Gary Driver
VFX supervisor at Rogue Films
London, United Kingdom
TitleKeep your glasses shiny for longer
Agency
Campaign Every dish, everytime
Advertiser Reckitt Benckiser
Brand Finish
Date of First Broadcast/Publication 2015 / 4
Business Sector Cleaning Products, Soaps, Detergents
Story Modern life is riddled with dirty dishes, and Finish wants to help.A new 40-second, rapid-fire ad created by Wieden + Kennedy London for the dishwasher soap (owned by Reckitt Benckiser) runs through the various types of human activities that might make a mess of plates, bowls and glasses—and it turns out pretty much all of them do. 
Philosophy The deliberately grandiose concept could easily feel like an overreach for a mundane product, but the execution is brisk enough—with enough rich detail, quirky absurdity and clever insight packed in—to actually be kind of delightful, like when a shellshocked new father is beset by a gang of floating, filthy baby bottles.It also shows W+K's knack for punching up the emotional significance of even dull brands with beautifully shot spots. "Dishes," directed by Riff Raff's Megaforce, feels a bit like a cross between W+K London's hypnotizing work for Lurpak butter and the Portland mothership's slice-of-life campaign for Target from a few years back. 
 
It probably helps that the Finish idea is loosely based on the fundamental truth that everyone has to, you know, eat. But it should resonate particularly with anyone who's ever looked at a stacked sink after a hearty meal and thought, in a moment of extraordinary laziness, "Really? Again?"The voiceover's kicker, "Every dish, every time," drives home the point that the product will leave you freer to focus on what matters, rather than living elbow deep in pots and pans.
A second new ad takes a similar quick-cut approach, from the narrower perspective of a single glass. It's also full of deft touches that tell smaller stories within the bigger one. (If the vessel is hosting a party on Saturday, it's helping cure heartburn on Sunday.) The payoff—keeping glasses shiny—is less ambitious, and less rewarding, but clear enough.
The odds of that glass surviving long enough for it to matter, though, are pretty slim. And it's not really worth wondering where dishes go when they die. 
Media Type Television
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Special Effects / VFX
Mix Company
Executive Creative Director
Line Producer
Visual Effects Supervisor
Executive Agency Producer
Sound Design
Executive Producer
Creative Director
Interactive Producer Silvan Schreuder
Sound Design
Planner
TV Producer
Director of Photography (DOP)
Group Account Director
Creative
Flame Artist
Director
Executive Creative Director
Editor
Assistant TV Producer
Producer
Composer
Producer
Creative Director
Creative
Account Director
Head Of Planning
Planning Director
Creative Producer
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Flame Artist
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