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Drivers Test

Drivers Test

Client: Agency: View...

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Ostrich

Ostrich

Client: Cadbury Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi In July 2009 I was sent the original script for Cadbury ‘Ostrich’. It had come to me through a contact of Glen’s in London, someone who knew it was just the sort of thing I love doing. At that time I had no idea who the client was, there was no product shown, the script didn’t even have a title, but I could tell it was great idea, and in an...

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Model Behavior

Model Behavior

Client: DSTV Agency: Studio Zoo Client run a series of promo’s every year to promote certain of their channels. This was to encourage viewers to rather stay at home and watch their array of bouquets offered across various price options(it can get expensive out there in a depressed market) but keep it amusing and real. Good direction and casting helped bring it home and the spot took home an...

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Tongue

Tongue

Client: Aquelle Agency: TBWA Durban The brief from the creatives was to keep it real and avoid the gross factor as far as the tongue went. The only way to do this was through good casting and a series of tests at BFX led by Shaun Froneman. Pretty tough to determine firstly what a tongue extended to that magnitude should look like, and secondly to be convincing and lighthearted. Andrew Trail...

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Jan-Hendrik Beetge

Jan-Hendrik Beetge

Jan-Hendrik began his career writing and directing short films, winning multiple local and international awards for his poignant work ‘Triomfeer’ in 2001. He then worked as a successful TV commercial writer and director at several top production companies before joining Catapult Commercials in 2008. A natural storyteller and talented artist, Jan-Hendrik tends towards a big, cinematic feel in...

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