Watch “Love & Sex” | Watch “Sneaking Up”
I’ve long been a fan of Aardman for the studio’s keen sense of character design and comedic timing. Those skills are on fine display in a recently completed PSA campaign for Leonard Cheshire Disability.
Two of the spots are on air now, “Love & Sex” and “Sneaking Up.” The latter is a my favorite of the two, if only because of the way the chameleon breaks the fourth wall with his tongue. I know these spots will fly by most readers, but there’s a great deal of nuance at work that adds a new dimension to the otherwise straightforward dialog of the interviewees. Take a couple looks before passing judgment.
Oh, and there’s a charming little making-of clip on the tie-in website featuring the thoroughly British Sheila, who voices a hedgehog in a yet-to-be aired spot.
Watch “Love & Sex” | Watch “Sneaking Up”
Agency Producer: Spru Rowland
Freud Communications
55 Newman Street
London
W1T 3EB
Agency Creative: Simon Riley
Agency Account Director: Clare Atan
Producer: Helen Argo
Director: Steve Harding-Hill
Production Manager: Stephanie Owen
Production Assistant: Louise Johnson
PRODUCTION:
Interviewers: Freya Billington
Ben Dowden
Dan Lincoln
Michael Percival
Character and Set Designer: Sylvia Bennion
Editors: Michael Percival
Dan Lincoln
Dan Williamson
Model-Making Manager: Chris Entwistle
Model-Making Team Leader: Lee Tetzner
Model-Makers: Alexis Hoskins
Nigel Leach
Jonathan Tate
Art Director: Kitty Clay
Set Dressers and Prop Makers: Kathryn Miller
Damian Neary
Jack Slade
Puppet Rigger: Nick Herbert
Track Breakdown: Chris Stock
DOP: Mark Chamberlain
Camera Assistant: Eryka Pownall
Sparks: Guy Holme
Nathan Sale
Animators: Yago Alvarez
Dave Osmand
Chris Sadler
Inez Woldman
Assistant Animators: Yago Alvarez
Shona De Bradeny
Maria Hopkinson-Hassell
Stills Photographer: Mark Chamberlain
PR Contacts: Jenny Wilding
Arthur Sherriff
‘Making Of’ Director and
Cameraman Ben Dowden