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WCRS: Sky Cinema 'Christmas 2017'
Agency: WCRS
Client: Sky Cinema
Date: November 2017
Built around The Sound of Music, one of the first films to be broadcast on Sky in 1989, WCRS' latest advert for Sky Cinema tells the moving story of a mother and daughter and the Christmases they spend together over the course of 25 years.
Starting from the wide-eyed wonder of a four-year-old watching the film for the first time, the advert takes viewers on a journey through the years of teenage awkwardness and a gap year spent travelling, before finally revealing the daughter as a mother herself, beginning a new cycle of Christmas movie traditions.
Written by WCRS creatives Alicia Job and Jessica Watson, and directed by Ben Liam Jones at Strange Love Productions, the advert was shot on film to evoke the sense of time passing, and features an original arrangement by Jonathan Goldstein of the famous 'Favourite Things' from The Sound of Music.
It is one of three TV adverts in a campaign that has a panoramic presence across television, out of home and across social and digital media. A second ad, promoting Sky Cinema's dedicated Christmas channel, focuses on the theme of a letter to Santa, and details the wide array of Christmas classics available on the channel.
Credits:
Carli Farmer - Marketing Director - Sky
Rachael Halliday - Head of Marketing - Sky Cinema
Sara Thomas - Senior Marketing Manager - Sky
Louise Kelly - Marketing Executive - Sky Cinema
Rachael Halliday - Head of Marketing - Sky Cinema
Sara Thomas - Senior Marketing Manager - Sky
Louise Kelly - Marketing Executive - Sky Cinema
Leon Jaume - Executive Creative Director - WCRS
Simon Robinson - Creative Directors - WCRS
Alicia Job - Creative - WCRS
Jessica Watson - Creative - WCRS
Bradley Woodus - Agency Producer - WCRS
Nosisa Majuqwana - Agency Producer - WCRS
Ed Norrington - Account Handling - WCRS
Richard Williams - Account Handling - WCRS
Kya Boon - Account Handling - WCRS
James Stevens - Planning - WCRS
Adele Aitchison - Planning - WCRS
Simon Robinson - Creative Directors - WCRS
Alicia Job - Creative - WCRS
Jessica Watson - Creative - WCRS
Bradley Woodus - Agency Producer - WCRS
Nosisa Majuqwana - Agency Producer - WCRS
Ed Norrington - Account Handling - WCRS
Richard Williams - Account Handling - WCRS
Kya Boon - Account Handling - WCRS
James Stevens - Planning - WCRS
Adele Aitchison - Planning - WCRS
Media Agency: Mediacom
Production Company: Strange Love
Director: Ben Liam Jones
Producer: Jason Lovelock
Production Manager: Katie Keith
Editors: Whitehouse
Editor: Elena De Palma
Sound Studio: Grand Central Recording Studios
Sound Design: Tom Pugh
Post-Production: Absolute Post
Colourist: Matt Turner
Production Company: Strange Love
Director: Ben Liam Jones
Producer: Jason Lovelock
Production Manager: Katie Keith
Editors: Whitehouse
Editor: Elena De Palma
Sound Studio: Grand Central Recording Studios
Sound Design: Tom Pugh
Post-Production: Absolute Post
Colourist: Matt Turner
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: Promotur Turismo de Canarias 'Meet Me and Lose Yourself'
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Client: Promotur Turismo de Canarias
Date: November 2017
The hero creative from the Canary Islands’ tourist board’s latest campaign isn’t a flashy TVC but an artistic set of photographs from the Finnish Instagrammer Konsta Punkka, who depicts models disguised in the islands’ scenery thanks to the miracle of body paint.
‘Meet Me and Lose Yourself’ is a series of portraits that portray the subjects subtly camouflaged amid the forests, beaches and unique volcanic landscape of the Canaries. The photos and their corresponding gifs aim to convey the richness and diversity of the isles, and promote them as the idea destination for nature tourism.
Scenery spotlighted includes the multiple-armed cardo plant, white sand dunes, volcanic lava flows and the laurisilva forest.
German artist Léonié Gené, an expert in body make-up, was brought on board to cleverly paint the campaign’s models into the scenery.
The project was co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The images will be shared on the Canary Islands’ Facebook pages in Spanish, English, Italian, French, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Polish and German languages, as well as through the Russian social network VK.
They will also be shared in Spanish and English on the tourism brand’s Instagram.
