Outsider's Scott Lyon Creates A Viral Hit For Footlocker

AMV have produced their first work for Foot Locker since their appointment last year. The integrated campaign, Sneaker Skills, is aimed at the youth market.

 

As a brand with many years of sneaker experience and ‘Stripers’ (Foot Locker’s iconic staff) who eat and sleep sneakers, there’s no surprise to find that they’ve picked up a few nifty skills along the way. The campaign showcases some of these incredible skills and highlights Foot Locker’s amazing sneaker expertise.

 

Directed by Outsider’s Scott Lyon, the 30” film (and accompanying virals) shot from the POV of a ‘Striper’s’ camera phone, capture the behind-the-scenes skills of a gang of Foot Locker work mates as they effortlessly work the shop floor using clever, well-oiled tricks to get the job done. The cool, wide ranging sneaker skills that the Stripers have up their sleeves, turn standard shop skills into magical moves. Sneakers are hurled effortlessly back onto the shop shelves, boxes are balanced and carried 18 at a time. Sneakers appear magically in seemingly empty boxes or become instruments twirled at high speed like Argentinian bolas. The ad is shot in one take as we follow the journey of a pair of sneakers from the stock room to the till. Everything you see happened for real, there are no cuts within the commercial.

 

Online, Foot Locker shares its knowledge through Facebook, in which cool lacing techniques are animated as a walkthrough. The Facebook community is also encouraged to test out their own skills by partaking in a range of quizzes and mini games and share their skills with others.

 

In store, users will recognise consistent Sneaker Skills branding as they will see a range of Stripers performing tricks in the point of sale, from sneaker juggling to balancing.

 

The strategy is an evolution of Foot Locker’s previous work which focused on Foot Locker’s sneaker enthusiasm; the new work is a celebration of the individuals, the skills, knowledge and enthusiasm, that make Foot Locker what it is.

 

Click the link to view the work http://bit.ly/KaSsTW

 

Credits

Client: Footlocker

Title: Stockroom

 

Agency: AMV BBDO

Agency Producer: Ange Eleini

Agency Production Assistant: Sophie Delaney

 

Production Co: Outsider

Director: Scott Lyon

Producer: Zeno Campbell - Salmon

 

DOP: Will Bex

Art Director: Michael Jones

Editor: Art  @ Work

Post Production: The Mill