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National Lottery UK: Christmas Love Story


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The National Lottery is inviting the whole nation to come together and imagine the joy of winning big this festive season, with an integrated campaign created by adam&eveDDB for National Lottery operator Camelot. The launch ad, ‘Christmas Love Story’ directed by Oscar-winner Tom Hooper, breaks this Sunday (20 November). The ad is set to a new arrangement of George Michael’s ‘Faith,’ performed by artist Sleeping At Last. The full length, three-and-a-half minute commercial will appear in cinemas, with cutdowns appearing online and on TV. The ad begins with a chance encounter between two people who meet on a train and hastily exchange a phone number on the back of a National Lottery ticket. When the girl realises the number is smudged, we are left willing the pair to come back together. With the news of an unclaimed winning lottery ticket, the tension mounts. Ultimately, the couple reunite, lucky in love and the lottery, making this Christmas a truly magical one. The ad encourages the public to take a chance and believe in the magic of hope and possibility this Christmas. The ad brings Tom Hooper, director of The King’s Speech and Les Misérables, and the National Lottery full circle – as the film for which he won his best director Oscar, The King’s Speech, received National Lottery Good Cause funding through the British Film Institute. The ‘Christmas Love Story’ film is supported by a fully integrated multi-media channel campaign, including a real life experience that invites the public to get involved. Special photo booths, placed at chosen train stations across the UK, will invite passers by to have their photo taken and see it projected on nearby digital OOH space.
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Client: Executive Director - Matt Ridsdale;

Head of Marketing Communication - Anna McInally;

Marketing Manager - Sophie Morgan;

Brand Manager - Lauren Pinkus;

Brand Manager - Jayna Bacchus;

Assistant Brand Manager - Lucie Pelaez;

Campaign Planning Manager - Natalie Littlechild

Agency

CEO: Tammy Einav

Managing Partner: Sam LeCoeur

Business Director: Fay Taylor

Account Director: Tejen Shah

Account Managers: Zahra Ahmed

Global planning partner: Heather Alderson

Planning directors: Stuart Williams, Róisín Mulroney

Senior project manager: Amy Waldman

Project manager: Caitlin Fletcher

Designer: Scott Silvey

Agency legal counsel: Tom Campbell

Media agency: Dentsu

Media planners: Niall McEvoy; Dominic Sadler; Sarah Francis

Production

Cinematographer: Steve Annis

Casting: Dan Hubbard Casting & Beast Casting

Editing Company: The Whitehouse

Editor: Russell Icke

Editor Asst: Steven Waltham

Post Production: Framestore

Post Producer Alexia Paterson

VFX Supervisor: Pedro Sabrosa

2D Supervisor: Ben Taylor

Colourist: Simon Bourne @ Company 3

Music Written / Composed by George Michael

Arranged & Performed by Sleeping At Last

Additional Orchestration: Chris White

Produced & Supervised by Siân Rogers @ SIREN

Label: Music Alternatives

Publisher: Warner/Chappell

Audio Post Production: Sam Ashwell @ 750

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