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Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:33:33 GMT
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Volvo Launches E.V.A. Initiative to Ensure Car Safety Equality
Forsman & Bodenfors helps launch the Equal Vehicles for All campaign
Women are more likely to get injured in a car crash. Partly because male crash test dummies are the standard. And even when a female dummy is being used, it’s often with a scaled-down male dummy. As a result, most cars are safer for men. Now, Volvo Cars wants to change this.
Volvo Cars’ Accident Research Team has compiled real-world crash data since the 1970s to better understand what happens during a collision - regardless of size, gender, or body shape. This has made it possible for Volvo to design its cars in a way that protects both men and women equally.
In a new global campaign by Forsman & Bodenfors called The E.V.A. Initiative (Equal Vehicles for All), Volvo Cars is for the first time making its safety knowledge easily accessible in a central digital library which it urges the car industry to use, in the interest of safer roads for all.
“As a woman stepping into a car, you just assume you are as well protected as a man,” says Sophia Lindholm, one of the creatives behind the campaign. “Unfortunately, this is not true in all cars — which is why Volvo wants to highlight this issue and actually do something about it” she continues.
The anatomical differences between men and women are crucial when it comes to injury rates in car crashes. Not only in terms of weight and height, but also muscle mass and strength.
“By collecting real-world data for a long time, it has been possible to identify what injuries arise in different accidents for men, women, and children,” says Dr. Lotta Jakobsson, senior technical specialist at Volvo Cars Safety Centre.
At the core of the campaign is the website where people can download the research and read more about the project and how Volvo Cars has implemented this research in the safety features in its cars. The campaign also includes outdoor, print, and a film directed by Laerke Herthoni together with production company New Land.
“60 years ago, we gave away the three-point safety belt; putting people first, profits second,” concludes Andreas Malm, head of marketing at Volvo Cars. ”By making our research available through the E.V.A. Initiative, we hope it will help more automakers to produce cars that are safe for everyone. Just like the safety belt did.”
Client
Advertiser: Volvo Car Corporation
Clients: Louise Ahlström
Media Agency
Media Agency: Mindshare
Sound
Sound Company: Factory Studios
Sound Design & Mix: Jon Clarke @ Factory Studios
Audio Producer: Lucy Spong @ Factory Studios
Other
CGI: Superstudios (CGI Stills)
Creative Agency
Creative Agency: Forsman & Bodenfors
Art Director: Karl Risenfors, Leo Dahl, Adam Ulvegärde, Sophia Lindholm
Copywriter: Hampus Elfström, Simon Lublin, Jacob Nelson
Producer: Lena Sellman
Planner: Trine Keller-Andreasen, Daniel Sjöstrand
Strategist: Peter Gaudiano (Web)
Account Supervisor: Magnus Wretblad
Account Executive: Katarina Klofsten, Ewa Edlund
PR: Maja Bredberg, Bjarne Darwall
Web Design: F&B Inhouse
Artwork: Martin Joelsson, Ingrid Arnsand Jonsson
Post Production / VFX
VFX Supervisor: Joel Lindman
Colourist: Simon Bourke @ Framestore
VFX Producer: Linda Öhlund @ Goodbye Kansas
VFX Executive Producer: Anton Söderhäll @ Goodbye Kansas
VFX: Goodbye Kansas
CG Director: Laurent Clermont (Creative)
FX Lead: Filip Orrby
Grade: Framestore
Senior Colour Producer: Chris Anthony @ Framestore
Online: Rajdarn Elderado @ Chimney
Post producer: Moa Looft @ Chimney (Online)
Production Company
Director: Laerke Herthoni
Producer: Joel Rostmark
Production Company: New Land
DOP: Rasmus Videbaek
Executive Producer: Erik Torell / Therese Engberg
Choreography: Amy Gardner (Dancer)
Editor: Johan Söderberg
Music
Song: “Without You (feat. Kerry Leatham)”
Performer: Lapalux
Music : Ninja Tune Ltd. / London (Master Rights), Just Isn't Music Ltd. / London (Publishing Rights)
Genres: Animation, Music & Sound Design, Visual VFX
Categories: Automotive, Cars
Forsman & Bodenfors, Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:33:33 GMT
