The eagle has landed... or rather The Reel Team have landed.
We have donned our heavily Reel branded Leer Jet and flown right into the eye of the advertising storm that is the Cannes Lions. With a full diary, digital camera and snazzy lappy we aim to let you guys in on what's what and who's who at this years Cannes.
So let the Blogging commence...
Thursday, 19 June 2008
The Reel at Cannes 08
Thursday, 12 June 2008
The Reel Opinion: Eric Quennoy
Thankfully nobody expressed feelings of utter disgust or horror at last month’s inaugural Guest Editor feature, with RKCR/Y&R’s Damon Collins. In fact we had a very positive response, so, as promised, we’ve brought it back for its regular monthly slot – and we’ve even given it a proper name! This time we’ve gone for an international feel with Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam’s Eric Quennoy offering his view on five recent ads of note.
Eric QuennoyCreative Director Wieden + Kennedy
Specsavers ' Eerie'
Agency: Specsavers, Glasgow
Production: Rattling Stick, London
Director: Daniel Kleinman
Agency: Specsavers, Glasgow
Production: Rattling Stick, London
Director: Daniel Kleinman
Amnesty International 'Stuff of Life'
Agency: Drugstore, London
Production: Dark Fibre, London
Director: Marc Hawker
Agency: Drugstore, London
Production: Dark Fibre, London
Director: Marc Hawker
Speaking of a short glass of water, this spot shows us a full 50 seconds of gorgeously filmed water shots followed by 5 seconds of gruesome water torture. I understand that sometimes it's nice to disarm the viewer, dupe them into thinking their watching something light and cool, before giving them a big sucker-punch to the nose. In this case, I’m not so sure. The final water torture scene is so powerfully real and horrific as it is that I think it would have just as much impact as a ten second spot.
Drench 'Brains'
Agency: CHI, London
Production: Rattling Stick, London
Director: Ringan Ledwidge
I’ve never worked on a brief for bottled water but I can imagine it’s a planner’s worst nightmare. In this case we get the brainy dude from the Thunderbirds busting some moves under the influence of Drench Spring Water. I laughed on several occasions and rather enjoyed the puppetry until finally, we bear witness to the planner’s desperation: Brains perform best when hydrated. Well at least it’s something for the creatives to riff on, if not in any way differentiating, but shouldn’t the brainy guy then be doing something brainy?
Orange 'Rewind City'
Agency: Publicis Conseil / WAM, Paris
Production: Rattling Stick, London / WANDA, Paris
Director: Ringan Ledwidge
What’s not to like about this spot? It’s beautifully shot, well cast, full of charming little moments and delivers the message clearly. Some cynics may suggest it’s a bit too sweet, but I like the fact that the creatives resisted doing something needlessly whacked out in favour of giving us a simple, well made little feel-good story.
Philips 'Karis'
Agency: DDB, London
Production: Sonny, London
Director: Fredrik Bond
It was a matter of time before someone decided to use a tranvestite/transexual for a feminine beauty product. To the credit of all those involved, this spot is tastefully shot and doesn’t feel remotely exploitative. My problem is more with the messaging. I’m not quite sure, but is this shaver for freakishly hairy women? Also, is it generally accepted that all men are ‘not great with pain’. I know I’m not, but Andre the Giant sure could take it.
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
NewsReel 13/06/08
There will be no newsletter next week as we take a break for Cannes, but keep checking the blog for news and updates from Reel Co-Editors Jamie and Chris in Cannes. And, as always, please send any news and press releases to sam@thereel.net and we'll do our best to include it here, when we're back as usual the week after.
Red Bee and Red C
We’re sure that they were won over by the high quality of their output rather than the fact that they have ‘Red’ in their name but it does seem a funny coincidence that CCTV, the national state TV network of Communist China has appointed Red Bee Media as an official creative and production partner for their coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Red Bee and Red C
We’re sure that they were won over by the high quality of their output rather than the fact that they have ‘Red’ in their name but it does seem a funny coincidence that CCTV, the national state TV network of Communist China has appointed Red Bee Media as an official creative and production partner for their coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.In a true first for the Chinese broadcaster, Red Bee won a global pitch to create and produce the main opening title sequence for CCTV’s flagship Olympic programming and around 300 information graphics. The largest TV network in the world will beam Red Bee’s work into up to 380-million households – no pressure then. In the spirit of the Olympics, a truly multinational team, including specialist broadcast designers and graphic systems developers from Germany, France, China and the UK will be working on the project, and Andy Bryant, Director of Red Bee’s creative business back in London said, ‘This win symbolises the coming of age for Red Bee Media as a truly global creative player. Our expertise creating award-winning identities for some of the world’s leading broadcasters has been recognised on a global scale by CCTV and we are delighted to have been entrusted with such a high profile project.’
