Mercedes-Benz V-Class National Launch

An action-packed promenade theatre piece with the V-class minivan playing the leading part during the launch event in Shanghai.

October '18

Shanghai, China

To reposition a V-class minivan by Mercedes-Benz at an event aimed at journalists and media representatives.

World's first automotive launch in the format of a promenade theatre production — an action-packed thriller that took the viewers on a journey on the V-class minivan across Shanghai, racing for the lost treasure of the main character.

Credits

  • Experiential Director Denis Astakhov
    Director Alexey Karpenko
  • Сreative Director Victor Lander
    Producer Eugenia Strizhkina
  • Lighting Director Stepan Novikov
    Production Director Alexey Makrushin
  • Idea and copywriting Oleg Bootkovsky
    Scriptwriters Nikolay Nikitin, Vera Loginova
  • Production Kiselev & Kulyakhtin Team
    CG Producer Vlad Kiselev
  • Art Director Nikolay Kulyakhtin
    3D Animation Alexey Churochkin, Victor Meshcheryakov,
  • Ildar Enikeev, Andrey Osokin, Kirill Zarubin,
    Sergey Shkirskiy, Vlad Kiselev, Yegor Kumachov
  • 3D Modelling Dmitry Cheremnov
    2D character animation Daria Volchok
  • Post production RaketaFX
    Music & Sound Design Monoleak
  • Photographer Andrey Buzin
    Filming Konstantin Bykovskii,
  • Andrey Rymarev, Stepan Belousov
    Video post-production STGFILMSERVICE
  • Film Editor Stepan Belousov
    Music & SFX Kirill Taushkin
  • Production Assistant Nikolay Fomin
    Colorist Serafim Salnikov