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Mother has created Selfridges' first TV and cinema campaign for five years to promote the opening of its new store in Birmingham.
The 40-second execution, 'pointing', which breaks this week, focuses on people participating in day-to-day activities with one arm raised, pointing for no apparent reason.
We discover why they are behaving in this way when the scene reveals the dramatic silver dome clad with aluminum discs that houses Selfridges' new department store. The endline reads: 'Selfridges & Co. Now see inside.'
The ad will run on ITV and Channel 4 in central regions and in cinemas around Birmingham. It will be backed by a poster presence in the city centre and on major road routes.
Posters also centre on the unusual appearance of the building by suggesting that people mark special events by having their photographs taken in front of it. Among those to pose outside are a newly married couple, a local cricket team and a brass band.
Mother's Luke Williamson said: 'We knew that the people of Birmingham were very intrigued by the building while it was under construction and we wanted to build on ...