McClammy is a f***king Hungryman
Wayne McClammy, the director behind the hilarious (and star-studded) YouTube smashes ‘I’m F***king Matt Damon’ and its follow-up ‘I’m F***ing Ben Affleck’ has signed with Hungry Man for commercial representation. McClammy remains writer and comedy segment director on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ and director on ‘The Sarah Silverman Program’ for Comedy Central. He is also in pre-production to direct the new 20th Century Fox comedy ‘Comedy School’.Corbett gets a new Identity
Former agency copywriter Scott Corbett has been added to the directorial roster at Identity. Corbett’s most recent work, for PETA, has a sumptuous filmic look and highlights the inhumane treatment of KFC’s chickens. Owner and Executive Producer at Identity Joe Masi is a big fan of the director’s work, ‘The look of his film, his casting, and his ability to tell a story all worked so well together. Scott is very well rounded, and his sense of comedy is unlike many others. His ability is much broader than just comedy as his film has such a diverse, wide range.’Wiggins in at Fallon
Fallon Minneapolis Executive Creative Director Al Kelly announced earlier this week that he has rehired Chris Wiggins as Creative Director. Kelly said, ‘Chris is joining us as a Creative Director with extensive interactive experience. He’s a great thinker, and he’s very articulate. We’re glad to have him back.’ Wiggins left his last stint at Fallon in 2005, when he moved to Zaaz in Seattle, subsequently leaving his post as Creative Director to jointly found Zeus Jones.Brimo signed to Epoch
Epoch Films has signed Wilfrid Brimo for representation in the US and UK. Brimo fell into directing when he was signed to Wanda, Paris, as Creative Director of their graphics department in 2000, getting ‘completely addicted to live action and the magic of storytelling’ when he was forced to stand in for an absentee director on a shoot. He is currently among the top four internationally awarded directors in French advertising, achieving plaudits and award en masse, including a Gold and Silver Cannes, for his brilliant trio of animated films for Aides Aids awareness in 2005-2007. He is represented in all other markets by Wanda, Paris.
A No-brainer for Elnino
Elnino has signed directorial quartet Nobrain for French representation. Their award-winning talents combining animation, graphic design and live action have been applied to advertising campaigns for the likes of Pepsi and Citroen, and an MTV Award nominated music videos for No Found Glory.
Venville goes to the movies
Therapy Films’ acclaimed director Malcolm Venville is currently taking time off from commercials work to film his first feature. ’44-inch Chest’ from the writers of ‘Sexy Beast’ (YES, YES, YES, YES it’s Louis Mellis and David Scinto) features an all-star cast that includes Ray Winstone, Tom Wilkinson, John Hurt, Ian McShane, Stephen Dillane and non-other than Steven Berkoff (who is completely idolised by The Reel’s Co-Editor Jamie Madge).
Shooting is due to finish in mid July, when Venville will resume commercials directing, the film is scheduled for release in 2009.
Picture perfect
On Tuesday evening The Reel were present in the belly of The Soho Hotel to see The Picture Production Company Group (PPC) announce that it will be working closely with technology giant Philips to supply media content for their revolutionary Philips 3D WOWvx displays. We watched in awe as 3D images propelled their way towards us without the aid of those irritating green and red glasses and wondered at the possible implications of the new technology: ambient advertising being the most immediate, but home viewing and computer gaming surely not far behind. For more information go to www.theppc.com
Get Bugged
There are still tickets left for the BUG Massive Attack Special on 19th June. The show celebrating the incredible catalogue of Massive Attack videos is scheduled to coincide with the band’s role as Art Directors of this year’s Meltdown Festival.
The night will be hosted by the regular host Adam Buxton. To book tickets go to the BFI website or call 020 7928 3232.
On the radar
The first completed commission from RadarMusicVideos.com, the new social networking site that gives filmmakers worldwide the chance to pitch for music videos, has just gone online where it has secured front pages on YouTube and Daily Motion. ‘28 Costumes’, the band who commissioned the video for £500, are ecstatic. ‘We're really happy with the video, Will and George (the filmmakers) were great to work with and we're over the moon about the coverage we're getting, it's amazing.’
