21 May 2013
Moonpig.com has released a TV campaign to promote its Father s Day range of products. The ads paint dads as movie action heroes striding through an aircraft hanger when a suspended crate crashes open to reveal Moonpig products. The ad was created by Angy Williams and directed by Mark Wordley through...
21 May 2013
Peta has released an ad aimed at stopping primates being used as actors. BBDO NY teamed up with Mill+ to create the spot, which shows a CGI primate in room while a voiceover describes the plight of apes used in films. At the end of the ad, the primate puts a gun to its head as the voiceover asks: "Could...
20 May 2013
Canon has launched a TV ad running across the EMEA region until August, created by Mcgarrybowen London. The ad, directed by Thomas Hilland and appearing in 30- and 60-second versions, shows Canon users challenging themselves with image capture and production, including shooting using zoom while canoeing...
20 May 2013
Forbes has released a series of print ads to promote its Rich List. The ads show how even stars such as the singer Madonna and the footballer Cristiano Ronaldo earn a pittance compared with the world s richest people. For example, one ad shows Ronaldo as a robot, and tells us that he would have to play...
20 May 2013
Foot Locker has launched a spot featuring an installation that lets people mix music with their feet. The ad, which was was created by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, shows Foot Locker employees, or "Stripers", using the "sneaker mixing deck" in one of the company's stores. Marshmallow Laser Feast created...
20 May 2013
The Army has released an ad as part of its "step up" campaign, with the aim of recruiting 10,000 soldiers and officers over the course of 2013. The 60-second spot, created by JWT, was shot from the perspective of a new recruit s boots, showing the soldier going through training, parades and combat....
17 May 2013
4Creative, Channel 4 s in-house agency, has launched a TV spot to promote a series of documentaries and dramas for the broadcaster s "mating season", which begins in June. It stars an old Gal pagos tortoise called Arthur whose wife has just died. The spot follows Arthur as he re-enters the confusing...
17 May 2013
Polycell is releasing an ad by 18 Feet Rising to promote its new Quick Drying Polyfilla Spray product. In the spot, a son is instructed how to fill a crack in the wall by by his father, who, it turns out, is literally talking out of his arse. The spot will initially be released online with plans...
16 May 2013
The online gaming company Jackpotjoy is releasing two interactive TV spots. The ads, created by Isobel, were shot in front of a live audience and take the form of a game show, hosted by former EastEnders acress Barbara Windsor. The ads depict tongue-in-cheek challenges such as "Which wheelie bin...
15 May 2013
Carlsberg has teamed up with DJ Axwell one third of the Swedish House Mafia group to launch a global digital campaign by North Kingdom . The four-month campaign begins with the launch of Axwell s latest track, supported by an online video where users follow the story of a man on a journey to...