Shortlist Anti-commencement Speech Commercial Work: Cultural Impact

CLIENT/BRANDMADE BY DYSLEXIA

PRODUCTION COMPANYCOLLIDER

DIRECTOR(S)VERSUS

PRODUCER(S)TOM SLATER

AGENCYDDB MELBOURNE

DOPGRÉGOIRE LIÈRE

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY GRÉGOIRE LIÈRE

PRODUCTION DESIGN KARLA MILAT

EDITOR SEAN MCDERMOTT

COLOUR GRADING ALINA BERMINGHAM

MUSIC COMPOSER JONO MA

INSTAGRAM TAG @USVERSUS @COLLIDER__

SOUND DESIGN SONAR

SHORT SYNOPSIS FRAMED AS A RADICAL INVERSION OF THE TRADITIONAL GRADUATION ADDRESS, THIS FILM FEATURES SIR RICHARD BRANSON DELIVERING AN “ANTI-COMMENCEMENT SPEECH” THAT CHALLENGES THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN RECOGNISING NEURODIVERSE TALENT. CRAFTED WITH CINEMATIC PRECISION, THE FILM BLENDS LYRICAL WRITING, RHYTHMIC PACING, AND ARCHITECTURAL DISINTEGRATION TO UNDERSCORE ITS CRITIQUE. DIRECTED BY VERSUS, IT TRANSFORMS A SPOKEN MANIFESTO INTO AN EMOTIONALLY RESONANT PIECE OF VISUAL STORYTELLING — LAUNCHING THE UNIVERSITY OF DYSLEXIC THINKING AND REIMAGINING DYSLEXIA AS A CREATIVE SUPERPOWER FOR THE FUTURE.