This innovative new approach to the business-end of music videos has certainly got off to a promising start. Current briefs on the site include the new Futureheads video, and budgets ranging from £500 - £5,000. For more information go to: www.radarmusicvideos.com
Thursday, 5 June 2008
NGOs are go for 2008
April 1st is known for two things: the day when all the jokers out there dust off their whoopee cushions to make April Fools of their family, friends and colleagues; and the day when the majority of Government and Non-Government Organisations in the UK get a big fat new budget to see them through the proceeding twelve months – which they’ll invariably spend by Christmas. So it’s no coincidence that our May issue features a bounty of nine executions from NGOs - and we've picked three animations from the pack that we think are worth talking about.
Amnesty International must have got a bigger slice of the charity pie than most, as they have commissioned two executions in their ongoing fight for human rights. We're sure many of you have seen or heard about their hard-hitting 'Stuff of Life' campaign but 'Torchure' is the one that really grabbed us. The idiosyncratic, cutesy, hand-drawn animation style of Sweetworld's Yasmeen Ismail juxtaposed against the harsh subject matter really packs a punch and expertly points out the uncomfortable relationship between the Olympics and Chinese human rights violations.
Amnesty International has had the distinct benefit of riding on the back of the Olympic juggernaut in order to highlight China's poor record on human rights. Burma, on the other hand, are unlikely to have any Olympic juggernaut riding through soon, but this dignified spot for the website noneofusarefree.org quietly and effectively makes the point that 'None of us are free (while one of us is chained)'. This time the animation is computer generated and from expert stylus wielders Shilo, who give the ad an almost poetic feel. Nobody could have predicted just how prophetic it would prove to be as within weeks of its release Cyclone Nargis wreaked havoc and the world's attention was drawn to the military junta's unjust rule of the beleaguered country.
Christian Aid (also pre-Cyclone Nargis) has shown the positive work that can be done in developing countries like Burma after disaster strikes. Using the example of the charity's work in Honduras after last year's Hurricane Felix, SHOP London has employed the services of 2AM and pixel art pioneers eBoy to spearhead this year's campaign. The result is a positive and uplifting spot that shows in an extremely effective computer game style (complete with bouncy 8-bit music) the great work that the charity do in the developing world. We liked it so much that the May issue of The Reel will feature a gorgeous eBoy cover.
NewsReel 06/06/08
As always, please send any news and press releases to sam@thereel.net and we'll do our best to include it here.
Tangerine dream fulfilled
Tangerine, Melbourne's very own monthly short film festival launched on Tuesday 3rd June with work from the likes of Sean Kruck, Kasimir Burgees, Romain Gavras and Dougal Wilson on show. The ever glamorous organiser Colette Crespin was joined on the night by a host of names from Melbourne's adland including representatives from Publicis Mojo, Leo Burnett and Campaign Palace. The night will be at the Local Taphouse, 184 Carlisle St, East St Kilda on the first Tuesday of every month at 6.30pm from now on and entry is FREE. Anyone that goes along should give a bit fat sloppy kiss from the Reel team to Colette - the one in the fetching grey number below.
Goodbye HKM & Rock Fight; hello Hello & Co.
The two veteran US production companies HKM and Rock Fight have merged to create Hello & Co. Boasting an intimate roster of eight directors - happily derived from four talents from each company - the companies have been partners since 2003 but they feel now is the right time to form one solid entity. Ned Brown, Executive Producer of the new company said of the merger, 'By bringing the two companies together we are putting ourselves in the best possible position to be more powerful and grow in the future.' Fellow EP Carl Swan echoed Brown's statement, saying, 'We wanted to put directors together that we felt complimented each other and would resonate with the ad community as a whole.' The new roster consists of: Pep Bosch, Mark Gilbert, David Horowitz, Jacobsbriere, Michael Patrick Jann, Michael Karbelnikoff, Walter Kehr, and Matt Smukler. For more information and to view the director's reels go to:
http://www.helloandcompany.com/directors/
Onedotzero
onedotzero international festivals have visited over 120 cities in over 40 countries worldwide, reaching a huge and burgeoning digital arts audience, providing a high profile platform for creative talents to gain global recognition for their work, and also a framework to explore the rich sub-culture that surrounds and complements the audio-visual industry and arts scene.
