Antidote Ltd

09/12/2022

DUBLIN SIMON COMMUNITY | LAST CHRISTMAS

Happy to share our new poignant but urgent film for the Dublin Simon Community, directed by Antidote’s Brendan Canty.
We're honoured we were able to do even a small part in bringing this incredibly awful and serious issue to the public while highlighting the amazing prevention and housing services of Dublin Simon Community.

Thank you very much to the incredible Dublin Simon Community and all the gang at BBDO Dublin for their trust in us to tell this unfortunately crucial story.

A massive thank you to the cast and crew, we are very appreciative of your hard work for this project, especially the fantastic Brendan Canty who directed and edited this piece so beautifully.

Here is the link to donate to Dublin Simon Community, please consider helping today: https://www.dubsimon.ie/donatenow/

Director – Brendan Canty
Executive Producer – Andrew Freedman
Producer – Paula Stewart
Production Coordinator – Kate Gurren
Production Assistant – Michael Largey
Production Assistant – Ronan O'Reilly
Director of Photography – colm hogan
Focus Puller – Roman Bugovskiy
Art Director – Hannah O’Sullivan
Gaffer – Padraig Conaty
Photography - Leo Byrne
Action Vehicle – DNA Action Vehicles
Music & Sound Design - denis .
Post Production Company - GABHA STUDIOS
Colourist - Andrew Francis
Conform - Daniel Morris
Post Producer - Dafydd Upsdell
Editor - Brendan Canty

11/11/2022

SPAR | FINDING CHRISTMAS

We couldn’t be more delighted after so much hard work and dedication to finally share the DC of our latest Christmas film for SPAR Ireland with Publicis Dublin

Directed by Antidote’s incredible Chris Balmond, ‘Finding Christmas’ is a sequel ten years on from Spar’s previous Christmas commercial and follows the original theme with a few modern trimmings.

Beautiful cinematography by our DOP Eoin McLoughlin with fantastic production design by Joe Fallover, creating these magical Christmas moments as we travelled across the country. A massive thank you to Screen Scene Post Production Facilities for the brilliant post-production work to bring this quirky and warm vision to life.

A huge thank you also to our large and ever enthusiastic cast, featuring a number of non-actors who helped us capture a really lovely Christmas-y sense of community.

And as always, we are so thankful to all our amazing crew who made this project possible.

It’s always a pleasure working with the entire team at Publicis Dublin , a warm thank you to them and all at SPAR Ireland for the trust and collaboration in making this project.

Full film on our page.

Director: Chris Balmond
Producer: Andrew Freedman
DOP: Eoin McLoughlin
Production Designer: Joe Fallover
Line Producer: Paula Stewart
Production Coordinator: Ed Griffin
Cast Coordinator: Kate Gurren
Casting: Elizabeth O’Brien, Shauna Griffith
1st AD: Sandra Corbally
Location Managers: Donnacha Brady , Mick Swan
SFX: Kevin McManus @ Pyrotechnics Effects
Stylist: Sarah Flanagan
Gaffer: Stephen McCarthy

Post-Production
Editor: Julian Tranquille
Assistant Editor: Lawrence Lakshmanan
Post Producer: Jen Connolly
Colourist: Gary Curran
Colour Assist: Sam Noone
Compositing: Gavin Casey, Robert Murray
VFX: Hubert Montag, Tom Fagan
Post Producer: Peter Greene

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03/06/2022

CASTING CALL - PEOPLE 25-35 FOR AN ALCOHOL CAMPAIGN

Antidote looking for people of all diversities to take part in a shoot for an alcohol campaign. We will be filming a stop-motion sequence (a mix of portrait still shots & video content).

These are paid roles. We're looking for interesting faces, people who represent all walks of life and are between 25-35 years of age (Please do not apply if you are under 25) - We're looking for availability June 22nd or June 23rd.

If interested, please fill out the form below!

Please ensure to upload a clear recent photo of your face from the shoulders up. Any questions, please email [email protected].
Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftNb8zHDknp1ur3o6b3VFdMUz0tHmzfTnZp0W5YX86hFBvwg/viewform

17/05/2022

CASTING CALL - FAMILIES IN WEXFORD

Antidote are seeking families with kids based in Wexford for a tourism advert shooting at the end of May/Start of June.

These are paid roles and will take place on a beach in Wexford. If interested or would like to know more information, please see the form below.

Thank you for your interest in applying for our tourism advert filming in Wexford. Our shoot date with be either May 31st, June 1st or June 2nd on a Wexford Beach - to be decided before this week due to weather conditions so we ask that you would have availability all three days. We are particularly...

28/01/2022

AIB | THE TOUGHEST ’TOUGH CAN’T QUIT'

What a start to 2022.

