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A TALE OF FRIENDSHIP
There once was an animal who had never seen Christmas. As autumn winds turn to winter snow, the bear begins his annual retreat into hibernation to sleep his way through the best part of the year. The festive spirit is strong though, and his friend, the hare, is determined to give him a gift he has never received before — Christmas.
SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW
Featuring Lily Allen's acoustic rendition of Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know", the heartstrings are well and truly pulled by the time we find out just how the hare actually gets the bear to trade in his lonely cave for a communal spot around the animal kingdom Christmas tree.
ANIMATION
The scale of the project, and the innovative combination of animated techniques involved in creating it, are unprecedented. The marriage of traditional hand-drawn 2D animation with stop-frame model animation creates a tangible world full of texture and detail that conveys the honesty behind the John Lewis Christmas message.
Directors Yves Geleyn, Elliot Dear
Agency Adam & Eve/DDB
Client John Lewis
Production companies Hornet, Blinkink
2D animation Premise Entertainment
Character designer Aaron Blaise
2D animation supervisors Aaron Blaise, Dominic Carola
Executive producers Bart Yates, James Stevenson Bretton, Josephine Gallagher
Line producer Kev Harwood
Production manager Benjamin Lole
Production designer John Lee
DoP Toby Howell
Lead stop-frame animator Andy Biddle
Editors Sam Sneade, Ellie Johnson, Speade
Sound Sam Robson, Factory
Colourist Jean-Clement Soret, MPC
Post-production Blinkink Studios
Executive creative directors Ben Priest, Ben Tollett, Emer Stamp
Creative directors Aidan McClure, Laurent Simon
Producer Anthony Falco
Assistant producer Catherine Cullen
Managing partner Tammy Einav
Business director Miranda Hipwell
Account manager Caroline Grayso
