Audi and VB+P are traditionally all about appealing to consumers’ inner-adolescent with their Super Bowl ads. Remember when vampires were a big deal? Audi remembered, so they put vampires in their Super Bowl spot last year. However, as the Twilight film series has ended, Audi and VB+P are telling a bit more of a timeless story with this year’s installment, “Prom (Worth It).”
We open on a classic American pastime, a young lad about to go to prom who, judging by his lack of date, is a loser. His dad, in a surprising move, allows him to take his sleek Audi A6 to the big dance. This isn’t the only unrealistic part of the spot, as the boy ends up making out with his crush and getting a shiner from her boyfriend. It’s not exactly the kind of bold move I support, especially as the boy doesn’t seem to ask permission from his female victim. But, according to Audi, who cares? He took what he wanted, and was rewarded. There’s nothing more American than that.
The campaign, which uses the #BraveryWins hashtag, doesn’t seem to be targeting suburban high-schoolers like the protagonist in “Prom,” and instead aims at fathers who are fearful that their spawn may never get any action. In any case, it’s cute enough to be a crowd-pleaser, but I hesitate to think that this will be one of the Super Bowl’s most talked-about ads. Credits after the jump.
AGENCY: Venables Bell & Partners
EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Paul Venables and Will McGinness
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Erich Pfeifer and Tyler Hampton
ART DIRECTOR: Matt Miller
COPYWRITER: Matt Keats
DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED PRODUCTION: Craig Allen
AGENCY PRODUCER: Mandi Holdorf
BUSINESS LEADER: Colleen McGee
ACCOUNT SUPERVISOR: Shannon Brewer
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Smuggler
DIRECTOR: The Guard Brothers
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Joost Van Gelder
MANAGING PARTNERS: Brian Carmody and Patrick Milling Smith
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Allison Kunzman
LINE PRODUCER: Pete Vitale