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They've heard it all.

It's not easy to excite a highly professional sales force for a reknown classic brand like Arrow. Sometimes the best way is simply to remind them of what the brand stands for, why it's a classic, and why they should be proud to represent it.

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Client: Arrow Shirt
Video Opener, National Sales Conference
Focal Point Productions, New York, NY

Video


POND, COUPLE IN ROWBOAT, MAN IN
ARROW SHIRT, ROWS LAZILY

STILLS: ARROW MAN, WITH WOMAN, PICNICKING...

RIDING HORSES...

WALKING ON THE BEACH...LOUNGING BY A FIREPLACE

GRAPHIC:
ARROW LOGO BUILDS

STILLS:
MEN IN VARIOUS
LEISURE ACTIVITIES

SHOOTING SKEET

POLISHING ANTIQUE CAR

DRIVING POWERFUL
SPORTS CAR

PLAYING CHESS

IN COUNTRY, BEING
PHOTOGRAPHED BY
WOMAN FRIEND...

FILM FOOTAGE (RECAP): MISTY POND, ROWING

 

STILLS: MONTAGE OF ARROW COLLAR ADS, MOVING QUICKLY THROUGH TIME, TO THE PRESENT...

FULL SCREEN GRID:
ALL THE ARROW COLLAR MEN

 

HISTORY COLLAGE:
IMAGES OF STYLISH,
UPSCALE AMERICAN MEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY. FAST-PACED VISUAL
FLOW: 1800'S TO
PRESENT...

CONTEMPORARY MALE FASHION IMAGES: STRESSING VARIETY, MEN IN ACTION...
THEIR INNER QUALITY, SPIRIT,
PERSONALITY...

Audio

MUSIC:
SOFT, ROMANTIC, LYRICAL

 

NARRATION:
Days like this... Good wine. Sunset. The freshness of autumn...or endless spring. Days that call for words like "now"..."today"..."forever."

These are the eternal moments a man's llife is carved from.

 

And Arrow is there.

 

For over a hundred and fifty years, Arrow has helped to define the spirit of the American Man.

 

Whenever he relaxes, dreams, aspires, achieves...Arrow goes with him.


 

 

On days like this...days of forever...you know Arrow will be there.

 

 

MUSIC: A NOTCH MORE UPBEAT

NARRATION:
How do we account for Arrow's perennial leadership...? Arrow knows the American Man.

 

MUSIC:
FAST-PACED MIX COMPRESSING AMERICAN POP MUSIC HISTORY: STEPHEN FOSTER, OLD-TIMEY BANJO, EARLY JAZZ, 40'S
SWING, EARLY ROCK,CONTEMPORARY
FUSION, ETC.

NARRATION:
The American Man. Setting records...setting trends...touching every base, from informality to elegance...with ease and confidence.

For any occasion, he sets the pace. He knows it. The world knows it. And the world also knows that, whenever you find the American Man...


Arrow is there.

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