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Mother London: KFC 'Roll Together, Feast Together'
Agency: Mother London
Client: KFC
Date: November 2017
KFC has foregone CGI and snow-covered scenery for a minimalist setting at Christmas, releasing a festive spot that sees an all-female six-piece perform a stripped down version of Sam Cooke’s classic Good Times using only the chain’s buckets as percussion.
The film from Mother London was captured in one take and sweeps through the KFC Bucket song group’s step dance performance in an empty hall strung with Christmas lights. Artists Kayla, Nathalie, Lara, Andrea, Odilia and Nicey were selected to perform from step dance groups across the UK.
“We’ve chosen to shoot a simple, paired back execution as this story doesn’t need additional layers of complication to be heard,” said Chris Gallery, Partner at Mother. “It’s something that we’ll all want this Christmas - to catch up with friends and family and feast.”
The ad ends with the line ‘Roll Together, Feast Together’, a message that will be translated beyond the TVC into radio, outdoor, social media, in-restaurant and editorial in the coming weeks.
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MullenLowe London: Post Office 'It's Never Just Post'
Agency: MullenLowe London
Client: Post Office
Date: November 2017
MullenLowe's new work from the Post Office highlights the brand as the humble partner for all of us over the busy festive period.
The campaign called ‘It’s Never Just Post’ shows that the good folk at the Post Office understand the importance of every delivery, big and small. Each parcel has a story behind it, making every piece sent so much more than just post.
The films were produced by Yeti, the agency's in-house production facility. The campaign will run online and in print, in addition to some radio advertising.
Credits:
Creative Team: Charlotte Robins & Nina Griffiths
Planner: James Dawkins
Account Team: Sophie Arnett (GAD), Tegwen Tucker (AM)
Agency Producers: Vanessa Hunt (broadcast), Lisa Tuck (print), Natalie Miller (asst)
Media Agency: Carat
Designer: Harry Ingrams/Dom Scriven
Planner: James Dawkins
Account Team: Sophie Arnett (GAD), Tegwen Tucker (AM)
Agency Producers: Vanessa Hunt (broadcast), Lisa Tuck (print), Natalie Miller (asst)
Media Agency: Carat
Designer: Harry Ingrams/Dom Scriven
TVC “BOX” / “DEAR SANTA” / “APOLOGY”
Production Company: YETI
Director: Isaac Bell
DOP: Isaac Bell
Executive Producer: Fraser Jamieson
Producer: Vanessa Hunt
Production Asst.: Natalie Miller
Production Company: YETI
Director: Isaac Bell
DOP: Isaac Bell
Executive Producer: Fraser Jamieson
Producer: Vanessa Hunt
Production Asst.: Natalie Miller
Editing House: Yeti
Editor: Martin Bridge/Jon Steiner
Post Production: Martin Bridge/Jon Steiner
Audio Post Production: Grand Central Recording Studios
Music Lyrics: n/a
Recording Studio: Grand Central Recording Studios
Editor: Martin Bridge/Jon Steiner
Post Production: Martin Bridge/Jon Steiner
Audio Post Production: Grand Central Recording Studios
Music Lyrics: n/a
Recording Studio: Grand Central Recording Studios
Print
Agency Producer Lisa Tuck
Account Team Sophie Arnett (GAD), Tegwen Tucker (AM)
Creative Team Charlotte Robins & Nina Griffiths
Photographer Aaron Tilley
Designer Harry Ingrams/Dom Scriven
Any other relevant credits
Agency Producer Lisa Tuck
Account Team Sophie Arnett (GAD), Tegwen Tucker (AM)
Creative Team Charlotte Robins & Nina Griffiths
Photographer Aaron Tilley
Designer Harry Ingrams/Dom Scriven
Any other relevant credits
Online
Agency Producer David Underwood/Karen Franklyn
Account Team Sophie Arnett
Creative Team Charlotte Robins & Nina Griffiths
Designer Chris Davey
Agency Producer David Underwood/Karen Franklyn
Account Team Sophie Arnett
Creative Team Charlotte Robins & Nina Griffiths
Designer Chris Davey
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: Apple 'Sway'
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Client: Apple
Date: November 2017
Apple’s annual holiday spot for 2017 depicts a wordless dance to Sam Smith’s Palace in the New York snow, made possible by the brand’s wireless ear buds.
The spot, entitled ‘Sway’, features two New York City dancers who once met at an audition and are now married in real life – Lauren Yatango-Grant and Christopher Grant. The scene opens as Yatango-Grant walking through the city in a flurry of snow and selecting to play Palace by Sam Smith on iTunes.
