Lucky Arena

Advert1:072026

John's five year plan is the photocopier. Then the Lucky bot pays out, and John gets a supercar, a very loud shirt and his colleague's doughnut.

Format
Advert
Runtime
1:07
Year
2026
Look
Stylised 3D
Made in
South Wales, UK

It's built like a sitcom cold open: deadpan close-ups at the copier, a black card that says "5 YEAR", another that says "PLAN", and a man who has clearly made his peace with it. Then he opens the Lucky bot on his phone, hits the jackpot and punches the air in the middle of the office.

The grade does half the comedy. The office is cold fluorescent blue right up until the win, and then everything goes saturated sunshine, from the cobalt supercar on a palm-lined road to the Hawaiian shirt he wears back into work.

What went into it

Made by
Shaun Preece and Marc Healy
Cast
John, the Lucky bot in its top hat, and an office full of colleagues
Sets
An open-plan office, the copier corner and a palm-lined road
Shots
About 25, in just over a minute
The trick
Two black title cards doing the punchline

Stills

Lucky Arena, frame by frame.

John at the copier. Lucky Arena.
John at the copier
Eyes over the copier. Lucky Arena.
Eyes over the copier
Lucky bot and the app. Lucky Arena.
Lucky bot and the app
JACKPOT hits John. Lucky Arena.
JACKPOT hits John
Fist pump in the office. Lucky Arena.
Fist pump in the office
Cruising in the supercar. Lucky Arena.
Cruising in the supercar
Strutting back through the office. Lucky Arena.
Strutting back through the office
Lucky Arena end card. Lucky Arena.
Lucky Arena end card

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