THE Z-TRIALS

TitleTHE Z-TRIALS
BrandSONY
Product / ServiceWALKMAN Z1000 SERIES
CategoryB03. Interactive Film
EntrantBIRDMAN Tokyo, JAPAN
Entrant Company:BIRDMAN Tokyo, JAPAN
Advertising Agency:BIRDMAN Tokyo, JAPAN
Production Company:BIRDMAN Tokyo, JAPAN
2nd Production Company:TYO MONSTER Tokyo, JAPAN

Credits

Name Position
Roy Ryo Tsukiji Creative Director
Roy Ryo Tsukiji Art Director
Kazuhiko Ito Agency Producer
Jin Kubota/Sho Yamanaka Producer
Masatsugu Nagasoe (N.e.w) Director
Junichi Arakawa/Yuya Murata Editor
Setsu Fukushima (Mr.music) Sound Design/Arrangement
Tyo Inc. Monster Division Post Production
Tomoya Takahashi Animation
Makoto Okuguchi Cameraman
Akiyoshi Irio Lighting
Roy Ryo Tsukiji/Kazuhiko Ito Planner
Masatsugu Nagasoe (N.e.w) Director Of Photography
Roy Ryo Tsukiji/Kazuhiko Ito Planner
Masatsugu Nagasoe (N.e.w) Director Of Photography
Wookie Choi/Azusa Tanaka/Koichi Takahashi/Da Vinchi Other Credits

Brief Explanation

Taking into consideration the hipster values, sensitive information was carefully selected and shared through SNS (Facebook/twitter), generating interest and bringing users into the world of Z-1000. Each of the product's motto, "Better sound (REAL SOUND)", "More comfort (WIRELESS)" and "More fun (Android)", were used to produce 3 viral movies. User's Facebook's profile picture, preferred music, posted pictures and other personal data were inserted in the movie to simulate a unique experience inside world of Z-trials. The story had the purpose of spreading the data collected from the user throughout key points on a pythagorean device (Rube Goldberg machine/Heath Robinson) that was used to make experiments while playing pranks on a elder man. Starting from the artistic skills used on the pythagorean device and it's small details, the set, the end-to-end photography and the work of highly creative designers won the sympathy and recognition of the hipster public.