SUB CATEGORY :

DIRECTING

ENTRANT COMPANY :

FINCH, SYDNEY

TITLE :

THE VISITOR

BRAND :

TOYOTA HILUX

ADVERTISER :

TOYOTA HILUX

AGENCY :

SAATCHI & SAATCHI, SYDNEY

CHIEF CLIENT OFFICER :

BEN COURT

HEAD OF CREATIVITY :

SIMON BAGNASCO

ART DIRECTOR :

JAKE BLOOD

COPYWRITER :

HANNAH PAYTON

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER :

MICHAEL DEMOSTHENOUS

SENIOR INTEGRATED PRODUCER :

HOLLY DE ROY

HEAD OF DESIGN :

TOD DUKE-YONGE

SENIOR BUSINESS MANAGER :

JESSIE ROPER

FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY :

FINCH, MELBOURNE

MANAGING DIRECTOR :

COREY ESSE

DIRECTOR :

BENJI WEINSTEIN

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY :

JEREMY ROUSE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER :

COREY ESSE

FILM PRODUCER :

VIVIENNE JASPERS

PRODUCTION DESIGNER :

SHERREE PHILIPS

PRODUCTION MANAGER :

LUCY SPARKE

POST-PRODUCTION COMPANY :

ATTICUS, SYDNEY

EDITOR :

DREW THOMPSON

SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPANY :

ATTICUS, SYDNEY

SOUND PRODUCTION COMPANY :

MASSIVEMUSIC, SYDNEY

SOUND DESIGNER :

SIMON KANE

SOUND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER :

KATRINA AQUILIA

MUSIC COMPOSER :

HAYDN WALKER

MUSIC SUPERVISOR :

MICHAEL SZUMOWSK

EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR :

RAMESH SATHIAH

ENGLISH SYNOPSIS :

‘THE VISITOR’ IS A HORROR-MEETS-COMMERCIAL ABOUT A GRIEVING FAMILY, RUDDERLESS SINCE THE DEATH OF THEIR FATHER, WHO FIND THEMSELVES FACE-TO-FACE WITH HIS SPIRIT. AS THINGS GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT, THEY RISE FROM THEIR BEDS TO STUMBLE UPON A STRANGE DISCOVERY.

THROUGH ELOQUENTLY-DIRECTED TENSION THAT SLOWLY BUILDS THROUGH PERFORMANCE, COVERAGE, AND SOPHISTICATED IN-CAMERA TECHNIQUES TOWARDS AN OMINOUS CLIMAX, IT IS EVENTUALLY REVEALED THAT, ALL ALONG, DAD JUST WANTED HIS HILUX.

AS LOGIC WOULD HAVE IT, WITH THE POWER OF A HILUX IN YOUR HANDS, YOU TOO WILL FEEL A LOVE SO UNBREAKABLE NOT EVEN DEATH COULD KEEP YOU APART.

ENGLISH CONTEXT EXPLANATION :

THE TOYOTA HILUX IS AN ABSOLUTE STAPLE OF AUSTRALIAN CULTURE, HAVING BEEN USED FOR DECADES ACROSS AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND TRADE - AS WELL AS MANY OTHER SCENARIOS.

WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF AN AUSTRALIAN CAR, THEY THINK OF A HILUX. ALTHOUGH THE CREATIVE IDEA AT PLAY HERE MAY INITIALLY COME ACROSS AS A STRETCH OF LOGIC, THE TRUTH IS THAT PLENTY OF AUSTRALIANS WOULD FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT THEIR UTE.

WHAT’S BEEN CAPTURED HERE IS NOT JUST A WITTY FILMIC INTERPRETATION OF HORROR FOR COMMERCIAL REASONS, BUT A STRANGELY REALISTIC (IF HEIGHTENED) RE-IMAGINING OF THE STRONG BOND THAT’S DEVELOPED BETWEEN AUSTRALIANS AND THEIR BELOVED HILUX UTES.