Title | FRANK |
Brand | WESTPAC |
Product / Service | BEREAVEMENT |
Category | A08. Use of Licensed or Adapted Music |
Entrant | LEVEL 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 |
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 |
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.