Betfair: Octopus
Walter Stern helms this monstrous spot for Betfair via WCRS and Academy Films with VFX from Gramercy Park Studios.
Credits
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- Production Company Academy Films
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Credits
powered by- Agency WCRS/UK
- Production Company Academy Films
- Editing Company Final Cut
- Post Production Gramercy Park Studios
- Sound Design Gramercy Park Studios
- Visual Effects Gramercy Park Studios
- Editor David Webb
- Agency Producer Jane Edwards
- Executive Creative Director Leon Jaume
- Visual FX Ben Rogers
- Visual FX Francisco Lima
- Visual FX Mark Beardall
- Visual FX Nuno Pereira
- Director Walter Stern
- Producer Juliette Harris
- Creative Director Orlando Warner
- Creative Director Joe Miller
- Post Producer Kit Lawson
- Sound Designer Zak Kurtha
Credits
powered by- Agency WCRS/UK
- Production Company Academy Films
- Editing Company Final Cut
- Post Production Gramercy Park Studios
- Sound Design Gramercy Park Studios
- Visual Effects Gramercy Park Studios
- Editor David Webb
- Agency Producer Jane Edwards
- Executive Creative Director Leon Jaume
- Visual FX Ben Rogers
- Visual FX Francisco Lima
- Visual FX Mark Beardall
- Visual FX Nuno Pereira
- Director Walter Stern
- Producer Juliette Harris
- Creative Director Orlando Warner
- Creative Director Joe Miller
- Post Producer Kit Lawson
- Sound Designer Zak Kurtha
Created by WCRS to promote Betfair’s sponsorship of ITV’s World Cup coverage this spot is produced by Academy Films with VFX from Gramercy Park Studios. The ad features a monstrous CG octopus battling it out in four simultaneous Ping-Pong games.

The star of the Walter Stern-directed film may look familiar after the giant cephalopod caused a traffic jam at London's Oxford Circus. Betfair has since apologised for the incident via its Twitter account.
We'd like to apologise for any inconvenience that has been caused by the breakdown this morning at Oxford Circus. While transporting a (1/2)
— Betfair (@Betfair) June 3, 2014… prop which was used in a recent advertising campaign, unfortunately our truck broke down on its way to a holding location (2/2)
— Betfair (@Betfair) June 3, 2014
Connections
powered by- Agency WCRS
- Editing Company Final Cut
- Post Production Gramercy Park Studios
- Production Academy Films
- Sound Design Gramercy Park Studios
- Visual Effects Gramercy Park Studios
- Agency Producer Jane Edwards
- Creative Director Orlando Warner
- Director Walter Stern
- Editor David Webb
- Executive Creative Director Leon Jaume
- Producer Juliette Harris
- Visual FX Nuno Pereira
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