In collaboration with FCB Canada, Cole Webley via Toronto production house Soft Citizen (he is handled in the U.S. by Sanctuary) directed this charming three-minute holiday story about a group of young friends who discover a lost reindeer in the woods and set to work on getting the animal home to the North Pole for Christmas.
Titled “Lost Reindeer,” this ambitious ad for Air Canada conveys the unique emotional pull of being home with loved ones during the holidays. VFX/animation house was Cape Town, South Africa-based BlackGinger.
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Credits
Client Air Canada Agency FCB Canada Nancy Cimi-Lamanna, Jeff Hilts, co-chief creative officers; Jonathan Careless, creative director/copywriter; Troy McGuinness, creative director/art director; Dena Thompson, producer. Production Soft Citizen, Toronto Cole Webley, director; Eve Preger, Link York, Rob Burns, exec producers; Christopher Cho, line producer; Paul Meyers, DP; Jonas Sappington, production designer. Postproduction Saints Editorial Ross Birchall, editor; Paula Hicks, assistant; Tory Osler, exec producer. Color MPC Kris Smale, colorist. Online Darling Steve McGregor, online artist. Animation/VFX BlackGinger, Cape Town, South Africa Marco Raposo de Barbosa, VFX supervisor; Simone Fanti, VFX producer; Chris Bekker, project lead; Ruth Molteno, studio manager; Stephanie Traut, VFX editor; Louis Rossouw, Jason Slabber, Sean Maddock Wilkins, Jonathan Coetzer, Matthew Wawn, Ruan Rosslee, Adrian Le Roux, Stefan can Der Sandt, 3D artists; Byron Tofas, Angelo Beceiro Collinicos, Dylan Palmboom, Annel Rautenbhach, Carelize Jacobs, Rob Muir, Nicholas Mackay, Tyla Koen, Jean Redelinghuys, Thou Mathapo, Courtney Scholtz, Marion Wilson, Sara Laubscher, 2D artists. Music Apollo Music Spencer Hall, music track director, engineer; Daenen Bramberger, music track director; Francois Lachance, Vanessa Hauguel, Paulinee Viard, music rights clearance. Song: A Perfect Miracle. Artist: Spiritualized.
Once again, this holiday season, BBDO New York and the American Red Cross have launched a campaign underscoring the urgent needs of families disrupted by disasters--something that occurs every eight minutes across the country, over 7,000 times during the
holidays alone.
Running on TV and online through December, the campaign include this PSA titled “Packing,” directed by Anthony Frattolillo via One Free Play. The spot begins with a family that appears to be preparing for a trip. But the mood shifts dramatically when it is revealed the reason they are really packing is an imminent wildfire, and that they are evacuating to a Red Cross shelter. The spot ends with a call to action: “They’re relying on us. We’re relying on you. Please donate.”
BBDO associate creative director Nicole Dombey shared, “I experienced an evacuation as a child, and I’ll never forget the quiet confusion of that moment. As a team, we wanted to capture that mix of innocence and uncertainty families feel in those moments.”
Director Frattolillo stated, “I’ve packed that same car three times, sat in that same traffic jam, worrying about my safety and the safety of my family, thinking we might not see home again. So when we made this film, I wanted people to feel what that moment is really like, the fear, the uncertainty, and the hope that someone will be there when you need them most.”
