Shop the Cops
Ok on B3ta this week it was Shop the Police. I could have pulled nearly all of them off this week.
Here's just a few of my faves.
The rest are here.
Uni Promo
My university just released this... you might recognise Dani and Paul in the promo video.
And I've decided our graphics tutor RayBan needs some new facts.
We know plenty if he wanted to ask.
Dissertation Marks
Today is more of a public service announcement.On behalf of myself, I'd like to thank all the people that contributed to my dissertation on 360 Advertising.
I have just received my mark, and can happily say it was gooooood.
If anyone would like a copy of it, just message me and I'll happily send you the 8000 word beast.
Our first shoot
"Meet on Monday at 6:45am in Edinburgh Waverley Station please."
We're shooting our first TV advert today and creating the press at the same time for a big client, which will break next week.
We can't wait, we'll reveal it next week but it's a full day shoot, we're pretty damn excited. Its incredible what we've been able to get our hands on at Union, loads of press and TV briefs, we've going to record two Historic Scotland radio adverts this week too.
And if that wasn't enough we had to submit work for Mark Waites the CD of Mother on Friday, a brief for an invite for STV but he has the final say on it... exciting times.
Lack of sleep but we don't care when we get good stuff to work on. More big brief for Union's accounts this week, hopefully we can pull something out for that as well.
I am the Dance King
Right this is where advertising works, no matter how shit it is, it still worked
I'm watching Britain's Got Talent and The King of Dance comes on.
Does his horrible thing, gets 3 XXXs then walks off. But just before he starts he says his track is available to download. So being the odd person I am, I open iTunes, searches for 'I am the Dance King' by The King of Dance and it's popularity is ridiculous! So for a failure he is still earning money off he back of BGT! Good stuff. Needless to say, I didn't buy it, it's truly and awful piece of rubbish.
The Wanted Ads
Mike and Phil, Jai and Wal, Mark and Gemma from TRBR and our pals Dani and Paul all went to the Wanted Ads this year. Having seen the posts, the voting and then the work I can't see why they should call it 'The Wanted Ads' and then give you a brief that is highly restrictive to show what you can do.
"The brief, supplied by HSBC saw the teams devise a campaign for the bank’s World Selection global investment service which highlighted the fact it uses local expertise in markets across the world. The challenge was to put global knowledge into a local context using local media."
The banking sector is notoriously a boring ad area. Especially when at the moment every bank needs to be true and honest, I could think of a few clever things but nothing wacky and crazy that you could do for a bank.
On a serious note, none of those ideas that you can vote for would probably end up in your portfolio. Surely that is what 'The Wanted Ads' should be trying to push for? Great ideas from a great thought provoking brief...
Sergei the Meerkat
Sergei is being born today! I can't wait. Who you ask?!? Well he's 'head of IT' at comparethemeerkat.com, will star alongside Aleksandr in a TV ad tonight.
Hitwise research also shows that since the campaign's launch, hits on the website have increased, giving it the sixth-biggest share in the price-comparison sector. Bravo.
According to comparethemarket.com, since the meerkat activity, the number of quotes requested on the site has risen by 80%. That's and I quote CR on this one (Geordie accent required) amaaazing. That really shows if done well, cute animals can sell anything in the right context.
Hitwise research also shows that since the campaign's launch, hits on the website have increased, giving it the sixth-biggest share in the price-comparison sector. Bravo.
Nude in a scarf part 2
It's amazing what people can find in a few hours... so we've ruined the launch of the new Peugeot 308cc. Here it is... lovely... and 2 hours before it's actually revealed officially. Good stuff.
Nude in a scarf
By the time I've finished typing this entry you will have a maximum on 5 hours 45 minutes to work out what is going on here before it happens.
Nude in a scarf, people walking round in skin coloured body suits wearing just a scarf... A google search reveals (thanks to Henry James) it has something to do with Peugeot. A convertible perhaps.
Help?!?
Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Stumbled across the Crispin Porter + Bogusky 'Employee Handbook' today. Its a really nice piece of DM that I would hope everyone got to see at some point. You can find it here. And if you happen to live in the USA you can get an internship here. Damn them.
My favourite thought in this is:
WORK IS A BAD WORD TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE DO
If what you are doing seems like work, you're either in the wrong industry or you're not doing it right. Your time here should feel less like digging a ditch and more like a challenging game of chess.
Unfortunately if I keep losing chess, I give up, sudoku on the other hand I'll keep trying.
I must admit a few people have mentioned these guys to us a few times an we should go see them... have they got a UK based agency yet that has a creative department?
Virtual Insanity Viral
I was on the hunt for a visual device and thought Jamiroquai might hold the answer. It didn't but I saw this and was amused by it. I've always thought the video was very clever, especially for its time. Its 12 years old but for me this was the first clever thing that I remember. Oh and by the way..I was 8 years old so I was inadvertently preparing myself to think cleverly.
