2015 Winners & Shortlists

YAS MALL GEARS UP FOR LAUNCH

BrandALDAR PROPERTIES
Product/ServiceRETAIL & HOSPITALITY
EntrantSIMON IMPEY Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CategoryDirection
Entrant Company SIMON IMPEY Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Advertising Agency SIMON IMPEY Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Production Company FOOTPRINT INTERNATIONAL ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Brief Explanation

The online film features a team in Infiniti Red Bull Racing crew uniform walking towards their team’s car at the Yas Marina Circuit, only to find it missing. The racing machine is seen zipping across Yas Island, respectfully stopping at a traffic signal and drawing admiring glances from different sets of people along the way. The car makes its way into the empty Yas Mall, as the camera captures different facets of the mall. The driver comes to a halt before a sign that announces, ‘Yas Mall. Opening November 2014’. The car returns to the circuit drawing the attention of the crew, enroute to the racer’s hotel, the Yas Viceroy.

Creative Execution

Ahead of its opening in November 2014, Abu Dhabi’s Yas Mall launched an online film featuring the Red Bull F1 car doing the rounds of its near-finished premises. The film garnered over 430,000 views in the first two weeks on Yas Mall’s YouTube channel and has had 1,685,797 views to date.

Credits

Name Company Role
Simon Impey Simon Impey Director/Co/Writer
Joseph Hindy IN HOUSE FILMS Dop Lighting Cameraman
Julian Philips FOOTPRINT International Md/Producer/Co/Writer
Tony Ruthnam FOOTPRINT International Editor
Guruprasad Korgaonkar FOOTPRINT International Visual Fx
Hassan Ramli Hassan Ramli Music
Steve Bunce Aldar Properties PJSC General Manager
Alice Michel Aldar Properties PJSC Marketing Director