15 Best Olympics Advertising for London 2012

Posted: July 26, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Beverages, Cliché, Coca-Cola, Event, Sportwear, Testimonial, TV/Film, UK, USA | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

1 – Procter & Gamble – Best Job

Arguably the most memorable Olympics 2012 ad, Procter & Gamble champions mums in this commercial titled ‘Best job’. The tear jerker, created by Wieden + Kennedy Portland, follows four child athletes on their path to the London Olympic Games, supported, cared for and encouraged by their mothers every step of the way.

2 – Nike – Find Your Greatness

Nike does it again. Now famous for its ambush marketing tactics around major global sporting events, the sports apparel giant launched ‘Find your greatness’ in 25 countries yesterday to coincide with the opening ceremony. Cleverly avoiding any mention of London 2012 and the Olympic rings, the ad features places across the world with ‘London’ in their names, along with local everyday athletes enjoying their sports. The ad was created by Nike’s longterm agency partner Wieden + Kennedy.

3 – Coca-Cola – Move to the Beat

Mother London, Mark Ronson and Coca-Cola traveled the world to create a new dance track using the sounds of sport from 5 Olympic hopefuls.

4 – Omega – Star Me Up

A remix of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Start me up’ sets the pace for this commercial with the same title for Omega, the official timekeeper of the Olympics 2012. The ad lingers on the moments right before the start of a race or event, the tension felt by the athletes as they hone their focus for the task ahead.

5 – McDonald’s – Rivals

The Olympic spirit lives within us all. And when gold medals don’t provide enough motivation for greatness, McDonald’s is proud to serve the Happy Meals, Big Macs, and Fries that put everyone in the mood for a little competition.

6 – British Airways – London Calling

British Airways has launched its Olympic advert as anticipation builds ahead of the Games. It features one of BA’s jets strolling through London and showcasing landmarks such as Trafalgar Square and the Palace of Westminster, before taking in the Olympic Stadium in Stratford. Best of all though, it is set to the soundtrack of The Clash’s London Calling

7 – Adidas – What will you take?

Among others, Olympic Games sponsor Adidas created ‘What will you take?’ in support of Team Great Britian in partnership with agency Sid Lee. The colourful advert touches on all aspects of being an Olympian, both good and bad, as it challenges the athletes to take the stage and embrace this fleeting, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

8 – Icy Dew – Sixty Percent

Taking a break from the blood, sweat and tears approach, Coca-Cola bottled water brand Icy Dew created this amusing ’60 per cent water’ TVC in partnership with BBH Shanghai ahead of the Games. While this one might not stir the Olympian in you, it will certainly make you chuckle.

9 – Powerade – Power Through

Another Wieden + Kennedy addition, Powerade‘s ‘Power through’ Olympics advert focuses on “the line between breaking point and breaking through”, the extra effort that makes the difference between those athletes that go home with a medal and those that return disappointed. More muscles, more tension and another emotionally charged voice-over, the real stuff of Olympics advertising.

10 – Samsung – Are You Ready?

Cheil Worldwide launched this ‘Are you ready?’ ad for Olympic sponsor Samsung in support of its Galaxy S3 model across 20 countries this week. Olympics ambassador David Beckham signals the start of the event by kicking a ball against a gong in an impressive long-range shot.

11 – Visa- The Difference

Worldwide sponsor Visa has been putting its name to the Olympic Games for 25 years. This ad, titled ‘The difference’, was created by TBWA Chiat Day Los Angeles and narrated by Hollywood legend Morgan Freeman. This is just one in a series of Sepia-coloured ads marking Visa’s quarter century partnership with the Games this year.

12 – National Lottery Funded Athletes – Jenny Meadow Mother’s Story

Inspired by the story of 800 metres runner Jenny Meadows’ mother, our newest TV advert looks at how National Lottery funding helps British athletes achieve their dreams. Extended version. Thanks to TNL players we’re helping over 1,200 British athletes fulfil their dreams at London 2012 and beyond. No-one has contributed more to our athletes than our players.

13 – EDF – Powering The Games

EDF is an official partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, supplying the Olympic Park with low carbon electricity for a sustainable Olympics to remember.

14 – GlaxoSmithKline – Marlon Devonish

Touching on the ugly side of sport, GlaxoSmithKline features English sprinter Marlon Devonish to promote its provision of anti-doping laboratory services at the Games. Created by TBWA London, the advert takes the viewer inside the athlete’s body to experience the tension and exhilaration as he prepares to run the race of a lifetime.

15 – BP – Fuelling The Future

BP is proud to be the Official Oil and Gas Partner for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as a Premier Partner of the Cultural Olympiad.

Heineken – Buy a pint of Heineken or we’ll keep running this commercial

Posted: July 25, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Alcoholic Drinks, Case History, Legendary, Testimonial, TV/Film, UK | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Four film, one campaign.

