PepsiCo
2023
Silent Crunch

A playful, AI-driven launch film for Doritos built on a simple tension. Doritos are famously loud. What if technology could cancel the crunch?
Project Details
Doritos Silent launched as the idea of an AI-augmented snack: downloadable software that listened for Doritos crunches and cancelled them in real time, so gamers could keep eating without giving themselves away on the mic. The film leans into exaggerated tech culture, treating snack-noise suppression with the seriousness of advanced sound analysis and AI infrastructure. The interface becomes part of the joke, intentionally over-engineered and theatrically precise
I designed and animated the UI elements that drive the narrative, shaping how crunch detection, cancellation and feedback were visualised on screen. The motion needed to feel technically credible yet clearly excessive, balancing precision with satire.
I created the on-screen graphics for the main launch film, directed by Josh Cohen and produced through OB42, part of a wider campaign led by Sips & Bites.
Catagory
Commercial
Type
Product Campaign
Concept
The interface works as both storytelling device and comedic amplifier, grounding the absurdity in a cohesive visual framework. The joke is in the overkill: treating a crunch like a threat to be detected, analysed and cancelled.
The campaign went on to win a Yellow Pencil and additional pencils at the D&AD Awards 2024 and a Silver at the Clio Awards 2025.











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Credits
Director
Josh Cohen
Executive Producer
Sam Holmes
Producer
Jack Bradley
Production
OB42
Agency
PepsiCo
Agency Producer
Carmen De Witt
Executive Creative Director
Matthew Watson
Creatives
Chris Lovell
Jonathan Beach
DOP
Pieter Snyman
1st AD
Rados Vucic
Service Company
Shishmish Films
Production Designer
Goran Yoxa
Make-up Artist
Marija Vasić
Stylist
Jelena Djordjevic
Casting
Emma Garrett
Account Director
Kier Simons
VFX
Harry Davidson
Design
Dexter George
Editor
Chris Walker
Colourist
Tim Smith
Sound Design
Jake Ashwell
Music
Joe Davis
Special Thanks
Toros Kose
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