Specsavers teams with Flickerfest winner for latest campaign

Nathan Jolly

January 20, 2025 2:53

Adelaide director Conor Mercury has beaten out more than 100 entries in a national competition ran by short film festival Flickerfest to create a new variant on the famous ‘should’ve gone to Specsavers’ campaign.

Mercury’s Orchestra “brings a fresh approach to Specsavers’ popular sight-gag”, as a shortsighted timpanist mistakes the heads of two bald men for his drums.

The piece was filmed at Melbourne Recital Centre and features Orchestra Victoria performing Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. The work was guided by creative agency TBWA\Melbourne.

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Nathan Jolly

Nathan Jolly is the Features Editor at Mumbrella. He joined the team in July, 2023.