Foam River
A soap factory has launched an investigation after a river running through a nature reserve exploded into a mountain of foam. WOOOO! But oh no, unfortunately dead fish and ducks have been spotted in the contaminated water after the suspected chemical spill.
The thick bank of suds - around 150ft long and 10ft deep - built up on a tight bend on the River Irk in Middleton, close to the Irkside Nature Reserve in Greater Manchester.
Walker John Purdy, 44, who lives nearby, said: 'It is quite upsetting. There's a lot of wildlife. It needs sorting out quickly. I've never seen it this bad before and I come down here three times a day.' (What's he doing by the river more than once a day...stalker)
And you thought Fallon had made a new Fairy Liquid advert.
Poor suds. Pardon the pun.
Peter Kaschnig's House of Blues
Peter Kaschnig has painted his entire house, and everything in it, blue as part of a barmy experiment. He wanted to see the psychological effects of living surrounded by just one colour. Strangely though his 'masterstroke' has outraged locals in the quiet neighbourhood of Klagenfurt, Austria.Apparently the lego looking house “it looks ridiculous and out of place and all the visitors it attracts are a real nuisance. You can’t park any more and there is no privacy. This used to be a quiet neighbourhood,” moaned neighbour Heidi Manning.
Poor sods, the parking, and no privacy, its like living in London. It can't be that bad!
Brighton is Barcelona
THIS!!! Yes THIS was the banner ad on national rail enquiries today... I'm sorry BRIGHTON is not Barcelona. Having lived less then 30 minutes from the place for 21 years, I wouldn't choose Brighton over sunny Spain any day of the week. It doesn't even have a sandy beach!
South Shields = Rio
Blackpool = Amsterdam
Hull = Sri Lanka
Your opinions
French Tv
I saw this on Pub, no idea what it was/channel, but I managed to track it down on youtube. I saw some awesomely bad adverts over there and am attempting to track them down. We'll start with the good stuff though.
DEPRESSED WELSH PATIENTS PRESCRIBED SEVERN BRIDGE
Doctors in Wales are being urged to treat depression with a strong dose of the Severn Bridge.
As long as they don't try to swallow it
As South Wales topped the league for anti-depressant prescriptions, experts said the £5.40 toll was not only more effective but would ease financial pressure on the NHS.
A spokesman for the British Medical Association said: "A course of Seroxat is fifty or sixty quid, but for just over a fiver we can get them to South Gloucestershire where they'd at least have a chance, dammit."
He added: "And for those who get halfway across and then can't face going on or turning back, they can always just jump off. If they survive, the estuary tides will no doubt take them on a thrilling adventure."
Welsh GP Tom Booker said: "There are other ways to combat depression, but getting some fresh air would force you to look at more Wales, while exercise would involve being trapped in a room with dozens of sweaty Welsh people.
"A healthy diet helps, but around here that's like asking for a honey-roasted unicorn in a bap."
He added: "The Severn Bridge was supposed to alleviate the suffering of thousands of people in South Wales, but instead they all just stare at it, calling it 'Satan’s river-stick'. They even sing songs about it. It's hateful."
The treatment of depression in Wales has advanced in recent years, with courses of prescription drugs replacing the traditional method of being whacked over the head with a sock-full of foxglove by a half-pissed druid.
From here. It made me chuckle enough to copy and paste it for a few more people to read. Poor Welshies
The weird and wonderful French tomorrow. That's where I've been hiding of late.
As long as they don't try to swallow it
As South Wales topped the league for anti-depressant prescriptions, experts said the £5.40 toll was not only more effective but would ease financial pressure on the NHS.
A spokesman for the British Medical Association said: "A course of Seroxat is fifty or sixty quid, but for just over a fiver we can get them to South Gloucestershire where they'd at least have a chance, dammit."
He added: "And for those who get halfway across and then can't face going on or turning back, they can always just jump off. If they survive, the estuary tides will no doubt take them on a thrilling adventure."
Welsh GP Tom Booker said: "There are other ways to combat depression, but getting some fresh air would force you to look at more Wales, while exercise would involve being trapped in a room with dozens of sweaty Welsh people.
"A healthy diet helps, but around here that's like asking for a honey-roasted unicorn in a bap."
He added: "The Severn Bridge was supposed to alleviate the suffering of thousands of people in South Wales, but instead they all just stare at it, calling it 'Satan’s river-stick'. They even sing songs about it. It's hateful."
The treatment of depression in Wales has advanced in recent years, with courses of prescription drugs replacing the traditional method of being whacked over the head with a sock-full of foxglove by a half-pissed druid.
