Shelter puts the holidays on hold
Beautifully directed by Michael Gracey, this poignant Christmas spot for the housing charity depicts the frustration of a mother endlessly on hold to an accommodation services hotline.
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Credits
View on- Agency Don't Panic/London
- Production Company Partizan/London
- Director Michael Gracey
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Credits
View on- Agency Don't Panic/London
- Production Company Partizan/London
- Director Michael Gracey
- Executive Producer Jenny Beckett
- Head of Production Ella More O'Ferrall
- Editing tenthree
- Editor Ellie Johnson
- Post Production/VFX Framestore/London
- Executive Post Producer Anna MacDonald / (VFX Producer)
- Color Company 3/London
- Senior Color Producer Edwin Elkington
- Colorist Steffan Perry
- Sound OPM Studio/London
- Creative Partner Rick Dodds
- Associate Creative Director Georgia Stephenson
- Senior Producer Chloe Shaw
- Producer Daniel Wheldon
- Production Designer Olly Williams
- DP Benedict Spence
- VFX Supervisor Ben Gallagher
- VFX Design Andrew Niven
- Sound Designer/Audio Mixer Tom Parker
- Song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler
- Choreographer Ashley Wallen
- Casting Director Ali Fearnley
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Credits
powered by- Agency Don't Panic/London
- Production Company Partizan/London
- Director Michael Gracey
- Executive Producer Jenny Beckett
- Head of Production Ella More O'Ferrall
- Editing tenthree
- Editor Ellie Johnson
- Post Production/VFX Framestore/London
- Executive Post Producer Anna MacDonald / (VFX Producer)
- Color Company 3/London
- Senior Color Producer Edwin Elkington
- Colorist Steffan Perry
- Sound OPM Studio/London
- Creative Partner Rick Dodds
- Associate Creative Director Georgia Stephenson
- Senior Producer Chloe Shaw
- Producer Daniel Wheldon
- Production Designer Olly Williams
- DP Benedict Spence
- VFX Supervisor Ben Gallagher
- VFX Design Andrew Niven
- Sound Designer/Audio Mixer Tom Parker
- Song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler
- Choreographer Ashley Wallen
- Casting Director Ali Fearnley
It’s estimated that in England 84,240 homeless families will wake up on Christmas Day in insecure, unhealthy temporary accommodation.
This campaign, the fifth created by agency Don’t Panic for Shelter, was helmed by Partizan’s Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman, Better Man) and cleverly brings together the anxiety that homelessness produces and the bravery of a young boy with a song in his heart.
Unable to forget the maddening earworm that's been tormenting his mother as she seeks help, the boy makes like Billy Elliot and “turn(s) around” the tune –Bonnie Tyler’s classic 80s banger Total Eclipse of the Heart – into a gleeful song and dance number, showcasing Gracey’s signature skill with heartwarming musical interludes.
Look out for an upcoming craft feature on the making of this spot.
