. The cat making a “cameo” appearance in the film represents safety and intelligent mobility (an agile but independent domestic animal), which Zenuity stands for.
The teaser of the film was shown at the Auromobility Fair in Los Angeles. The film itself, is part of a communication kit we produced for Zenuity. For the digital application included, we utilised parts from the film to better showcase the company’s product portfolio.
The film aired during January 2019 in CES in Las Vegas.
Ever since, it is broadcasted online and it is braced consistently during press conferences and B2B events in various venues in Sweden, USA and China and it has been featured in the DRUM, the Ads Of The World , and the Little Black Book Of Creativity.
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