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The flexibility of line animation  New work from Studio Aka, London How do you represent 50,000 doctors in 30 seconds? and jam loads of ingredients into a pack of muesli? ... line animation Comedy Central - they HAVE to be funny Putting words into her mouth   The Eiffel Tower or the ..... ummm In this new Renault work from Publicis UK, comparisons are made between Britain & France to get across he point "twice the va va voom". All done with a light & cheeky tone.  In new spots from Love Communications, people trade places according to their investment skills ... or lack of Client: Genesys Wealth Advisors Agency: Love Communications Agency Producer: David Steindl Art Director: Paul Hoyne Copywriter: Siimon Reynolds Creative Director: Siimon Reynolds Director: Darren Ashton Producer: Michael Carlton Bad news is easier to take when it's sung.   a series of amusing spots from McDonalds for their sponship of Australian Idol Art Director: Andrew Crocker, Charlie Cook, Misha McDonald Copywriter: Andrew Crocker, Charlie Cook, Misha McDonald Creative Director: Richard Selbourne Executive Creative Director: Garry Horner Agency Producer: Carlin Smith Director: Barney Catchlove Production compnay: Red Herring  A couple of very nice new adverts from Mother London Go to the main page to see "Inquisitive Kid" The other in the series is "Gameshow" ... equally good. (Isn't that 3 weeks running for Mother London on the main page?) Not often you hear a good radio spot! Don't use the wrong pen during exams! One of a series of nicely written radio ads for Bic pens. Agency: SMART Melbourne Writers: John Mescall, Rebecca Newman, Malcolm Chambers To listen to the spot click HERE   Using the unexpected to get the message across. Nice. Product: Canadian Paraplegic Association (Charity) Title: Streaker Agency: Goodgoll Vendramin Inc. Creatives: Benjamin Vendramin (Creative Director / Art Director) Robert McDougall (Creative Director / Writer) Agency Producer: Angela Carroll Director: Jamie Way Prod. Co.: Millenium Country: Canada  A new Sheilas Wheels campaign is set in an Aussie Outback style ... except for the shielas that is.  Director: Graham Rose Producer: Michael MacMillan Production Co: The Pink Film Company Client: esure Title: Sheilas Wheels Client Producer: Serena Freeman Creatives: Chris Wilkins/Sian Vickers  With such an extensive selection of men to choose from, this is the place to try them on for size. Agency: WRC New Zealand Creative: Bobbie Mckay Creative Director: Nigel Corbett Director: Brian Challis / REPUBLIC Tea Tree Oil Anti Dandruff Shampoo - Indonesian style A golf buggy drives across a grassy frame, collecting golf balls. As it passes through frame for the last time, it wipes on the Tea Tree Oil pack, followed by the Anti Dandruff Shampoo super. Simple! Client: Martha Tilaar Product: Tea Tree Oil Title: 'Golf Buggy' Agency: David Indonesia Production House: RT Films Director: Jeff Jaffers CD: Gary Caufield Writer: Gary Caufield Post: G1 Gritty new work from the Phillipines "Doormat" - An edgey hard-hitting new spot from the Phillipines THE CAMPAIGN AIMS TO CREATE MASS PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE PLIGHT OF FILIPINO DOMESTIC WORKERS ABROAD, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, WHO ARE VICTIMS OF VERBAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSES, RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION. Client TEODORA Production Company BREW PRODUCTIONS New aids work ... "The Know Is Spreading"   "The Know Is Spreading" In this great new aids awareness spot from CP+B & Believe Media, a mural moves through an urban landscape. Nice track ... beautifully crafted ... simple message. However "the know" isn't spreading as fast as it could - they didn't send us an mpeg. Otherwise you could view it right HERE No advertising website is quite complete without mentioning Crispin, Porter+ Bogusky. We are now complete.   