Australian Turf Club encourages Aussies to get their fun back on track in new work via Emotive
The Australian Turf Club has launched a new creative platform ‘Get Your Fun Back on Track’ along with an integrated campaign via Emotive covering TV, cinema, OOH and radio for this spring’s Everest Carnival and beyond.
The challenge was to recruit the next generation of racegoers against a backdrop of an increasingly competitive experience market in Sydney.
Says Corina Black, EGM commercial, ATC: “Whether you are at Royal Randwick or Rosehill Gardens, the races offers a day long entertainment experience like no other. With world class entertainment, food and racing, it’s a place where play takes priority. We needed an idea that could uniquely bring all these facets together to grab the attention of the social race goer.”
The driving insight behind the idea is that as adults, we tend to dismiss the importance of play. But playing or having fun is just as pivotal for adults as it is for kids.
Says Ben Clare, group creative director, Emotive: “In our hectic, modern lives, many of us focus so heavily on work and family commitments that we never seem to have time for pure fun. A day at the races is one of Australia’s great pastimes, and we simply wanted to invite racegoers to get their fun back on track with a campaign that positions the races as an oasis for adult play that is beneficial in more ways than one.”
The integrated campaign kicks off with a film which was shot at 350 frames per second from the perspective of a horse galloping past, taking viewers on a mesmerising journey through a heightened world of jubilant racegoers and entertainers eagerly watching the race unfold.
Client: Australian Turf Club
EGM Commercial: Corina Black
Head of Marketing: Chris Bevan
Brand Coordinator: Katherine Jones
Creative and Production: Emotive
CEO: Simon Joyce
Chief Strategy Officer: Tyler Wilson
Business Director: Sarah Clifton
Group Creative Director: Ben Clare
Senior Creative: Henry Stafford
Director: Nick Robertson
Executive Producer: Hayley-Ritz Pelling
Line Producer: Tom Pearce
Production Coordinator: Aimee Stewart
Junior Art Director: Tessa Campbell
DOP: Daniel Ardiley
Art Director: Suzanne King
Wardrobe Stylist: Jess Pecoraro
Editor: Corey Farrell
VFX: White Chocolate
Sound: Rumble
Media Agency: OMD
4 Comments
if you can’t afford to do it well, then just don’t
Shot from the perspective of a horse who is not watching where he is going… whilst floating.
Nice work !
I know there’s only so many lines to go round, but this is a direct rip off of the line that Racing Victoria used for years to promote the Spring Racing Carnival. Surely they could have come up with something slightly original? Or is that the point: piggybacking off the branding of a far superior and more popular product?