The Elements Music + Sound team went to Abbey Road Studios’ hallowed Studio 2–where The Beatles recorded some of their most loved music with George Martin–for a cinematic car film promoting the Corolla for Toyota Motor Europe out of agency The&Partnership
At Studio 2, Elements set up an 18-piece swing band to re-record arguably one of the most hip swing songs of the 1930s, Louis Prima’s “Sing Sing Sing,” as reimagined and scored by Guy Farley.
The global "Move Ahead" spot–in which a Corolla hybrid journeys through eras of transportation–was directed by Sam Brown and Mark Jenkinson, produced by Rogue Films and its sister shop Carnage.
Credits
Client Toyota Motor Europe Agency The&Partnership Andre Moreira, executive creative director; Phil Beaumont, creative; Dan Beckett, head of art; James Miller, head of production; Daniel Healy, executive producer; Dale Chapman, production assistant. Production Rogue, Carnage Sam Brown, Mark Jenkinson, directors; James Howland, Ben Hampshire, exec producers; Tom Farley, producer; Ottar Gudnason, DP. Editorial Final Cut Amanda James, editor. Postproduction The Mill, Alumina Studios Mia Saunders, Kayleigh Macdonald, post producers. VFX The Mill Audio Grand Central Sound Studio Munzie Thind, sound engineer. Music & Sound The Elements Music + Sound Guy Farley, sound arranger; Andy Carroll, creative partner (UK); Dan Liebermann, exec producer (UK); Jay Bonilla, Ian Dalsemer, co-founders/creative partners (US); Dan Bewick, creative partner (US) Voiceover Daniel Kaluuya
The Ad Council, partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and AdoptUSKids, launched a public service campaign, created pro bono by Edelman, which aims to inspire prospective parents to consider adopting a teen from foster care.
This centerpiece PSA titled “The Rewards”--directed by The Hudson Dusters (Michael Kuhn and Niles Roth) via Greenpoint Pictures--spotlights real adoptive families who have personally experienced the mutual benefits of adoption. This longer form PSA (and cutdown versions) begins with a touching display of openness and vulnerability as adoptive parents reflect on their adoption journeys and their initial questions and hesitations about adopting a teen. Then, in a deeply emotional turn, the adoptive parents witness their children recounting the profound rewards of adoption in their lives. The teens speak of the love they share with their parents and how the decision to become a family is reciprocal. The campaign directs viewers to the AdoptUSKids website to learn more about adopting a teen from foster care.
