If you’re a Little Shop of Horrors fan, you’ll appreciate this fun take on the aggressive house plant genre from VFX force Electric Theatre Collective and Riff Raff directors Megaforce for John Lewis’ much-anticipated Christmas spot.

Produced thru Saatchi & Saatchi and backed by an original tune sung by tenor Andrea Bocelli, the spot follows a young boy who nurtures a mysterious seed expecting to grow a perfect Christmas tree but instead raises a sentient and mischievous Venus Flytrap.

Franki Goodwin, CCO at Saatchi & Saatchi: “Taking on the John Lewis Christmas ad – no pressure, right? It’s been quite the six months. But honestly, having built a fully integrated campaign, and worked with the icons that are Megaforce and Bocelli to make a film that retains what is quintessential about a John Lewis Christmas ad, but evolves it into something a bit unexpected, wilder and funnier. I really do appreciate that pressure is a privilege and making this has been a huge one.”
 
 

 
Client: John Lewis

Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi
CCO: Franki Goodwin
ECD: Paddy Fraser
Senior creatives: Alex Kosterman, Avani Maan
EDD: Nathan Crawford
Character designer: Kris Miklos
Designer: Simon Anderton, James Crickmore, Natalie Alves, Jay De Silva, George Colledge, Dani Wolf, Benny Yang, James Goodwin Davies
Junior creatives: Iki Choi, Will Griffin

Production: Riff Raff
Director: Megaforce

VFX/post: Electric Theatre Collective
CD: Dean Robinson
VFX super: Alex Gabucci
CG super: Dorianne Fibleuil
EP: Magda Krimitsou
Production coordinator: Ryley King
2D compositor: Alex Kulikov, Taran Spear, Adam Woolrich, Tijan Holder, Victoria Pascual
Animation super: Andras Ormos
Animator: Fabrice Fiteni, Han Park, Gererd Murphy, Fred Austin
Lighting/lookdev: Jordan Dunstall, Wesley Roblett, Aidan Callaghan, Lennart Vulto
FX: Dan Yargici, Sergio Morales Paz, Alberto Scotti, Nick de Leeuw
Asset build: Bibin Panackal, Zhane Nathan-Grant, Poul Resen Steenstrup, Joseph Dowling, Elliot Holland Crouch, Parker Britt, Tom Harrison, Mara Pawlowska
Rigger: Nikolai Maderthoner, Clementine Lecluse, Jashua Fernandez, Jo Allington
Concept: Emily Shilling
Color: Luke Morisson

Edit: Final Cut
Editor: Joe Guest
Assistant editor: Matt Gabzdyl
EP: Michelle Corney

Audio: 750MPH

Music: Wake The Town
Singer: Andrea Bocelli