Subnet Studio

T20 cricket franchise · Pitch work · Sport

A season of club content from one kit, without a player on set.

A T20 franchise needs a constant stream of content: kit launches, sponsor activations, signings, matchday. Every piece costs player time, which is the scarcest thing a team has. We made this as a pitch to show what a season could look like without it.

We designed a kit and supplied it to ourselves as packshots, the way a club would, then locked it: the collar, the gold print, the wordmark, the fabric, the sponsors. We cast one player for the club, locked his face and build, and held him and the kit across a season of scenes and a matchday reel.

19 scenes across kit launch, sponsors, signings and matchday, plus an 84-second reel, from one kit and one locked player, with no shoot day.

  • 1

    kit, locked

  • 19

    scenes

  • 0

    shoot days

A player in the black and gold home kit on a city rooftop at night, stadium floodlights behind him

The film

Matchday reel · 1:24

The kit and the player we locked

From this…

Locked once, then held in every frame that follows.

Packshot: the home kit from the front, with cap
Front
Packshot: the back of the home kit
Back
Packshot: the home kit in side profile, showing the raglan sleeve
Side
Detail: the blade collar with gold piping and the placket buttons
Collar
Detail: a macro of the gold print on the textured performance fabric
Fabric
Detail: the back of the neck and the cap from behind
Back neck
Identity sheet: the cast player, face on
Player: face
Identity sheet: the cast player, full body
Player: build
The same player and kit under a blue spotlight, the stadium lit blue
The player under a gold spotlight in the stadium
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As madeRelit blue

One instruction: “change the light behind him to blue”. The player and the kit stay exactly the same.

What we made

…to this.

A batter in the home kit plays a drive under the floodlights
A player with arms crossed under a gold spotlight in a packed stadium
Two batters walk out of the tunnel past cheering fans
A player walking down a concrete tunnel toward the floodlit field
A packed stadium under fireworks at night, seen from the stands
The home shirt floating in front of a packed night stadium with fireworks

Kit launch.

The reveal, the retail images and the details for the online store, all from one product lock, so the launch, the shop and social show the same shirt.

The home shirt on a plinth under a single warm spotlight in a dark gallery
Gallery reveal
The home shirt floating in front of a packed night stadium
Stadium reveal
A macro of the gold print and wordmark on the shirt
Print detail

Sponsor activations.

Sponsors are owed content with players in it, and player time is scarce. Each partner gets its own set, from the same kit, without a shoot day.

A player in the home kit relaxes in an armchair in a wood-panelled partner lounge
Partner lounge
A player in the home kit seated in a bright partner lounge with the Nexora logo on the wall
Nexora lounge
A player in the home kit holds a black bottle in a teal and gold studio set
Product placement
A studio portrait of a player adjusting his watch against gold light streaks
Watch partner

Squad, signings and matchday.

Portraits for announcements and matchday graphics. The player is cast for the club and held across every frame, so the face belongs to the team.

A player in the home kit in the tunnel under a “Welcome to the team” sign
New signing
The captain in the home kit seated in a leather chair in a wood-panelled office
Captain’s portrait
A close portrait of a player in cap and kit in a concrete tunnel
Tunnel portrait
Close portrait of the player in the team cap and kit
Player portrait
A player in the home kit kneels holding a lit diya in a Diwali setting
Seasonal: Diwali
A player in the home kit on a city rooftop at night
Hero frame

Credits

  • Pitch work, made by Subnet Studio
  • Kit, team and sponsors are fictional
Next: One character. The same man, everywhere he goes.

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