FLAX · Year unknown · 00:55 · 16:9
Shit In Space
A couple wishes on a shooting star that is actually ejected space station waste.
Full creative analysis
This commercial for FLAX scratch lottery addresses the creative challenge of reframing the concept of 'lucky signs' without falling into predictable, sentimental tropes. The ad opens with cinematic sci-fi fidelity inside an orbiting space station. As the crew calls for astronaut Yuri to help with solar panels, the camera reveals Yuri sitting on the space station toilet reading a book. Yuri zips up his suit, seals his waste into an ejection hatch, and presses a red 'EJECT' button. The ejected package enters Earth's atmosphere, blazing dramatically like a falling meteor. The scene cuts to Earth, where a romantic couple sits under the starry night sky. The woman points at the fiery streak and exclaims, 'Look, a shooting star!', before the on-screen text delivers the tongue-in-cheek tagline: 'The world is full of lucky signs.' The execution relies on a stark contrast between epic space-movie production design and absurd, mundane bathroom humor, using dramatic irony to deliver an amusing brand message about misinterpreting signs of luck.
Why it is useful
A masterclass in using cinematic scale and genre tropes to set up a deadpan comedic reversal that subverts a romantic cliché.
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