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"Cog"

Agency: Wieden + Kennedy UK Ltd
Advertiser: Honda
Production Company: Partizan Midi Minuit, Partizan

Date of First: Publication 4/14/2003
Market: Europe, United Kingdom
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Language: English
Type: Television
Length: 120 seconds
Soundtrack/Song: "Rapper's Delight"
Tagline: Honda. The power of dreams.

Executive Creative Director: Tony Davidson, Kim Papworth
Art Director: Matt Gooden
Copywriter: Ben Walker
Director: Antoine Bardou-Jacquet
Director of Photography: David Ungaro, Dave Ungaro
Producer: Fi Kilroe, Madeleine Sanderson, James Tomkinson, Franck Montillot
Account Director: Jonathan Campbell
Agency Producer: Rob Steiner
Editor: Bill Smedley
Editing Company: The Quarry
Post Production: The Mill
Audio Post Production: Wave Studios
Special Effects / VFX: Barnsley, The Mill
Music: Sugar Hill Gang
Sound Designer: Johnnie Burn
Recording Studio: Wave Studios
First Assistant Director: Olivier Colhoun

Ad Description / Synopsis
The 2 minute commercial, entitled “cog”, uses over 85 individual parts of the new Accord which precisely and intricately “knock on to” and interact with one another to form a complex chain reaction which lasts until the new Accord is finally revealed.

Context
The advertising challenge was to show that the new Accord was “well engineered” in a way that was particular to Honda and differentiated it from German car manufacturers.

Case Study / Agency Solution
Demonstrate the perfection of the Accord's design through 'warm engineering' which communicates precision and intricacy of Honda engineering but in a typically human, plain speaking, optimistic and honest way that is Honda’s tone of voice.