Sales of Heineken are not high enough, so the makers of the ad have an excruciating punishment in store magician Paul Daniels and his wife Debbie singing a syrupy duet, off-key, on a kitsch set. As the pair tunelessly croon “Close to You” a strapline appears: “Buy a pint of Heineken, or we’ll keep running this commercial”. The second ad opens with the line, “It seems some people didn’t takes the last Heineken commercial seriously. Perhaps this might persuade them”, and, as if by magic, Vanessa Feltz and Peter Stringfellow drop from the sky dressed as angels and join in the song. The words “Remember, buy Heineken or we’ll keep running these commercials” close the second ad. But it is the third execution that causes the most belly laughs. With the strapline “Good news. Sales of Heineken have risen dramatically, but not dramatically enough”, Emmerdale’s Lisa Riley and “It” girl Tamara Beckwith sing along while cuddling up to Jimmy Saville with Jimmy Hill marching past playing, very badly, the trumpet.. Finally, in the fourth execution (literally), sales of Heineken have risen… so two lion are sent on stage to devour the performers.

How refresh. How Heineken.

“Heineken advertising typically shows the brand providing a refreshing twist by “blackmailing” people into drinking more beer,” said Iain Newell, the marketing manager at Heineken. “Of course the ads are pretending to be irritating but in fact they are very funny.”

Advertising Agency: Lowe Lintas, London
Creative Director: Charles Inge
Copywriter: Terry Barry
Art Director: Damon Collins
Production Company: Gorgeous Enterprises
Director: Chris Palmer
Year: 2001

Dads in Ads: the evolution

Posted: July 23, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Argentina, Cannes Lions, Car, Cliché, TV/Film, UK, USA | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

SUBARU

Subaru got an Emmy nom for this 2010 ad featuring a dad giving driving tips to his baby girl.

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HANES

A father dipped his son’s feet in paste in a harebrained scheme to make form-fitting socks in this 2009 Hanes ad.

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JOHN HANCOCK

John Hancock’s mid’-80s spot featuring a dad and his newborn daughter was one of the decade’s great tearjerkers.

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SONY CYBERSHOT

Dad was literally a horse’s ass in this over-the-top 2007 Sony spot.

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VOLKSWAGEN POLO

A new wave of sensitive-dad ads includes this misty-eyed VW number: this TV ad for the Volkswagen Polo shows the evolving relationship of a protective father and his daughter, from the moment he first brings her home from the hospital to the day she finally leaves home, when he hands her the keys to a shiny new Polo — ensuring she “stays in safe hands”. You can trust the small but tough Volkswagen Polo to protect your loved ones and keep you.

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VERIZON

Dad goes overboard with the sprinkles in this cartoony 2009 Verizon ad.

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WEETABIX

Hands-on dads are all the rage, as seen in this 2012 spot from Weetabix.

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HUGGIES

Huggies revised it’s “Dad Test” campaign this year after fathers complained that it made them look foolish

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VERIZON

Verizon took heat in 2004 for a spot in which a father fails spectaculary at helping his daughter with her homework.

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GOOGLE CHROME

Google started airing this commercial before Father’s Day of last year. The  ad, called “Dear Sophie” follows a dad over the years as he creates a digital scrapbook for his daughter with Gmail, YouTube, Picasa, Google Maps and more.

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NINTENDO/The Legend od Zelda

The man who brought you one of our favorite dads, Mrs. Doubtfire, is at it again. This time, Robin Williams is playing opposite his real-life daughter, Zelda. It’s all too fitting that this father-daughter pair would be repping this installment in the Zelda series; after all, Williams named his daughter after the legendary warrior princess.

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AT&T

2011. This spot shows what’s possible with AT&T, the only network that lets your iPhone talk and surf at the same time. We open on a new dad clumsily trying to change his baby’s diaper. His friend calls and asks if he caught the game the night before; he immediately replies ‘yeah’, though it is obvious that he missed it. Not wanting to sound out of the loop, he uses his iPhone to pull up a video recap of the game. They talk football, with the dad able to watch highlights on his phone and talk them up to his friend at the same time. He seems to forget what he’s supposed to be doing when his wife enters and flashes him a look. He quickly hangs up and attempts to focus on the task at hand. The spot closes with the line, “Only AT&T’s network lets your iPhone talk and surf at the same time.”

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BGH Air Conditioners

2012. The campaign explains that, with the arrival of the Summer heat, comes the arrival of dads wearing nothing but briefs. This commercial offers a solution to this problem. Created by Del Campo Saatchi & Saatchi for BGH air conditioners.“

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ROCKSMITH UBISOFT

First, they walk. Then they talk. Evidently, the only thing left for a baby to learn is how to shred on Rocksmith. Was your dad cool enough to get you on a Fender in your onesie? Here’s a worthy addition to the pantheon of babies doing grown-up stuff in advertising—this Ubisoft video with a baby rocking out with the company’s Rocksmith videogame.