The visual pioneers and beneficiaries of a Reel special feature along with MTV Bloom in the March issue are now extending an international call for submissions to receive visually progressive moving image work for their 2008/09 global touring festival.
onedotzero’s open submissions scheme is one of the few that remains free to enter, enabling the best up-and-coming talent from around the globe to be presented alongside world-leading creative luminaries.
This year’s theme is 'citystates' which will be sure to provide an in-depth exploration of city life, insights and culture. Shane Walter, CEO and Creative Director at onedotzero explained the reasoning behind the chosen theme, ‘More people than ever before are living in cities bringing with it a greater socio-cultural mix, sense of movement and transition than previously experienced. Now more than ever it is important to understand and interact with the broad spectrum of what the city offers us - how we inhabit it, how we engage with its cultural make up, and how we view and influence its future.’
Go to http://www.onedotzero.com/submissions.php to find out more.
Nice fringe
The Cannes Fringe team are out again in force in Cannes. They will have camera teams giving exclusive interviews and access to all the main parties and events around the Cannes Lions 2008 festival. Daily films from Cannes during the whole festival week will be on the website.
Get onto the Fringe and join the creative network: www.cannesfringe.com
Red Bee glee
Red Bee Media scooped two awards at the recent Broadcast Digital Channel Awards for their relaunch of UKTV G2 as Dave 'the home of witty banter'. They were victorious in both the Launch of the Year and Best Channel Marketing categories, with one judge saying, 'a lesson in innovative, original and fresh channel branding. We are all humbled.'
Tangerine, Melbourne's very own monthly short film festival launched on Tuesday 3rd June with work from the likes of Sean Kruck, Kasimir Burgees, Romain Gavras and Dougal Wilson on show. The ever glamorous organiser Colette Crespin was joined on the night by a host of names from Melbourne's adland including representatives from Publicis Mojo, Leo Burnett and Campaign Palace. The night will be at the Local Taphouse, 184 Carlisle St, East St Kilda on the first Tuesday of every month at 6.30pm from now on and entry is FREE. Anyone that goes along should give a bit fat sloppy kiss from the Reel team to Colette - the one in the fetching grey number below.
Goodbye HKM & Rock Fight; hello Hello & Co.
The two veteran US production companies HKM and Rock Fight have merged to create Hello & Co. Boasting an intimate roster of eight directors - happily derived from four talents from each company - the companies have been partners since 2003 but they feel now is the right time to form one solid entity. Ned Brown, Executive Producer of the new company said of the merger, 'By bringing the two companies together we are putting ourselves in the best possible position to be more powerful and grow in the future.' Fellow EP Carl Swan echoed Brown's statement, saying, 'We wanted to put directors together that we felt complimented each other and would resonate with the ad community as a whole.' The new roster consists of: Pep Bosch, Mark Gilbert, David Horowitz, Jacobsbriere, Michael Patrick Jann, Michael Karbelnikoff, Walter Kehr, and Matt Smukler. For more information and to view the director's reels go to:
http://www.helloandcompany.com/directors/
Onedotzero
onedotzero international festivals have visited over 120 cities in over 40 countries worldwide, reaching a huge and burgeoning digital arts audience, providing a high profile platform for creative talents to gain global recognition for their work, and also a framework to explore the rich sub-culture that surrounds and complements the audio-visual industry and arts scene.
The visual pioneers and beneficiaries of a Reel special feature along with MTV Bloom in the March issue are now extending an international call for submissions to receive visually progressive moving image work for their 2008/09 global touring festival.
onedotzero’s open submissions scheme is one of the few that remains free to enter, enabling the best up-and-coming talent from around the globe to be presented alongside world-leading creative luminaries.
This year’s theme is 'citystates' which will be sure to provide an in-depth exploration of city life, insights and culture. Shane Walter, CEO and Creative Director at onedotzero explained the reasoning behind the chosen theme, ‘More people than ever before are living in cities bringing with it a greater socio-cultural mix, sense of movement and transition than previously experienced. Now more than ever it is important to understand and interact with the broad spectrum of what the city offers us - how we inhabit it, how we engage with its cultural make up, and how we view and influence its future.’
Go to http://www.onedotzero.com/submissions.php to find out more.
Nice fringe
The Cannes Fringe team are out again in force in Cannes. They will have camera teams giving exclusive interviews and access to all the main parties and events around the Cannes Lions 2008 festival. Daily films from Cannes during the whole festival week will be on the website.
