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guest comments for this week's featured spot "1940's Umpire"

 GUEST COMMENTS    December 22, 2005 00:53 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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A few words from THE FAMILY, who directed the new Skins "1940's Umpire" spot featured this week

In the New York Herald, December 20th year 1987, there is an account of the coincidental meeting of Four Cricket Umpires, unknown to each other.

It appeared that during a freakstorm on December 12th, year 1987 in Miami, Florida, Johnny Pace retired British star cricket umpire aged 79, ran over a cat on a railway crossing. Strangely this cat named Richie – short for Richmond – was owned by retired West Indies cricket umpire Phillip Riddle who lived nearby. This accident caused a pile up with the car behind, the vehicle, hired from Alamo
rentacar was even more strangely driven by former Indian cricket umpire Vido Dullab who was visiting the US from Calcutta, India on annual family holiday in Florida with his wife and two children.

Due to this railway crossing accident, The 18:38 train from Miami to Virginia was held up whilst the accident was cleared. First off the train to attend the scene was part time nurse, part time umpire Clive Cruikshanks again visiting from the UK, to see his brother Morris living in Richmond, Virginia.

Unkown to eachother, this strange occurance brought together 4 foreign umpires meeting eachother during a moment of Absolute coincidence.

It is in the humble opinion of Family that this is not just "Something That Happened", this was Not just a matter of chance, for 18 years later we were given the brief for Skins to cast four cricket umpires, the rest is now history.

This article formed the basis for the intentional casting and second meeting of Former cricket umpires Cruikshank, Pace, Dullab & Riddle who starred in the four spots for Skins.

Family. are represented by Independent Films Sydney

"Knife City" .... all clear

 WORTH A LOOK   UK    December 22, 2005 00:43 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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New work for the London Metropolitan Police through Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy & director Ben Dawkins.

We posted this very briefly a couple of weeks ago but had to pull it after only a few hours on the site. We've got the definite "all clear" so here it is again.

To view the spot click ....
HERE

The homeless are people too

 WORTH A LOOK   NEW ZEALAND    December 22, 2005 00:12 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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From FCB New Zealand

Creative Director: James Mok
Creative Director: Simon Yeo
Creative Director: Oliver Maisey
Art Director: Billy Mcqueen
Art Director: Simon Yeo
Copywriter: Simon Yeo
Copywriter: Chris Scofield
Agency Producer: Michelle Delaney
Prodn Co: Curious Film
Director: Ben Fisher
Other Credits Post Production: Oktobor

Fashion designers really can change the world

 WORTH A LOOK   AUSTRALIA    December 22, 2005 00:06 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Yen magazine's new work via Lowe Hunt Sydney

To view the spot click ....
HERE

Call for entries

 AWARD NEWS   USA    December 21, 2005 23:56 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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The NY Art Directors Club is calling for young gun entries

from RKCR/ Y&R London

 WORTH A LOOK   UK    December 21, 2005 23:52 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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New Virgin work from RKCR/Y&R London:


To view the spot click ....
HERE

New Hallensteins work through Publicis Mojo NZ

 WORTH A LOOK   NEW ZEALAND    December 21, 2005 23:48 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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A couple of good 15s from PublicisMojo NZ




To view the spots click ....
HERE
and
HERE

The future of flying

 TV   AUSTRALIA    December 21, 2005 23:39 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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15 sec follow-ups for LynxJet ... you get the picture.

