CL!CK: A Short Film by Lego
Posted on | February 2, 2010 | No Comments
Seems kinda ironic that years ago people thought that digital would replace TV in some way. Many said the TV would never go away and I totally agreed with them. Being someone that has worked in digital almost all my life, I still see the effect the TV ads have on my purchasing habits. Now years later I’m seeing more of a trend with brands creating longer format TV advertising to be released online. This new film by Lego is a great example of that.
It is really great to see brands like Lego creating great film content like this. This stuff continues to blur the line of what digital is and what TV could be in the future. One really great thing about online films is that there really are no time limits. You don’t have to be constrained to the amount of money in the media budget. It’s also just accessible and available to anyone who wants to watch anytime. In the future maybe brands will do more TV to be released online and save themselves a bit on the media budgets, who knows. I guess it depends on who your talking to and where they spend more time. I’m sure my son sees more commercials online than he does on TV… Isn’t that scary?
It seems weird but in a time like the present where people are scouring the internet to find content to entertain them, it seems more and more brands will get into content creation and use this as an entirely different vehicle to advertise their brand. It seems that the people that thought digital would kill TV never thought that maybe digital will be what breathes some life back into the traditional 30 second spot. When you see ads like Whopper Freakout, Channel, or this Lego ad, you realize digital has actually opened the flood gates to what can be done with the film medium. Without having the constraints of media time and budget could allow for better film work to come out of our industry. Who knows maybe one year you might have branded short films picking up awards at Cannes ( The film festival that is )
IKEA Cinema Catalogue
Posted on | February 1, 2010 | No Comments
Found this on ibelieveinadv.com. Cleaver guerrilla marketing but I’d be pissed if I saw this while watching a movie. What do you think?
“We used existing great movies with great actors in which IKEA products are seen accidentally. With a smart and clever trick we directed the people’s attention to the IKEA products. Guerilla promotion teams equipped with powerful portable projectors brought names and prices of IKEA products during the movie on the screen – next to Brad Pitt, George Clooney and other famous actors. This surprising execution fits perfectly to the IKEA principle: surprise the many people with fresh ideas for everybody’s everyday life. After the show we consequently distributed IKEA catalogues in front of the cinema.”
Advertising Agency: DDB, Berlin, Germany
Be Stupid Diesel ad. Very smart with type.
Posted on | January 29, 2010 | No Comments
Love how this ad is pretty much made totally with type and iconography. The animation style really helps tell the story. It gives a very simple video a little bit of character. We have been working more and more with film and it has really been humbling. Its hard when your trying to create excitement in a video like this but you don’t have assets to work with. This really reminds me that sometimes all you need is a great story and cool way to tell it.
Paper Rock Scissors Augmented Reality
Posted on | January 29, 2010 | No Comments
Embrace this..amazing spot.
Posted on | January 29, 2010 | No Comments
Find more videos like this on AdGabber
Speechless….Simple, unexpected, and powerful.
One Frame Of Fame
Posted on | January 6, 2010 | No Comments
This interactive music video by C-Mon & Kypski is pretty cool. It actually gets updated every hour and asks users to be in the video by copying a pose.
Rayban AR
Posted on | December 30, 2009 | 1 Comment
This is the most useful augmented reality application I’ve seen that will actually lead to sales. I wish they had it for MAC so I could test the EXE, but the video and the concept is pretty darn cool. Every sunglass, eye-glass, hat, plastic surgery, clothing, etc company should have something like this. The thing that sucks about buying on the web is you can’t see it on you. If AR can be the solve, then so be it.
Will AR make people buy more Esquire magazines?
Posted on | November 9, 2009 | No Comments
GOOGLE WAVE - PULP FICTION
Posted on | October 16, 2009 | No Comments
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A stew is a dish that is compiled of a bunch of different ingredients. Something that is slowly prepared with lots spices and stirring. This blog represents the stew of digital tidbits that live inside our heads. Its a place to document the things that call our attention as consumers, and something to inspire our students in our class at Miami Ad School. Hope you brought a big spoon.
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