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McDONALD’S

2010. McDonald’s is launching its first television advertising campaign targeting gay men. The fast food giant’s commercial – with the slogan ‘Come as you are’ – is to be aired on television in France. It features a teenager sitting in a McDonald’s restaurant gazing at a photo of his gay lover in a class photo, then phoning to say he ‘misses him’. The youth’s father then returns to the table with a tray of burgers, and says: ‘It’s a shame you’re in an all boys college. You would have had all the girls chasing you.’ The gay son then gives a knowing smile as they tuck in to their fast food. McDonald’s said the ad was intended to show that it welcomed people from all walks of life. A YouTube version of the advert with subtitles has so far been viewed more than 220,000 times in countries including Britain and the U.S., where it has not been screened.

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L’EQUIPE

In the bathroom, a woman is teaching her son how to shave property, as a father would while he is watching L’Equipe TV.

Men like sport. And as L’Equipe is like a bible for people who are found of sport, a man can spend unknown is in his room as he doesn’t recognise his father when this one is not reading L’Equipe..

Wieden+Kennedy Portland for Dodge (2010/2012)

Posted: July 18, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Agency, Car, Case History, Direct, TV/Film, USA | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Dodge Charger – Man’s Last Sand

A collection of men refuse to comply with a collection of modern activities. They rebel in their dodge charger. Dodge, an American motoring icon, is currently focused on clarifying and re-energizing its presence in the marketplace. The opening salvo in this effort is this new commercial set to appear during the 2010 Super Bowl, where Dodge will reach its core male target as well as the broader American culture. Based on the simple truth that while men will sacrifice a lot in their daily life to maintain a harmonious relationship with their girlfriend, their wife, their boss, their career—this spot shows there’s ultimately a limit to their chivalry. Especially when there’s a Dodge involved. In this commercial, Dodge re-affirms its relationship to the sort of men that love to drive real American driving cars, and at the same time tells America at large, through the Super Bowl stage, that Dodge is back with renewed energy and focus.

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Dodge Grand Caravan – Kittens/Turncoat



Dodge’s advertising, just like its cars, is made “in the defense of driving”—a force against the commoditized “beige boxes” that have become so commonplace across America. In contrast, Dodge celebrates the true spirit of American driving with pride and energy. Starting with the key features of Wi-Fi hotspot, voice-activated navigation and Flo TV, we developed the “Turncoat” and “Alright, Kittens” ads to show the extreme end of how the Grand Caravan could be used and driven. They dramatically bring to life what makes the Grand Caravan a unique vehicle: It has everything, so you can do anything.

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Dodge Challenger – Freedom

“Freedom” is a retelling of an important battle in the American Revolutionary War told as grandiose and beautiful as all American folktales. It first ran during the US vs England World Cup game that aired on June 12, 2010.


Though it isn’t a literal retelling of history, it’s a new American folktale about how American freedom was created. Dodge is making a statement about how cars are a very American thing, and how cars like the Challenger can reinvigorate this country’s passion for driving.

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Dodge Tent Event – Invisible Monkey Campaign

After getting into some hot water for the original Dodge Tent Event commercial, W+K got creative to appease all parties involved.

Our challenge from Dodge was to create a breakthrough campaign promoting a free, 60-day test-drive. Our solution was not just any tent sale but the Dodge Tent Event, complete with balloons, confetti, a giant red-and-white tent and the kicker, a chimpanzee dressed as a stuntman.
With Monkey
The commercial garnered a lot of views and comments on YouTube, then PETA saw it. PETA demanded that Dodge remove the chimp immediately. Within hours we had literally taken the chimp out of the ad and rerecorded the VO. The “PETA-friendly” spot was back on TV within days.
Without Monkey
People were wondering whether the solution was a “middle finger” to PETA. In order to steer the conversation, we asked Next Media Animation World News (NMA), the Internet-famous Taiwanese news-animation company, to help us tell the real story in an organic way that could be seen by an already-captive web audience. So they did, in a day. Actually in five hours. It worked. The story (of the Invisible Monkey) got out. The media was swayed. The collaboration between W+K and NMA was kept under wraps. PETA was happy again with Dodge.

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Dodge Charger – Period Piece

Dodge set out to prove that car chases make movies better. To do this, they’ve taken a stuffy Merchant & Ivory-type period love story full of costumes and haughty British accents, and turned it into something we all would stand up and cheer for.

More cars and more driving make for a better movie. In a spot titled “Fast Five—Period Piece,” Dodge and director Steve Rogers take a turgid period film and give it some much-needed horsepower. This spot pays homage to Dodge’s partnership with Universal Pictures for the fifth installment of the Fast&Furious franchise,Fast Five, a film that has a lot of high-stakes chases and a lot of cars, including the 2011 Dodge Charger.

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Dodge Charger – The Future of Driving


In today’s day and age, we are surrounded by technology – right from the air-conditioners, television and refrigerators in our homes to the laptops, PDAs and smartphones at work. The dependency on technology is so much in our lives that it no longer aids us but controls us and sometimes takes out the fun in doing things manually. This is exactly what Dodge Charger portrays in The Future of Driving 2011 Commercial. According to the 2011 Dodge Charger The Future of Driving Commercial, robots can take our food, our clothes and our homes, but they will never take our cars.