Mars - a good strategy in a tricky category ... from AMV BBDO London Basically Mars makes suggestions for how to "make your day" In the first execution Different route we see a guy who ignores his normal commute to work seeing the same old sights and faces, day after day after day. Instead he takes a different route to work. The second execution, Overdress, we see a young woman dressing up for what looks like a night on the town but turns out to be a regular Monday at work. The spot suggests how nice it would be to feel as good about Monday morning as a night out .... Agency Producer: Abbie Ferrand Art Director: Chris Kelly Copywriter: Rob Webster Director: Jim Gilchrist Executive Creative Director: Paul Brazier Sprint: the "yes-man" re-invented The yes-man concept continues The ads focus on how Ford product engineers are rarely in their offices and need to work where the cars are, whether engineers are with suppliers or in test labs. So their desk phones have been replaced with 8,000 Sprint walkie-talkie wireless phones so the engineers can communicate from wherever they are. By extending their workplace these employees can be more efficient, which is helping Ford to shorten the timeframe from concept to showroom. Real results speak for themselves, and the yes-man concept is a fun way to attract attention to those making a difference in their businesses by using Sprint to make virtually any place a workplace, said Jon Soto, co-executive creative director at Publicis & Hal Riney.  A cute new spot for Birds Eye features the pea car & a snappy tune. Creative Director: Rosie Arnold Copywriter: Matt Waller Art Director: Dave Monk Agency Producer: Jane Bessey Production Company: Hungry Man - London Director: Blue Source Stylish new Lexus spot for Dentsu Canada via Bruce Dowad. Stylish spot for Dentsu Canada via Bruce Dowad. LOS ANGELES, October 7, 2005 With his latest spot, Lexus Moments via Dentsu Canada, director Bruce Dowad of Bruce Dowad Associates, Los Angeles endeavored to create a visceral experience both surprising and iconic. The ad presents a series of poignant captured moments both stock and shot that are projected on what appears to be a screen. Throughout the spot, a voice-over describes life as a series of such moments. As the camera pulls back, we see the images arent being projected on the screen rather its the solid line of the road, and the breaks in the film arent being caused by the projector, they are being caused by the roads dividing lines. The spot ends with the Lexus motoring down the road of life headlong into the future. Lexus (Canada) - Moments Production Company: Bruce Dowad Associates/ LA Circle Productions/ Toronto Director: Bruce Dowad DP: Bojan Bazelli EP: Jessica Carlson (BDA), Karen Tameanko (Circle) Producer: Merrie Wasson Agency: Dentsu/ Toronto Creative Catalyst: Glen Hunt Art Director: Deborah Prenger Agency Producer: Amanda Loughran Not the usual approach to pension funds There's a bit of a twist in this new work from US based Backyard for AMF pension funds (for Forsman & Bodenfors). TITLE: The planet ADVERTISER: AMF Pension PRODUCTION: COMPANYSocial Club PRODUCER: Magnus Theorin DIRECTOR: Jesper Ericstam PRODUCTION MANAGER: Henrik Lundqvist AGENCY: Forsman & Bodenfors PRODUCTION MANAGER: Anna Chantre COPY WRITER: Jacob Nelson ART DIRECTOR: Lotta Ågerup AGENCY PRODUCER: Magnus Kennhed Director Charlie Watson of Millennium Pictures shoots in Romania Director Charlie Watson of Millennium Pictures recently completed a spot project for Rompetrol via Odyssey Communication/ Romania. Shot entirely on location, Addio A Cheyenne uses a series of vignettes to illustrate how the Romanian oil and gas conglomerate draws together consumers from all walks of life. Production Company: Millennium Pictures Director: Charlie Watson DP: Sebastian Wladyslaw Milaszewski EP: Jeanne Mattiusi Managing Director: Caroline Von Weyher Producer: Gabi Antal Abis Studio Agency: Odyssey Communication/ Romania CD(s): Valentin Suciu, Silviu Padurariu AD: Ana Tautu Copy: Silviu Padurariu Editorial: Abis Studio/ Romania Editor: Theo Penciu Telecine: Abis Studio/ Romania Colorist: Simona Cristea Post/Effects: Abis Studio/ Romania VFX/Inferno Artist(s): Stefan Cios, Petruta Panait  New work for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation through DDB Sydney. A few words from Sean Ascroft, Head of TV, DDB Sydney: Driven by Paul Francis and his unstoppable team, the Humpty Dumpty Foundation has continued to tirelessly raise funds to purchase vital life-saving and pain-reducing equipment for the Children's ward at the Royal North Shore Hospital. If you wonder