There’s no style without substance says OPSM in its newly-launched campaign via Marcel, Sydney
Proving eyewear doesn’t hide us from the world and instead reveals our unique inner style, OPSM has launched a new brand campaign via Marcel Sydney, that reflects the distinctive style of regular everyday people.
The campaign spotlights Australians who have an innate sense of style and self. These images are married to the voice over of philosopher, author and social activist, Dr Cornel West, whose personal discourse on style adds a spirited tempo to the campaign.
The commercial, directed by The Pool Collective’s Simon Harsent, signals an emphasis on OPSM’s eyewear to match the Australian eyecare and eyewear brand’s already trusted optometry credentials.
Says Scott Huebscher, executive creative director of Marcel Sydney: “The way Simon brilliantly captures people in his portraiture made him an obvious choice to direct this ad. And Dr. Cornel West’s thoughts on style was the perfect way to complement the pictures.”
Says Jee Moon, vice president of marketing, OPSM: “Style is not just something that is found in the extraordinary and unreal settings of runways or magazines; style is found in the very real people we encounter everyday. So in sharing these stories, we hope to reveal something interesting and unique about our brand.”
The campaign runs nationally on broadcast, online and across social.
Client: OPSM
Agency: Marcel Sydney
Production Company: The Pool Collective
Director: Simon Harsent
EP/MD: Cameron Gray
Photographer: Simon Harsent
Producer: Eloise Hastings
DOP: Ross Giardina
Production Designer: Tess Strelein
Post Production: Heckler
Editor: Andrew Holmes
42 Comments
You know, this is pretty good. Very nice little job.
I like it. Seriously. It’s well written and shot.
But can anyone who made it tell me why you chose an american VO?
no it’s not.
The words contrived, forced, unimaginative are more in tune with this piece.
You see, good work gets good comments on Campaign Brief. This is good and refreshing.
This really caught my eye on the TV the other night.
Nicely executed Marcel, we’ll done.
“These images are married to the voice over of philosopher, author and social activist, Dr Cornel West, whose personal discourse on style adds a spirited tempo to the campaign.”
It is his book the man is reading in the restaurant.
Really nice, doesn’t try hard..
Beautifully shot too.
@Question – it’s easier to the ears and statically has a better chance of winning an award (if they choose to submit it) than with an Aussie accent.
nice one marcel.
This spot really caught my eye amongst the white noise that is ad land. Beautifully shot and well crafted. Congrats.
Nice one Simon. Well cast.
It’s a yes from me.
Great colours and tones.
Sweet grade
i worked on this account at saatchi’s, and while I sometimes thought the client didn’t understand the power of a good idea, I now know that it was the agency and it’s supposed ‘sellers’ that let the side down.
good work Marcel.
This is niiiiice! Beautifully shot with people Aussies relate to and for those who know the voice will get the book. Cuts through the noise and actually makes me think OPSM for glasses. Good work.
Beautifully conceived and crafted. Great to see it on air. Well done Simon & Nobby.
very cool
A lovely piece that deserves the credit its getting here…
This feels like Tiger. the same edit and sound design flow. Nice crafted imagery but.
either the agency are writing their own praises or the world has gone a little mad.
yes…this is nicely shot, edited, graded.
but….that doesn’t make a good ad. It is incoherent, self indulgent at the very least.
If Droga5 NYC did this I’d expect it. But not from here.
It’s good, don’t get me wrong, but it’s too up it’s own backside for this market.
I also worked at Saatchi and from memory the last thing they did for OPSM won almost every creative and effectiveness award in the world. Actually, I think they even won the worlds most effective idea at the one report thingy. I could be wrong though, will have to check some facts.
this has a lot going for it, nice one
Oh I see. Marcel is the new Droga5.
effectively lost the client too
Seems to be a lot of agency white-washing going on here.
Yes, it’s nicely crafted.
But no, it’s not great.
My wife saw this, looked at me and said “Christ, what a wank…” I agreed, and not just because I wanted some.
There’s a fine line between art and artifice. I think they took a big running leap over it.
But hey, that’s just a sample size of two.
I saw something on TV the other night but I couldn’t understand it. I just know it had a lot of silly looking people in it. Like a man in yellow cords. And a kid that needs a haircut. Now, I need to get some glasses for my kid. But where? Spec Savers. I save when I buy specs. They sound good.
Yes, Penny won for them, but that was a long time before I was there, and I still stand up to what I said, the agency blew ideas put forward after that campaign. And yes, as 5.41pm @Nice said: has noted, then they lost the account.
@Nice …….stop living in the past, and check your facts.
I like it.
And when I need glasses I might consider OPSM.
Any piece of work that moves a category should be commended.
Well done to all involved, especially the client.
Very pretty,
But seriously why wasn’t this set in Australia, what a miss.
Great use of creativity that has nothing to do with OPSM
Pretentious twaddle.
Slow day in the asylum? It’s pretty hard to miss Sydney’s Central Station in this ad. IN FACT, IT’S EVEN ON THE FUCKING PROMO PICTURE.
This is very watchable, well done.
Let’s all give up and just make Coles ‘Down fucking Down’ ads.
Job done.
No, pillock, don’t go to the other extreme and have a tanti. Just because this pile of well-produced, pretentious poop is copping a (deserved) pasting it’s not time to take your bat & ball and go home. I wouldn’t put Specsavers advertising in the same basket as Coles, and to do so is just plain silly. I’m guessing the point that @mum of Blacktown is making that at least Specsavers gives you a reason to react: there’s a value price perception. This OPSM spot is merely making a spurious fashion/lifestyle statement with no particular benefit. If I needed prescription glasses I’d probably go where I thought I’d get the best value for money. I suspect Specsavers would have a similar range of fashion eyewear to OPSM, but at keener prices. Of course, that’s only based on perceptions of Specsavers through their relentlessly consistent and single-minded marketing. Whether it’s true or not…
Beautifully produced. So different to other advertisement styles. There’s a saying, if you want a crew for a ship, don’t talk about the role, talk about the sea, the horizon, the destination, create desire. This ad does this. Kudos to all involved. Courageous! Creative! Congrats!
Ouch! Sooo pretentious and kind of … amateurish? Awful voice too.
Wow… Haters much. A piece of sophisticated well crafted production, with a point, a philosophy, a nod to fashion, style, personal expression, an elevation. Why is this not relevant to ‘this market’? Little class never hurt, there’s enough crap to wade through… and this is a classy piece top to bottom.
I don’t like this ad at ll. At first I was intrigued, thinking I was listening to the new voice of OPSM- Sean Penn! With a slight nod to his Walter Mitty character Sean O’Connell, the photographer who talked about style and being in the moment. I liked it for that, I even wondered if that was Penn in makeup for some of the characters. Then I read up about it and the dialogue is a quote from an American philosopher, featuring Australians famous for their sense of style…. Well now you’ve lost me. It doesn’t sound Australian, they don’t look Australian and well, who the hell is reading the voice over? No where have I seen any credits for the talent? Why, because they’re not who you say they are? Misleading much?
I was shocked that cornel west did this ad, not that OPSM is corporate elite as such but people familiar with West’s work, I just can’t imagine them appreciating his voice selling spectacles. Everyone knows that OPSM charges more for similar product and this ad is them trying to justify that extra price but it doesn’t work. I will continue going to Specsavers cause I’m not stupid enough to pay twice as much for the same thing.
Shut up you pack of fucking twats. It’s good.