Smiles and trains

As soon as I saw the new advert for TSB/Lloyds bank I suspected that there might be a connection with the "bag of smiles" advert seen back in June last year. As you can see from the screenshots below there's a lot of similarity in the styles.

Following a little research I discovered that Studio AKA is responsible for both these excellent animated adverts.

The music for "The Journey" is provided by Elena Kats-Chernin who can be found on Myspace.