whether all the hard work is worth it, have a look at the children's ward at the Royal North Shore Hospital and all the smiling faces on the kids. To view the spot ( & credits) click .... HERE AMV BBDO (UK) ... Motivating people to read more New work for BBC RAW through AMV BBDO London To encourage people to read more by showing how books can let you escape. We see a scene play out as someone is reading. However when they shut the book the scene changes instantly and we realise it was all in the book as we hear the line live more lives. Agency Producer: Ella Littlewood Art Director: Mike Nicholson/Jonathan John Copywriter: Mike Nicholson/Jonathan John Director: Paul Gay Executive Creative Director: Paul Brazier Production Company BBC Broadcast New work for Burger King Canada through Reginald Pike New work for Burger King through Reginald Pike. A couple of very amusing spots have just been completed for BK Canada through Reginald Pike, for Communication Bleu Blanc Rouge. It looks like sitting down has become an imperative for eating BK burgers. Titles: Jackhammer, Lumberjack Client: Burger King Country: Canada Agency: Communication Bleu Blanc Rouge  Creative Director: Gaétan Namouric Art Director: Laura Kim Copywriter: Mélanie Delisle Agency Producer: Normand Vaillancourt Director: Brian Lee Hughes Production Company: Cinélande / Reginald Pike Producer: Sylvie Dubé Director Of Photography: Jean-François Lord Executive Producer: Sylvie Dubé Transfer: Technicolor On-Line: Buzz Editor & Company: Graham Chrisholm & Quatre Zéro Un  The new Mitsubishi "King of the Hill" spot from BBDO NY shows just how intimidating a 4x4 can be. I can't help wondering if you're allowed to mention "the police" when you're working with composer/ drummer Stewart Copeland? And what's the meaning of these dust patterns at the end of the spot .... ?  Chief Creative Officer: David Lubars Exec. Creative Director: Bill Bruce Creative Director: Mark Wegwerth, Christopher Cole Copywriter: Mark Wegwerth Art Director: Christopher Cole Producer: Jeff Beverly Exec. Music Producer: Loren Parkins Production Company: HSI Director: Gerard de Thame Cinematographer: Dennis Crossan Producer: Fabian Daws Editing House: Nomad Editing Company, Inc Santa Monica Editor: John Murray VFX: Sight Effects VFX Artists: Gavin Malkovich, Jason Mortimor Sound Design: Francois Blaignon Music Company: Groove Addicts, Los Angeles Composer: Stewart Copeland  O2 & VCCP Change Direction with Vaughn Arnell & Absolute O2s latest, Treats and I-Mode, continue to be beautifully art-directed but this time around they take a subtle turn. The usual production team has been shaken-up in order to add a new, more approachable feel to the brand. Pagans Vaughn Arnell and Absolutes David Smith (who cut the job as well as leading the VFX) form two significant elements of the shake-up. Agency: VCCP Creatives: Kieran & Veryan Agency Producer: Maggie Campbell PA: Sue Cook Production Company: Pagan Director: Vaughn Arnell Prod Co Producer: Adam Saward Oliver Maisey - Fastest in THE WORLD! Oliver Maisey (ECD of FCB New Zealand) was THE FIRST to use our on-line submissions page ... minutes after it went live. He went on to say ..... "canteen is a charity that helps and supports young people living with cancer. each year they sell bandanas to raise money. we remade this classic muppet skit, replacing 'manamanah' with 'bandanana' " Client: Canteen Agency: FCB New Zealand Executive Creative Director: Oliver Maisey Art Director: Dave Brady Copywriter: Hayley Brunt Agency Producer: Michelle Delaney Director/ DOP: Daryl Ward Producer: Matt Noonan Prod Co: Curious Film CURIOUS Producers Note: Thank you to the agency for making the impossible happen and also to TK & Mark at Bob Industries. Without TK's help we could not have done the spot to the level we were able to, and Mark made it happen by giving us an awesome team!  A nice idea in combination with tasty SFX in this recent spot from Saatchis UK Product : Mares Rates from T.mobile Title : knickers Agency : Saatchi&Saatchi london Creatives : Cassandra Yap (Copywriter) Marion Cohen (art director) Chris Moore (Agency producer) Director: Jason Smith Prod. Co: Home films Country: UK  More impressive SFX. This time from motion theory  Agency: Wieden+Kennedy Executive Producer: Ben Grylewicz Producer: Jennifer Fiske Creative Director: Steve Luker Art Director/Copy Writer: Chris Hutchinson Art Director/Copywriter: Driscoll Reid Account Executive: Alberto Escobedo/Jesse Long 