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Dodge Journey – Search Engine for the Real World

The 2012 Dodge Journey was built to be a search engine for the real world – a perfect vehicle for adventurous people who actually explore the world instead of just reading about it online. To get people to explore the world wide world, Dodge hid three 2012 Dodge Journeys across America. You find it, you keep it..

Describe the brief from the client
The Dodge Journey was built to help people to explore the worldwide world. But we wanted to do more than just tell them this, we wanted to get them off the couch and actually out there.
Creative Execution
We brought together all the chatter surrounding the campaign onto our YouTube page, combining the conversations from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube into one place.
Describe the creative solution to the brief/objective.
We started with a series of TV commercials. But unlike other car ads, the final heroic shot of the car was a challenge: the Journey they’ve just seen is still waiting at that same beautiful location. If the viewer went there, they could have it. The commercials themselves contained clues and a 24/7 live camera feed showed people exactly where it was – encouraging them to start looking.
Describe the results in as much detail as possible.
Even though only a few people got to drive home in a new Journey, everyone involved got to experience an exciting real-world adventure that inspired them to get out there.

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Dodge Grand Caravan – The Right Tool for the Job


The majority of Americans are driving the wrong car. One that doesn’t fit their lives, or their needs. So they end up having to do things like mount a cargo bin to the roof just to take a weekend trip with the family. Or rent a U-Haul to run to IKEA. In this campaign, we hold a mirror up to all those people who are trying to get by with cars that don’t fit their lives and highlight the Dodge Grand Caravan.

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Dodge Dart – How To Change Cars Forever



What do you need to create a groundbreaking compact car? Smart people, great ideas—and a healthy sense of humor.
That’s according to this entertaining 90-second spot from Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, Ore., for the 2013 Dodge Dart, offering a easy step-by-step instruction guide for designing and engineering a worthwhile entry in the competitive compact-car segment. Basically, you need lots of coffee, not a lot of other commitments, not a lot of committees or finance guys, and a whole lot of refining and refining and refining. The playful rapid-fire presentation is vintage W+K, which has built reserves of wry humor into the Dodge brand for several years now. In a nice touch, the Dart spot—directed by Christopher Riggert of Biscuit Filmworks—also features a celebrity endorsement by Tom Brady, in the form of Brady questioning whether he’s even right for the role. The spot’s energy is derived largely from a solid choice of soundtrack: the Jay-Z and Kanye West track “No Church in the Wild,” from their Watch the Throne album. The spot, titled “How to Change Cars Forever,” also introduces the tagline “New rules,” to emphasize that Dodge is redefining what a compact car can be. “Adding a dose of fun, creative license and Dodge brand humor, ‘How to Change Cars Forever’ captures the meticulous process of starting with a simple idea and developing it into a revolutionary new car, including the angst and pressure of a blank page, trials and errors of the early stages, and molding, shaping and testing the Dodge Dart until it was right,” says Olivier Francois, marketing chief at Chrysler Group. “We wanted to provide a peek inside what it takes to bring a new car to fruition.”

W+K continues to make such glimpses worth your while.

Songvertising – 32 best commercials with singing people

Posted: July 12, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Alcoholic Drinks, Argentina, Australia, Axe, Best Use of Television, Beverages, Cannes Lions, Car, Coca-Cola, New Zealand, Norway, Social, South Africa, Spain, Testimonial, TV/Film, UK, USA, Viral | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

1 – YEO VALLEY ORGANIC – Boyband

In a follow-up to last year’s rapping farmers ad, Yeo Valley launched a tv spot during the first ad break of The X Factor live show. The one-off, two-minute music video features a farming-inspired boy band called The Churned, singing a ballad entitled Forever. The ad was shot on location in Blagdon, in the heart of rural Somerset. The launch tied in with a Facebook karaoke competition, where users could sing along to the Yeo Valley track. The winner appeared in a 30-second version of the ad, which ran during the X Factor final on 11 December.

Advertising Agency: BBH London
Year: 2012
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2 – CARLTON DRAUGHT – Big Ad

An epic send-up of big budget ads, featuring a cast of thousands. Song lyrics: “It’s a big ad / very big ad/ it’s a big ad we’re in./ It’s a big ad/ my God it’s big/ can’t believe how big it is/ it’s a big ad for Carlton Draught / It’s just so freaking huge! / It’s a big ad/ expensive ad! / This ad better sell some bloooooody beer!!!

Advertising Agency: George Patterson Y&R, Melbourne
Year: 2006
Gold Lion

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3 – PUMA – Hardchorus

We open on a small group of hardcore soccer fans, also known as hooligans, standing in a classic British pub. Suddenly, one of them starts singing the first words of “Truly, Madly, Deeply” by Savage Garden. Another hooligan joins in, and as the camera pulls out, we see that the whole pub is packed with hooligans. They all sing together with the power of an entire stadium of fans during a soccer game, turning the cheesy love song into something big, beautiful and romantic. After the last chorus, a super appears: “It’s match day. It’s Valentine’s Day. Let your better half know how you feel. Dedicate and send this song at pumahardchorus.com”. Followed by Puma’s “Love = football” next to the Puma logo.

