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Staples - Screensaver - (2012) - (Argentina)
She answers the phone "Unlimitech Solutions" and we pan out to find that the office is even worse than the name. It's so bad in fact that the boss asks her to tiden the place up a bit before their visitors arrive, starting with cleaning up her computer desktop. "Screensaver?".. and you know where this suddenly goes, lets try screensaving everything.
Or, you know, you could go to Staples and get a set of matching binders.
Viajes Galeón - Twitpoker - (2012)
Viajes Galeón was launched via a twitpoker game, where players weren't stripped of their clothes, but their twitter followers. Egads! Oh look, my case study bingo card was almost filled in by this one alone.
Heinz Ketchup - Last drop / It's just not the same without it - (2012) :30
Through a series of relatable scenes, "Last Drop", the latest for Heinz via john st. and Holiday Films' director Cole Webley, celebrates the joy in the ritual of getting that last drop of ketchup.
The EVOC Indestructible Billboard - Hit the backpack - (2012) - Germany
This case study for the EVoc indestructable billboard does the daring thing of grabbing a guitar-riffing bit of music. To show off Evoc's protective backpacks and the shock absorbing effect a classic "strength of hit" measuring device usually found at amusement parks was worked into a backpack billboard. Then everyone took a punch to the backpack to see how strong their hit was.
97 hits per hour
There must have been a line around the block for the chance to hit that billboard. Is that an average by the way? Perhaps people don't sleep at all in Berlin.
Sunrun - Organically / Pickler guy - (2012) :30 (USA)
"So you just assumed I'm some weird pickler-guy"
Nope, but I do need to have soy flax seeds explained to me. What is that? Aaaah, a joke. We can't buy those at my local co-op.
Sunrun - Dolphin babies - (2012) :30 (USA)
Everyone loves dolphin babies... and saving money.
Sunrun - The best part - (2012) :30 (USA)
.....Shhh, voiceman, I'm trying to build something here.
Playboy - Playboy tweetgrid - (Argentina) - (2012)
Popular model and TV-show host (oh, "secretary" is it?) poses naked for Playboy Argentina, while they are wondering how to get more people to follow the playboy twitter account.
Enter tweetgrid, for every 15 retweets of the Playboy tweets mentioning the show, a small part of a larger nude image of her is revealed in the twitter tweetgrid. Now everyone keeps retweeting Playboy until they finally get the whole picture. Clever way to get around the whole "no nudity on twitter" bit too, says I who risks being banned from Google Adsense (again) just for showing you this case study because it has nipples.
Radio Klassisk - Peer Gynt in the Metro Flash Mob - (2012)
Flash mob is spotted on the Metro in Copenhagen. It's not just any old flash mob though, it's professionals from Sjællands Symfoniorkester that are playing Griegs Peer Gynt as the driver-less train travels from underground toward the outside light.
EDF Energy - Thank Yous - (2012) :60 (UK)
'Our character is all in a spin. That's because he's on top of our Thank yous Zoetrope! Take a look at some of the rewards you could receive as an EDF Energy customer, and find out more at http://www.edfenergy.com/thankyous '
Targeting both new and existing EDF Energy customers, the Zoetrope celebrates the depth and volume of prizes available. Complementing the above the line message that the Olympics is the ‘Greatest show on earth, it also reinforces the spectacle and scale of the Olympics’ opening and the closing ceremonies.’ The ‘magic’ machine, which produces a rich kaleidoscopic display of all prizes and experiences EDF Energy has to offer, will be integrated into all elements of the campaign including Online, eCrm, DM, internal comms.
Norrlands Guld - A beer - (2012) :30 (Sweden)
Yes, you might get a touch of Big Ad vibes here, but trust me, this fits the evolving campaigns tone of voice to a T. Here, let me translate the lyrics for you, else it makes no sense. Or, I'll attempt to, because the words chosen in this song, and the delivery of them, are in the the rough-around the edges understated typical lingo of northern Sweden, and not easily transferred to another language.
Now, gosh darnit, we're gonna build something
something really good
where we can be ourselves
and get what we want
a beer
a beer
a beer, a really big beer
a beer
a beer
Holy crap, that's good. A beeeeer.
Heineken - Open Source Stage - (2010) - Finland
"Heineken is the sponsor of Flow Festival 2011. To make the most out of the sponsorship, 358, Helsinki set the bar high: Let's come up with something so interesting that it will become an integral part of the uncompromising festival's programme. The idea, Heineken Open Source Stage, is based on open source principles and Facebook liking. It is not only part of the programme but it's also part of the festival site. Now the crowd can suggest anything and like any ideas they see. Within the first week and a half the site got 150,000 visits, the visitors made 2,000 suggestions for acts and their ideas were liked 14,500 times. That's pretty good for a hipster festival in a city of 500,000 people."
Discover card - 5% cash back / Groceries - (2012) :30 (USA)
Anyone else singing Stan. Stan. Eat. Work. Gym. Shower after all this shopping-rapping? No? Just checking.
The Martin Agency and the directing duo Will Johnson and William Campbell of Gentleman Scholar show you how it pays to Discover in Discover's latest 5% cash back spot "Groceries." The spot features a fast paced quirky montage of all the things you could get cash back on if you use your Discover card. The spot is another flawless collaboration executed by both the production and VFX of Gentleman Scholar and editor Josh Bodnar with the rest of the Whitehouse Post team.
NYT BATTLE - City tasks / Three teams / Let the games begin - 2012 -(Finland)
One day. 47 tasks. Play rock paper scissors with a celebrity. Make a bus driver smile. Get a piercing. Three teams threw themselves into Helsinki and made it better place to live. The teams got points for completed Battle tasks, Facebook likes, Youtube views, Twitter tweets and Campaign site views.