Agency: Lowe Hunt
Creative Director: Adam Lance
Art Director: Dejan Rasic / Simone Brandse
Prodn Co: Plaza Films
Director: Nicholas Reynolds
Writer: Howard Collinge / Micheal Canning

A visual treat from Saatchis Shanghai

 TV   ASIA    December 21, 2005 23:30 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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The visual representation of eBay - a future focussed, user friendly and all-encompassing global marketplace

Chief Creative Officer: Peter Soh
Assoc Creative Director: Gordon Shu
Assoc Creative Director: Eugene Cheok
Creative Group Head/ Art Director: Steven Cheng
Director: Lance Kelleher
Prodn Co: 8 Commercials
Other Credits Post/Design/FX: Postmodern Sydney
VFX Supervisor: James Rogers
Edit: The Tait Gallery

Nothing new under the sun

 December 21, 2005 21:39 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Here's the recently featured print work from JWT London
Click HERE













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... and here's the award-winning work from BBDO New Zealand ... from a few years back
ClickHERE

... and a few words from the Josh Lancaster & Jamie Hitchcock, the creatives on the NZ campaign:

The campaign for drink driving in the auto magazine was the first campaign jamie and i ever did. The campaign won us a Silver Lion at Cannes, A silver at Young Guns, a merit at one show, silver at Clio...

Perhaps you could pass this on to the creatives behind the ads - and
suggest they read a few more annuals. Or ignore it completely - its
just me raving. Still, it may save them a bunch in award entry fees
aye?

Anyone from Grey UK out there?

 FROM BESTADSONTV   UK    December 15, 2005 09:55 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Hello Grey London

We've only got about a dozen of you Grey London people subscribed. There's gotta be a few more of you than that! Hit that subscribe button up there at the top of the page (on the menu bar) and let us know that you're alive & kicking.

ta very much.

New Samaritans spot through AMV BBDO London

 WORTH A LOOK   UK    December 15, 2005 07:40 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Nice work from AMV BBDO

To view the spot click ....
HERE


New PSA from Leo Burnett Chicago via Gartner

 WORTH A LOOK   USA    December 15, 2005 07:35 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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For the Partnership For A Drug Free America

To view the spot & credits click ....
HERE

For cricket fans only.

 WORTH A LOOK   AUSTRALIA    December 15, 2005 07:27 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Warning ... contains Australian cultural icons. Totally meaningless to many other nationalities

To view the new Victoria Bitter spot from Geo Patterson partners click ....
HERE


New Best Buy work from Zig Inc Canada

 TV   CANADA    December 15, 2005 07:21 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Amusing new work from Zig Inc

Executive Creative Director: Lorraine Tao, Elspeth Lynn
Assoc Creative Director: Jonathon Careless
Art Director: Mark Puchala
Copywriter: Michael Clowater
Agency Producer: Sharon Nelson
Director: David Hicks
Prodn Co: Partners Film Co.

Strong stuff from BCM

 TV   AUSTRALIA    December 15, 2005 07:15 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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The 'Every k over is a killer' anti-speed campaign produced by BCM for Qld Transport initially launched in 2001. The latest execution in this long term campaign is a follow up to two commercials released earlier this year . It shows the long term effects that a road crash has had on the various people depicted in those ads.

Agency: BCM
Creative Director: Greville Patterson
Art Director: John Summerville
Copywriter: Jeff Smith & Deb Enright
Post Production: Cutting Edge.


New work for Bell throlugh ReThink

 TV   CANADA    December 15, 2005 07:12 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Just your typical night at the reindeer bar

Agency: Rethink Canada
Executive Creative Director: Chris Staples and Ian Grais
Creative Director: Rob Tarry
Creative Director: Tony Hird
Agency Producer: Laura Rioux
Director: Nathaniel Akin
Prodn Co: Global Mechanic

New campaign for KPN digital tv

 TV   EUROPE    December 15, 2005 07:06 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Man's new best friend ... digital TV






Agency: fhv bbdo amsterdam
Executive Creative Director: Rohan Young
Art Director: Michel van Duyvenbode
Copywriter: Wanda van Damme
Agency Producer: Miranda Nell
Director: Dimitri Karakatsanis
Götz film

A few words about the new Jockey spot

 GUEST COMMENTS    December 15, 2005 06:36 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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a few words about the new Jockey spot from Peter Grasse / Curious Film

“Jay (Furby) is the Peter North of Advertising. It was great to work with him and glad to know that this spot won them some new business – the ultimate result. CURIOUS has since switched our unders and Deez Nutz is now mighty happy!”

