November 2010 (5)

TAC Campaign Against Drunk Driving – 20 Year Montage

Battling drunk driving would seem to be a futile uphill battle. But here’s a montage of great film making that drives home the message NOT to drink and drive. It’s a montage of 20 years worth of public service announcements created by the Transport Action Commission (Canada) to encourage drinkers not to drive. Tough stuff […]

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The Bear – Great Storytelling…. no words

1988’s The Bear… How can you not love this 22 year old movie? The production is shot impeccably by director Jean Jacques Annaud. It’s storytelling at its best – using almost no words. And the actors? A cougar and a bear. Hard to get them to stick to their lines. PS – What a studly […]

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Steve Carell – The Early Years – Anchorman Casting

Steve Carell is a local boy from up here in the Boston area. Here’s Carell’s casting session/tryout video for the movie Anchorman in which he stars as the moronic news anchor Brick Tamland.  It’s a typical casting tape in which a talent scout and sometimes a producer stand off-screen and feed the auditioning actor lines. […]

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Conan, Killer Web Campaign

Conan’s ongoing campaign for his new show on TBS has been clever, resourceful and extensive. Some real gems can be found from these most recent advertisements online.  Here are just two examples of some of his hilarious hijinx. It will be interesting to see what he does with his format on the new network, I’m […]

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Sarah Palin PAC ad

Sarah Palin’s team has come up with a surprisingly effective commercial. Here’s a pretty darned good ad that is perhaps be one of the first salvos in the presidential wars to come.  It’s a web-only ad, but it’s nicely edited… with lots of great images of happy republicans and not too many images of Palin…. […]

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Adidas Fires back at Lebron Nike Ad – Sneaker Ad Wars?

Adidas has struck back! Is a sneaker war brewing? In response to the Lebron What should I do ad (see blog four down or CLICK HERE), Adidas has this goofy albeit amusing response featuring Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose and an over the top Ken Jeong.  Going after the youth sports audience and Lebron haters, Adidas […]

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Social Media Sobriety Test – Not a Joke!

The product is called ‘The Social Media Sobriety Test’. I had to watch this commercial several times to realize it is a real product.  Still not sure, but here you go… knock yourself out.  It keeps you off FB, etc, when you are so far out of it that you might be an embarrassment to […]

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St. John Ambulance Corps – Popcorn: Breaking Out of the Box

A British advertisement for St. John Ambulance Corps. Here’s an interesting ad that mixes up expectations and conventions. It’s a little hard to figure out what’s going on initially when you keep seeing the cutaway to a movie theater, but then it becomes real clear when the theater goer makes the ‘spatial jump’.  What do […]

14 years ago Leave a reply Creative Advertising
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