# Ad summary
Emma Chamberlain films a video in a commercial kitchen she calls "the next Chamberlain Coffee cafe", showing a glimpse of the design plans and color schemes to be incorporated, including copper, green marble, blue, and wood.
# Brand positioning
Chamberlain Coffee is presented as a trendy, high-end coffee brand with a distinct and well-defined color palette. The brand aims to occupy a space in the consumer's mind that associates it with aesthetically pleasing design and trendy lifestyle. The brand's tone is playful and confident, showing that it follows category norms by opening new locations but also pushes against them with its quirky updates and unique aesthetic choices. The brand positioning is both functional, offering coffee, and emotional, offering a lifestyle experience.
# Product
The product featured in this ad is the design and aesthetic vision for the next Chamberlain Coffee café location. The color scheme includes green marble countertops, walls covered in green, navy blue accents (Chamberlain Coffee’s color), copper, and wood. The designer and brand founder, Emma Chamberlain, presents different tile and wood samples to the viewer. The ad shows that the physical café space will embody the brand's aesthetic, aiming to give customers a visually pleasing and immersive experience. A barrier the ad addresses is the current unappealing state of the next location, but Emma says it’s about to get really good and shows samples of building materials.
# Visual style
The ad has a casual and authentic aesthetic. The editing style is quick with static shots, jump cuts, and occasional zooms. The production quality is a hybrid of UGC and a polished commercial. The pacing is consistent, and the audio-visual sync is timed to voiceover lines, creating a cohesive viewing experience.
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# Call to action
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# Storyline
- 00:00–00:03 The ad opens with Emma Chamberlain jumping over the counter in a commercial kitchen, setting a playful and unexpected tone. The message conveyed is one of spontaneity and fun, suggesting that the brand doesn't take itself too seriously. The perspective is from an outside observer who is amused by her antic.
- 00:03–00:08 00:03–00:08 Emma stands in the middle of the kitchen with her arms spread out and informs the audience that the space is "the next Chamberlain Coffee cafe." She immediately undermines this reveal by saying "it doesn’t look so good", establishing a problem for the brand to solve and conveying a tone of self-deprecating humor. She is speaking directly to the viewer in a casual, conversational manner, using a slightly ironic tone to engage them.
- 00:08–00:13 00:08–00:13 She tells the audience that the space is "about to get really good", then she says she will show the audience the plans they have going on. She specifies these plans aren’t “set in stone”. The perspective is still from Emma’s point of view, speaking directly to the camera in a casual tone, progressing the narrative by promising a behind-the-scenes look at the café's transformation.
- 00:13–00:23 00:13–00:23 Emma highlights green as the main color, similar to her home kitchen. The visual cuts to a shot of her home kitchen. This moment acts as a reference point and helps visualize the intended aesthetic. She is presenting her design preferences and personal style, conveying an emotional connection to the brand.
- 00:23–00:28 00:23–00:28 She shows the color and texture of tile samples for green walls, green marble countertops, and floors, conveying a focus on natural, high-quality materials. The perspective is from Emma, who is presenting the materials to the viewer, progressing the narrative by revealing specific design elements and creating anticipation.
- 00:28–00:37 00:28–00:37 Emma says that there will be a lot of blue going on, as well. She highlights that Chamberlain Coffee's color is navy blue, and shows blue tiles for the bathroom and the outside. She continues presenting design elements to the viewer, keeping their attention by revealing the color scheme and brand identity of Chamberlain Coffee.
- 00:37–00:47 00:37–00:47 She shows the sample for the wood shade for the cafe, establishing the color palette. Emma is holding and presenting it to the viewer and saying that it is wood, creating anticipation for what the final design will be.
- 00:47–00:56 00:47–00:56 Emma states that they will be incorporating copper. She holds up the copper sample along with a picture of the designs for the interior of the coffee shop, indicating the color scheme. She reveals a rendering draft of the cafe's interior, building excitement for the future space.
- 00:56–01:01 00:56–01:01 She says that “one day it will be this”, indicating the render of the design plans, and then stating “but right now it’s this” as she gestures to the commercial kitchen, using contrast to emphasize the before-and-after transformation. The perspective is from Emma, who is framing the current state against the future vision, creating anticipation and a sense of progress.
- 01:01–01:10 01:01–01:10 Emma expresses that “we have a lot of work to do”, and then says goodbye to the audience. She is acknowledging the amount of effort required, while still remaining positive and friendly, reinforcing the brand's authentic and personable identity.