photobox
this is an invite
Director // Saam Farahmand
a Christmas TV spot for Photobox, the online photo printing specialist. building on their earlier released long-term brand platform for Europe, ‘Let’s Go Make Stories’, created by the Earned-First advertising agency, The Brooklyn Brothers.
The TV spot ‘Invites, not presents’ depicts a woman describing how she will use the photos she has of times with her friends and family to invite them to future stories they will make together. A positive, optimistic take on our inability to spend together this year at Christmas with loved ones. Inviting people to use Photobox products to spark new stories and create more moments of togetherness.
‘Invites, not presents’ is launched through a 20 second TV spots in European markets. A spot inviting people to look forward to a joyous time when they can be together again and to use Xmas as a time to invite friends and family to those times.n A joyful, and hopeful call to arms, to create more stories together in 2021.
Saam Farahmand // Director
Campbell Beaton // Executive Producer
Mikey Levelle // Producer
The Brooklyn Brothers // Agency
Simon Poett // ECD
Sophia Johnson and Sophie Szilady // Creatives
David Wieder // Agency Producer
Ahmet Husseyin // DOP
Bobbie Cousins // Production Designer
Harriet Staples // Production Manage
Jerome Franc // 1st AD
Niomi Collins, Will Akbar and Miles Lacey // Production Runner
Vicki Wilson // Location Manager
Edem Wornoo and Naomi Grant // Director’s Apprentice
Katya Nelhams-Wright // Aerial Camera Operator
Pete Ayriss // Drone Pilot
Sarah Hunt // Spotter / Drone Assistant
Richard James Lewis // Steadicam Operator
Sam Harding // Focus Puller
Joshua Dadson // 2nd AC
Jamie Monks // Key Grip
James Lewis // DIT
Sylvester Weekes // Playback
Craig Davis // Gaffer
Barry Keegan, Roger Sabawahal, Ross Duffy, Ryan Delaunty, Simon Ingram, Saul Harris and Lee Wilson // Electrician
George Day // Trainee Electrician
Henry Alderson and Yrsrael Miller // Art Department
Emily Lewis // Buyer
Tristan Carlisle-Kitz // Prop Master
Ryan Powell // Props Transport
Neil Jenkins and Eddy Poppewell // SFX
Dan Sanders // Post Production Supervisor
Ed Hoadley // Post Production Producer
Blaine Pearson // Editor
Tamara Mennell // Grade
Film Support: Panvision, The Helicopter Girls, Digital Orchard, Prolight London, Alchemist Special Effect Limited, TenThree and Black Kite Studios