Advertising Agency: Droga5
Year: 2010
Gold Lion for the Campaign

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4 – NORTE BEER – It’s Good to Have Friends

Beer means friendship, and this campaings presents in funny way the different kind of friends we all have.

Advertising Agency: Del Campo/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, Buenos Aires
Year: 2009
Silver Lion for the Campaign

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5 – T-MOBILE – Welcome Back

On October 27th 2010, thousands of unsuspecting passengers arriving at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 were given a welcome home to remember. People were greeted by a 300 strong choir and vocal orchestra singing a medley of songs, completely a cappella, to welcome them back into the country.

Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Satchi,  London
Year: 2011
Silver Lion

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6 – COCA-COLA – Hilltop

Advertising Agency: McCann Erikson
Year: 1971

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7 – HEINEKEN – Singer

A blues singer can’t sing the blues – his life is too contented. A sip of lager soon changes that. Heineken refreshes his blueness.

Advertising Agency: Lowe Haward- Spink,  UK
Year: 1992
Gold Lion

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8 – HONDA – Impossible Dream

A man travels on an incredible journey using some of Honda’s landmark products whilst miming to the Andy Williams song ‘The Impossible Dream’. His journey comes to an abrupt end when he leaps off a giant waterfall in a Honda Powerboat into the mist below. Surely, this is the end of his dream? However as Andy Williams reaches the crescendo of the song, our hero returns in a Honda Hot Air Balloon to finish off the song in style. Garrison Keillor – the voice of Honda – sums it all up with ‘I couldn’t have put it better myself’.

Advertising Agency: Wieden + Kennedy,  London
Year: 2006
Gold Lion

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9 – COCA-COLA – Choir

Here’s Coca-Cola celebrating along with Santo its 125th year, and once again, we are guilty of naivety. We believe that, even today, the world is not far from the world that we dream of. In fact we are so naïve about thinking this way, that we decided to carry out an investigation to evaluate just how justified our reasons to believe in a better world were. We are proud to present to you “Choir”, created by Santo for Coca-Cola Latin America and their new communications platform: “REASONS TO BELIEVE IN A BETTER WORLD”.

Advertising Agency: Santo, Buenos Aires
Year: 2011
Silver Lion

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10 – T-MOBILE – Singalong

When T-Mobile invited the British public to be part of their next event, people turned up to Trafalgar Square, not knowing what they were letting themselves in for. Thousands of microphones were handed out as it was revealed they’d all be singing karaoke together. After a number of songs, and with a surprise guest appearance from Pink, the event culminated with everyone singing the timeless classic, ‘Hey Jude’

Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Satchi,  London
Year: 2010
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 11 – NIKE FREE RUN – I Would Run to You

Love makes people do crazy things. Like run across the country. See how strong running reunites a long distance couple.

Advertising Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, Portland
Year: 2012
Bronze Lion

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 12 – NIKE – Pretty

As Maria Sharapova marches to her tennis match, she passes people who sing I Feel Pretty. She slams a ball cross to court, putting an end to the singing.

Advertising Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, Portland
Year: 2007
Gold Lion

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13 – BASF – Dear John

The ad, set in army camp, features a soldier receiving a letter which goes to the tune of “Dear John”, the country song written by Lewis Talley, Fuzzy Owen and Billy Barton and made popular by Jean Shepard during the Korean war. As the song finishes the sergeant adapts the classic line from Humphrey Bogart, “Play it again John”.

Advertising Agency: Colenso BBDO, NZ
Year: 1982
Gold Lion

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14 – REXONA – Sensitive Armpits

A tough lumberjack is chopping down a tree. As he rearranges his cap, we notice at the same time he does that his underarm begins to song a sweet song. The corny melody is really annoying him. At this point, we see different cliché images of rough and tough men all undergoing the same situation. Finally, one of them applies the New Rexona Men Sensitive and succeeds in shutting up the underarm voice. A male voice in off says: New Rexona Men Sensitive. Even the most insensitive guy can have sensitive underarms.

Advertising Agency: Ponce Buenos Aires
Year: 2011
Silver Lion

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 15 – STARBUCKS – Glen

Glen jumpstarts his day by drinking a Starbucks DoubleShot. As he opens the can, Survivor appears in his apartment. They follow Glen through his full morning routine, singing a personalized version of “Eye of the Tiger.”

Advertising Agency: Fallon, New York
Year: 2004
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16 – GOOGLE – Demo Slam: Realtime Karaoke

Google is more than just a search bar. However, most of us don’t use, let alone, are aware of its many features. We needed to find a way to share all this free technology with the world. To educate everyone about all of Google’s innovations; we decided to change the way people learnt about it. We got precisely the people who didn’t use this free tech, to explain to the others why they should. Because, only they would be able to explain it in a way that would be fun to watch, and understood by all. By bringing in just a little bit of courage, creativity and fun; each of them pushed the role of technology in our lives and inspired the rest to use it in ways never imagined before.
Transforming something few were aware of to something the whole world cared about; we were able to re-define the role of technology in everyone’s life. From celebrities, scientists, soccer moms, teens to even sports personalities; everyone came forward to find new ways in which technology could make their world a little better.

