Dean Blumberg - The Gunn Report Showreel 2015

Dean Blumberg’s work for Student Flights with TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris JHB is the only South African film director’s work to secure a spot in the the highly acclaimed The Gunn Report Annual 2015. This is Dean’s second appearance in The Gunn Report. The two commercials titled: ‘Travel Before it’s Not Fun Anymore”, is the award-winning campaign that competed throughout 2015, making TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris JHB and Bouffant, South Africa’s only representation on the Gunn Report’s showreel of the year featured amongst the most awarded global commercials. Congrat’s to the team and all those that worked on these commercials.

The Gunn Report is the most prestigious global index of worldwide excellence in advertising, highlighting the most awarded commercials, directors, agencies and production companies of that year. 

Campaign Name: Travel before its not fun anymore

Title: Grandma, Grandpa

Client: Flight Centre

Product/service/sector: (BMW: 3 Series) Student Flight

Length: 40”

Date 1st appearance 9 June 2014

Approx airings 10

Stations aired on DSTV, MTV, Etv

Fighting Code Grandpa : STUF/40/100/E/T/H/F

Grandma : STUF/40/101/E/T/H/F

Chief Creative Officer: John Hunt

Creative Director: Shane Forbes, Justin Wright, Vincent Osmond

Art buyer: Simone Assad

Copywriter: Harry Mackensie, Natalie rose

Art Director: Melanie Moore, Thereza Norton, Michael Blakey-Milner

Agency producer: Sandra Gomes

BUD Niki Ciannamo

Client contact: Zoe Illingworth

Niche Brands Marketing Manager

Tel: 011 788 1631011 788 1631

Block 8, Pendoring Office Park

299 Pendoring Road, Blackheath

Johannesburg, 2195

Zoe.illingworth@flightcentre.co.za

Production company: BOUFFANT

Executive Producer: Lorraine Smit

Producer: Lindsay-Jane Barnard

Editor: Claire Stewart

Director: Dean Blumberg

Cinematographer: Vicci Turpin

Photographer: Des Ellis

Audio Engineer: Louis Enslin

Post production company: Bladeworkds

Animator: Riccardo Vitale

Animation company: BFX