From here. It made me chuckle enough to copy and paste it for a few more people to read. Poor Welshies
The weird and wonderful French tomorrow. That's where I've been hiding of late.
April Fools
Read that they are playing the full length of the Ukraine national anthem at tonight's match vs England online this morning.
The Sun
ENGLAND fans should brace themselves for tonight’s World Cup qualifier against Ukraine — they’ll have to stand through the world’s longest national anthem. The Three Lions’ opponents have been granted special permission to play the full 6½-minute version of Oi Ukrainy.
The FA has confirmed any supporter who sits back down or jeers during the performance may face ejection from Wembley before the Group Six clash. The Ukraine Football Federation usually plays a shorter version — just 90 seconds long — at games.
FIFA agreed to the extended anthem after the visitors claimed it would boost key players, such as ex-Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko and Liverpool flop Andriy Voronin.
FA chiefs are said to be unhappy at the decision. But they declined the chance to make Fabio Capello’s boys Wayne Rooney and John Terry sing all six verses of God Save The Queen. A Soho Square insider said: “FIFA gave us the option. But we turned it down on the basis most of our players don’t even know the words to the short version.”
Ukraine’s anthem will be sung by folk star Furstov Aprylova, who hails from capital, Kiev. It includes a tribute to Shevchenko: “No oil well could ever dig deeper for the great Ukraine than Andriy.” And in a dig at its former Soviet rulers, the tune ends: “Kiev, Kiev — there is no such thing as a Chicken Moscow.”
The Sun was having a little giggle here.
The REAL Ukraine Anthem (English Translation)
Ukraine has not perished, neither her glory, nor freedom,
Upon us, fellow--Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more.
Our enemies will vanish, like dew in the morning sun,
And we too shall dwell, brothers, in a free land of our own.
CHORUS
We'll lay down our souls and bodies to attain our freedom,
And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Kozak nation.
(repeat chorus)
We'll stand together for freedom, from the Sian to the Don,
We will not allow others to rule in our motherland.
The Black Sea will smile and grandfather Dnipro will rejoice,
For in our own Ukraine fortune shall flourish again.
CHORUS
Our persistence and our sincere toils will be rewarded,
And freedom's song will resound throughout all of Ukraine.
Echoing off the Carpathians, and rumbling across the steppes,
Ukraine's fame and glory will be known among all nations.
CHORUS
So can you microwave a Kiev in 6.5 minutes? or are we having the 90 second usual version tonight? Right, Moscow...
The Sun
ENGLAND fans should brace themselves for tonight’s World Cup qualifier against Ukraine — they’ll have to stand through the world’s longest national anthem. The Three Lions’ opponents have been granted special permission to play the full 6½-minute version of Oi Ukrainy.
The FA has confirmed any supporter who sits back down or jeers during the performance may face ejection from Wembley before the Group Six clash. The Ukraine Football Federation usually plays a shorter version — just 90 seconds long — at games.
FIFA agreed to the extended anthem after the visitors claimed it would boost key players, such as ex-Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko and Liverpool flop Andriy Voronin.
FA chiefs are said to be unhappy at the decision. But they declined the chance to make Fabio Capello’s boys Wayne Rooney and John Terry sing all six verses of God Save The Queen. A Soho Square insider said: “FIFA gave us the option. But we turned it down on the basis most of our players don’t even know the words to the short version.”
Ukraine’s anthem will be sung by folk star Furstov Aprylova, who hails from capital, Kiev. It includes a tribute to Shevchenko: “No oil well could ever dig deeper for the great Ukraine than Andriy.” And in a dig at its former Soviet rulers, the tune ends: “Kiev, Kiev — there is no such thing as a Chicken Moscow.”
The Sun was having a little giggle here.
The REAL Ukraine Anthem (English Translation)
Ukraine has not perished, neither her glory, nor freedom,
Upon us, fellow--Ukrainians, fate shall smile once more.
Our enemies will vanish, like dew in the morning sun,
And we too shall dwell, brothers, in a free land of our own.
CHORUS
We'll lay down our souls and bodies to attain our freedom,
And we'll show that we, brothers, are of the Kozak nation.
(repeat chorus)
We'll stand together for freedom, from the Sian to the Don,
We will not allow others to rule in our motherland.
The Black Sea will smile and grandfather Dnipro will rejoice,
For in our own Ukraine fortune shall flourish again.
CHORUS
Our persistence and our sincere toils will be rewarded,
And freedom's song will resound throughout all of Ukraine.
Echoing off the Carpathians, and rumbling across the steppes,
Ukraine's fame and glory will be known among all nations.
CHORUS
So can you microwave a Kiev in 6.5 minutes? or are we having the 90 second usual version tonight? Right, Moscow...
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