She closes her eyes and, lost in the moment, begins a lyrical dance as the sky darkens and a spotlight tracks her movement through the streets. The music stops and reality descends when she dances head-first into Grant, however after she places a bud into his ear, the dance begins again as a pas de deux.
When the couple breaks apart, daylight reveals the snow has set thickly on the ground. The line reads: ‘Move someone this holiday’.
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: Sonos 'A Very Sonos Holiday'
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Client: Sonos
Date: November 2017
Sonos has unlisted music director Jason Koenig for a groovy, multi-generational choreographed Christmas spot, sound tracked by Deee-Lite’s 1990 banger ‘Groove is in the Heart’.
The video starts with a family unsociably lazing around an apartment at Christmastime. Using Sonos’ voice control technology, the matriarch preparing the dinner tells the system to play 'Groove is in the Heart'.
As the bassline kicks in, the group begins a free flowing dance around the house with no apparent control of the funk in their limbs. All generations join in as the song continues, and the family joins together in the living room for a choreographed routine before sitting down, reinvigorated, at the dinner table.
The three-minute ad continues on from Sonos’ ‘Reset the Mood’ campaign, which launched in October and showcased the multi-room ‘Play Everywhere’ function. The creative was inspired by videos of fans dancing that are habitually sent to the brand’s HQ.
The full ad will go live in cinemas, across digital and edited versions will appear as pre-roll.
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Pegasus: Samaritans 'Small Talk Saves Lives'
Agency: Pegasus
Client: Samaritans
Date: November 2017
A new campaign from Samaritans, British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail aims to encourage commuters to act if they think a fellow passenger may be at risk of suicide on the railways, highlighting how small talk has the power to save a life.
For every life lost on the railway, six are saved by the actions of those around them and the Small Talk Saves Lives campaign demonstrates what the public can do to help, illustrated by Sarah’s story in the charity’s latest film.
The campaign’s creative has been led by Pegasus, with the film shot by director Matt Hopkins of The Progress Film Company.
Credits:
Creative Agency – Pegasus
Creative Director – Stuart Hehir
Senior Creative – Adam Hayes
Scriptwriter – Ian Ray
Associate Director – Chris Webb
Senior Account Manager – Ellie Madgwick
Production Company – The Progress Film Company
Director – Matt Hopkins
Producer – Richard Guy
Production Manager – Heeva Hamed
Director of Photography – Charlie Herranz
Focus Puller – Pete Blakemore
Camera Assistant – Anca Badita
Sound Recordist – Robin Gerrard
Gaffer – David Nye
Spark – John Antill
Art Director – Elizabeth Melinak
Art Assistant – Luke Shepherd
Colorist – Caroline Morin @ Cheat
Sound Design – James Locke Hart
DIT – Jesse Lewis-Reece
Runners – Amy Jones & Daniel Stoker
Creative Director – Stuart Hehir
Senior Creative – Adam Hayes
Scriptwriter – Ian Ray
Associate Director – Chris Webb
Senior Account Manager – Ellie Madgwick
Production Company – The Progress Film Company
Director – Matt Hopkins
Producer – Richard Guy
Production Manager – Heeva Hamed
Director of Photography – Charlie Herranz
Focus Puller – Pete Blakemore
Camera Assistant – Anca Badita
Sound Recordist – Robin Gerrard
Gaffer – David Nye
Spark – John Antill
Art Director – Elizabeth Melinak
Art Assistant – Luke Shepherd
Colorist – Caroline Morin @ Cheat
Sound Design – James Locke Hart
DIT – Jesse Lewis-Reece
Runners – Amy Jones & Daniel Stoker
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Isobel: Tech Will Save Us 'Side Effects'
Agency: Isobel
Client: Tech Will Save Us
Date: November 2017
Tech Will Save Us has launched its first ever campaign during the holiday season to promote a range of tech kits featuring Microbot, Synth Kit and Dough Universe. Tech Will Save Us toys introduce kids to fundamental STE(A)M principles; encouraging them to make, code and invent.
Created by advertising agency Isobel, the ‘Side Effects’ campaign plays off the imagination of kids, showing what sort of clever innovations and hacks they can create with tech toys. The opening frame heeds a familiar 'Warning' sign, letting parents know about the possible ‘side effects’ these tech toys could have on their kid’s lives.
But there’s an underlying message of empowerment, directed to all kids. Don’t want to walk the dog? No problem, hack your Microbot to do it for you.
