Ad creative

The campaign runs on two devices that work as a pair. Subversion ads poke at the honest cost of the house: the mowing, the gutters, the commute. Proof ads show the dream, grown up: real life happening in and around an apartment. Every concept carries a risk grading so we can dial the campaign's edge up or down by placement.

Safe plays it straight
Bolder leans into the idea
Edgy pokes the bear

Brand

Belong from day one

Belong from day one

Safe
Nothing left to chance

Nothing left to chance

Safe

Downsizers

Downsize the house upgrade the postcode

Downsize the house upgrade the postcode

Bolder
Home ownership doesnt have to be a full-time job

Home ownership doesnt have to be a full-time job

Bolder
Mowing the lawn no longer your Australian dream

Mowing the lawn no longer your Australian dream

Edgy
White picket fence

White picket fence

Edgy
Less to look after more time to go

Less to look after more time to go

Safe
The dream minus the maintenance

The dream minus the maintenance

Safe

Southern upgraders

The postcode you couldnt get in a house

The postcode you couldnt get in a house

Bolder
Trade the land for the location

Trade the land for the location

Bolder
Take the brake lights out of your next commute

Take the brake lights out of your next commute

Edgy
Closer in brand new

Closer in brand new

Safe

Sunshine upgraders

Live large maintain nothing

Live large maintain nothing

Bolder
Live where the weekends happen

Live where the weekends happen

Bolder
Backyards are overrated

Backyards are overrated

Edgy
Brand new homes in the pockets you love

Brand new homes in the pockets you love

Safe

First-home buyers

The best first homes arent houses

The best first homes arent houses

Bolder
Your first home doesnt have to be in the sticks

Your first home doesnt have to be in the sticks

Bolder
The Australian dream can still come with a social life

The Australian dream can still come with a social life

Edgy

Investors

Buy where you want to live

Buy where you want to live

Bolder
Own where demand already lives

Own where demand already lives

Bolder
Tired of fixing an old house

Tired of fixing an old house

Safe

Brand video: At Home micro-moments

Tiny fragments of video for the At Home series. The recipe is one small joy plus one unmistakable place, and never a face: hands, feet and silhouettes only. Ultra close-ups and slow, deliberate camera moves, graded warm and filmic to match the AD video look. Each clip starts life as a still frame; once the frame is approved, we animate it. Around five seconds, silent, built to sit behind interfaces and between hero pieces.

Laneway coffee · Fitzroy, Melbourne

A hand lifts the cup for a sip while focus rolls to the street art behind.

Pho at dusk · Victoria Street, Richmond

Steam off the broth, herbs dropped in, the eatery glowing behind.

Waxing the board · Bondi

Small circles of wax, sand on wet hands, the break waiting behind.

Jacaranda season · New Farm, Brisbane

Petals drifting onto the boards of a Queenslander verandah.

The tide underfoot · Burleigh Heads

A barefoot stroll through the shallows at golden hour.

Autumn underfoot · inner Melbourne

Boots scattering wet leaves along the bluestone.

What we learned making these

People must be doing something. Our first coffee render held a frozen pose and instantly read as fake; re-prompted with a candid sip, it came alive. And place is the point: the more specific the suburb signature, the more the clip feels like home. These proofs are 720p; approved picks get re-rendered at full quality, 24 frames per second, in 16:9, 9:16 and 4:5.

Next scenes, awaiting animation

Approved frames get animated next. Each one pins a small joy to a place people already love.

Gelato on Lygon Street · Carlton

Gelato on Lygon Street · Carlton

Luna Park at blue hour · St Kilda

Luna Park at blue hour · St Kilda

Dawn on the river · Abbotsford

Dawn on the river · Abbotsford

The pour · King Street, Newtown

The pour · King Street, Newtown

Jacaranda dapple · Surry Hills

Jacaranda dapple · Surry Hills

Ferry wake and pines · Manly

Ferry wake and pines · Manly

Choosing figs · West End, Brisbane

Choosing figs · West End, Brisbane

Lagoon light · South Bank, Brisbane

Lagoon light · South Bank, Brisbane

Palm shadow by the pool · Broadbeach

Palm shadow by the pool · Broadbeach

Dim sims, steaming · South Melbourne Market

Dim sims, steaming · South Melbourne Market

Herbs on the scales · Footscray

Herbs on the scales · Footscray

Tell us what you like, and what you don't

Reply with the codes and a gut call: keep, kill or push further. A one-line note against a headline or a clip is all we need, and it steers everything we make next.

Email Tobey at Luster