Conall McAteer


adidas x Aston Villa: Away Kit Launch
Creative Director
Hero Video
2026

When leaked kits are part of the football ecosystem, you’ve got two choices: try to fight it or own it.

To help launch adidas and Aston Villa's new away shirt we turned the leak into the story. Premiering GASLAMP. A film noir trailer, telling the mystery of the leak of the new away shirt whose design was inspired by the gaslamp outside Villa Park. A landmark that’s stood there since the club was founded. We leant into the visual world of the film noir genre from script to cinematography. Every detail designed to feel less like a kit launch and more like pure cinema.
Credits:

Agency: M+C Saatchi Sport + Entertainment; Director: Blood Films