Wishes come true
A small gesture can make a huge difference in the Lidl Christmas spot, directed by Oscar-winner Tom Hooper, with playful, heartwarming VFX crafted by our talented team.
From designing concepts for the giant gingerbread man to creating the magical sparkle and enchanting toy train, we were embedded in every step of the creative process.
CREDITS
Client
Lidl
Agency
BBDO Dusseldorf
Producer
Bianca Raedler
Creatives
Niall Cruickshank-Sutton, Maciek Kozina
Production Company
BWGTBLD GmbH / DE
Director
Tom Hooper (Smuggler)
Producer
Molly Pope
VFX
Framestore
Creative Director
Kamen Markov
VFX Supervisor
William Laban
Executive Producer
Helen Weil
Post Producer
Alison Wendt
Head of Production
Veronica Ware
Bidding Producer
Sara Beckman
Production Coordinators
Jade Riley, James Bolan
Shoot Production
Thomas Lohann, Caroline Imberyt, Yesim Alitar
CG Supervisor
Jimmy San
Compositing Supervisors
Ian Copeland, Kane Herd
Senior Animator
Ashley Reemul
CG FX Lead:
Henry Medhurst
VFX Editorial Hiero
Humberto Reynaga, Roberta Corfu
Compositors
Jonni Isaacs, Pedram Aghakhani, Benjamin Lilley, Adam Tennant, Sian Drury, Thiago Vilas Boas, Joseph Yoon, George Lewis, Erkin Ozturk
CG FX Artists
John Murphy, Ryan Wang, Alex Marlow, Shawn Lipowski, Eaton Crous
CG Lighting
Pat Ross, Mike Marsek, Tommy Stive
DMP Artists
Katarzyna Maciocha, Nikola Yordanov, Holli Alvarado
CG Modelling/Texturing
Jessica Soderstrom, Jake Roberts, Leslie Clark, Dan Bruce
Layout Artists
Anna Ventre, Zoe Woods, Tommy Stive
Paint and Roto Artist
Yilin Lai
CG Rigging Artists
Brad Noble, Michael Ware, Maya Dumond
CG Animator
Yarim Machado
Design
Steven Kelly, Jack Field
Post Production Edit / Grade & Finishing
Paul Schwabe
Producers
Johannes Wetzel, Björn Schultz
Post Production (CG Racoon)
Bepic Studio
Edit House
Whitehouse
Editor
Russel Ike