New Vodafone work through Kaspen

 TV   EUROPE    December 15, 2005 06:32 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Newest Sweet Shop director, Michael Wong shoots loose in Prague

This Christmas giant red numbers will blow like tumbleweed through snowy streets, cluttering subways, causing havoc with the traffic, and setting the dogs to bark. At least that’s the way it looks in Michael Wong’s refreshing new Vodafone Oskar commercials made with leading Czech agency Kaspen.

... and the print work for "Halloween"

 GUEST COMMENTS    December 15, 2005 06:13 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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To view the "Halloween" Print work & credits click ....
HERE

Guest comments for this week's featured spot "Halloween"

 GUEST COMMENTS    December 15, 2005 06:01 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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A few words about "Halloween" from the creatives, Claudia Southgate & Verity Fenner, BBH, London:

The script was written to be presented as a tactical Halloween advert 3 weeks before Halloween. There was really never going to be any budget so realistically we knew it would have to be shot and produced for as little money as possible. Not an easy task when you are trying to imitate a scene from a slick American horror movie.

For this reason, It was filmed in the wonderfully American state of Surrey in South West London. Shot over two days and two nights by Elliot Lester, the film was brought to life by Elliot's enthusiasm and the extreme generosity of Bare productions.

Styling cues were taken from American horror films and old camera lenses were used to create a slightly retro horror film look.
The intruder's face was made from prosthetics glued to the poor guy's face to resemble cold meats. We wanted to think of something original for him, not just another green faced zombie in torn clothes.

The ad features a gorgeous girl who whilst house sitting on the night of Halloween is preyed upon by an horrific intruder.
Music was composed to picture by Lawrence Oakley at Inter Angel Music Publishers Ltd.

The campaign message is as always "THE LYNX EFFECT."

A survey of international CDs reveals .....

 CREATIVE VIEWOINT    December 15, 2005 05:16 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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We contacted over 150 creative directors worldwide & asked them these questions about awards:

When you’re hiring creatives ...


Do you look to see what awards they’ve won?
Which awards do you pay attention to?
Which awards do you pay NO attention to?
Any other comments about awards?

Over half of them responded (thanks everyone) & we've gleaned some very interesting information:
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Do you look to see what awards they’ve won?
Mostly YES. CDs do look at awards, but with loads of provisos. e.g.
" ... but I'm more concerned over whether they should have won rather than that they did..."
"... BUT, the work is more important than anything. So if they won for something I don't like, the award means nothing to me."
"... depends on the position I'm trying to fill. awards become more important as the expected pay level increases. though in general, the reel and folio is all i'm interested in ... "
"... but book and personality are more important than
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Which awards do you pay attention to?
This was a very unified response. Around 90% of CDs said D&AD, Cannes & One Show. And the very relevant comment "but practically nobody looking for work has won at these". Beyond that a smattering of Clios and a few local awards for smaller (non-international) agencies.

Which awards do you pay NO attention to?
Again a quite unified response: New York Festival & London International were singled out, with a few other strong themes coming through: "the rest" and ... "and all the other crap new ones that seem to crop up every year". I'm sure this CD meant to add "excluding the bestadsonTV awards of course".

Any other comments about awards?

A few samples from around the world.

Porky Hefer, Lowe Bull South Africa:
too much emphasis has been placed on them and is resulting in a lot of derivative work which has no effect in the local markets, also seems if you put in a fancy director you win a fancy piece of metal, hence the dominance of the us and uk in big international tv award ceremonies, giving the smaller nations fuck all chance. Stupid. I hate awards but it is something we are forced into.

