A Flock of Sheep Sings to Queen in Honda's Super Bowl Spot

Bryan Buckley Directs Ad Promoting Ridgeline Truck's Audio System

Published On
Feb 01, 2016

Editor's Pick

A flock of sheep sing along to Queen in Honda's Super Bowl commercial this year, in a spot promoting the automaker's Ridgeline trucks.

Highlighting the truck's factory truck-bed audio system, enabling music to play outside the truck, the spot sees the sheep appearing to launch into Freddie Mercury's distinctive vocals to "Somebody to Love" after being transported by a farmer in the Ridgeline. Even the sheep-dog joins in.

The ad, by RPA, was directed by Bryan Buckley of Hungry Man and we're told it was shot using real sheep and a trained sheep dog, VFX (by The Mill) "staying true to the anatomy and natural behavior of sheep." This included study of the movement of sheep's mouths to determine how their facial muscles might react while singing.

The spot will play during the third quarter of the Super Bowl, and is also on Honda's YouTube channel.

Read more about the ad on Adage.com.

Credits

Date
Feb 01, 2016
Brand :
Honda
Client :
Honda
Director :
Bryan Buckley
Production Company :
Hungry Man
Executive Vice President, CCO :
Joe Baratelli
Senior Vice President/Executive Creative Director :
Jason Sperling
Creative Director, Art Director :
Brent Singer
Senior Art Director :
Matthew Pullen
Senior Art Director :
Amy Servidea
Senior Copywriter :
Chris Bradford
Senior Copywriter :
Audrey Attal
Senior Vice President, Chief Production Officer :
Gary Paticoff
Vice President, Executive Producer :
Isadora Chesler
Senior Producer :
Eva Ellis
Vice President, Director, Business Affairs :
Maria Del Homme
Executive Vice President, Management Account Director :
Brett Bender
Vice President, Group Account Director :
Adam Blankenship
Vice President, Management Supervisor :
Cathy OGorman
Account Supervisor :
Jacob Gentry
Account Executive :
Chris Varela
Account Executive :
Christina Contreras
Senior Vice President, Group Strategic Planning Director :
Christian Cocker
Associate Director, Strategic Planning :
Nargis Pirani
Senior Strategic Planner :
Elissa Murch
Program Manager :
Melissa Heitman
Editorial :
Union Editorial
Editor :
Jim Haygood
Visual Effects and Design :
The Mill
Color :
The Mill
Music Track :
"Somebody To Love"
Composer :
Freddie Mercury
Re-Record and Sound Design :
Beacon Street Studios
Mix :
Lime Studios
Agency :
RPA

Need a credit fix? Contact the Creativity Editors

Industry
Project Type