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Denton and Watkins Construct Animated Adland

Aaron — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:12:36 +0000

Mark Denton and Seth Watkins directed this 3-minute homage to British advertising, titled Adland. It was released by Creative Circle as part of their annual awards program. Denton is the outgoing president of Creative Circle, and you can read about his experience over at shots.net. Like Logorama, the piece features over 80 advertising references, but all of these are British. For instance, the first homage is to Ridley Scott’s Hovis ad (inset). The piece was produced by Coy Communications and the animation was completed by A Large Evil Corporation. The creative concept was originated by Mark Fairbanks, Paul Pateman and Mike Nicholson at AMV BBDO.

Cluster Controls Destiny For Sabritas Foundation

Aaron — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:45:29 +0000

This multi-chapter campaign for the Sabritas Foundation was produced at Cluster Studio in Mexico. Sabritas is a non-profit that supports children by building and repairing schools and assisting them in getting to class. BBDO Mexico initiated the project. Here is chapter 1 of Destiny Is Not Written:

Transistor Tunes Into Sign Up Campaign

Aaron — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:33:10 +0000

With the immense popularity of Glee here in the States, I suspect a campaign like this will be well received. Alas, it’s for the UK. The video promotes Sign Up, a campaign aimed at bringing singing back to schools. The production was handled by Transistor Studios, and the lead animator was Jamie Rockaway. The agency on the job was AMV BBDO.

LAIKA/house Delivers Spam Ads

Aaron — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:09:45 +0000

Mike Wellins, a director at LAIKA/house in Portland helmed these three stop-motion spots for Hormel Foods canned precooked meat product Spam. The agency leading the effort was BBDO Minneapolis.

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Mtn Dew Chooses Sides With Warcraft

Aaron — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:05:19 +0000

Mountain Dew, or Mtn Dew as it’s now called, and the world’s biggest MMORPG game Warcraft have teamed up for a new promotion for the drink’s line of Game Fuel products. To kick it off, BBDO NY whipped up this duel at the checkout stand titled Choose Your Side.

Stardust Brings Big Daddy Back for Dodge

Aaron — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:44:20 +0000

In an homage to Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s design legacy, Stardust, Los Angeles produced this new animated ad for Texas Dodge Dealers Association. It’s titled Shared Passion, and the agency leading the creative was BBDO, Detroit.

Carrying The Torch

Pasquale — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:09:57 +0000

BBDO Toronto and Proximity Canada have produced an energetic spot for the RBC. It’s a hybrid of 3d & pop-up book aesthetic, imparting a very cute and youthful feel. Most importantly, it gives Canadians the opportunity to carry the Olympic torch, if they are lucky enough to win the honour.

Framestore Electrifies Super Bowl Scarecrow

Aaron — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:56:49 +0000

What do scarecrows, football and electricity have to do with eachother? Nothing! But that shouldn’t stop you from watching this new animated ad from General Electric, who plunked down $3 million to see it screened during Super Bowl 43 this Sunday. The ad, titled Scarecrow, was conceived by BBDO, and executed at Framestore by Traktor. The song is If I Only Had a Brain from the the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz.

Robots Sugar Coat Mars Spot

Aaron — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:10:34 +0000

For the candy Mars Planets, the candy company turned to art director Jeremy Tribe at AMV BBDO, who led the creative direction on this animated ad titled Siren Bots. The spot was animated by Pierre & Bertrand at the UK-based production company Not To Scale.

Sticky Content For Nike Runners

Aaron — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:05:07 +0000

For Nike, BBDO Argentina oversaw the production of this stop-motion spot titled Sticky Note. The animation was produced by Gazz, where director Antonio Balseiro and animators Carlos Balseiro, Ale de Lamas and Pleii y Monroe brought it to life.