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GUEST JUDGE /BEST AD OF THE WEEK
BESTAD OF THE WEEK ... TV and PRINT / OUTDOOR
GUEST JUDGE /BEST AD OF THE WEEK
NEW ZEALAND
September 20, 2006 09:38 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
 Josh Lancaster - Brand Creative Director Ogilvy Auckland will be this week's guest judge. Josh will be choosing the "bestad of the week" from last week's featured TV & print /outdoor. BEST AD OF THE WEEK TV.  There's heaps of reasons why the brewery shouldn't have approved Flashbeer: "Don't you reckon the lead guy could be percieved as a homo? Where is the drinking moment? And the party that follows? Do you really think this is something our drinker would do? And where are his 2 mates? (one of which must be of mild ethnic persuasion remember. But not too much, we don't want him looking criminal...) " They can analyse it all they want - it's just fucking funny and that's why it works. Well done to you fellas. You've done a sterling job on Carlton and good on you for showing your client there is more than one way to move piss. Respect. Click here to view this spot  BEST AD OF THE WEEK - PRINT Nothing really moved me this week print-wise, except for maybe the bus. It was okay as a one off, but it's not really your long term solution to shifting a lot of laundry powder is it? What happens after the first day and all the clothes are brown and dirty and smoggy? Still, it's a cool stunt and the pedestrians in the foreground liked it so there. Nice ad. Click here to view this ad BESTAD OF THE WEEK ... TV and PRINT / OUTDOOR
GUEST JUDGE /BEST AD OF THE WEEK
September 13, 2006 11:14 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
 ROSE SAUQUILLO, Associate Creative Director, Taxi Canada Inc, will be this week's guest judge. Rose will be choosing the "bestad of the week" from last week's featured TV & print /outdoor. BEST AD OF THE WEEK TV.  AXE FISH Although the good, bad, and the ugly promo was nicely done, the Axe spot stood out. A guy keeping fish alive in his sweaty pits is damn funny. This spot has everything stupidity, cheesy statues, empathy, product relevance, and the guy gets the girl. Click here to view this spot  BEST AD OF THE WEEK - PRINTWEEDS A simple idea taken a lot further. Loved the track on the viral video and wanted to see even more footage of the thieves (is there a copy somewhere?). Really smart promo. Check it out if you missed it. Click here to view this ad BESTAD OF THE WEEK ... TV and PRINT / OUTDOOR Ben Priest, Creative Director Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe / Y&R London, will be this week's guest judge. Ben will be choosing the "bestad of the week" from last week's featured TV & print /outdoor. BEST AD OF THE WEEK TV.  The ever wonderful Ivan Zacharias does it again with this spot for Nike featuring Maria Sharipova. (Now that's a tough opening sentence, spelling wise.) The ad captures the weird contradiction at the heart of this super star - she looks like a supermodel but hits the ball like a grizzly bear on steroids. The sugary track is given a great twist by the jealous, hooded eyed peformers. It's left field, memorable, well shot and captures the essence of her. Game, set and match. Click here to view this spot  BEST AD OF THE WEEK - PRINT My print choice is the 'Korea' ad for Alteco super glue. It's so simple and uses a highly sensitive subject in just the right way to make its point. Sure, you should be able to do great ads for super glue but they have. Click here to view this ad BESTAD OF THE WEEK ... TV and PRINT / OUTDOOR
GUEST JUDGE /BEST AD OF THE WEEK
August 30, 2006 05:26 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
 Toby Talbot, Creative Director Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand, will be this week's guest judge. Toby will be choosing the "bestad of the week" from last week's featured TV & print /outdoor.  BEST AD OF THE WEEK TV. Stuff of Legends Some funny TV ads this week. I love the sheer campness of Hoff Central. Fredrik Bonds direction of the Hummer spot is pretty faultless too. But for me, Crispins Stuff of Legends comes out tops. Yes, I know its yet another mockumentary style ad, but a Nascar driver trying to eat a whole chicken off a pole is bloody funny. Click here to view this spot  BEST AD OF THE WEEK - PRINT Bavaria Beer Squid Not in the same league as the TV ads this week. As posters, I like the impact of the Aussie animals wrapped up for winter for Castlemaine, but that kind of thing has been done a lot for Extra Cold beers. So Im going to go for the KesselsKramer Giant Squid ad for Bavaria beer. The use of consecutive right hand pages isnt exactly fresh, but the 50s illustration style is. I also like any ads that take the piss out of macho beer culture. Click here to view this ad BESTAD OF THE WEEK ... TV and PRINT / OUTDOOR Mark Bernath, Senior Partner, Group Creative Director Ogilvy & Mather, New York, will be this week's guest judge. Mark will be choosing the "bestad of the week" from last week's featured TV & print /outdoor. BEST AD OF THE WEEK TV: "Dream Team"  A simple idea about complexity executed perfectly. The airplane returning solidified it for me. Small budget, huge result. That being said, a close second to Vice City without the vice in Coke's Videogame. Click here to view "Dream Team"  BEST AD OF THE WEEK PRINT "Everyday Heroes" I wanted to like the Virgin Money work but the idea of Blingola was better than the ad it spawned. There appeared to be multiple spec ads but only one acknowledged it. In the end, I'll have to go with Mr. Kitchenhand. Is it real? I don't know. Does he help stop crime or does he commit it? I don't know that either. But he makes me laugh. Click here to view this ad BESTAD OF THE WEEK ... TV and PRINT / OUTDOOR
