'LITTLE ANGELS'

Title'LITTLE ANGELS'
BrandHYUNDAI
Product / ServiceHYUNDAI SANTA FE
CategoryA03. Casting
EntrantSCOUNDREL Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Idea Creation INNOCEAN WORLDWIDE AUSTRALIA Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Production SCOUNDREL Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Credits

Name Company Position
Wes Hawes Innocean Australia Executive Creative Director:
Dan O’Connell Innocean Australia Creative Director
Wassim Kanaan Innocean Australia Creative Team
Karl Bates Innocean Australia Head of Strategy
Romy Briers Innocean Australia Head of CX
Ian Hartley Innocean Australia Client Partner
Vincent Pled Innocean Australia Senior Account Director
Sarah Gardan Innocean Australia Account Director
Craig Sloane Innocean Australia Director of Integrated Production
Louis Moore Innocean Australia Integrated Producer
Warrick Nicholson Innocean Australia Senior Integrated Producer
Juliana Bacmaga Innocean Australia Finished art/Design
Amanda Davis Innocean Digital Production
Taylah Nilsson Innocean Social Media Manager
Michael Spiccia Scoundrel Director
Adrian Shapiro Scoundrel Executive Producer
Kate Gooden Scoundrel Executive Producer
Jeremy Rouse Scoundrel Director of Photography
Sherree Phillips Scoundrel Production Designer
Mark Burnett The Editors Editor
Ben Eagleton BE Colour Colourist
Allison Meadows Mullinars Casting Casting Director

Write a short summary of what happens in the film.

The campaign idea, Little Angels, was developed from an insight that in the midst of family chaos, parents are striving to achieve their own personal moments of harmony. The film sees two bickering siblings instantly transformed into little angels complete with harps, singing Enya’s 80’s classic Orinocco Flow in perfect harmony. The world outside the Santa Fe is populated by a motorcycle courier transformed into a gallant white horseman, a levitating windscreen squeegee lady and a busload of elderly people who join the celestial choir.

Tell the jury about the casting process.

All the comedy was dependent on the characters we created and the actors we chose, so casting in this spot was everything. The exciting challenge here was that this whole idea had so much weight and potential that rests on the characters’ shoulders. It’s real character driven storytelling (pun intended) and the family we cast had to look and feel like they’re stars of their own films. Our main goal was to explore the nuance and performance, and revel in this moment of graceful divinity.