We couldn’t be more delighted to share our latest project for AIB ‘The Toughest' (DC) with the amazing team at Rothco, part of Accenture Interactive, part of Accenture Interactive

Directed by the incredible Alan Masferrer, Tough Can’t Quit celebrates the commitment of Club players, their coaches and their fans who give everything they’ve got and persevere, even when sometimes there’s nothing to show for it.

Produced by Andrew Freedman with brilliant cinematography by Albert Salas, this production embodied ‘Tough Can’t Quit’ - Shot in early January at the height of the Omicron wave, we faced many obstacles but what resulted is a truly stunning film.

A feat filmed in 16mm, thank you to Kodak and Cinelab, and Jennifer Connolly, our Post Producer and Screen Scene Post Production Facilities for the online. Edited by Dan Sherwen of Final Cut , with sound design by Will Farrell and grade by Mikey Pehanich of Blacksmith vfx. Huge thanks for all involved 📽️

As always, we’re thankful and appreciative for the brilliant crew who made this shoot possible, and it was a pleasure to make something this special with ROTHCO, part of Accenture Interactive and AIB 🏃

02/12/2021

Delighted to share our new commercial for Smithwick's Ireland in collaboration with Boys +Girls 🍻

Directed by Antidote's fantastic and whimsical director Nick Roney with DOP Leo Schrepel , this time-hopping film with an epic set was made possible with the help of producers Andrew Freedman, Ken Wardrop and Vanessa Hetherington and the amazing crew at 23/32 Films. Huge thank you to all involved, we're so appreciative of your hard work as always.

It was brilliant also working with the incredible post-production team at Nineteen Twenty VFX and Jennifer Connolly at Penco.

Thank you to all the teams at Boys + Girls and Smithwick's Ireland 🍻

23/11/2021

And the festive season continues with this truly magical film for SuperValu Ireland with TBWA\Dublin 🦌

Directed by Antidote’s brilliant Ben Liam Jones, ‘Share the Magic’ follows 9 year-old Aoife and her new friend Deermiud the Deer, as she nurses him back to help so he can resume his duties of helping Santa deliver presents on Christmas.

Nick Morris was our fantastic DOP on this project, with Art Director Ciara O Donovan creating a Christmas wonderland. This was a huge production and we are incredibly appreciative of all involved who made this film as epic as it could be. A massive thank you to Windmill Lane Pictures for the incredible post-production work to truly capture the magic of Deermuid.

We are also very appreciative of our excellent cast, including 9 year old Penny Lynch and Deermuid and his handler Eddie Drew, whose performances are what truly make this commercial so special.

Thanks again to the entire teams at TBWA\Dublin and SuperValu Ireland for the trust and collaboration in making this project.

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19/11/2021

It's the best night of the year and a project we're delighted to release!

It was brilliant working on the promo for this year's Late Late Toy Show with RTÉ and this lovely, eclectic cast of kids.

Directed by Antidote's fantastic Henry Mason with photography by Narayan Van Maele, this commercial was a pleasure to work on and we're delighted with the final film.

Produced by Andrew Freedman and Grainne Tiernan, with post-production by Windmill Lane Pictures

A huge thank you to all involved on set as well as pre and post production, including RTE and Ryan Tubridy.

RTÉ:
Executive Creative Director: John Kilkenny
Promotions Producer: Claire Bird
Copywriter: Bernie Martin
Production Manager: Darragh Tracey
Graphics: Ultan Courtney and Amy Gilsenan

17/11/2021

Bank of Ireland | Times Change

Delighted to share new work for Bank of Ireland - Times Change follows Foley's Cafe through the decades, and through generations of a dedicated family. An excellent collaboration with Grey London, we're very proud of this beautiful piece

This was a brilliant stylistic project directed by Antidote's incredible William Armstrong - his keen eye for detail with the great DOP Jamie Ramsay made a final product we couldn't be happier with. Post production by Screen Scene Post Production Facilities and Outer Limits brought the whole show together.

Thank you to all involved in making this possible, especially our client Bank of Ireland and agency Grey London, as well as our Production Designer for this sensational set build, Lucy van Lonkhuyzen . A Trojan effort from a large crew we are incredibly appreciative of - thank you!

11/10/2021

Thrilled to share some new work with the fantastic director Henry Mason for the Road Safety Authority Ireland. It was brilliant working with BBDO Dublin on this catchy, bright new campaign complete with one very cool Granny.

Produced by Antidote with Executive Producer Andrew Freedman, our DOP was Piers McGrail and those slick graphics and post are the work of Mathematic Studio

Huge thank you as always to the RSA, BBDO Dublin and all crew involved in making this incredible project possible.

29/06/2021

A great interview with our fantastic director Brendan Canty as part of Little Black Book's 'The Directors' series. Check it out below ⬇️

Little Black Book, Antidote music and commercial director Brendan shares his love of stories and working on dreams with Conor McGregor