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Canal + – The beauty of sport

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Another sports themed ad, another punchily edited montage depicting endeavour and perseverance: nerves of steel; perfect abs gleaming under a slick of nobel sweat; players and athletes roaring with fervour and passion for their glorious pursuits. 

It can all get a bit samey. But then a spot comes along that turns the clichés into pure art. 

Directed by Stuart McIntyre through Wanda Productions, The Beauty of Sport delights the eye with a beautifully photographed dance of slow-mo, and fast-mo scenes, charms the ear with elegant music and sound design, and nourishes the mind with a lyrical script about the details in sporting quests. 

DP Paul Guilhaume echoes this focus on details with lush details in the photography, such as a kaleidoscope pattern of fragmented images reforming into an expert kick that shatters a mirror. 

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