December 2009 (5)

Crossing the Line… for Your Good

Here’s a commercial that steamrolls across the offensiveness ‘Maginot’ line – despite it’s noble intentions.  You may recall New York city’s battle with fast food outlets trying to force them to publish the total calories in various hamburgers, sandwiches and meals.  This PSA attacks sodas and sugary drinks.  It vividly purports to show body fat […]

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Still Life Gone Crazy: Crazed Animation

Here’s the story of real world meets the crazy minds of animators.  Rooted in an age old belief that small people could arise from decaying matter, the short animated film combines the high speed shots of a rotting still portrait of flowers, cheese, fowl, fish and fruits with some twisted animation showing what happens when […]

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Bernardo’s: Child Abuse

Rough stuff for Barnardo’s.   A haunting music track combines with arresting and disturbing images.  This is visually mind blowing poignant stuff,  but alas, it’s not a lot of fun to watch.  This is one in a series of captivating spots created by director Gary McKendry.  Barnardo’s is one of England’s leading charities, founded by […]

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Trooper

Director Christopher Martini’s soon to be released movie, “Trooper”, examines the cost of war on veterans and their families.  The film follows a soldier’s return from Iraq as he discovers that both he and his father, a Vietnam vet, face health problems resulting from their service.  A nicely made low budget feature with a great […]

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Top Viral : Bicycling Band of Horses

Music by Band of Horses combined with some very cool tricks performed by the Bicycle team made this video break into the top 10 viral campaign list last week.  Nicely shot somewhere in Europe.  Good watching.

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American Red Cross Measles Initiative: the Last Measle

Here’s an extremely well made public service video produced for the American Red Cross and its Measles Initiative. Today the Red Cross will announce that measles deaths in the past 10 years are down 78% worldwide meaning 4.3 million children have been spared.  What I find interesting is that Public Service Announcements/Productions like this one […]

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Toshiba Space Chair – A One-of-a-Kind, High Altitude Chair Video?

Why film a chair disintegrating 98,000 feet above Nevada’s Black Rock desert?   It has been called “the world’s highest commercial,” and was created by Grey Advertising in London with the production company called the Mill.  Why?  To show the durability and capability of Toshiba’s new camera. It was shot using two Toshiba Hi-Def IK-HR1S […]

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