The ideal firefighter
Firefighter recruitment campaign
CLIENT
DEPARTMENT OF FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES
AGENCY
WUNDERMAN THOMPSON
DIRECTOR
ADAM RULE
PRODUCER
CANDICE SHIELDS
DOP
TIM FITZGERALD
HAIR & MAKE-UP
KATE FARMER
VFX
TIM HARRIS
SOUND DESIGN
JUSTIN BRAINE
Producing
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Direction
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Editing
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Colour grade
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Visual Effects
Modern firefighters face all sorts of things beyond just fires and are all trained exactly the same way to do the same job, with courage, commitment, bravery, resilience and compassion.
Wunderman Thompson's idea was crafted around the fact that no one can be sure who’s under a full firefighter’s get-up, in an emergency, who would care? We produced this showcase of real DFES firefighters, first using existing footage to reflect on a mask with VFX and then taking off their helmets and revealing their faces. The ideal firefighter might surprise you.