Impressive SFX in the lastest from Comcast Ad Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners Creative Director/Copywriter: Jamie Barrett Partner Creative Director/Art Director: Mark Wenneker Senior Agency Producer: Tanya LeSieur Production Company: MJZ Director: Fredrik Bond Executive Producer: David Zander, Lisa Rich Director of Photography: Stephen Blackman Production Designer: Dominic Watkins Editorial: Peepshow / Cosmos Street Editor: Andrea MacArthur Visual Effects: Method Original Music and Sound Design: Stimmüng Featured spot - Escape (one of this week's bestads) A bit of background to "Escape", one of this week's featured spots ... Escape from Carphone Warehouse was written by Charlies Inge, creative director of Clemmow Horby Inge, London. With a budget of £500,000, it was shot over four days in Budapest by Stink Films and was directed by Zak and Dan, produced by Olivia Hirschberg, and photographed by Jan Velicky. The Budapest crew was put together through Strawberry Films, who sourced some amazing locations, including a communist iron foundry and a deserted Mig air base. It was a very challenging shoot, since only one shot in the entire 60s spot was free of post production. This meant every scene had to be visualized without the plates, 3D and 2D that would end up in the final picture. Also, the hero of the piece, our plucky little phone was obviously missing in every shot. Post production was obviously key to this production, and all CGI, matte paintings, 2D and TK were courtesy of the Moving Picture Company, London, overseen by producer Andy Bell. Inferno operator Dan Sanders was ever-present on the set to supervise all post-heavy shots, some of which include over sixty different layers in the final reckoning. Passion Pictures provided the 3D animation for the main character of the film, Mowbli. The film was cut by Kate Owen at Marshall Street Editors, Soho. The stirring soundtrack was a piece especially composed by Gordan Halaykievich back in London. Interesting way to seed a viral .... This is probably interesting to any ad region, except that they'd be saying "who the hell is Jason Donovan", so here it is. (beamo). Jason Donovan Makes Ad Debut In Virgin Mobiles Enjoy Our Rates Responsibly Campaign Virgin Mobile Australia last week unveiled its new ad campaign, featuring infamous Australian Actor / Singer / Musician Jason Donovan, providing the reveal to a viral tease that kicked-off covertly on the internet in August. The new campaign, a first for Jason Donovan, seeks to continue the well-established Virgin to Virgin theme which highlights the low text and call rates available to Virgin Mobile customers. The new campaign was initially leaked online to an unsuspecting public on August 22nd with a carefully seeded faux photo. The photo appeared to be a paparazzi shot of Jason getting into his blue Range Rover with a for sale sign in the rear window & his mobile number 0403 527 663 (0403 JASOND) clearly visible. The Range Rover also appeared For Sale on various websites.  Interest in the photo escalated quickly, fuelled by various web forums, blogs and fansites. The story was rapidly picked up by the mainstream media with coverage in the Sydney Morning Herald, on NOVA radio, The Sun Herald, The Sunday Telegraph and various regional radio stations. In w/c September 12th, Virgin Mobile placed announcement style press and radio ads (featuring Mr Branson himself) confirming that Jason Donovan was indeed a Virgin Mobile customer. The ads urged other customers to refrain from contacting Donovan and to use the rates responsibly. By Sunday 18th September over 5000 calls and texts had been made to 0403 JASOND and a number of prank videos of people filming Jason being subjected to these nuisance calls were circulating the internet. The core campaign was unveiled on Sunday 18th September in a series of voyeuristic TV commercials where viewers see Jason Donovan in a variety of compromising situations, being bombarded with calls and texts of adoration (& abuse) from his so called fans. The official style announcement ads and corporate