Get onto the Fringe and join the creative network: www.cannesfringe.com
Red Bee glee
Red Bee Media scooped two awards at the recent Broadcast Digital Channel Awards for their relaunch of UKTV G2 as Dave 'the home of witty banter'. They were victorious in both the Launch of the Year and Best Channel Marketing categories, with one judge saying, 'a lesson in innovative, original and fresh channel branding. We are all humbled.'
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Bugged Out...
We're keen on promos at The Reel.
Really keen.
We would like to move in with them and have their kids.
The promo (unlike the rocky world of the music business itself) is still a healthy thoroughbred in the creative world.
They inspire Directors to really flex their creative muscle whilst stretching the boundaries of what can be achieved on a hugely limited budget. Music promos often reflect the political and economic climates from when they were made, and are a constant source of controversy. In addition they are a true goldmine of simple, brilliant and well executed ideas (especially for lazy ad creatives who aren’t afraid to shamelessly plagiarise).
In the UK, there is one event that celebrates the brilliance and toasts to the art of the promo: BUG.
Ran by David Knight, Phil Tidy, Chris Blakeston and Louise Stevens, BUG has now reached its seventh successive event, and doesn’t look like slowing down. We were lucky enough to attend the 7th ‘Directors Cut’ edition which had the added bonus of being presented by promo legend Dougal Wilson.
For a sold out event BUG is a rather laid back affair, with the directors often being invited to have their say and give a Parkinson style interview in front of the packed audience (a mixture of industry types, students and BFI regulars) who are not afraid to show their appreciation of the work on show. This forum style atmosphere was a refreshing change from the staid ‘awards ceremony’ event approach that creatives and ad-landers are used to. BUG seemed more of a community that was ready to cheer each other on to create, rather than analyse and criticize, and, most importantly, didn’t take itself too seriously, giving it an air of a true directors forum where everyone is, well, excited!
With some fabulous pieces old and new, BUG exhibited the uncanny ability to dig the crates for classics whilst juxtaposing them with great new works. Kicking off with Stephen R Johnson's (of Aardman fame) 80's classic ‘Sledgehammer’ for Peter Gabriel, the bar had been set high, and we're happy to report, was maintained throughout. With some brilliant down to earth interviews (and bizarrely enough, telephone interviews) conducted by the infectious Dougal Wilson littered around the programme, BUG really was a rare pleasure. Finishing with the awesome Brighton Port Authority video ‘Toe Jam’ from Director Keith Schofield (an exclusive showing at that) The Reel has permanently jammed BUG into our event calendar…
We think you should too!
Really keen.
We would like to move in with them and have their kids.
The promo (unlike the rocky world of the music business itself) is still a healthy thoroughbred in the creative world.
They inspire Directors to really flex their creative muscle whilst stretching the boundaries of what can be achieved on a hugely limited budget. Music promos often reflect the political and economic climates from when they were made, and are a constant source of controversy. In addition they are a true goldmine of simple, brilliant and well executed ideas (especially for lazy ad creatives who aren’t afraid to shamelessly plagiarise).
In the UK, there is one event that celebrates the brilliance and toasts to the art of the promo: BUG.
Ran by David Knight, Phil Tidy, Chris Blakeston and Louise Stevens, BUG has now reached its seventh successive event, and doesn’t look like slowing down. We were lucky enough to attend the 7th ‘Directors Cut’ edition which had the added bonus of being presented by promo legend Dougal Wilson.
For a sold out event BUG is a rather laid back affair, with the directors often being invited to have their say and give a Parkinson style interview in front of the packed audience (a mixture of industry types, students and BFI regulars) who are not afraid to show their appreciation of the work on show. This forum style atmosphere was a refreshing change from the staid ‘awards ceremony’ event approach that creatives and ad-landers are used to. BUG seemed more of a community that was ready to cheer each other on to create, rather than analyse and criticize, and, most importantly, didn’t take itself too seriously, giving it an air of a true directors forum where everyone is, well, excited!
With some fabulous pieces old and new, BUG exhibited the uncanny ability to dig the crates for classics whilst juxtaposing them with great new works. Kicking off with Stephen R Johnson's (of Aardman fame) 80's classic ‘Sledgehammer’ for Peter Gabriel, the bar had been set high, and we're happy to report, was maintained throughout. With some brilliant down to earth interviews (and bizarrely enough, telephone interviews) conducted by the infectious Dougal Wilson littered around the programme, BUG really was a rare pleasure. Finishing with the awesome Brighton Port Authority video ‘Toe Jam’ from Director Keith Schofield (an exclusive showing at that) The Reel has permanently jammed BUG into our event calendar…
We think you should too!