The campaign will run in the UK and US online, in out of home, radio and direct communications
Credits:
Creative Director: Rob Fletcher
Creatives: Georgia Stephenson, Dan Stubbs
Marketing Director: Christi Tronetti
Producer: Christi Tronetti
Strategy Director: Danny Roca Graduate
Account Executive: Alice Pavey
TWSU
Head of Marketing: Tom Baker
Design Manager: Adam Shephard
Somesuch Director: Raine Allen Miller
Producer: Tarquin Glass
Exec Producer: Sarah Pearson
DOP: Krzysztof Trojnar
Production Designer: Jenny Gardiner
Stylist: Lola Chatterton
Editor: Elise Butt @ Trim
Colour: Jack McGinty @ Time Based Arts
Post Production: Time Based Arts Music: Georgia Barnes
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BBC Creative: BBC Four 'Everything Is Better With Music'
Agency: BBC Creative
Client: BBC Four
Date: November 2017
To promote its Friday night dedication to musical programming, BBC Four has stripped three iconic performances of all their melody to prove that ‘everything is better with music’.
BBC archive gigs from Iggy Pop, Lionel Richie and Tina Turner are turned into surreal, almost comical performances simply by using the vocals, backing melody and audience reaction.
The songs, usually identifiable as Lust for Live, My Destiny and Steamy Windows respectively, are distorted beyond recognition, with only bespoke sound effects added back in to capture the ambient sounds of the stage.
The three trails were created by BBC Creative in collaboration with YouTuber and master audio manipulator Mario Wienerroither. More performances will be revealed in the following weeks to promote BBC Four as the channel for music fans on Friday nights.
Credits:
Creative: Vikki Stephenson
Creative Head: Susan Ayton
Executive Creative Heads: Aidan McClure/Laurent Simon
Sound Designer/Editor: Mario Wienerroither
Researchers: Edward Hobson/Farad Painchun
Marketing Executives: Himesh Dusara/Eleanor Sethi
Creative Head: Susan Ayton
Executive Creative Heads: Aidan McClure/Laurent Simon
Sound Designer/Editor: Mario Wienerroither
Researchers: Edward Hobson/Farad Painchun
Marketing Executives: Himesh Dusara/Eleanor Sethi
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All Mighty Pictures: WWF 'Just Like Us'
Agency: All Mighty Pictures
Client: WWF
Date: November 2017
The WWF has released a one-minute film, titled ‘Just Like Us' for Christmas, revealing the loss an elephant feels when it sees its herd attacked and killed by poachers for their tusks.
Debuting across national TV and online on Tuesday (21 November), the advert written and produced by All Mighty Pictures shows the entire scene through the reflection in an elephant’s eye, thanks to digital CGI rendering by Time Based Arts.
It’s the latest effort from WWF which is appealing for urgent donations this Christmas to help fund its work worldwide, including bringing down the illegal wildlife trade.
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VCCP: The Football Association 'For All'
Agency: VCCP
Client: The Football Association
Date: November 2017
FA aims to double the player base and fans of women and girls by 2020 with its campaign 'For All'. FA rolled out a 30 second video created by VCCP and renowned director Courtney Phillips, which shows a group of girls performing a choreographed dance routine, later revealed as a goal celebration at a football match.
Credits:
Video created by VCCP and Director Courtney Phillips
Media planning - Manning Gottlieb OMD.
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4129Grey: UNICEF 'Toys of Hope'
Agency: 4129Grey
Client: UNICEF
Date: November 2017
There are more than 1.5 million refugee children in Turkey. Forced to flee their homeland, these children have lost a lot: their relatives, friends, home, schools and some of their most beloved personal belongings.
On 20 November, World Children’s Day, Unicef wanted to reunite refugee children with the toys they left behind. Based on the children's descriptions, toy designers, 3D modelers and sculptors recreated their favorite toys – the Toys of Hope.
