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Psyop Workshop in Cannes 2009 - where skin wins over execution.
Psyop - you know them - they're world famous for creating amazing animations for advertising, had a workshop in cannes Wednesday 24 June titled: Blurring The Line Between Art And Commerce In Advertising. Their best-known piece is probably Happiness Factory for Coke out of W+K Amsterdam that won a silver lion last year and appeared in the 2007 Super Bowl. When I heard they were doing a workshop, I was interested in learning more about who they are, what they do, and how they do it.
The workshop was headed up by Psyop Managing Partner Justin Booth-Clibborn and Marie Hyon and Marco Spier both Founders and Creative Directors at Psyop. The workshop began with a little bit about who they are this may be best shown in their anthem spot which they created to define themselves, their anthem. They then then went on to dissect a few of their best works including the beautiful Crow for MTV HD (www.psyop.tv/mtvhd), the paper doll cutout music video for Converse , Fantaand their latest for Milk. They shared with the delegates what goes into a job, how they pitch it and their design process. They went into the most detail on the Milk Sad Princess spot and it's really amazing at how much work goes into creating animated water - something like 28 layers to make it look real.
In the last 30-45 minutes of their workshop, the workshop bit began. Delegates dived into groups, given a number of magazines, poster board, sharpie markers, scissors and glues sticks, and were told to come up with a concept or story inspired by the music. The music was "Thank you for Being a Friend" (yes, the theme from TVs The Golden Girls, egad!). They didn't wnat to make things easy. Groups, composed of people from all other the globe, who did not know each other, began to frantically work together to get this task done. The prize to the winning group would be Psyop books, which are not yet released.
The groups came up with some great ideas - the most impressive to me was the group who did a stop-motion piece utilizing their digital camera. In the end the team that used sex to sell, they had a Playboy magazine to work with, were the winners of the day. Figures.
Mark Wnek - Crisis and Creativity, The future and Dinosaurs - Cannes 2009.
Crisis and creativity
Quite tired up after spending long days and long nights in Cannes I waited for Mark Wnek in the cool light lobby of the Carlton hotel and somehow we ended up filming it in the darkest le petit bar without a flash on - to avoid all the noise of Spike Lee and all of Microsoft running around out there.
I began by showing Mark this illustration at adage where he's painted in the style of Mad Men, on i-boy's suggestion.
Mark Wnek: The Mad Men thing, yeah that was Jonah Bloom's idea. For AdAge he wanted to do something different, so he had us all illustrated in the style of Mad Men. I thought it was quite fun.
dabs: I love the show actually, do you watch it?
Mark Wnek: Oh yeah, it's great. It's fantastic.
dabs: What is the difference between US and UK advertising?
Exclusive interview with Nose Janitor's agent.
Over at HeyWhipple's 12secondTV you can find all the episodes of The Nose Janitor. Here, we can now offer you an exclusive interview with The Nose Janitor's Agent.
dabs: Well, by now Nose Janitor's recent rant on the set of his upcoming movie is well-known. He's become a bit of a punch line for the tabloids and one wonders if all this isn't going to hurt Nose Janitor's ratings on 12secondtv. Is it?
Nose Janitor's Agent: You know, this is just....it's crazy. Yes, Nose Janitor is sorry about picking on the assistant director the way he did. He was out of line. But Nose Janitor is a professional. You wouldn't want his job. Seriously. You wouldn't want to have to do the things he does, (I mean, come ON, look at what he does for a living!) ... but he does it without complaining. Could you do it? Seriously, could YOU?
dabs: Ummmm, probably not. Anyway, let's shift to that disturbing special effect we see in all the Nose Janitor movies. That thing on Nose Janitor's head? It's not....it's not...
Nose Janitor's Agent: "It'snot." (LAUGHS) That old joke. Remember? "You think it's a booger but it'snot." Aaaanyway, we specifically shot episode 7 to put to rest those rumors. As you can see in the film, it's VERY clear that our special effects department uses parts of an APPLE to make the main effect. Its very realism is probably what got us into trouble to begin with, but as I said, Nose Janitor is a professional and we're not going to change the way he makes movies just because a few viewers are squeamish. Film is life. Life is art. And let me tell you my little friend ... life, art, and film, they're not always PRETTY. Capeesh?
dabs: Um, okay. Next question: With all the .... well, shall we say "crap" on the web, some critics have charged that Nose Janitor is just feeding off of the public's tastelessness, that his work is...and I quote from a recent review in the Times..."juvenile....puerile...the lowest form of humor imaginable." Your reaction?
Nose Janitor's Agent: See, the thing is this... (PHONE BEGINS TO RING) ...sorry....the thing is this: if you want knowledge, go to the li-berry, okay? Nose Janitor answers to his public. That's who matters to Nose Janitor. Okay? Listen, I gotta take this call. M&M's candy is sponsoring Nose Janitor. Episode 11. Clock it, dude. I gotta bounce. Peace out.
Reset on La Croisette - Canneslions 2009
For all the talk about it not being a party year, fewer delegates, less people, less good work, and so on Cannes 2009 was still an advertising mecca. People who produce ads, create ads, shoot ads and run ad agencies were there as well the great clients that make fantastic advertising possible. Congratulations again to Volkswagen for winning a well deserved advertiser of the year. About time, aye? So you might not have spent four hours saying hi to everyone as you walked down la Croisette as you've done in previous years, but the seminars were full, the parties were still good and in the end fantastic work won even if there were fewer winners.
