Friday 12 December 2008

NewsReel 12/12/08

GABER BECOMES TRANSPARENT


Yariv Gaber commits to London production company Transparent for UK representation and more.
Having established Gaber in the UK Transparent now intends to pursue more work in the Global arena.
Gaber's much anticipated Global campaign for Herbal Essences 'Great Escapes' series launches in the UK early next month.

To view Yariv's work go to: http://www.transparentuk.com/directors/gaber/gaber_01.html

To see the other fanstastic directors represented by Transparent go to: http://www.transparentuk.com/p_directors.html



THE BULLY BROTHERS ARE IN TOWN…

Bully Bros. Post (www.bullybrospost.com), a new full-service post and visual effects facility in Santa Monica, CA has been opened by Creative Director/Lead Effects Artist Kiki Chansamone and Executive Producer Jason Forest. The all-new facility, located at Christopher Sliney’s Playground Media Group, will specialize in full-service HD finishing for spots, expert compositing, RED and P2 conversions, 3D previz/storyboarding and on-set vfx supervision.

They have special emphasis on end-to-end workflow creation and full visual effects design and supervision for commercials. Chansamone comes to Bully Bros. after nine years as lead Inferno Artist at R!OT in Santa Monica, and Forest is the founder/Executive Producer of TV spot production house Bully Pictures in Marina Del Rey, CA.The new facility has been hot right out of the gate, finishing campaigns for IW Group (Wal-Mart and Met-Life), DraftFCB (Taco Bell), Bozell/Jacobs (Alegent Health), Ogilvy & Mather (Nature Made), and Chiat/Day (Visa).

Chansamone and Forest have been good friends since meeting on a Bacardi campaign several years ago, and that friendship has fueled their special vision for Bully Bros. Post. “We started Bully Bros. Post with the goal of creating a ‘family’ atmosphere, not just for ourselves, but for our clients as well,” Chansamone states. “Artistically and technologically, we want to build a company that is based on working with well-known brands for well-known agencies.”

For more info go over to http://www.bullybrospost.com/

Nike says farewell to Ajax Top-scorer... and appoint S-W-H

11 December 2008, Amsterdam – Following news of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar’s transfer from Ajax to Real Madrid, Nike says what’s really on fans’ minds. The campaign is the first piece of work to come out of newly appointed Amsterdam-based agency S-W-H (Dutch Advertising Agency of the Year) who join Nike’s roster.

The ad, a parody of the Amsterdam flag, is placed on the back-page of the Metro newspaper – a favourite amongst Amsterdammers. The campaign will also be seeded online via Facebook, Hyves and Myspace and banners on Ajax fan sites.

Though currently sidelined with an ankle injury, Huntelaar (25) famously scored an impressive 33 goals for Ajax in last season’s league games, becoming the Dutch Eredivisie’s top-scorer, and will be sorely missed by fans of the Amsterdam-based club.

Lode Schaeffer, Creative Director and Partner of S-W-H says:

“When Nike brought this to our attention, we really wanted to send out a message to Ajax fans that they could really identify with. The ad really does say it all – it’s exactly what Ajax fans are now thinking. The message pays tribute to how much Huntelaar will be missed and reflects how much of an impact he has had at Ajax.”

About working for Nike, S-W-H’s Managing Partner, Mark Aink, says:

“Nike is world-renowned for their creative approach to advertising and we look forward to adding our idiom to that legacy. Our task, together with Nike, is to create work that reverberates amongst the audience. We should be right on the pulse and engage people with the brand again. Currently we’re working on six campaigns which should see the light of day starting early next year”

For more info go to http://www.s-w-h.com/

Thursday 11 December 2008

Reel Opinion - Cris Mudge

As this is the last newsletter proper to be sent out in '09, we thought we'd warm up your winter hearts with a spot of Mustard. Taking the well jostled reigns of the Reel Opinion this month is Mustard director Cris Mudge, giving his views on five choice spots from the freshly shipped November Editions.


Cris Mudge
Director
Mustard, London




John Lewis - 'Clue'


Agency: Lowe, London

Production: Therapy Films, London

Director: Malcolm Venville

John Lewis … the David Seaman of department stores; safe, reliable and trustworthy though definitely not as exciting as some of it’s more fashionable counterparts. And my mother in law’s favourite to boot! I think she’d like rather than love this ad and I’d have to agree with her. The track’s great and I like it’s simplicity and restraint which sets it apart from the other jingly jangly, snowdrops a falling, Christmas ads that are thrust down our necks like overcooked slices of turkey. Tastefully nice and nicely tasteful. A breath of fresh Christmas air.



Toshiba - Time Sculpture


Agency - Grey, London

Production - Hungry Man, London

Director - Mitch Stratten

‘When what we watch constantly redefines itself…’? Think I definitely need to go and change my telly to a Toshiba ‘coz mine stills picks up 20 year old episodes of ‘Allo ‘Allo and Only Fools and Horses! Interesting technique (though one that strangely feels a little bit dated already) but can’t really see anything past that.



Toyota - Ninja Kittens


Agency - Publicis Moho, Melbourne

Production - Exit Films, Melbourne

Director - Garth Davis

Well I never! A bunch of acrobatic cat people having a bit of a dust up with pool cues whilst other cat people play pinball and breakdance, then nicking anchovies and mesmerising the cat waitresses by swinging a light bulb before nicking the car and driving off. All very interesting, but I suggest laying off the egg nog.



Barclaycard - Glide


Agency - BBH, London

Production - Gorgeous, London

Director - Peter Thwaites

Now this is my mother in law’s favourite. She can recite the ad to me scene for scene and shot for shot (which annoyingly she frequently does) whilst chuckling to herself in all the right places. And rightly so. Good casting, good performance, good idea, good, good, good. Just sorry that I can’t claim it as my own!



Alberta's Libraries - Scrapbook


Agency - Rethink, Vancouver

Production - Holiday Films, Toronto

Director - Adam&Dave

This one’s totally flummoxed me. I’ve watched it a few times and can’t quite work out what the hell it's all about. Scrap booking can seriously damage your health it appears. Watching that makes me want to go and get all of mine out of the loft in the hope that I too can start clicking a stapler in a very comic way!