David Alberts. Grey London:
No I don't look at awards at all.
I look at their book..
I am looking for ideas that I find interesting, that fit in with our thinking rather than a list of credits.
Awards are brilliant, they are wonderful benchmarks, learning tools and inspiration but by their very nature are executions voted for by a committee.
We are paid by clients to create long term ideas and that is sometimes harder to judge in an Award show.
In the same way I would happily hire people based on ideas that were never made rather than an average idea that's been finished.

Murray White, Springer & Jacoby, Amsterdam:
... these awards (though most, really) are becoming increasingly more expensive to enter and consequently becoming the territory of larger network creatives with large awards entry budgets. for this reason, some smaller agency creatives are simply not able to make their work eligible for the same amount of awards. i keep this in consideration always.
awards can be great - a crutch keeping us insecure creative types away from the psychiatrist's couch. the important thing is that creatives not critique their own work based on what awards judges think. clients have wants and needs and at the end of the day we provide a service to them. great creative is ultimately what we all strive for, but it must achieve results. young creatives can often lose perspective on this with the prospect of awards looming large in the foreground.

Toby Talbot, Saatchi & Saatchi NZ:
Awards are a great distraction from the hum-drum nature of what we do: ads, ads and more ads. But lets not lose our sense of perspective here. No one gives a fuck about advertising awards apart from advertising people. Too many young people coming into the industry are being encouraged to become shallow awards junkies (or Cannes-oraks as I call them). The next generation need to be taught to truly think outside the square, not inside a well-thumbed D&AD annual.

Julian Vizard, St Luke's, London:
No I don't take any notice of peoples Awards when hiring people.
A great book is important of course but the person has to be great also. If they have a stack of awards but they're an A hole we'd rather they work elsewhere.
St.Lukes had a policy of ignoring awards for many years and has only recently started entering them. The reason being our creatives felt they needed them for their careers, and they are useful for visa applications if you want to work overseas etc.
I respect D & AD as it's a charity that does a lot for students, which I believe is also the case with AWARD.

Terrence Tan, DDB Singapore:
Winning new business & pitches is of utmost importance for any creative director. Winning creative awards is a GIVEN.

Paul Catmur, DDB NZ:
There is far too much stress placed on awards. We should concentrate on doing the best ads we can for our clients not at how we can fool an awards jury. An agency should be judged by its clients, its people and its reel, not its position on a chart.

Jay Furby, Arnold Australia:
HEY DID YOU LIKE THE JOCKEY BALLS AD.....??????

Who logs on to bestads?

 FROM BESTADSONTV    December 14, 2005 02:32 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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This is who logs on ...

but if we've forgotten to include your agency / production company/ post house/ whatever / please contact us & we'll add you to the list.

beamo@bestadsontv.com

.V. (DDB group) Paris
12:20
180 / TBWA S.F.
180 Amsterdam
2am Films
30 sec films
303
4 creative
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8 Commercials
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caravan pictures
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CHE
Cheetham Bell J. Walter Thompson
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hungryman
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IDEAWORKS
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syndicate films
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the faith agency
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the money shot
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tool of north america
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Uncle
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Nothing new under the sun

ASIA    December 14, 2005 00:37 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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This is a bit too similar to our featured spot "pavement"

But this one is out of the Philipines and went to air in Jan 2005.

To view the spot click ....
HERE

There's some follow up PRINT work now featuring in the "latest print ads" as well.

Following the departure of David Droga ....

 PEOPLE    December 10, 2005 01:08 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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OLIVIER ALTMANN TAKES ON NEW INTERNATIONAL ROLE

PRESS RELEASE
Paris, 8th December 2005 - Following the departure of David Droga, the former Worldwide Chief Creative Officer of the Publicis network and with the recent acclamation of Publicis Conseil, Paris taking second place in the European Agency of the Year rankings at the Eurobest Awards 2005, Olivier Altmann takes a step up.

Olivier Altmann, Co-President and Executive Creative Director of Publicis Conseil, the central French agency has been promoted to Chairman of the Worldwide Creative Board of the Publicis network.