Steve Ballmer figured it out, "this is not a global recession, this is a reset". This is also an advertising reset - the big idea is back and it doesn't matter how you sell it, be it an interactive film, a facebook app or a PR stunt of global proportions. Lets all remember however that those who create the big idea, and those who execute it are people who need to eat and probably feed their children. Advertising agencies need to take a long hard look at what they are charging for. Charge for the idea, and set it free. When masses of youtube folks play on your "30 minutes" making their own films, you've won - but clients should be aware that an idea like that doesn't come from out of nowhere. This is what you pay agencies for.
There were unusual winners this year, and even an honorable mention for Whassup #2 "Change" - which had no advertiser and was not a real agency piece, but the judges wanted to recognize the change in advertising and as soon as the last second played, it brought the house down.
Carl W. Jones revealed to me on Monday what hard work the judges had been put through. The universal idea is what made it as cultural diferences made some jokes hard to understand. One of the judges didn't see the pun in MTV "Cribs" Anti-Knife crime because he thought that was a school dorm, rather than a prison. They had so many fakes thrown out and then one jury had to argue - for days it seemed - about an entry which "they couldn't figure out what category it should be in". It was the Obama campaign that had category problems, and it made history by winning both the Titanium Grand Prix and Integrated Grand Prix.
Fred: "We're lucky, the crisis probably helped us win" - Cannes 2009.
Fred from the fabled Fred & Farid, Paris, has just flown in, to accept the award"I was on vacation, I didn't even have long pants packed - I had to buy these" he says pointing to his slacks. So he's brought the family to the buzzing advertising festival. Is that different? To have the family in Cannes during the lions? Yes.
- Does having children make you think of advertising different?
- Fred: Yes. ... Before you only had the "idea" of a babies, you didn't understand. I look at things now that we made, even, like tattooing babies, and I cringe. We didn't know. You will only understand it once you have children. Back then we didn't understand. I have the family here, and it's so different, we were on the beach all day. Before, I wanted to seperate advertising from home, but now that I have brought them, this is good. It's bring your own bubble. It takes the edge off Cannes."
Stardust Studios launches revamped site
Our friends over at Stardust Studios, a design-driven bi-coastal U.S. creative production company have redone their site. The original site launched at Stardust.tv in 2005, which was designed by founder/CD Jake Banks and developed by Joshua Davis Studios.
Freddie Laker - Sapient - Spontanious combustion & Coke Vending machines - Cannes 2009
We met with Freddie Laker of Sapient today and gossiped about Sapient itself, their seminar yesterday that they held with Coca Cola and how advertising smothers new technologies to death.
Dab: We're here with Freddie Laker, Director of Digital Stragety of Sapient, and - you've been on the internet since forever, actually.
7th Annual Porfolio Night hopes to be in 22 cities again this year
It's that time of year again. The time for hopeful adgrunts fresh out of school to parade their books in front of their city's top Creative Directors. That's right, ihaveanidea.org's Portfolio Night 7 is approaching. Get out your Sharpie and mark June 11th on your calendar.
Last year the event took place in 22 cities around the globe, and this year they're hoping to match (or surpass that!) with 16 cities already confirmed. Tickets for some cities starting selling on Monday. You can find a list of the cities here. HINT: There are a few locations that are looking for hosts if you're an agency looking for new talent.
Here are a couple of videos the agencies made to promote the event in their hoods:
Amsterdam/Montreal (hosted by Sid Lee)- watch the vid
Chicago (hosted by Gertrude Inc)- watch the vid
Los Angeles (hosted by David & Goliath)- watch the vid
Quebec City (Socom)- watch the vid
San Francisco (PJA Advertising)- watch the vid
Related: Adland attends Portfolio Night 4 in Boston
Looking back - What would you change about your career in advertising?
As the economy is in termoil and agencies and brands begin looking inward, it is also a time for individuals to be reflective on what they have done, where they are and where they want to go. It's a question I ask myself as I try to figure out what is the next step for me in my career, and I know I'm not alone. Maybe it's because we work in an ever-shifting business that is always basing hires and fires on winning new business or that many ad folk are willing to move to wherever the best opportunities are located, but there's something about a perspective on looking back on where you were before you look forward. So I posed a question to ad folks I follow on Twitter, as well as some others to find out the answer to this question.
What is one thing you would do different in your career if you could start over?
And, I got some very interesting responses.
Mark Wnek, Chief creative officer of Lowe NY, AdAge columnist: I would have started my own agency very early on.
Alex Bogusky, CCO/Cripsin Porter + Bogusky: I’m pretty sure I have made one ill-advised decision after another. But I wouldn’t change a thing.
Luke Sullivan, CCO/GSDM Idea City: I wouldn't worry as much about what the ad judges thought of things, like I used to when I was younger. I SO wanted to score in the ad books and I think that wasn't a great idea for a couple of reasons. First of all, it limits your thinking. Before you put pen to paper, you are skewing your thinking to what other ad people might judge as good -- rather than doing what you think is the right thing for the client. The other reason why it was probably a bad idea is I beat myself up so much about it. Don't get me wrong, the shows are great. I love looking at the books. But don't judge yourself by them. I did, for years, and I always came away thinking, "MAN, I suck."
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