Advertising Agency: Johannes Leonardo, NY
Year: 2011
Gold Lion for the Campaign

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17 – DISCOVERY CHANNEL – I Love the World

We developed a new brand idea for Discovery Channel: Discovery is the
World’s Biggest Fan of the World. We wanted to celebrate all that is epic, beautiful, inspiring, fun and just plain crazy in the world. Fellow fans—from spacewalking Astronauts to Alaskan fishermen to Zulu warriors to Stephen Hawking to Discovery hosts like Mike Rowe and Bear Grylls—sing along to an old campfire song re-written to express how each of them loves the world. In other words, to tell people why Discovery Channel thinks “The World is Just Awesome.”

Advertising Agency: 72ndSunny, USA
Year: 2008
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18 – MATCH.COM – Piano

This is a film for the online dating service, Match.com, which features a couple finding each other as they examine musical instruments. He strums a guitar and she plays a keyboard. Together they make beautiful music, and it’s clearly the start of something special.

Advertising Agency: Mother, London
Year: 2010
Gold Lion

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 19 – WILKINSON – Mow the Lawn

Girls in a front yard sing about mowing the lawn in order to promote Wilkinson/Schick Quattro razors for women.

Advertising Agency: JWT, New York
Year: 2009

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20 – AMERICAN LEGACY FOUNDATION/TRUTH – Singing Cowboy

We saddled up a horse, found a modern day cowboy that happened to have a hole in his neck due to a tobacco-related laryngectomy, and sent him to Manhattan to sing.

Advertising Agency: Arnold/Crispin Porter + Bogusky, USA
Year: 2007
Bronze Lion

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21 – ARNET BROABAND – Numa Numa

The ad shows some of the funny stuff you can find on the Internet.

Advertising Agency: Santo, Buenos Aires
Year: 2007
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22 – EVIAN – Voices

A man in a lift, a jogger, a secretary by the photocopier, a man in his car, an elderly lady…in all these scenes from everyday life, we see people singing with their childish voices.

Advertising Agency: BETC Euro RSCG, Paris
Year: 2003
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 23 – NIKE WOMEN – Surgery

A group of women run away from a plastic surgery clinic dancing a choreography to a reggaetón tune.

Advertising Agency: Madre, Buenos Aires
Year: 2007
Bronze Lion

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 24 – DIESEL – Anthem

Sing-a -ong Diesel Island national anthem. Why is your country fucked up?

Advertising Agency: Santo, Buenos Aires
Year: 2011
Silver Lion for the Campaign

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 25 – PROCTER & GAMBLE – You’ll Never Walk Alone

This 60-second commercial shows a lifetime of moms by their children’s sides doing the daily, sometimes mundane, things that help their children grow up to be Olympians. All the while, they sing “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Carousel. The ad builds from a child’s birth and culminates with the Olympics and a proud mom seeing all her hard work pay off. We then cut to a card that says, “Thank you, Mom,” followed by a series of product brand images that ends on the P&G logo with the voice-over, “P&G. Proud sponsor of Moms.”

Advertising Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, Portland
Year: 2010
Bronze Lion for the Campaign

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26 – BURGER KING – Americas Favorite/More Mayo/More Cheese

Introducing the Whopperettes.

The Whopperettes return with a story about extra cheese.

The Whopperettes return with a story about mayo.

Advertising Agency: Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Year: 2006
Silver Lion for the Campaign

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 27 – CADBURY DAIRY MILK – Night Runner

Fallon and Cadbury keep Great Britain pumped for the Olympics with a new spot that re-creates “The Final Countdown” — but adds multiple voices singing from the towers and buildings while a runner makes his way, presumably, to the Olympic Gold. An accompanying interactive feature encourages Britons to upload videos of them singing similarly inspirational songs to help team GB to victory.

Advertising Agency: Fallon London
Year: 2012

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28 – LOTTO LOTTERY – Ballroom Blitz

A taxi driver refuses to let passengers into his cab. Instead, he walks over to the queue and starts to sing for them. The man who joins in is chosen as the lucky passenger.

Advertising Agency: New Deal DDB, Norway
Year: 2001
Bronze Lion

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29 – CADBURY DAIRY MILK – Simply the Best

Part of Cadbury’s “Keep Team GB Pumped” campaign for London 2012 Olympics, swimmer Rebecca Adlington is serenaded by royal guards, dinner ladies and butchers with Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best.”