Based at Maurice Levy’s (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of the Publicis Groupe) flagship headquarters, Altmann’s role will be to continue building a strong commitment to creativity throughout the network. Alongside his existing position, he will act as a central Creative Director for key clients, helping the network to implement a new holistic approach to creativity.

Olivier Altmann comments on the challenge ahead:

“I’m very honoured that Maurice Levy’s nomination was supported by David Droga and approved by the rest of the board. Having their confidence in me means a great deal. David did such a great job at not only inspiring us, but equally at providing a strong management and creative structure that’s committed to creativity.
My position will be to continue on the well-established path, using our belief ‘Fortune Favours the Brave’, helping everyone deliver their best, as best I can.”

After being CEO at his own agency, BDDP & Fils, Altmann joined the Publicis Groupe in March 2004 as a member of the Worldwide Creative Board. Working alongside his partner, Christophe Lambert (President of Publicis Conseil), the transformation of the French agency has been apparent. Scooping up the Outdoor Grand Prix and Print Gold for the Wonderbra campaign last week at Eurobest 2005, along with silver and bronze awards in both TV and print campaigns for Club Med and Renault. Epica 2005 also awarded the Wonderbra campaign as the best in its category.

Cannes Lions 2005 awarded Bronze Lions to Club Med and the much acclaimed spot ‘Tokyo’ for Sagem, that saw success at the Clios, D&AD, Epica 2004, New York Festivals and the LIAA. Cresta 2005 named Publicis Conseil the Tops in its shortlists, with 13 finalists in TV and Print, finally winning 2 TV awards for Renault and SFR.

The Gunn Report 2005 have also spotted Altmann’s agency, commenting:

“Publicis Conseil, Paris (with 3 selections on The Showreel of The Year 2005) is undergoing a renaissance as a true creative flagship office.”

Olivier Altmann commented:

“The really great thing about this Creative Board is simply that every Creative Director is on the same mission, supporting one another as opposed to competing for business. Most of them are now friends so when it comes to judging work, there’s no politics between us. One of our next challenges will not only be about raising the creative bar but being able to re-invent the way we work with our clients in order to deliver more than just big ads, but big ideas.”

In this month's Australian CREATIVE ...

AUSTRALIA    December 10, 2005 00:48 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Creative mafia?

Award shows are always controversial, and this year's round of Australian award shows didn't disappoint. Is there work that should have won, but didn't? Why didn't the work that won locally do nearly so well internationally? Is there a "creative mafia" controlling who wins what?

"The same bunch of people are winning. It's a big, self-serving club, but it's big enough that people can actually benefit from it so that it can support itself and self-propagate. Admission to that club is very difficult. I'd hate to be a creative that was part of an agency that was not well thought of, that was doing good work," says one observer at a Sydney production company, questioning why the winners of local awards were very different to those awarded by international judging panels.

"In terms of the work, it was made abundantly clear at Cannes this year that regardless of how wonderful we really think we are down here in Australia, if it isn't good enough, it isn't good enough," says Geoff Clow, executive director at Emerald City.

Agree or disagree? Write to creative@yaffa.com.au .

For the full story, see this month's Australian CREATIVE.

Art director gets WHACKED.

 PEOPLE   AUSTRALIA    December 08, 2005 21:54 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Art director's demise

click ....
HERE

The third installment in the popular series for Hahn Premium Lig

 TV   AUSTRALIA    December 08, 2005 09:00 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Paul Middleditch, Plaza Films, completes the third in the series for Hahn Premium Light

Agency:Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Art Director: Barry Baker / Pic Andrews
Copywriter: Chris Pearce
Creative Director: Danny Searle
Director: Paul middleditch
Exec Agency Producer: Roy De Giorgio

ESPN's new work through W+K NY & Anonymous Content

 TV   USA    December 08, 2005 08:51 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Nice idea, nicely executed, nice line, nice straegy ... nice spot. Pity we couldn't find a copy

