UK mobile provider Three pushes back against the growing wave of “phones are bad” haters with some speculative history lessons courtesy of Friend director Ian Pons Jewell and the VFX crew at Time Based Arts thru W+K London.
 

Agency: Wieden + Kennedy London
Creative Director: Hollie Walker
Creatives: Tom Bender, Tom Corcoran
Executive Creative Directors: Iain Tait, Tony Davidson
TV Producer: Richard Adkins
TV Production Assistant: Aran Patterson

Production: Friend London
Director: Ian Pons Jewell
Executive Producer: Luke Jacobs
Producer: Jon Adams
Director of Photography: Mauro Chiarello
Production Designer: Mark Connell
Costume Designer: Ameena Callender
Service Company: Radioaktive Film

VFX: Time Based Arts
VFX Supervisor: James Allen
VFX Head of Production: Josh Robinson
VFX Production Assistant: Sean Ewins
Lead VFX Artist: Luke Todd
Flame Artists: Matt Jackson, Leo Weston, David Birkhill, Stephen Grasso, Jamie Crofts
Nuke Artists: Leandro Vazquez, Matt Shires, Bernardo Varela, Sarah Breakwell, George Cressey, Ralph Briscoe, Manolo Perez
CG Artists: Oscar Diez, James Spillman, Mike Battcock, Jon Park, James Mann, Nigel Timms, Daniel Davie, Gareth Bell, Cesar Eiji Nunes, David Loh, Michael Hunault, Federico Guzzardo, Florian Mounie, Dan Hope
Matte Painters: Lisa Ayla, Sylvie Minois
Colorist: Simone Grattarola

Edit: Cut & Run
Editor: Ben Campbell
Edit Assistant: Chris Hutchings
Edit Producer: Ruth Minkley

Sound Company: 750mph
Sound Designer: Sam Ashwell, Jake Ashwell
Sound Producer: Mary-Ann D’Cruz

Music Supervisor: John Connon @ Mr. Pape