Mr. T is back

"Take that toe-dipper!"

Sony creates world's largest Zoetrope

In the latest of the epic Bravia spots, Fallon London built the world's largest zoetrope, (which they had officially verified by the Guinness Book of World Records) called the "Bravia-drome" to help promote Sony's new Motionflow Bravia TV.



Timelapse setup:


Interesting Facts:

• Can reach speeds of over 50 km/h
• Measures 15m in diameter
• There are 64 images inside
• Features 50,000 LED Lights
• Made up of 10,000 nuts and bolts
• Takes two 40ft. trucks to transport
• The spot was filmed at 200 frames per second
• Filmed in the town of Venaria, Italy (Near Turin).

Watch the end result here. Unlike the other Sony spots I found the spectacle of the whole thing much more interesting than the final commercial.

Blues on the Boulevard

Matt Andersen is one of Canada's best undiscovered talents, and on his own is an amazing show. But to pair him with the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra – who have played to packed theatres in China, Italy and Carnegie Hall in New York City – is something that I just can't wait to see come together.





You don't want to miss this! 1/3 tickets sold and they haven't started advertising yet.

Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 8 p.m.
Moncton Wesleyan Celebration Centre
945 St. George Boulevard

www.bluesboulevard.ca

Old becomes new again

I really like the notion of this ad, but I'm wondering if they should have picked a different car. I think many would argue that the new beetle is not an improvement of the old. This would mean to some that the wax didn't make the car better, but rather ruined it.

Talk amongst yourselves...

Fountain of Youth

An amazing 3D animation short by Tyson Ibele for the latest CGSociety challenge.


Hemlock from Tyson Ibele on Vimeo.

Done using 3D Studio Max, and After Effects for the compositing.

Watch the making of the film: click here.

Awesome Storefront

Awesome design for "The Guitar Store" in Southampton, England. If you look closely, all dials go to 11!

Original Pic on Flickr

Navy Seals

This is one of the better military recruitment commercials I've seen...



No words needed.

Every Image has a Sound

Great ads for a Brazilian Sound Production Studio:

Help Child Soldiers

With close to 300,000 children fighting as soldiers right this minutes and 2 million killed since 1996, this is a serious problem. They need our help.

Enter john st. in Toronto with this awesome awareness campaign to support War Child Canada.



Visit www.helpchildsoldiers.com for more...

Sushi Conveyor

Mind the Curb

Green advertising. What a great idea for a company:

"Curb is the first and only agency in the world to offer bespoke media solutions using solely natural earth elements. We have created a portfolio of unique eco-advertising services and a crack ‘green-team’ of creative experts, that provide brands with outstanding natural solutions which impact on their target consumer without impacting on the environment.

Put simply we offer a viable choice for clients looking to integrate nature into their marketing communications."

Check out their website:
www.mindthecurb.com

High Five!

I believe there should be a lot more high five-ing in this world.



Via Improv Everywhere

When octopuses attack

...or is it "octopi"? Regardless, here's a funny Pepsi spot from France by CLM BBDO.



What is it with Pepsi and Octopus dudes? You think the France spot had any relationship to this one?

Get a tan from your computer screen

Full story

Computer Tan Website

Banned "Fist Kiss" commercial

ESPN has agreed to stop airing this commercial after it was criticized by gay-rights advocates. They feel that Shaq is being homophobic. Maybe a little... I do think the term "Fist Kiss" is funny.

What do you think?

Via AdFreak

Oktapodi: Short film

The "Ink" part made me LOL.

www.oktapodi.com
(High quality version here)

Emergency Yodeler

Get yours here!

Via

I Lego NY

Small bits of New York City life represented by Lego.


Many more here at his NYTimes blog

By Illustrator Christoph Niemann

Drawn to this BMW spot

If there's something I love more than extremely bad puns, it's watching someone draw. I think that's why I always liked the UPS spots (even if the guys hair is annoying). Here's a neat video for BMW that also drew me in...



It's a teaser for the new BMW "PAS" (Progressive Activity Sedan) vehicle which is rumored to be launching sometime this month.

Via bmw-web.tv