Thought it might be fun to view this new Ford Edge epic (Ford’s Edge seems to be a new crossover) without reading the press release. Which is how 99.99 per cent of the population will view it. Lavishly directed by ...
Read More »RSA’s Jake Scott directs sexy classic for Black Cow
We haven’t aways been admirers of some of director Jake Scott’s big budget efforts (great technique though, as you’d expect of Ridley’s son). Goods ads usually require a script too. But here’s one from Jake and RSA for Black Cow ...
Read More »LG unveils its big guns – two Scotts and a Neeson – for Super Bowl would-be blockbuster
“The future is staring back at you” opines Liam Neeson in this Super Bowl ad for LG’s G6 OLED 4K TV (couldn’t they have thought of something a bit pithier?). The screen is glass, it seems, and only an eighth ...
Read More »Is Martini’s new ‘Begin Desire’ campaign the right one?
This is quite good fun: Martini & Rossi (now owned by Bacardi) has been keeping its light under a bushel in recent years, certainly compared to the days when ‘The Right One’ blasted out of TV screens everywhere. But now ...
Read More »Johnnie Walker Blue Label takes a walk on the boring side with Jude Law and Jake Scott
Here’s the latest for Diageo’s Johnnie Walker Blue Label – which, I presume, sits above pricey Black Label – from Anomaly featuring Jude Law and directed by Jake Scott. But what the hell’s it all about? It’s a boring six-minute ...
Read More »Manchester’s Love takes Johnnie Walker Black to China
It’s not bad for a Manchester agency to win Diageo business so Love (based in that soggy north west of the UK) will be patting themselves on the back to be awarded the not insignificant task of advertising Johnnie Walker ...
Read More »Bacardi picks McCann vets to helm new US ads
Bacardi has turned to agency veterans Jeff Weiss and Paul Opperman of OW and Lee Daley former chief strategy officer of McCann, to try to revive Bacardi in the US. The drinks giant recently appointed BETC London to handle its ...
Read More »Droga5 CCO Ted Royer picks his Desert Island Ads
Ted Royer is chief creative officer of Droga5 New York, the flagship office of arguably the world’s hottest creative agency. Droga5 was founded by Australian Dave Droga (now creative chairman), a former Saatchi & Saatchi London creative chief. The agency ...
Read More »Super Bowl 2013 – people’s choice is Budweiser’s Clydesdales while Go Daddy can snog off
USA Today purports to reveal the people’s choice of Super Bowl ads via its Ad Meter and this year’s fave is Clydesdale foals for Budweiser from Anomaly (directed by Jake Scott, son of Ridley). Well it’s a nice film and ...
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