Accelerate

Accelerate

Accelerate

Description

Designed to inspire the data science and sales leader audience at InsideSales.com's Accelerate event, this video leveraged the Ford's 24 Hours of Le Mans story to illustrate power of innovation and will. Plus we got to spend the day with a 1968 Ford GT40 that helped put American racing on the map and was once owned by Steve McQueen himself.

Client

InsideSales.com

My Role

Director / Writer / Editor

Year

2015

Type of work

Event Intro Video

challenge

InsideSales.com needed an event opener that would inspire and audience that ranged from data scientists to sales leaders, while also tying in the event theme of using data to accelerating sales.

APPROACH

If there was a venn diagram depicting the interests of the diverse Accelerate audience, "racecars" would likely appear somewhere in the intersection. And in the world of racing, few stories are as infamous as the tale of Ford v. Ferrari. Underdog vs. Big Dog. Science and engineering. Speed and power. With a straight-forward premise that tied directly to InsideSales.com's brand ethos, It was the perfect platform on which to build an inspirational opening video.

APPROACH

If there was a venn diagram depicting the interests of the diverse Accelerate audience, "racecars" would likely appear somewhere in the intersection. And in the world of racing, few stories are as infamous as the tale of Ford v. Ferrari. Underdog vs. Big Dog. Science and engineering. Speed and power. With a straight-forward premise that tied directly to InsideSales.com's brand ethos, It was the perfect platform on which to build an inspirational opening video.

Results

The video was a smash hit at the event, but it also proved successful online, being shared on several automotive sites and forums and gaining over 100k organic views.

Ford themselves reached out to inquire about using the video in their own marketing promotions.

Additionally, a Hollywood production company made contact to ask questions about the development of the video. A few years later, the Ford v. Ferrari movie starting Matt Damon and Christian Bale was announced to be in production. Coincidence? Probably so. But one can always dream…

Contact

Let's make some cool stuff.

I'm here to listen, collaborate, or even cosplay as your favorite space princess.

Contact

Let's make some cool stuff.

I'm here to listen, collaborate, or even cosplay as your favorite space princess.

Contact

Let's make some cool stuff.

I'm here to listen, collaborate, or even cosplay as your favorite space princess.