M&M's spokescandy Mrs. Brown appears in this spot with another famous ad character, the GEICO Gecko.
Visual Effects/Animation: Framestore Raven Sia, producer; James Razzall, exec producer; Graham Dunglinson, sr. producer; David Hulin, VFX supervisor; James Dick, CG supervisor; Sharon Marcussen, compositing supervisor; Jim Hundertmark, animation lead; Shayne Ryan, Tommy Taylor, Dan Solomon, Nico Cappuccio, Moshe Swed, animation; John Montefusco, TD; Stanislav Ilin, Michitaka Inoue, Minchung Cho, Moshe Swed, Michael Viscione, 3D; John Loughlin, Pavel Hristov, 2D. (Toolbox: Maya, Silhouette, Nuke, Flame, Arnold, 3D Equalizer) The Mill New York Colin Blaney, producer; Keith Sullivan, shoot supervisor; Randy McEntee, 2D lead artist; Jeff Lopez, 3D lead artist; Billy Dongyoon Jang, 3D artist. (Toolbox: Nuke, Flame, Maya, ZBrush) Agency: BBDO New York David Lubars, chief creative officer, worldwide; Tim Bayne, Lauren Connolly, sr. VPs/executive creative directors; Eduardo Petersen, sr. art director; Christopher Cannon, sr. copywriter; Regina Iannuzzi, sr. producer; Sofia Doktori, producer; Melissa Chester, executive music producer. Production: Traktor, Venice, Calif.
Traktor, director. Editorial P.S. 260, NY Maury Loeb, editor.
The Best Work You May Never See: Steve Rogers Directs Christmas Spot For Telstra Starring A Singing Donkey
Directed by Steve Rogers via production house Revolver, this 90-second Christmas film for Aussie telecommunications company Telstra--created by agency Bear Meets Eagle On Fire in tandem with +61--tells the story of an accidental singing superstar, Little Donkey, who goes on a whirlwind tour across the world. But eventually stardom isn't all it's cracked up to be as Little Donkey misses its family at holiday time.
“We wanted to tell a Christmas story without falling into the holiday cliches. Hopefully the heart of this rings true and people get a bit of giggle along the way,” said Micah Walker, chief creative officer at Bear Meets Eagle On Fire.
Blake Crosbie, managing director of +61, said, “It’s a charming story that is so true of Christmas and so naturally adds to our brand idea ‘Wherever We Go’.”
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