US Sydney joins forces with SBS to create ‘The Seven Billionth Story’ – premieres tonight
US Sydney and SBS have joined forces to create a visually stunning ident that explores the beginnings of the world’s seven billionth story.
The widely collaborative project featured contributions from Animal Logic, playwright Caleb Lewis, Indigenous creative agency Gilimbaa, Jam Sydney and Ghanaian born, Australian performer Dorinda Hafner. It will premiere on SBS tonight – Monday 31 October – the same day the UN predicts global population will reach 7 billion.
As Australia’s only multicultural broadcaster, SBS is using the population milestone as a moment in time to celebrate the power of storytelling and the diversity of human culture.
Says Jacquie Riddell, director of marketing at SBS: “Our brand is in great shape and our audience is telling us our branding is a great way to sell what SBS provides. Since launching ‘Six Billion Stories and counting…’ three years ago, audiences now view SBS as brave, creative, relevant, and intelligent. As a true multiplatform broadcaster we are well positioned for the changes taking place in the media marketplace with a brand that is built to last.”
Says Chad Mackenzie, creative director at US Sydney: “It was a great experience working with so many talented people on this project, especially the animators and directors at Animal Logic. They put so much love and imagination into the piece and we’re thrilled with the final result.”
Says Tyrone Estephan, producer at Animal Logic: “We jumped at the opportunity to work on such an eventful and inspirational creative brief. The team at Animal Logic have truly enjoyed collaborating with all those involved along the way.”
The narration will be translated into Arabic, Dinka, the language of the world’s newest nation, South Sudan, and Aboriginal language Yolngu Matha. It will translated into 15 languages for SBS Radio.
Credits
US Sydney
Executive Creative Director: Josh Moore
Creative Director: Chad Mackenzie
Head of Art: Tim Chenery
Copywriter: David Roberts
Narration written by: Caleb Lewis
Art Director: Marc Bauche
Agency TV Producer: Trelise Caughey
Account Director: Kirsty Reynolds
Animal Logic
Director: David Scott
Producer: Tyrone Estephan
Lead Compositor: Guido Wolter
3D Supervisor: Andrew Lodge
Editor: David Burrows
Jam Sydney
Composer: Hylton Mowday
Sound Designer: Andrew Stevenson
Gilimbaa
Managing Director: Amanda Lear
Creative Director: Riki Salam
SBS
Head of Design: Olivia Meredith
On-Air Package designer: Susan Danta
Idents/bumpers designer: Robot DNA, Dana Rayson
11 Comments
Nice.
Visually stunning! Mindblowing art direction! Not too bad a script either!
Great narration and VO.
Really nice !
Wow, this is wicked! Great work US and Animal.
This is another great piece of work in an already brilliant campaign. Congratulations to Us, Animal Logic AND SBS.
Great job Animal Logic, well done to the whole team
It’s a bit flat don’t you think?
great !!! please send it to Europe ….
I agree, flat. AL have done better work.
The possibilities for this campaign are so wide, it’s a shame to see something that makes me feel nothing.
nice effects. no idea.