See also the image: NYT BATTLE
Peugeot Pinterest Car Showcase - (2012) - Panama
DDB Panama set out to make Peugeot world wide web famous and took a respite from reading the hipster daily to pin images of really really big things all over Pinterest with links that lead to the Peugeot web site. Depending on your poinr of view you will applaud at the clever tongue-in-cheek use of the new (and totally free) media that Pinterest is... Or you'll want a shower for feeling the spam-vibes after having read that Internet Marketing long con article earlier.
Fiat Palio - Boob Job / Best moments in life - (2012) Argentina
Exscuse me Fiat? You're showing off the Fiat 500's fantastic looks in the Gucci/Fiat ad, while in this Argentinian commercial for the Fiat Palio you're showing off .... human airbags. Yes, I groaned when I typed that, making that pun hurt me more than it hurt you. But the ad here hurts my brain. Fiat has now taught me that when my lover says he likes me natural and just the way I am, he is lying. Nice. Fiat, the car for dysfunctional couples best moments in life. I'd rather have the real down to earth Toyota moments a.k.a connections in life. Those moments are real. So I guess Fiat is a plastic car.
Schools That Can - Best seats in the house - (2012) :45 (USA)
A simple, unadorned classroom seat that millions upon millions of students sit in every day, every year, everywhere.
That iconic seat is the centerpiece of a new 45-second animated video created by Psyop and Ogilvy & Mather New York on behalf of Schools That Can, a national non-profit network of high-performing urban schools in under-served communities.
Helmed by Psyop Creative Director Gerald Ding, the spot depicts some of these aspirational occupations by piecing them together from playful illustrations of educational ephemera. Protractor-shaped spaceships zoom by in outer space and test tube clusters play the part of undersea coral.
Mitsubishi Electric - Jerry Stiller fights himself - (2012) :30 (USA)
Comedian, Jerry Stiller is arguing with himself over whether he should put his thermostat on a comfortable temperature or leave it alone to save some money on his electric bill.
“You can’t afford that temperature,” Jerry Stiller says while studying his thermostat. Arguing with himself, he responds, “I want to be comfortable!” “Save the money for comedy lessons!” throws back his cost-conscious alter ego.
Starting May 11, people around the country can see actor and comedian Jerry Stiller’s internal battle continue in Mitsubishi Electric Cooling & Heating’s (Mitsubishi Electric) new ads on TV and online.
The spots are a continuation of the HVAC ductless leader’s successful “Split Personality” campaign launched last year.
Baby Bottle Pops - How Do You Dip? - 2012 :15
QuietMan recently flexed its concept-to-completion bona fides with an animated/live-action hybrid spot promoting The Topps Company's Baby Bottle Pops candy. The studio handled every visual element of the campaign, cranking out the live-action footage through their QuietContent division and handling the edit, postproduction and animation through their main studio.
El-P - Drone Trailer - (2012) :60
Cancer 4 Cure, the latest album from alt hip-hop artist EL-P, may drop May 22, but fans of the Brooklyn rapper's hard-charging lyrics and industrial production aren't exactly known for their patience. To sate their hankering for the brand new tracks, fans are being treated to a series of teaser videos created for each song on the upcoming release, each directed by Timothy Saccenti from @radical.media. And when it came time to produce the eye-popping mix of CGI and live-action footage for series highlight, Drone, Saccenti turned to director Mark Szumski and his team at Click 3X for help.
Fiat 500 - by Gucci / fashion factory - (2012)
Wow..... the only car I've really lusted for based on looks alone ever since my deep crush on the Volvo p1800 ES look how purdy has joined forces with GUCCI to make itself even prettier.
Mars Bar - Runaway train - (2012) :45 (Australia)
Clemenger BBDO Melbourne has taken the "work rest and play" a bit further and twisted it right around to "with a Mars comes great responsibility". I see. Yeah, you know what, I'll pass.
Ikea - Bathroom / Portapotty transformation - (2012) - Italy
During the salon internationale del mobile (design furniture fair) in Milan Ikea decided to play a little trick on all the design concious visitors and made a 20 square meter lavish bathroom.... hidden "inside" a chemical toilet. Rigged with hidden cameras (yes, in a bathroom... How James Brown). Then all they had to do was sit back and wait for the first desperate design-lover to dare enter. And when they they did they called in all their friends.
Jägermeister - A stronger bond / A seat at the table - (2012) - (USA)
Jägermeister shows a table, where many are called but few enter as you have to earn your seat. Rob Smets is a five-time World Champion Bullfighter and one of the toughest men on the planet and he struts his stuff through the hallway here carrying himself as one of the baddest badasses, despite "clown" makeup. He's received at the table by Freddie Roach, Keyshawn Johnson, Kerry King, Nathan Fletcher and Mike Lingerfelt - all equally badass rock icons, Nascar pit crew champions, Big wave surfer and boxing trainers themselves. They then proceed to get girl drink drunk on a shot of cold Jäger.
Amnesty - Guantanamo 10 years / Unlock the bars (event) - (2011) Sweden
I actually saw when this was happening, live, and am a little surprised I wasn't caught on camera as I passed by since I was gawking at that wall for some time watching the bars "unlock" around the big screen. Guantanamo has existed for ten years, and some people have been there for just as long, so Amnesty collected signatures on ipads around Stureplan in Stockholm, which then unlocked the bars from the prisoner on the big ad screen.
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