So we're in China. it's all very ... chinese. The taxi driver starts to sing along to a country & western song on the radio ... called "Houston". Then a bus pulls alongside & there's a huge sports ad on the side of the bus ... "Houston". Then the line:
Without sports, the world would be a bigger place.
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ESPN "Houston".
ECD: Todd Waterbury, Kevin Proudfoot
Copywriter: Lisa Topol
Art Director: Robert Rasmussen, Alan Buchanan
Production Company: Anonymous Content
Director: Robert Logevall

Hitting out at child prostitution

 TV   SOUTH AMERICA    December 08, 2005 08:36 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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CGCOM ( Rio de janeiro-Brasil) & TV Globo's social campaign "For Sale" compares the sale of homes, motor bikes & launches to the sale of children.

Agency: CGCOM ( Rio de janeiro-Brasil)
Agency Producer: Jodaf Mixer
Art Director: Bruno Di Celio
Copywriter: Fernando Conde
Creative Director: Marcos Pedrosa
Director: Bruno Murtinho
Production Company: Tv Globo

New Mercedes Work from Merkley and Partners & HSI

 TV   USA    December 08, 2005 08:27 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Merkley and Partners called on the artists at rhinofx to deliver a little holiday magic.

Production Company: H.S.I. Productions/ LA
Director: Arni and Kinski
DP: Don Davis
EP: Ellen Jacobson
Head of Production: Michael McQuhae
Producer: Elizabeth Amaral
Agency: Merkley & Partners- NY
ECD(s)/ Partners: Andy Hirsh, Randy Saitta
ACD: Chris Landi
Agency Producer: Misha Louy
Director of Broadcast Production: Gary Grossman
Editorial: Version 2/ NY
Editor: Micah Scarpelli
Producer: Linda Rafoos
Post/Effects: rhinofx/ NY
Partner/ Managing Director: Rick Wagonheim
VFX Supervisor/ CD/ Partner: Vico Sharabani
CG Supervisor/ CD: Natasha Saenko
Lead Inferno Artist: Ronen Sharabani
Inferno Artist: Susanne Scharping
Senior EP: Camille Geier
Producer: Linda Gallagher

New Ikea work through Hasan & Partners

 TV   EUROPE    December 08, 2005 08:18 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Not your usual "need a new kitchen" ad.

To view the spot click ....
HERE

warning .... meaningless unless you watch ABC TV AUSTRALIA

 TV   AUSTRALIA    December 08, 2005 07:57 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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If you DO happen to watch the ABC (Oz), this is good:

From Host & the Glue Society.
This new brand spot for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) portrays a broad spectrum of Australians in a number of everyday scenarios mimicking catch phrases from well-known ABC television programs.

The idea borrows some of the best-known catchphrases from the ABC and demonstrates how much they have infiltrated everyday Australian life. It encourages viewers to recognise that despite their first assumptions, the ABC has a much larger influence on their lives than they give it credit for.
To view the spot click ....
HERE

Guest comments for this week's featured spot "Time"

 GUEST COMMENTS    December 08, 2005 07:40 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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... a few words about the BMW ad ‘Time’ from Avi Pinchevsky, TBWA Hunt Lascaris, South Africa, one of the creatives on this spot

The process started In late June and the task at hand was to re-launch the BMW second hand ‘Approved Used’ dealerships under the new name ‘Premium Selection’.
BMW second hand cars undergo such stringent testing, that a previously owned car is as good as new by the time it reaches the showroom floor (again), making the passage of time and the car’s history irrelevant.

This pushed the creative team to explore the elastic nature of time and the theories that surround it.

Scientists such as Stephen Hawking have long claimed that time is entirely man-made, and the creative team thought that since BMW cars were entirely unaffected by time, they would provide the perfect example.

The agency then involved Professor Hawking in the process and received his comments, advice and finally, nod of approval.

