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The Rock

Ascendance

A two-minute trailer for The Rock's YouTube channel launch.

Client
The Rock
Format
YouTube trailer · 16:9
Runtime
1:59
Services
Trailer production
The Tape
CH 01 · Ascendance: The Trailer
1:59
SP · Stereo
● Hi-Fi
MMNT-010 · Ascendance: The Trailer · SP
MMNT VD-2000 · Hi-Fi Stereo
The Brief

1.8 million views.

A channel launch only gets one first impression. For The Rock's YouTube channel, that first impression was Ascendance, a trailer built to open with scale.

The Moves

What we actually did.

Trailer production. One crew, start to finish.

Take 1

Scale from the first frame

A name that big needs a trailer that behaves like a trailer.

Take 2

Made to open a channel

The job isn't just to look good. It's to make a new subscriber want the next video.

The Receipts

What it added up to.

1.8MViews on the trailer
1:59Runtime
1Channel launched

Ascendance passed 1.8M views. For a channel launch, that's the number that matters: proof the first impression turned into attention.

Contact Sheet

Frames from the tape.

Pulled straight from the footage. Click any frame to blow it up.

TC 00:01:37 · Ascendance: The Trailer
TC 00:01:05 · Ascendance: The Trailer
TC 00:01:16 · Ascendance: The Trailer
TC 00:01:48 · Ascendance: The Trailer
TC 00:00:11 · Ascendance: The Trailer
TC 00:00:44 · Ascendance: The Trailer
TC 00:00:33 · Ascendance: The Trailer
End Credits

Who made it.

Production
Momentous
Let's Roll

Let's
roll.

Tell us what's not getting made yet. We'll tell you if it's a project or a retainer, and when we can start. No deck, no dog and pony. Just the plan.

Let's Cook