Advertising Agency: Hypernaked, London
Year: 2012

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30 – AMP ENERGY DRINK – Walk of no Shame

AMP wanted to introduce three new products with specific energy functions, designed to help our target, people who live their lives to the fullest. We also needed to increase brand awareness and embed ourselves into their daily life. We wanted to be the most relevant, unlike our hyper-masculine energy competitors. “Walk of No Shame” was an ode to the infamous walk that young people take “the night after” going out. With the look and sound of a mini-musical, AMP showed how one can take a “walk of no shame” as it gets you back on your feet.

Advertising Agency: BBDO New York
Year: 2009
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31 – LABATT BLUE BEER – Big Song

A young man tries to make up to his girlfriend by singing her a song around a campfire – “Out of the Blue”, and it turns into a huge sing-a-long.

Advertising Agency: Ammirati Puris, Canada
Year: 2001

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32 – PEPSI – Pepsi Generation

Advertising Agency: BBDO, USA
Year: 1984

Congratulations George! Congratulations Jim! Congratulations Steven!

Posted: July 10, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Best Use of Print, Legendary, Press/Outdoor, Testimonial, USA | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

In 1998, Titanic topped Star Wars as the #1 box office movie of all time. In congratulations, George Lucas bought this full-page ad inVariety, in which the Star Wars crew jumps out of the sinking ship and into the ocean of second place.

Apparently, it is a Hollywood tradition for directors who have their #1 records smashed to take out full page ads congratulating the new record-holders. When Star Wars broke Jaws‘ record, Steven Spielberg congratulated George Lucas by taking out a full-page ad with a picture of R2-D2 snagging Jaws on a fishing line.

Thereafter, E.T. beat Star Wars and held the record for a while. This was the message to Steven Spielberg from George Lucas in 1983 congratulating Spielberg for E.T passing Star Wars in the movie rental takings…

But Star Wars Special Edition reclaimed #1 in 1997. The result? Another full-page ad in which E.T. puts a crown on R2’s head…

Steven Spielberg, director of E.T., honored his friend Lucas with an advertisement in Daily Variety, the entertainment industry magazine, with a picture of E.T., the alien from the movie, putting a crown on top of R2-D2, the small robot from Star Wars.

“Dear George,” the ad read, “Congratulations for renewing the most enduring motion picture in cinema history. Your pal, Steven.”

Leo Burnett Iberia for laSexta – Alcatraz Delivery

Posted: July 9, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Agency, Case History, Design, Direct, Event, Guerilla, Promotion, Spain, Viral | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

For the launch of the series Alcatraz, the Spanish TV channel laSexta created a big buzz based on a prison delivery service. People could experience how it is to be in prison without leaving home by simply ordering typical food prisoners eat in prisons. The food was prepared by a frightening man and delivered by an escorted detainee.  Courageous clients could even address their complains to a customer service. The meals were also delivered for free to important bloggers and journalists in Spain to make the campaign go viral.

In parallel, laSexta used junk mails, virals, posters and the delivery van as a mean of communication.

The brief from the client
In order to launch J.J. Abrams’ new series, ‘Alcatraz’, we decided to give our viewers a prison-like experience from the comfort of their own home Our chef ‘Butch’ was in charge of preparing a truly disgusting meal that would be delivered by our inmates in the prisoners van, always under the custody of a police man. Each order came with a dossier with detailed information about the series.

Creative Execution
The prisoners, constantly watched over by a policeman, delivered a disgusting menu using a prison van, and every single order had a dossier with detailed information about the serial and the première on the Spanish TV channel La Sexta. We promoted our service with direct-mail advertising, posters, fridge magnets etc. Furthermore, we even created customer support line manned by the prisoners themselves, in case anyone would dare to complain about the food quality or the service.
 From concept to implementation
We promoted the service, as any other food delivery would. We used junk mail, posters, fridge magnets, etc. Orders were taken by phone or on the website. We even created a customer service call centre to receive complaints. Such a peculiar delivery soon caught the media’s attention and we even made a delivery to one of the highest rated TV shows in the country, which guaranteed Alcatraz was the most successful launch of the season.
Results
More than 1,500 orders were delivered during the first 2 weeks, generating buzz about the show and making Alcatraz the most watched première of the season, with 4.8m viewers.

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett Iberia, Spain
Executive Creative Director: Juan García-Escudero
Creative Directors: Fernando Martín, Javier Álvarez
Copywriters: Alejandro Hernán, Fred Bosch, Javier Martínez, Pouline Atencio
Art Directors: Alejandro Hernán, Fred Bosch, Javier Martínez, Pouline Atencio, Seve Ruiz
Interactive Creatives: Alejandro Hernán, Fred Bosch, Javier Martínez, Pouline Atencio
Designer: Pouline Atencio
Year: 2012

Memac Ogilvy Label and The Return of Dictator Ben Ali

Posted: July 5, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Ambient, Cannes Lions, Case History, Event, Installation, Press/Outdoor, Promotion | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