Credits:
CEO&CCO: Alemşah Öztürk
Creative Director: İlyas Eralp, Seren Köroğlu
Creative Group Head: Alperen Altınöz, Ahmet Terzioğlu
Creative: Deniz Makal, Emir Anarat, Emre Gülver, Ercan Akkaya, Bilal Öztaş, Şafak Kördikanlıoğlu, Aydın Gürer, Nihan Kutlu, Atakan Demiral, Mehmet Ali Ekmekçi
Brand Director: Melike Aşcı
Brand Manager: Ecem Gök
Project Director: Aslı Ergüzel
Project Manager: Burcu Okumuşoğlu
Technical Director: Hidayet Bayraktar
Web Developer: Alen Dursun, Emre Çakmakçı
Agency Producer: Gülşah Batıbeki, Kasım Bektaş, Can Aran
Production Company: İkinci Parti
Photographer: Murat Çınar (Honeybee)
Sound designer: Cem Gonenc - Sinefekt
Toy Designer: Banu Kurt, Aydın Gürer, Bilal Hakan Karakaya, Tiridi
Creative Director: İlyas Eralp, Seren Köroğlu
Creative Group Head: Alperen Altınöz, Ahmet Terzioğlu
Creative: Deniz Makal, Emir Anarat, Emre Gülver, Ercan Akkaya, Bilal Öztaş, Şafak Kördikanlıoğlu, Aydın Gürer, Nihan Kutlu, Atakan Demiral, Mehmet Ali Ekmekçi
Brand Director: Melike Aşcı
Brand Manager: Ecem Gök
Project Director: Aslı Ergüzel
Project Manager: Burcu Okumuşoğlu
Technical Director: Hidayet Bayraktar
Web Developer: Alen Dursun, Emre Çakmakçı
Agency Producer: Gülşah Batıbeki, Kasım Bektaş, Can Aran
Production Company: İkinci Parti
Photographer: Murat Çınar (Honeybee)
Sound designer: Cem Gonenc - Sinefekt
Toy Designer: Banu Kurt, Aydın Gürer, Bilal Hakan Karakaya, Tiridi
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DDFH&B: The Marie Keating Foundation 'Coughing Billboard'
Agency: DDFH&B
Client: The Marie Keating Foundation
Date: November 2017
The Marie Keating Foundation has teamed up with DDFH&B to launch its first ever coughing billboard.
Designed to raise awareness of about the dangers of lung cancer, the specially-built outdoor piece includes an audio instalment that immediately grabs the attention of passers-by with a coughing sound. The billboard displays a seemingly innocent statement, but when you look closely at the typography, the letters reveal a serious message: ‘I had cancer’.
The outdoor billboard is part of wider campaign, ‘Listen to Your Lungs’, which coincides with Lung Cancer Awareness month this November. The campaign aims to encourage people to take notice of persistent chesty coughs and get them checked by their GP, as this could be a warning sign of the disease.
In addition to the outdoor billboard, DDFH&B is launching the campaign on radio, online, and across social. Across each platform, the mention of cancer is deliberately obscured to hammer home the message that the disease could be hiding behind a cough.
Credits:
Client: Marie Keating Foundation – Liz Yeates, Edel McCabe
Agency: DDFH&B
Creative Director: Roisin Keown
Creative Team: Dean Ryan/Adam McKiernan
Account Manager: Sarah Conlan
Planner: Derwin Myers
Producer: Lily O Gorman
Agency: DDFH&B
Creative Director: Roisin Keown
Creative Team: Dean Ryan/Adam McKiernan
Account Manager: Sarah Conlan
Planner: Derwin Myers
Producer: Lily O Gorman
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Livity : Royal Foundation 'Stop, Speak, Support '
Agency: Livity
Client: Royal Foundation
Date: November 2017
The Royal Foundation and Livity have brought together the UK’s largest media and technology firms, including Apple, Facebook, Google and Snapchat, as well as children’s charities including the NSPCC and The Diana Award, to deliver the UK’s first ever internet code of conduct – 'Stop, Speak, Support'.
The Duke of Cambridge's national campaign seeks to reach every 11-16-year-old in Britain, to empower them to stop cyberbullying, to speak out and seek support. The campaign featured a launch film and event, as well as online, outdoor and PR elements.
Livity developed the creative look and feel in collaboration with animator James Curran, with whom it worked on the launch video.
Credits:
James Hogwood - Creative Director – Livity
Sian Spicer - designer - Livity
Ty Stanton-Jones and Ant Stamp - creative - Livity
Tom Ellis - account lead - Livity
James Honess - senior account director - Clemency Wells, Livity
Suzi Bielski - creative services manager - Livity
Felix Morgan - senior strategist and innovation lead - Livity
James Curran/Partisan - Animation
Pixeled Eggs - Digital studio/website
Sian Spicer - designer - Livity
Ty Stanton-Jones and Ant Stamp - creative - Livity
Tom Ellis - account lead - Livity
James Honess - senior account director - Clemency Wells, Livity
Suzi Bielski - creative services manager - Livity
Felix Morgan - senior strategist and innovation lead - Livity
James Curran/Partisan - Animation
Pixeled Eggs - Digital studio/website
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