Posted by Dabitch on 7. January 2010 - 10:37
There's a spec ad running around the web right now, touting the clean emissions from the Audi A5 by demonstrating a mans failed suicide attempt. You must have seen it by now, even AgencySpy showed it off. Would be good for the spec director and/or creative team if the credits ran around the web with it.
However, back in 2002 there was a real ad touting the clean emissions from a Citroen, directed by the king of dark comedy Brian Baderman.
The Audi "krass" spec commercial:
Please note: SPEC work means that the ad was not bought by or approved by Audi
Brian Baderman did a much better job. His ad is dark comedy, while the Audi one is not funny at all. Considering the topic of suicide is a hot button, it has to be outrageous like the Citroen ad. Adding to that, the AUDI brand never does funny ads, they are always serious, so it is way off in tone of voice for the brand.
Yeah, like Paul Lavoie said:
The Audi ad looks like a US job. I base this assumption on the end scene, which I think is meant to be funny.
Hmmmmm... That's a good point, anyone see anything in the video that reveals what country it might be from? Parking garages have "P" as letters in the states too, right?
We're all chatting under the audi vs citroen post, meanwhile it's the spec film alone that tours the web and is retweeted like hell. :))
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