voice-over explain that this footage has been sourced by Virgin Mobile from the internet and is an example of the terrible harassment that Jason is being put through. It urges the public to please not call or text the number published on the screen, 0403 JASOND, and to please use the low Virgin to Virgin 5¢ Text and 5¢/min* call rates responsibly. After only one week of television advertising 0403JASOND has received over 70,000 texts and calls. The campaign continues until early December. The campaign, again developed by ad agency HOST and creative partners The Glue Society, has spun the traditional TV ad to viral approach on its head. By leading with a non-branded, celebrity viral element, the campaign achieved early media and customer recognition, spurring on the campaigns talkability. Viral and web activity was engineered by digital agency NetX. Click here to view the spot: VIEW DDB Singapore rolls out new work for Air Force DDB Singapore Executive Creative Director, Neil Johnson: "Based on a fresh creative platform Like Nothing on Earth' the TVC is based on the premise that an Air Force is a blend of its people and its technology. The technology is ready. Only a select few have it in them to propel it. And how these world class people are created is told through visual metaphors. It is this combination of people and technology that results in a Force that can respond like nothing on earth". Creative Director: Neil Johnson/ Terrence Tan Account Mgt: Alan Lim/ Jimmy Yar/ Chris Chua Writer: Christopher Lim, Alex Kuo Art Director: Joel Chin, Terrence Tan Director: Peter Cherry Production House: Fluid Productions Post-Production House : Infinite Frameworks Media : Starcom Media A PSA for Air Mercy Services - Suburban Films AMS SOS A helicopter without blades is about as useful as AA cup implants, a Dachshund pointer or a three-legged Lipizzaner. Suburban Films with acclaimed director Jeremy Goodall took on the challenge of highlighting the operations of a non-profit organisation in his new public service announcement. Jeremy has managed to create an analogy of a helicopter without blades as being similar to a service without dedicated donor support. Agency 8 Seconds and the Suburban Films team descended on the AMS hangar at Cape Town International Airport on a cold, stormy morning. Mercurial director, Jeremy Goodall, bagged the shots despite howling wind that would halt even the steeliest of Janjaweed militiamen, with a plucky crew who contributed their time for the AMS debut. Then onto Frogs Croak Constantia, where the pool scene was shot. Local frogman Michael Snyman did the honours with the underwater shots. The result, crisp, haunting shots that create a sense of unease. Everyone on the shoot and in post-production really pulled out the stops to assist in helping the AMS craft a sublime, thought provoking commercial. It is perfectly timed to get the SA Red Cross AMS' 40th Anniversary Appeal off the ground in 2006 , and to encourage South Africans to make a "birthday gift" to help with expansion of the organisation's facilities and purchase lifesaving medical equipment for its bases. Enquiries or donations: visit www.ams.org.za or contact Susann at (021) 934-0916 or by e-mail at susann@ams.org.za. DLKW's new work for Branston Pickle. Nice too! Branston Pickle - Single handed The things you can do once you've freed up that other hand! Project name: Squeezy Client: Premier Creative agency: DLKW Copywriter: Richard Holmes Art director: Remco Graham Planner: Lisa Conway Director: Guy Manwaring Producer: Dickie Jeffares Production company: Therapy Films Editor and editing company: Mark Edinoff at Peepshow Post-production company: Rushes Audio post-production: Wave Music Composed by: Mcasso Music BCM Partnership keeping busy The BCM Partnership, Brisbane, have been busy finish off commercials for Qld transport and the Original Juice company (where some unusual facts about hippos help sell juice). Client: Original Juice Company Agency: BCM Partnership Creative Director: Greville Patterson Writer: Nancy Hartley Art Director: James Burchill Agency Producer: Shane Ford Production Company: Post Lounge Director: Ryan Renshaw (Black Lab) Post Production: Post Lounge Post Producer: Vicki Lee Off-Line Editor: Paul Travers Compositor: Steve Tedman 3D Animator: Duncan MacDonald Art Director: Zenon Kohler W+K Amsterdam - more solid EA work Electronic Arts - New Work 30 TV spot: Winner Stays On: We glimpse the personal battle between Rooney and Ronaldinho during a MASSIVE, non-stop Winner Stays On football tournament. Manchester United has beaten Brasil 5-1. Ronaldinho storms off, disgruntled in his yellow jersey. He takes us into a surreal world, where thousands of top teams are packed together, impatiently jostling for their turn on the field. Ronaldinho is saved an eternal wait for another game by his Barcelona team mates he runs straight back out for another crack at Rooney.  