GUEST JUDGE /BEST AD OF THE WEEK
August 16, 2006 13:42 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
 Scott Linnen, VP / Creative Director, CP+B, will be this week's guest judge. Scott will be choosing the "bestad of the week" from last week's featured TV & print /outdoor.  bestads of the week - TV FOOTLOCKER RED ARMY AKA ADVERTISING Yes, the whole launch thing is a pun, but who doesnt like a good pun now and then, or for that matter, seeing a bunch of panic-stricken Cold War Ruskies scrambling around at Defcon 1? The red handprints on their foreheads is classic. Click here to view "Red Army"  bestad of the week - PRINT / OUTDOOR VIRGIN MOBILE USAMOTHER Mothers Giving back the power of the Penny work for Virgin Mobile texting makes me glad to be alive. Its a smart idea, big and genuine as Honest Abe himself. It gives me a freebie mask so I can go around masquerading as a dead president, and it motivates me to want to rally behind the whole save-the-Penny cause. That, and text 1000 of my closest friends to tell them about the sweet Virgin offer. Click here to view this ad BESTAD OF THE WEEK ... TV and PRINT / OUTDOOR Farrokh Madon, ECD BBDO Singapore, will be this week's guest judge. Farrokh has chosen the "bestad of the week" from last week's featured TV & print /outdoor.  bestad of the week TV Best Ad: Mexico Red Cross (Saatchi & Saatchi, Mexico) Killing Death. Its a simple, yet strangely unexplored idea. The very thought of giving the Grim Reaper a kick up the you-know-where is universally appealing. Using animation is a nice touch. It adds the necessary humour to bring alive a concept that any good creative would die for. Click here to view this spot  bestad of the week Print / outdoor Audi RS6 (Ogilvy Johannesburg) Its simple. Its fast. Its engaging. Most importantly, it puts a smile on your face. Click here to view this ad BESTAD OF THE WEEK ... TV and PRINT / OUTDOOR
GUEST JUDGE /BEST AD OF THE WEEK
August 02, 2006 04:46 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
  Al Moseley (pictured on left) and John Norman, executive creative directors at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam will be this week's guest judges. Al & John will be choosing the "bestad of the week" from last week's featured TV & print /outdoor. bestad of the week TV  If it wasn't in the family, we'd quite like to have voted for Swing Portrait. Music plays a big role. The consolidated athlete-brand-product message reflects an honest Nike spirit. However, we're going with Standoff for its sheer playfulness. Sure we've seen the formula before. And it should have been set in a bank. But the little details - spinning tray in a still cafe; the taxi driver's delayed death throes - won us over. Click here to view this spot bestad of the week Print / outdoor  Netflorist wins print. Even though all the shortlist was of a high standard Netflorist stood out. It was just different from the other work; a simple observation which didn't feel too addy. Click here to view this ad BESTAD OF THE WEEK ... TV and PRINT / OUTDOOR  BBH Creative Directors Alex Grieve (the one on the left) & Adrian Rossi will be this week's guest judges. Alex & Adrian will be choosing the "bestad of the week" from last week's featured TV & print /outdoor.  bestad of the week TV INPES - TOXIC CORP. Shock and awe in a velvet glove. We are presented with something disturbing dressed up as the picture of innocence. A wonderful bit of bait enhanced by the banal elevator music and happy facade covering up the dark secret. This, if nothing else, this is trying to be brave. Click here to view Toxic Corp.  bestad of the week Print / outdoor SAN FRANCISCO ZOO - GIRAFFE BANNERS The creatives seem to have found their freedom, unlike the giraffes. ÃÂ I would expect a spate of animals made out of street furniture in the San Francisco area in the near future. ÃÂ This is a good idea not just a good use of media. Click here to view this ad BESTAD OF THE WEEK ... TV and PRINT / OUTDOOR
GUEST JUDGE /BEST AD OF THE WEEK
July 13, 2006 22:06 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
 Alexandre Toso, Creative Director ExtrÃême/Springer & Jacoby, will be this week's guest judge. Alexandre will be choosing the "bestad of the week" from last week's featured TV & print /outdoor.  bestad of the week TV So, for the films I hesitated a lot between "the balls" and "Happiness Factory" ... for cok(e) . As with women's breast ads, so it's cool to know that we can have the same problems, and that we can solve them. Coke is not a new idea, but so well executed ( it makes me think about the animation film "robots"), and so while it's new for Coke, it's not so new in onirism ( honda did it some years ago and everybody , with money, does the same). Really Good film, but I prefer the Balls. Best film: the balls. Click here to view this spot  bestad of the week Print / outdoor For the print I prefer Boggle. As "Words don't come easy", ... FR david's song say that ;-) ... I find this ad simple. Nice typo ad. Playing with the game and our intelligence. Only Boggle could do this ad, with the help of those exilated french creatives, of course. Click here to view this print work BESTAD OF THE WEEK ... TV and PRINT / OUTDOOR
