The 4F commercial, bold and innovative in form, highlights the “unpleasant” side of sports while emphasizing the unique ethos of hard work and persistence in pursuing one’s goals. One of the key assumptions behind the audio layer was the rhythmic fusion of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 with sound effects. The sound design was intended to faithfully emphasize the events on screen, focusing on intertwining numerous sounds recorded on set with those created in post-production. Overall, the SFX sound was meant to be dynamic and prominently exposed in the mix.

The voice-over narration was performed by Tomasz Fornal, a member of the Polish national volleyball team. Working on the project required an almost surgical approach to the rhythmic editing of both the music (which was also re-edited specifically for the commercial) and, of course, the sound effects.