FIFA '06 TV spot synopsis: 20 Teaser: Referee An irate warden brutally plucks a referee from the ref storage room deep in the bowels of a stadium. The warden drags the ref through hundreds of the worlds best teams as he reads out the match fixtures for a never-ending tournament. The ref is over-whelmed at first but slowly rises to the challenge by bravely snatching a ball off nearby Rooneys head and kissing his red card as he tears out into the night. CREDITS: TV Ad agency: Wieden+Kennedy/Amsterdam Campaign: FIFA '06 Winner Stays On (30" advert); FIFA '06 Referee (20" teaser TV spot) Client: Electronic Arts (Clive Downie, Trevor Uzice, Ian McGregor, Dave Sullivan) Art director: Rachid Ahouyek Copywriter: Jon Burden Creative Dir.: Don Shelford; Joe DeSouza Producer: Trudy Waldron Prod. Ass.: Lucy Newman Account exec: Hazelle Griffin; Nick Howe Prod. com.: Stink Producer: Mungo Maclagan Director: James Brown CREDITS: PRINT Art director: Rachid Ahouyek Copywriter: Jon Burden Creative Dir.: Don Shelford; Joe DeSouza Account mgt: Julia Porter; Nick Howe Media: Alex Barwick Publicis Mojo Sydney have been busy! Two very amusing spots in quite a difficult category from Publicis Mojo Sydney. Telfast - Photocopier Client: Sanofi Aventis Agency : Publicis Mojo, Sydney Creative Director: Michael Stanford Agency Producer : Jasmin Ferguson Creative Team: Michael Stanford - Writer & Georgia Arnott - Art Production Company: ACNE - Sweden Director: Rasmus Laumann Producer : Richard Bjorlin  Metamucil - Big Sandwich Client: Proctor & Gamble Agency : Publicis Mojo, Sydney Creative Director: Darren Spiller Agency Producer : Jasmin Ferguson Creative Team: Justin Ruben - Writer & Georgia Arnott - Art Director Production Company: Exit Films Director: Glendyn Ivin Producer : Jane Liscombe New work for The Wilderness Society - DDB Sydney ... and very stylish at that Product : The Wilderness Society Title : Chainsaw Agency : DDB Sydney Creatives : Ant&Alex Creative Director : Garry Horner Director : Tony Mahony Prod. Co. : Zealot Films Country : Australia Children First - via Leith, Edinburgh Some very nice animation to get across a serious message. Studio AKA's Marc Craste's unusual style lends great sensitivity to this dramatic story line where a rabbit, encouraging abused children to escape their problems and work towards a brighter future with the Scottish organisation, Children 1st (formally the Scottish RSPCC). The 30 second television commercial was animated in 3D using Softimage | XSI. Client: Children 1st Agency: Leith, Edinburgh Agency Producer: Director: Marc Craste Production Company: Studio AKA They're a funny people ... the Kiwis The roly poly cup? See NZ's steepest rugby game yet! Featuring an all-star team of ex-All Blacks including Joe Stanley, Walter Little, Craig Innes, Bernie McCahill, Steve McDowell and Andy Haden. Come along and watch them tumble. Creative Director Jeneal Rohrback Art Director Jeneal Rohrback CopyWriter Steve Girdlestone Account Director Patrick Hancock TV Producer Zoe Yendell Director Jeneal Rohrback & Steve Girdlestone Editor Duncan Munro The Edge. New from Colenso BBDO NZ In a new spot for The Edge Radio Station, a fast talking escape artist tries to talk his way out of a tricky situation. AGENCY: COLENSO BBDO AGENCY PRODUCER: JEN STOREY WRITER: KIMBERLY RAGAN ART DIRECTOR: REBECCA JOHNSON POND PRODUCTION COMPANY: SILVERSCREEN PRODUCTIONS AUCKLAND TITLE: THE EDGE DIRECTOR: Adam Stevens PRODUCER: Mark Foster D.O.P: Ben Freedman EDITOR: FIONA HAYDEN VISUAL EFFECTS: OKTOBOR PRODUCTION DESIGNER: JULES COOK « First « Previous Next » Last » 663 of 664 |
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