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'Fancy a McDonald's?' Raise Your Arches (2023) :60 (UK)

Based on the insight that grabbing a McDonald's is so universal, you can communicate it without uttering a single word. Just "raise your arches". We're in an office where this invitation is communicated to everyone, and the entire floor collectively storms out to grab a break at McDonald's. We never actually get to see the food, no bite and smile! But there are plenty of other details, like the words on the board behind the lady holding a meeting. British filmmaker Edgar Wright directed. You know him from Baby Driver, Last Night in Soho, and Shaun of the Dead - where he perfected scenes synchronized perfectly to music. The choice of music is pretty darn perfect as we haven't seen this Yello song used so expertly since "The Secret of my success" in 1987. 


The McDonald's logo turns into eyebrows and this animation will be used in-restaurant as well. This fun eyebrow = arches idea is further carried out in Snapchat filters that can be used to invite friends to McDonald's. 

Michelle Graham-Clare, the chief marketing officer for McDonald’s UK & Ireland

'Fancy a McDonald's?' Raise Your Arches (2023) :60 (UK)
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Ad agency: Leo Burnett UK


Production company: Moxie Pictures


Director: Edgar Wright


Music: Yello - "Oh yeah"


Digital arches design: Linney


Credits
Campaign: Raise Your Arches

Client: McDonald’s
CMO, SVP: Michelle Graham-Clare
Director of Marketing & Media: Steve Howells
Head of Marketing – Affinity, Trust & Family: Hannah Pain
Head of Customer Communications & Partnerships: Louise Page
Brand Manager: Amber Myers

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett
CCO: Chaka Sobhani
Executive Creative Director: Mark Elwood
Creative Director: James Millers & Andrew Long
Senior Creative: Gareth Butters
Copywriter: Gareth Butters
Art Director: Joe Miller
Creative Director of Design: David Allen
Designer: Jakk Breedon
Head of Planning: Tom Sussman
Planning Director: Joe Beveridge
Senior Planner: Roxy Windisch
Head of Account Management: Sam Houlston
Business Director: Jay Perry
Account Director: Alice Pavey / Alex Light
Account Manager: Carys Parry
Account Executive: Brittony Kelly
Head of Project Management: Jamie Teale
Head of McDonalds TV Production: Graeme Light

Media Agency: OMD
Media Team: Mandy Arora, Tejal Maru
Production Company: Moxie Pictures
Director: Edgar Wright
Editor: David Webb/ Final Cut
Producer: Doochy Moult
Post-Production Company: Framestore
(Darran Nicholson (Flame), Alexia Paterson (Producer) and Stef Perry (Colourist)
Audio Post Production: Sam Ashwell/ 750mph

Photography and Motion Production: Prodigious
Head of Art Production: Jo Hodge
Photographer: Tom Van Schelven

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