After introducing a campaign around the idea that a company that moves people is asking you not to move during the coronavirus pandemic, Uber has unveiled the next step in its marketing communications initiative with a film titled “Thank You For Not Riding.”
To make this piece, Uber partnered with Wieden+Kennedy and PRETTYBIRD to put a call out to filmmakers from all around the world. The idea was to have those stuck-at-home filmmakers document their new reality, as they find creative ways of living their lives in the current world, entertaining their families, and schooling restless children. Along with the worry and frustration, they’re also experiencing amazing moments of reflection, laughter, and play.
These filmmakers, and everyone else who stays at home, makes it easier for those who can’t. Together we know we can make a difference.
Credits
Client Uber Agency Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. Colleen DeCourcy, Susan Hoffman, Jason Bagley, Eric Baldwin, executive creative directors; Kathy Hepinstall, Sara Phillips, creatives; Matt Hunnicutt, head of production; Molly Tait Tanen, executive producer; Chris Capretto, producer; Carly Starratt, brand strategy director; Annie Sanditen, executive design producer; Karen Koch, design director; Angela Iannarelli, designer; Matt Blum, sr. production designer; Frazer Goodbody, retoucher/3D artist. Production PRETTYBIRD Editorial Exile Kyle Brown, editor; Eileen Miraglia, assistant editor; CL Weaver, exec producer; Jennifer Locke, head of production; Kristina Thoegersen, post producer. VFX Exile Wes Waldron, lead Flame. Color The Mill Matthew Osborne, colorist; Blake Harrop, color producer. Music Beacon Street Studios, Venice, Calif. Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau, Danny Dunlap, composers (original song “Promise Me”); Leslie DiLullo, executive producer. Sound Design Lime Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Rohan Young, sound designer. Audio Post Lime Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Rohan Young, mixer.
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.