Describe the brief from the client
Within a few months, Tunisia went from decades of dictatorship and only 1 political party to its first ever free and fair elections: 1,600 candidates to choose from and over-exposure to countless political messages and advertising. As a direct result of the confusion that arose, many had completely lost interest in politics. Only 55% at best would go and vote, thus forgetting the main objective of the Revolution: Democracy for Tunisia. Engagement Citoyen, a non-profit organisation that aims to promote Tunisians’ democratic awakening, asked us to convert this apathy into action and inspire a higher turnout at upcoming elections.
Describe how the promotion developed from concept to implementation
We needed to re-activate people’s political engagement with a strong and effective reminder. So we set up a provocative and visually engaging stunt. We put back Ben Ali’s giant poster in La Goulette and let people experience the real danger of abstention: the return of dictatorship! The poster provoked protests leading the people to tear it down. But when they did so, they discovered another one underneath: ‘Beware, dictatorship can return. On October 23rd, vote.’ + a URL for neutral and simple informations on the candidates’ programmes. The event was posted online in order to spread the message.
Describe the success of the promotion with both client and consumer including some quantifiable results:
The message spread immediately (30% share rate), generating tens of thousands of calls for action, +461% visits on Engagement Citoyen’s website and countless media coverage everywhere. People spontaneously changed their social media profile picture into our second poster. Within a few hours, getting out and voting had become the ultimate act of the revolutionary process. In the evening it was aired on all Tunisian and Arabic channel news. The next day, it spread worldwide. Most importantly, we made people take that final crucial step and actually vote as 88% turnout was reached. Far higher than the expected 55%.
Explain why the method of promotion was most relevant to the product or service
Tunisians are fiercely protective of what they have achieved. They are willing to defend it with their lives. A return to the old status quo would be unthinkable. With such a low turnout there was genuine concern that one of the old regime’s partisans could be elected. They were mobilised and well organised. As people kept ignoring the power and consequences their vote could have in helping democracy, it was vital to remind them that if they didn’t vote, their Revolution was in vain. And do it in the most tangible and physical way so that they could rally around.

Advertising Agency: Memac Ogilvy Label
Creative Director: Nicolas Courant
Associate Creative Director: Gerald Heraud
Copywriters: Medhi Lamloum, Asma Kanzari, Yosri Mimouna
Art Director: Yassine Boughaba
Year: 2012
2 Gold Lion

Cundari Toronto for BMW – The Viral side of BMW

Posted: July 2, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Agency, Art, Canada, Cannes Lions, Car, Viral | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

BMW 1M – Walls

BMW Canada presents: the 1 Series M Coupe versus concrete walls. As stunt driving goes, this is some seriously bad-ass stuff. “Walls” is a web film featuring custom made concrete walls and precision driving. Filming was shot on a closed track so don’t even think about trying this on the motorway!

Advertising Agency: Cundari Toronto
Chief Creative Officer: Brent Choi
Copywriter: Brian Murray
Associate Creative Director/Art director: Raul Garcia
Production Company: Bandito Brothers, L.A.
Director/Driver: Mike Mouse McCoys
Year: 2011

BMW 1M – Helipad

Following high-speed skids through car-shaped gaps in thick (supposedly) concrete walls, BMW Canada presents more insane stunt driving to promote its 1 Series M Coupe. Now, the brand wants to flip the bird at mortality by spinning doughnuts on the world’s highest rooftop helipad. The only problem: It’s not clear that the feat is actually real. “I can tell you that the intent right from the beginning was to create videos that were so amazing, people had to debate how we did it.” says Ad agency Cundari’s chief creative officer, Brent Choi. He then referred us to the client, who has yet to reply. Choi sheds some light on the driver, who worked on movies like The Fast and the Furious and The Bourne Identity. Odds seem decent that both videos aren’t quite what they appear—and therefore much less death-defying and much less insane.

Advertising Agency: Cundari Toronto
Chief Creative Officer: Brent Choi
Copywriter: Brian Murray
Associate Creative Director/Art director: Raul Garcia
Production Company: Bandito Brothers, L.A.
Director/Driver: Mike Mouse McCoys
Year: 2011
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BMW M5 – Bullet

The new BMW M5 isn’t just really fast—it’s pretty, too. In “Bullet,” a new two-minute ad from agency Cundari BMW Canada, the new model is touted as the world’s fastest sedan. The concept is simple: The car revs its engines in a long tunnel—constructed to look like the barrel of a gun—before shooting out into the desert, shattering a series of giant props including a glass apple, water balloons and a bull’s-eye, in slow-motion “bullet time.”

The brand calls it “High Performance Art” because it wouldn’t be advertising without a pun. It feels more like car porn. Still, as that genre goes, it’s pretty good—gorgeously shot and engaging enough, especially for a long-form spot sans copy. The landscape—Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats Speedway—serves as a stunning backdrop, and the deliberately “delicate” classical music, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, works nicely as a contrast for a revving engine and screeching tires, alluding to the car’s luxury sheen as well as its power.

Advertising Agency: Cundari, Toronto
Chief Creative Officer: Brent Choi
Associate Creative Director, Art Director: Raul Garcia
Associate Creative Director, Copywriter: Brian Murray
Production Company: Big Block
Director: Mark Glaser
Year: 2012