Short Takes
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Friday, Aug. 20, 2010
Short Takes
"Cubehead," a spot for Britvic's Drench bottled water, opens on a man sitting on a subway station bench. This is no ordinary gent: his face is divided into a dozen cubes, all of which are improperly placed. Realizing he needs to 'get himself together' before the train arrives, he begins shifting...
Friday, Jun. 18, 2010
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Euro RSCG London, director Adam Berg of Stink and MPC London colorist Mark Gethin have teamed on a global film and TV spot fare for Dulux. A two-minute version has launched online, initiating the "Let's Colour Project, which is a global activation idea centred on a series of painting events that...
Friday, May. 7, 2010
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Director Lance Acord of bicoastal Park Pictures recreates a historic moment at the infamous Robben Island Prison Camp in a new :30/:45 "Robben Island," for ESPN and FIFA World Cup out of Wieden + Kennedy , Worldwide. With affecting imagery and score, the spot focuses on the formation of a soccer...
Friday, Apr. 16, 2010
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Mark Gilbert of Los Angeles-based production house HELLO! directed a droll "Missing Something" campaign for Sears Optical out of Chicago agency Sponge . One of the spots, "Dog Days," centers on a near-sighted man who fires up the backyard grill, lighting what he thinks is charcoal. But his visual...
Friday, Feb. 12, 2010
Short Takes
We start with an old fashioned coffee grinder which explodes, the parts somehow becoming meshed into a bicycle that forms before our eyes. A motor enters the picture and turns it into a motorbike and then adds two wheels to make it a Quadrilette. A mixer blends into the VLV--which was the first...
Friday, Feb. 12, 2010
Short Takes
We start with an old fashioned coffee grinder which explodes, the parts somehow becoming meshed into a bicycle that forms before our eyes. A motor enters the picture and turns it into a motorbike and then adds two wheels to make it a Quadrilette. A mixer blends into the VLV--which was the first...
Friday, Dec. 11, 2009
Short Takes
We open on a laboratory where scientists and engineers are working on making the volume balance on Toshiba television sets just right. This can come in handy for the next slice of life we're about to see--a young man with his girlfriend asleep on his shoulder in front of the TV on which is blaring...
Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
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In a carpeting category known for price promotions and beauty "floor shots," Cramer-Krasselt , Milwaukee, and Bully Pictures , Marina del Rey, Calif., have created a time-stopping :30 TV spot, "Frozen Moment," to artfully demonstrate Mohawk's new stain resistant SmartStrand carpet with DuPont...
Friday, Sep. 25, 2009
Short Takes
Digital Domain (DD) has teamed up with director Carl Erik Rinsch and his German production company Markenfilm on a :45 TV commercial for Audi, via Hamburg-based agency Kempertrautmann . . "Intelligently Combined" opens on a minimalist museum space. Hanging in the middle of the spacious room is a...
Friday, Aug. 14, 2009
Short Takes
A man is about to move on from a campsite when his companion, a young lass, informs him that the once burning campfire is still smoldering. He responds that they did a good enough job of dousing the fire and it's time to get going. However, when he turns to see the woman's reaction, she is no...