The ad was filmed over two nights in Cape Town, and it shows a man walking up and down a street, experiencing three different tenses- past, future and present, while discussing Stephen Hawking’s theory. Things around him change depending on the tense he’s in, yet the car stays exactly the same.
Kim Geldenhuys of Egg Films directed the ad and it was written by Avi Pinchesvky, Brent Singer, Camilla Herberstein and Sandra De Witt.

A closer look at Belgian agency Duval Guillaume

 UNDER EXPOSED   EUROPE    December 08, 2005 07:04 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Following on from "Human Ball" featured on the latest ads page this week, we thought we'd have a closer look at some more good recent work from Duval Guillaume

Firstly, a commercial supporting the law forbidding the sale of tobacco to under 16s.

To view the spot & credits click ....
HERE



... and one for the Mime festival:
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HERE





and then there's this one:

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Guest comments for this week's featured spot "Pavement"

 GUEST COMMENTS    December 08, 2005 06:09 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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A few words from Leighton Dyer, Publicis Mojo New Zealand, one of the creatives on this week's featured spot "Pavement"

The ad features a child who lives on the street in an animated chalk-drawing world and his fantasy of Christmas. Rangi Ngamoki - star of Oscar nominated Taika Cohen's 'Two Cars, One Night' plays the part of the child and the cameo voice-over is provided by Sam Neil.

Young Rangi Ngamoki was such a funny lad to work with. Between takes he'd demonstrate in graphic detail the wrestling moves he wanted to perform on me. Moves he'd learnt the week before by Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Directors Si & Ad from Academy Films in London - celebrated creatives who've done music videos for top acts around the world - flew out to New Zealand for the filming. The short piece of film is an adaptation of a promo they directed in London called 'Street Dreams'. We (nick, nigel and myself) then wrote a script which complimented their beautiful work. And a "slam poet" in London then adapted our script further to give it more a of rhythmic beat.

The campaign message is "We're on a Mission to bring Christmas to every Auckland Child".

Christmas is just a fantasy for many children. We wanted to show just how far from reality it can be.

guest comments for this week's featured spot "Impossible dream"

 GUEST COMMENTS    December 08, 2005 03:55 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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A few words from Sean Thompson, W+K, London, one of the creatives on "Impossible Dream"

The Impossible Dream started about ten months ago, when it was presented to
Honda. The thinking behind the idea was to present Honda's philosophy of the
Power of Dreams, which means quite simply: to make dreams happen.

The ad was filmed and produced in seven countries; New Zealand, Brazil,
Argentina, Japan, Spain, The Czech Republic and the UK. It features thirteen
classic Honda vehicles, each one specifically chosen for its impossible
dream. (For example The Honda Cub's dream was to build a bike that would
fundamentally change the image of biking forever. And the powerboat's dream
was to build the world's first environmentally friendly four-stroke outboard
engine.)

The vehicles had to be shipped from all over the world to the locations.Most
of them were priceless museum pieces from The Honda Collection Hall in
Japan.

Some location facts:

The Honda RA272 Formula 1 hadn't been driven on an oval track since it won
the Mexico Grand Prix in 1965. Mike Hailwood's 2RC143 TT bike hadn't been
ridden on a road since it won the Isle of Man TT in 1961. And no balloon had
ever been flown in that part of New Zealand's Southern Alps before.

The ad is supported by press and thepowerofdreams.com where you can delve a
lot deeper into the vehicle's impossible dreams.

It was directed by Ivan Zacharias at Stink and written by Sean Thompson,
Chris Groom, Kim Papworth and Tony Davidson.

Anonymous comments ... our policy

 FROM BESTADSONTV   USA    December 01, 2005 21:03 (Edited: February 17, 2023 05:19)
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Our current policy is that we don't post anonymous negative comments

If you want to slam something, that's fine by us, but you have to say who you are. The reasoning behind this: If you've done a mountain of brilliant work & you want to be critical of others that'll carry more weight than a scathing comment from an obscure creative. Also there's a million blogs that serve that purpose.

beamo.





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