This short takes us on the journey of a single photon of light from the sun, to a family home, with two possible scenarios: the first, a dead end. Wasted energy hitting the roof of the house with no end result. In the second scenario, the photons hit the solar panels on the roof of the home, providing all the power a family needs to go about their typical day. A voiceover explains the astonishing fact that enough sunlight hits the Earth every hour to power everything on it for an entire year, pointing out that all we need to do is take the step to harnessing that and turning it into power, to let the power in.
The campaign conceived by Droga5 for client NRG comprises the “Photon” film, which is running in cinema, TV and online. There are also digital activations and social posts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram “Sunset Social” posts to @NRGHomeSolar, which further the conversation with nightly posts at the time the sun sets, telling NRG Home Solar followers how much solar energy was harnessed that day.
Johnny Green of Reset directed “Photon.”
Credits
Client NRG Agency Droga5, New York David Droga, creative chairman, Ted Royer, chief creative officer; Neil Heymann, executive creative director; Rick Dodds, Steve Howell, creative directors; German Rivera Hudders, Jordan Kramer, copywriters; J.J. Kraft, art director; Sally-Ann Dale, chief creation officer; Ben Davies, head of broadcast; Jesse Brihn, executive producer. Production Reset Johnny Green, director; Alwin Kuchler, DP; Dave Morrison, managing director; Jeff McDougall, exec producer; Jenn Ingalls, bidding producer; Amanda Clune, head of production; Heather Heller, line producer. Editorial Rock Paper Scissors Biff Butler, editor; Dan de Winter, editor (:30 lift); Alyssa Oh, assistant editor; Eve Kornblum, exec producer; Justin Kumpata, head of production; Lisa Barnable, Chris Noviello, producers. Postproduction The Mill Sean Costelloe, exec producer; Jeremy Moore, producer; Kyle Cody, lead compositor; Kshitij Khanna, Ilia Mokhtareizadeh, Ben Kwok, Dae Yoon Kang, Yoon-sun Bae, compositors; Ruben Vandebroek, Joji Tsuruga, lead CG; Justin Kurtz, Laurent Giaume, Jimmy Glass, Todd Akita, Sean Dooley, Ehsan Parizi, Yoon Chan Kim, Raymond Leung, Justin Diamond, CG artists; Cedric Menard, Marco Iozzi, matte painters. Music Wave Music Song: “Photon Journey” Robert Gulya, composer; Nick Payne, Sarah Giles, producers. Sound Wave Studios Ed Downham, sound designer/mixer; Amy Daniels, producer. Audio Post Sound Lounge Seth Phillips, Justin Kooy, engineers; Kate Albers, producer.
The 2024 Christmas ad from John Lewis department stores has arrived. This year’s much anticipated TV commercial, continuing the Xmas tradition of John Lewis, is the two-minute “The Gifting Hour" created by Saatchi & Saatchi UK and directed by Francois Rousselet via production house Riff Raff.
In the ad, the heroine, Sally, has left it a little late to find the right gift for her sister this year and races into a John Lewis store at closing time. Falling through a rack of dresses, she enters a fantastical world. We first see her stumbling out of the wardrobe in the attic of her childhood home and from here we are taken on a whimsical journey through her memories as she searches for the ultimate present, against the clock.
Returning to the store and back to reality she has found the perfect gift, ready and wrapped. Sally then heads outside and has a special moment with her sister who will be the gift’s recipient. As they walk away we see her sister reflected in the John Lewis window as the child from her memories.
