FRANK

Bronze Spike
TitleFRANK
BrandWESTPAC
Product / ServiceBEREAVEMENT
CategoryA08. Use of Licensed or Adapted Music
EntrantLEVEL TWO MUSIC Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Idea Creation LEVEL TWO MUSIC Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Idea Creation 2 DDB SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Idea Creation 3 WESTPAC Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Production FINCH Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Production 2 THE EDITORS Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Production 3 NAKATOMI Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Production 4 BLACKBIRD Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Production 5 SONG ZU Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Additional Company MCGREGOR CASTING Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Credits

Name Company Position
Karl Richter Level Two Music Director
Sevda Cemo DDB Sydney Head of Integrated Content
Adrian McCaffrey Westpac Head of Consumer Marketing
Christopher Riggert Finch Company Director
Stewart Reeves and Bernard Garry Ase The Editors Editors
Billy Wychgel Nakatomi Colourist
Nick Ponzoni BlackBird VFX Supervisor
Abigail Sie Song Zu Engineer
Kirsty McGregor McGregor Casting Casting director
Ben Welsh DDB Sydney Chief Creative Officer
Tara Ford DDB Sydney Executive Creative Director
Noah Regan DDB Sydney Head of Art
Matt Chandler DDB Sydney Creative Partner
Tristan Cornelius DDB Sydney Senior Art Director
Guy Lemberg DDB Sydney Senior Copywriter
Sevda Cemo DDB Sydney Head of Integrated Content
Nicoletta Rousianos The Editors Editor
Tash Johnson DDB Sydney Senior Producer
Chiquita King DDB Sydney Managing Partner
Topher Jones DDB Sydney Group Business Director
Bianca Cohn DDB Sydney Business Manager
Dom Hickey DDB Sydney Planning Partner
Joseph Smeaton DDB Sydney Senior Planner
Dimitri Karakatsanis Finch Company Director of Photography
Corey Esse Finch Company Managing Director
Karen Bryson Finch Company Executive Producer
Camilla Mazzaferro Finch Company Producer
Kani Saib Nakatomi Producer
Bonnie Wilkinson-Smith BlackBird VFX Producer
Jess Bonney Song Zu Producer
Abigail Sie Song Zu Engineer

Brief Explanation

The film opens on a young man accidentally bumping into a young woman on the street. The next scene shows the man wrangling wayward horses in the Australian outback, only to arrive late and dishevelled to his own wedding. Throughout the narrative, the man sports a predominant moustache. His character is portrayed as intrinsically good, as we see his life progress with his now-wife. He plays football in the local team, and teaches music to children, all while his wife watches on proudly with their ever-growing daughter. As he ages, his strength of character never waivers. We see him helping neighbours and becoming a doting grandfather. Finally, we attend his funeral, where each guest holds up a fake moustache in a show of support to the widow. The film in essence visually showcases what would have been the man’s eulogy; an uplifting celebration of a life remarkably well lived.

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