Team One, Lexus Take a Leap with 200 Instagrammers

It’s amazing how many automakers still rely on the old ad formula: shiny spinning wheels, long remote, wooded roads, sun glinting off an immaculate vehicle, and a dramatic soundtrack. Some, of course, take the innovative route with ads like Fiat’s In da (mother)hood and Landrover’s Roam Free.

Lexus falls halfway on the innovation scale with #LexusInstafilm, in which they gathered 200 Instagrammers to capture the 2014 Lexus IS F Sport in all its filtered glory, then compiled the images to create a stop-motion-y film. The collaboration turns out to be beautiful, and the people behind it good-natured. A burly bearded man asks, “How’s my hair?” And a fellow Instagrammer fixes it for him. Doesn’t get much cuter than that.

While it probably won’t go viral since the focus of the feature is a character-less car, the idea of combining controlled creativity, new technology, and enthusiastic people is a winning one. Hopefully we’ll see this kind of spot again. To check out each frame of the film, go to http://instagram.com/lexusinstafilm.

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Advertising Agency: Impact BBDO Dubai, UAE
Creative Directors: Mark Daniel Held, Grant McGrath
Agency Producer: Azza Aboual Magd
Production Company: Bandito Brothers
Directors: Scott Waugh, Mike “Mouse” McCoy
DP: Kevin Ward
EP: Jeff Rohrer
Producer: Peter Trucco
Colorist: Andrew Huebscher
Post/Effects: The Syndicate/Bandito Brothers Post
VFX/Inferno Artist(s): Brett Novak
EPs: Jonathan Stone, Jacob Rosenberg
Composer/Producer: Nathan Furst
Sound Design/Audio Post: Smart Post Sound