This film conceived by London agency adam&eveDDB for clients John Lewis and Waitrose introduces us to a girl named Ava and her friend Edgar. The latter is a young dragon who lacks control when he breathes fire, thus causing Christmas festivities to often go up in smoke and alienating townsfolk in the process. However Ava looks to win back the community’s love for Edgar by getting him to light the Xmas pudding.
Dougal Wilson of production house Blink directed “Excitable Edgar,” with visual effects from Untold Studios.
Credits
Client John Lewis/Waitrose Agency adam&eveDDB, London Richard Brim, chief creative officer; Matt Gay, creative director; Simon Lloyd, creative; Sally Pritchett, film producer; Hayley Carter, integrated producer; Chris Battye, digital producer; Claire Peacock, assistant digital producer; Jessica Taylor, head of content; Ben Sharpe, Cave Ellison, heads of integrated production; Martin Beverley, executive strategy director. Production Blink Dougal Wilson, director; Joost van Gelder, DP; Ewen Brown, producer; Andy Kelly, production designer; Katie Giovanni, home economist; Ellie Britton, production manager. Editorial Final Cut Sound Factory Studios VFX Untold Studios, London Diarmid Harrison-Murray, creative director VFX; Alex Gabucci, Amir Bazazi, VFX supervisors; Tim van Hussen, animation supervisor; Ian Berry, exec producer VFX; Neil Davies, ECD; Nell Lloyd-Malcolm, producer VFX; Michael Diprose, asset lead; Aaron Hopwood, Daniel Kmet, Joffrey Zeitouni, Nicolas Seck, Sauce Villas, Jakub Krompoic, animation & rigging artists; Denis Krez, Doruk Saglam, Gustavo Ribeiro, Luke Massingberd, Matthew (Wispy) Clarke, Thiago Vilas Boas, Julie Cruette, comp artists; Amandine Comes, Andreu Lucio, Annie Rowland, Ardahan Sernaz, Baptist Jaquemet, Cindy Libbrecht, Daniel Longe, Emre Sumer, Kenny Ip, Manon Cauzid, Marc Picco, Marcel Ruegenberg, Platon Filimonov, Ran Manolov, Simon Legrand, Yaz Raji, CG artists; Andrew Brooks, Aurelian Ronceray, Fabio Santoro, Lino Khay, Therese Larsson, DMP/concept artists (Toolbox: Flame, Nuke, Photoshop, Houdini, Maya, Zbrush, Mari, Substance, Arnold)
To celebrate the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, the Vienna Tourist Board is launching an intergalactic premiere. The “Waltz into Space” mission will send Strauss’s masterpiece “The Blue Danube” into deep space.
For decades, “The Blue Danube” has been considered the unofficial “Anthem of Space,” famously immortalized in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”. Yet, surprisingly, this iconic Waltz by the famous Viennese composer was not included on either of the Voyager Golden Records--a collection of humanity’s greatest achievements, including a selection of 27 songs, that was sent by NASA to reach potential extraterrestrial life back in 1977.
On May 31 2025, Vienna will be setting the record straight in a campaign by agency Jung von Matt DONAU that amplifies its reputation as the city of music. In collaboration with the “Wiener Symphoniker” (Vienna Symphony Orchestra) and the European Space Agency (ESA), “The Blue Danube” Waltz will be broadcast to the farthest reaches of the universe, creating a timeless musical bridge between humanity and potential extraterrestrial life.
“The Blue Danube”, performed by the “Wiener Symphoniker” in Vienna at a special concert at Vienna’s MAK Museum on May 31, will be digitized and transmitted via the European Space Agency’s deep space communication facilities at Cebreros, Spain. The signal will continue indefinitely, traveling at the speed of light, and will surpass Voyager 1 in about 23 hours and 3 minutes.
To create awareness ahead of the mission, Jung von Matt created this humorous film that speculates on why “The Blue Danube” was not included on the Voyager Golden Records. The story revolves around the mission director (played by Adam... Read More