For more info check http://www.bugvideos.co.uk/
NewsReel 30/05/08
As always, please send any news and press releases to sam@thereel.net and we'll do our best to include it here.
Comedy Smalls
Time Out Comedy winner and Edinburgh Fringe favourite Stephen K Amos has been announced as part of the judging panel for this year’s Comedy Smalls short film entries. Amos will also host the awards show at the Truman Brewery in June. Long-standing partner Paramount Comedy has been joined by Comedy Central in supporting the event. The full list of judges for this year’s transatlantic talent search is:
Stephen K Amos – Comedian
Kathleen Hutchison – Head Of New Comedy, Paramount Comedy
Chris Hancox – VP Marketing and Creative Services, Paramount Comedy
JoAnn Grigioni – Director Talent, Comedy Central
Christina Lee – Coordinator Development, Comedy Central
Andrew Pulver – Film Editor, The Guardian
Eliza Williams – Writer, Creative Review
Andi Granger – Creative Director, Sky One
Richard Holman – Creative Director, devilfish
This year’s theme is WORK and anyone can enter by submitting a short film of up to 5 minutes at www.thesmalls.com. The deadline has been extended to 6th June, so you had better get a move on. All short-listed films will be screened on Paramount Comedy, the station that helped launch such comedy talent as Sacha Baron Cohen, Simon Pegg and Matt Lucas.
A new sibling for the Brothers and Sisters
Agency Brothers and Sisters have cemented their place as a fully integrated outfit with the appointment of former IPC Digital Development Director and Head of Virgin Media TV, Kevin Brown.
As Digital Director of the fledgling agency , Brown will work with Creative Directors Andy Fowler and Steve Shannon to enhance their digital and interactive credentials, which include last month’s Big Bill McGill campaign for Paramount’s Two & A Half Men, a venture which produced record viewing figures for the channel.
Doritos ads done by doers
The five finalists for Doritos ‘You make it, we play it’ have been revealed and can be viewed and voted for here. The standard of work vying for the £20, 000 top prize and the chance to have their ad aired on national TV is high but our personal favourite has to be the stop-motion ceremonial sacrifice of the ad below.
Comedy Smalls
Time Out Comedy winner and Edinburgh Fringe favourite Stephen K Amos has been announced as part of the judging panel for this year’s Comedy Smalls short film entries. Amos will also host the awards show at the Truman Brewery in June. Long-standing partner Paramount Comedy has been joined by Comedy Central in supporting the event. The full list of judges for this year’s transatlantic talent search is:
Stephen K Amos – Comedian
Kathleen Hutchison – Head Of New Comedy, Paramount Comedy
Chris Hancox – VP Marketing and Creative Services, Paramount Comedy
JoAnn Grigioni – Director Talent, Comedy Central
Christina Lee – Coordinator Development, Comedy Central
Andrew Pulver – Film Editor, The Guardian
Eliza Williams – Writer, Creative Review
Andi Granger – Creative Director, Sky One
Richard Holman – Creative Director, devilfish
This year’s theme is WORK and anyone can enter by submitting a short film of up to 5 minutes at www.thesmalls.com. The deadline has been extended to 6th June, so you had better get a move on. All short-listed films will be screened on Paramount Comedy, the station that helped launch such comedy talent as Sacha Baron Cohen, Simon Pegg and Matt Lucas.
A new sibling for the Brothers and Sisters
Agency Brothers and Sisters have cemented their place as a fully integrated outfit with the appointment of former IPC Digital Development Director and Head of Virgin Media TV, Kevin Brown.
As Digital Director of the fledgling agency , Brown will work with Creative Directors Andy Fowler and Steve Shannon to enhance their digital and interactive credentials, which include last month’s Big Bill McGill campaign for Paramount’s Two & A Half Men, a venture which produced record viewing figures for the channel.
Doritos ads done by doers
The five finalists for Doritos ‘You make it, we play it’ have been revealed and can be viewed and voted for here. The standard of work vying for the £20, 000 top prize and the chance to have their ad aired on national TV is high but our personal favourite has to be the stop-motion ceremonial sacrifice of the ad below.
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