Gargantuan Monsters Face Off in Honda's Blockbuster Ad
Campaign for the Odyssey Highlights Family-Friendly Features
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Honda's latest spot features a pair of giant, Godzilla-size monsters fighting above the streets of a devastated city, as they wrestle over a school bus. Then a pair of brave peacekeepers arrive with an apparently ingenious solution -- they activate a machine that pulls the ground apart beneath the monsters' feet, putting an end to their tug of war.
If you're wondering what all this has to do with cars, it soon becomes clear as the scene changes to a family car -- the Honda Odyssey -- and two kids fighting over a toy in the back seat. The parents -- the peacekeepers -- simply push a button and their two seats slide further apart. We also see Honda's other family-friendly features such as a back seat camera and a cabin audio system so that Dad can talk calmly to his kids in the back (rather than turning and yelling, like in the old days).
The spot is by RPA and Laurent Ledru and Georgia Tribuiani directed via Psyop, which also masterminded the VFX.
Credits
- Date
- Jun 13, 2017
- Agency :
- RPA
- Brand :
- Honda
- Client :
- Honda
- Executive Vice President, Chief Creative Officer :
- Joe Baratelli
- Senior Vice President, Chief Creative Development :
- Jason Sperling
- Senior Vice President, Chief Production Officer :
- Gary Paticoff
- Vice President, Executive Producer :
- Isadora Chesler
- Vice President/Creative Director :
- Chuck Blackwell
- Vice President/Creative Director :
- Ken Pappanduros
- Senior Art Director :
- Hide Konishi
- Copywriter :
- Anthony Cardenas
- Senior Producer :
- Fran Wall
- Production Coordinator :
- Elijah Jones
- Vice President, Director, Business Affairs :
- Maria Del Homme
- Executive Vice President, Chief Client Officer :
- Brett Bender
- Senior Vice President/Group Account Director :
- Fern McCaffrey
- Vice President, Group Account Director :
- Adam Blankenship
- Management Supervisor :
- Jacob Gentry
- Account Director :
- Jane LoSasso
- Account Executive :
- Chris Varela
- Account Executive :
- Cathlyn Gonzales
- Senior Vice President, Group Strategic Planning Director :
- Christian Cocker
- Associate Director, Strategic Planning :
- Nargis Pirani
- Associate Director, Strategic Planning :
- Rich Bina
- Strategic Planner :
- Cody Levin
- Product Information Manager :
- Marco Fantone
- Product Information Specialist :
- Marius Stelly
- Production and Effects :
- Psyop
- Director :
- Laurent Ledru
- Director :
- Georgia Tribuiani
- Managing Director :
- Neysa Horsburgh
- Executive Producer :
- Ellen Turner
- Executive Producer :
- Justin Booth-Clibborn
- Executive Producer :
- Rich Pring
- Head of Production :
- Drew Bourneuf
- Producer :
- Nick Read
- Producer :
- Nathan Lueptow
- Producer :
- Lucy Clark
- Associate Producer :
- Jacob Markson
- Writer :
- Lloyd Stein
- Writer :
- Jay Zaretsky
- Designer :
- Andrew Park
- Designer :
- Trevor Conrad
- Designer :
- Claire Kang
- Designer :
- Dmitry Klyushkin
- Designer :
- Ronald Kuraiawan
- Designer :
- Julien Renoult
- Designer :
- James Zapata
- Lead Technical Director :
- Mathew Rotman
- Lead Technical Director :
- Kyle Cassidy
- Lead Technical Director :
- Pavel Pranevsky
- Lead Character Technical Director :
- Nelio Naut
- Visual Effects :
- Mathew Rotman
- Visual Effects :
- James Atkinson
- Visual Effects :
- Kevin Gillen
- Previz Artist :
- Stuart Allan
- Previz Artist :
- Jack Anderson
- Previz Artist :
- Josh Lange
- Modeler :
- Rafael Zabala
- Modeler :
- James Schauf
- Texture Artist :
- Michael Rogers
- Texture Artist :
- Pavel Pranevsky
- Rigger :
- Sean Kealey
- Rigger :
- Nelio Naut
- Rigger :
- Ke Rong
- Lighter :
- Pavel Pranevsky
- Lighter :
- Nitesh Nagda
- 3D Generalist :
- Kyle Cassidy
- 3D Generalist :
- Jason Kim
- 3D Animator :
- Will Kistler
- 3D Animator :
- Ty Coyle
- 3D Animator :
- Ben Girmann
- 3D Animator :
- Tarun Lakshminarayanan
- 2D Supervisor :
- Lane Jolly
- 2D Supervisor :
- Kim Stevenson
- Technical Animation :
- Nelio Naut
- Technical Animation :
- Josh Sobel
- Storyboard Artist :
- Raymond Harvie
- Storyboard Artist :
- Peter Kim
- Matte Painter :
- Andrew Park
- Matte Painter :
- Brian Lee
- Matte Painter :
- Lane Jolly
- Matte Painter :
- Kim Stevenson
- Compositor :
- Ryan Raith
- Compositor :
- Danny Song
- Compositor :
- Krystal Chinn
- Flame Artist :
- Kim Stevenson
- Flame Artist :
- Sam Shiflett
- Editor :
- Lance Pereira
- Assistant Editor :
- Joe Hughes
- Scripted Writer :
- Taylor Kephart
- Editorial :
- Union Editorial
- President, Managing Partner :
- Michael Raimondi
- Executive Producer :
- Joe Ross
- Editor :
- Jim Haygood
- Assistant Editor :
- Dylan Firshein
- Original Music and Sound Design :
- Barking Owl
- Creative Director :
- Kelly Bayett
- Producer :
- KC Dossett
- Sound Designer :
- Morgan Johnson
- Audio Post :
- Lime
- Executive Producer :
- Susie Boyahan
- Mixer :
- David Wagg
- Producer Assistant :
- Adam Primack
- Head of Production :
- Monica Reimold
- Line Producer :
- Eric Escott
- Director, Photography :
- Jess Hall
- Production Designer :
- Rob Pearson
- Compositor :
- Lane Jolly
- Compositor :
- Kim Stevenson
- Post Production :
- Psyop
- Editorial :
- Psyop
- Visual Effects :
- Psyop
- Composition :
- Psyop
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