New Kia Sorento Black Edition has the power to surprise in new campaign via Innocean Australia
Kia Motors Australia has unveiled its new Sorento Black Pack Edition in dramatic fashion with a new national campaign, created by Innocean Australia.
The campaign launches the Sorento Black Edition with the aim to add to the premium credentials of Kia whilst also presenting the new car in a fresh and unexpected way.
Directed by Toby Pike of Finch, the campaign film begins with an object rising up from a pool of black paint. As the shape emerges to reveal a car, black paint runs down the body, only being retained by the new black features that differentiate the Sorento Black Edition from the standard Sorento.
Kia’s Black Edition spot runs across television broadcast, digital, social and point of sale.
Says Dean Norbiato, general manager marketing, Kia Motors Australia: “The Sorento nameplate in Australia has strong equity and we’re confident this campaign not only reinforces but enhances its reputation as one of the country’s best large SUVs. More broadly, the campaign also provides a glimpse of the direction our brand is heading in 2020 and beyond.”
Says Steve Jackson, executive creative director, Innocean Australia: “Even though the auto industry has been doing it tough for several months, we and our wonderful partners at Kia, refuse to shrink back into a sea of sameness. A big thank you to Toby, Finch, Heckler and Squeak E. Clean, you’re all very clever people and personally I find the result rather mesmerising.”
Client: Kia Motors Australia
General Manager Marketing: Dean Norbiato
Agency: Innocean Australia
ECD: Steve Jackson
Art Director: Rod Soares & Ashley Reeve
Copywriter: Rod Cunha
Head of Production: Craig Sloane
Group Business Director: Jamie Clift
Account Manager: Amber Lowings
Production Company: FINCH
Director: Toby Pike
Executive Producer: Loren Bradley
Producer: Camilla Mazzaferro
Post Production/VFX: Heckler
Head of VFX: Jamie Watson
EPs: Will Alexander, Bonnie Law
Head of 3D: Tom Corbett
VFX Supervisor: Ryan Trippensee
Senior VFX Producer: Emily Higgins
CG Artists: Ben Watts, Octavio De Lellis, Jack Scrase, Nick Kaloterakis, Boris Fomin, Tim Jarick & Chris Norris
Online: Tim Hannah
IO: Adrian Maurici
Music Composition: Squeak E. Clean Studios
Executive Creative Producer: Karla Henwood
Composer: Charlie White
Sound Design: Charlie White
15 Comments
but it looks very posty
Agree that it’s incredibly posty. But could you tell me what the idea is? The black edition and it’s white? Is that an idea?
This is the first pretty good thing to come out of Innocean for quite a length of time. It’s not amazing, but it’s actually pretty good.
That is all
Nothing new here.
No idea and predictably underwhelming.
Beautiful art direction here. Kia has definitely come a long way.
Visually, its quite striking, but… I dunno, a vehicle emerging from what looks like a vat of crude oil… is a bit… of an oversight?
Nice Tobes
Very 90’s BMW.
Not at Toyota Steven.
Tobe Pike, what a legend!
Someone likes Westworld
Except in this case, it kinda does.
Like the ad but the music sounds like it owes a nod to “Everything in its right place” by Radiohead. Was this deliberate or an homage by the composer(s)?
Ngl the soundtrack bussin on bus but it sounds like Radiohead