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Posted January 31 2008
Arcade Fire: Black Mirror
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Arcade Fire: Black Mirror
Black Mirror is the latest song/online experience from Montreal's Arcade Fire. The site was designed by AATOAA who also did Arcade Fire's Neon Bible last year. Great work and loads of fun.
 
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Posted January 30 2008
Fuck Death
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Fuck Death
Fuck Death is the latest from director Graydon Sheppard. He tells me that he had less than a week to come up with the concept, write the spot, draw, animate and edit it. Created for the Fuck Death Foundation, it was screened recently at Camera Bar, Toronto before a showing of Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal. Full credits here.
 
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Posted January 28 2008
Sneezing Bus Stop
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Sneezing Bus Stop
Here's another great campaign from Rethink Vancouver for Science World. This time it's in the form of a bus shelter that sneezes on people as they wait for their bus. View a past TV spot (equally as educational and gross) for Science World here. Scooped from AdRants via Fresh Creation.
 
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Posted January 28 2008
Smart People Trailer
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Smart People Trailer
As mentioned in a post last week, director Noam Murro's first feature film Smart People premiered at Sundance. The trailer has just been released. You can view it and full cast and crew details here. Release date is April 11.
 
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Posted January 28 2008
Short of the Week
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Short of the Week
I just found this site last week and I wish I had stumbled across it sooner. It features great short films and interesting Q&As with directors. Check out their Best of 2007 and their feature on Trevor Cawood's Terminus.
 
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Posted January 24 2008
Adidas Football
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Adidas Football
This site showcases adidas' new football boots and kit (it's from the UK and I'm using their lingo) with hand-drawn animation and video. It's also The FWA's site of the day. Agency is 180 Amsterdam.
 
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Posted January 22 2008
Super Glue
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Super Glue
Here's a fun new campaign for Super Glue via DDB Australia. Scooped from Advertising/Design Goodness. For more toys in ads check out this Toys R Us campaign and this Duracell campaign.
 
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Posted January 21 2008
Smart People at Sundance
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Smart People at Sundance
Biscuit Filmworks founder and commercial director Noam Murro's (pictured on left) first feature film, Smart People, premiered at Sundance this past Saturday night and received a standing ovation from the 1200 people in attendance. Read reviews here (third paragraph) and here. The trailer will be out at the end of the month and the film is scheduled for release on April 11. Noam was also honored this month with his fifth DGA nomination (he won in 2004). View his nominated work here.
 
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Posted January 21 2008
The Queen of Creamy
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The Queen of Creamy
Mentos continues with the cheese in this spot titled Amusement Park. I love the costumes and the 80s music. Fun. Agency is BBH Japan. Scooped from Boards.
 
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Posted January 18 2008
MTV: America's Best Dance Crew
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MTV: America's Best Dance Crew
Here's the latest from director Clay Weiner to promote MTV's new reality show America's Best Dance Crew where dance crews from across the US will rehearse and compete each week in front of the show's judges. One crew will be eliminated each week to ultimately reveal the winner. Full credits are here. For more of Clay's MTV work, check out immaturity.tv (hilarious).
 
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Posted January 18 2008
Nice Legs
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Nice Legs
Legs is the latest spot for Monster and is directed by MJZ's Rupert Sanders with visual effects by MassMarket. To create the legs MassMarket's Cedric (VFX Supervisor and Lead Flame artist) tested a few approaches and came up with a technique to use stilts and prosthetics for some scenes as well a little Flame ingenuity and magic to create the overall look. Agency is BBDO New York. Full credits are posted here. Warning: the large video file takes a few moments to load.
 
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Posted January 16 2008
Emerald Nuts saves you from the 80s
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Emerald Nuts saves you from the 80s
Here's the latest for Emerald Nuts directed by Brian Lee Hughes. I never realized it before, but the addicted to love girls and the Swiss Family Robinson are both pretty creepy. Better eat some nuts. Agency is Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco.
 
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Posted January 16 2008
NBA Meets GPS
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NBA Meets GPS
Together Biscuit director Aaron Ruell and Brooklyn-based Lifelong Friendship Society have created this spot for the NBA via Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco.
 
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Posted January 14 2008
Guinness Dot
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Guinness Dot
Here's Psyop's latest for Guinness via Stink and IIBBDO, Dublin. The story of Dot is told by Jeff Bridges (love his voice). Psyop director is Eben Mears. View Dot here. Full credits are here. Scooped from Motionographer.
 
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Posted January 14 2008
Me and My Goldfish
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Me and My Goldfish
London-based production house Stink Digital and Grey London have unveiled four three-minute animated films for the new Goldfish campaign, Me and My Goldfish. The four films are stories written by writer Anthony Horowitz, comedian Rik Mayall, adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and TV presenter Meera Syal which are directed by Arno Salters, Foreign Office, Loyalkaspar and Adam Marko-Nord. View all four films here.
 
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Posted January 09 2008
Meat Market: Everybody Else
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Meat Market: Everybody Else
Meat Market's Everybody Else is the latest from director Georgie Greville. NYC-based Georgie is repped by Basecamp in the US and she also has a personal site full of goodies here. If you have never seen her I Wanna Be Your Dog, a conceptual video for Milk/house production, check it out too and prepare to start tapping your feet. Happy last day at MTV GG!
 
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Posted January 08 2008
McDonald's Beard
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McDonald's Beard
As soon as I saw this spot on TV I knew it was directed by OPC director Brian Lee Hughes (it has his signature creepiness). Agency is Cossette, Toronto and full credits are posted here.
 
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Posted January 08 2008
Psyop: Adidas "Together"
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Psyop: Adidas
Here's the latest from Psyop via Stink & TBWAChina for Adidas and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Together is the first of four spots in the campaign. The second spot will be released next month and the remaining two over the next four months. Psyop directors are Marie Hyon and Marco Spier worked on this campaign with around 65 people for over three months. Full credits are here and a Q&A with the directors is here.
 
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Posted January 07 2008
This commercial is made from recycled film clips
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This commercial is made from recycled film clips
EDF Energy and Euro RSCG have made this 60 second spot entirely from "recycled" film clips. It began airing last night in the UK as part of a full scale multi-media campaign. More info on the spot is available on YouTube. Found on ComputerLove via adverblog.
 
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Posted January 04 2008
New York Times Magazine: A Year in Ideas 2007
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New York Times Magazine: A Year in Ideas 2007
Here's an interesting and educational spot drawn and animated by Geoff McFetridge for New York Times Magazine's "Year in Ideas". Scooped from Boards.
 
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Posted January 03 2008
Amnesty International
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Amnesty International
Here's a beautifully disturbing print campaign for Amnesty International via TBWA Paris. Creative Director: Erik Vervroegen; Copywriter: Veronique Sels, Daniel Perez; Art Director: Ingrid Varetz, Javier Rodriguez; Photographer: Michael Lewis. Scooped from Freddy at advertising/design goodness.
 
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Posted January 02 2008
Happy 2008
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Happy 2008
Happy New Year! Are you having a bit of trouble getting back to work? Still slightly hungover from Monday night? Here's a nice little diversion for the first day back at work for 2008 courtesy of  Exopolis. Create your own dancing robot here. Scooped from AdRants.
 
 
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