GUEST JUDGE /BEST AD OF THE WEEK
July 12, 2006 08:00 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
 Porky Hefer, ECD of Lowe Bull South Africa, will be this week's guest judge. Porky will be choosing the "bestad of the week" from last week's featured TV & print /outdoor. bestad of the week TV  Found the technique in the crouch vs Lewesy very engaging, but must favour the orange Segal spot. Great evolution of the first campaign. Much better in fact. More space to exploit the celebrities used, even like Steve's acting for a change. Mr Dresden gets better and better. Understand it was expensive due to cast member but could have pushed the action/explosion side even more. Click here to view this TV spot bestad of the week Print  Like the dynajets idea but it's lowe so I'll pass. Do like the skate stuff especially the use of the multiple image usually found in skate and board mags. Love the logo and type treatment. Never mind drivers, not all creative directors can see the funky patterns in the road safety ads. Some good work but no mind blowing ideas. Click here to view this ad BESTAD OF THE WEEK ... TV and PRINT / OUTDOOR
GUEST JUDGE /BEST AD OF THE WEEK
July 05, 2006 09:31 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
 Phil Cockrell - AMV BBDO London, will be this week's guest judge. Phil will be choosing the "bestad of the week" from last week's featured TV & print /outdoor. bestads of the week TV:  I suppose, being a copywriter and West Ham nut, I should really plump for the Budweiser football idents. They are very well-written and consistently raise a smile. But hey, I'm also a guy. And there is no more watchable ad on TV at the moment than the Lynx "Billions" ad. Don't know why, it just has something. Click here to view "Billions" bestads of the week PRINT/ OUTDOOR:  Again, in print, two executions stood out. The BBC World ' See both sides' execution is a clever use of the corner poster site. But for me, it's another win for Lynx with their 'World Cup contract'. Although there is a suggestion that this may have been influenced by an email that was circulating recently, it is a snug fit with the brand's tone of voice. Click here to view Lynx "Contract" BESTAD OF THE WEEK Clive Pickering, head of copy, TBWA/London, will be this week's guest judge. Clive will be choosing the "bestad of the week" from last week's featured TV & print /outdoor. Just back from Cannes where I was exposed to the best work in the world and a small brewerys annual output of ale, so Im not necessarily in the best state to give a well-rounded, considered judgement of the weeks ads. On the other hand, maybe it will help. Anyway, here goes.. bestad of the week TV:  The 6 ads under the banner TV cover a wide range of Cannes categories. Here we have content, idents, an event, charity ads, and even straightforward conventional TV advertising. This makes it all but impossible to judge them against each other, but I think the power of the anti-prostitution ad shades it for me. Not sure about the bet youre feeling stupid now approach to the line, but the idea is strong and the execution good. Click here to view this spot bestad of the week PRINT / OUTDOOR: Of the print ads, the Socceroos campaign was a good thought, once Id figured out that the bloke was the personification of History. But the Jo-burg zoo ads won it for me, simply and cheekily putting across the news that the zoo is open at night. Its not a classic campaign [partly because there are only two ads] but it stood out from the rest.  Click here to view this ad WELCOME TO OUR NEW "bestad of the week" category.
GUEST JUDGE /BEST AD OF THE WEEK
June 21, 2006 05:30 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
 Each week we'll be asking a Creative Director or prominent creative ... from somewhere in the world ... to choose the bestad from last week's TV & PRINT/OUTDOOR. To kick it off, here's Jae Goodman, Co-ECD Publicis & Hal Riney San Francisco. He's the one on the right in the pic (with Co-ECD Jon Soto on the left). bestad of the week TV:  Jae Goodman: c'mon, who doesn't love a musical? so that made this a tough week with both rexona and folgers in the mix (and the other rexona spot was almost a musical). but it's folgers for me. it just had the right sensibility (if you can call it that) - the glowing sunshine folgers people were wonderfully perfectly creepy and annoying - just like real people who for some awful reason are legitimately happy to greet each day. a good week though. black balloons really made me think. To view the spot click .... HERE bestad of the week PRINT:  Jae Goodman: okay, weird mix. the aids thing is disturbing, which is the point, i know. and as for the ad world cup - i actually think some of those "terrible" ads would make great ads - so damned honest. it's a smart way to call bullshit on what all of us do for a living. but i'm going with whiskas for my favorite. i usually don't go for the visual gags, but i just know my childhood cat, porky, was all hunter on the inside. To view the print click .... HERE « First « Previous Next » Last » 23 of 23 |
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