Animation of the day. BLACKMEAL - MARVEL.

An homage to Marvel, which created most of the superheros who entertained generations of children and adults for more than 80 years.
BLACKMEAL - MARVEL from BlackMeal on Vimeo.
Design and animation: Thomas Lecomte
Art direction: Vincent Ben Abdellah
3D composition: Mael François
VFX: Donald Simonet
Editing: Matthieu Colombel
Sound: Mooders

Trailer of the day. Room 237 - Homage to Stanley Kubrick.

Room 237: trailer from Rodney Ascher on Vimeo.

ROOM 237 is a subjective documentary that explores the theories and potentially hidden meanings surrounding Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. In late 2012, I worked with the filmmakers to help craft a trailer that captured the spirit of their film.

For more information about the film, visit room237movie.com

For more information about the making of, see ggunn.com/Room-237-Trailer

Funny ad of the day. IndieLisboa - Noooo.

Client: Indielisboa
Product: 10th International Independent Film Festival
Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett Lisbon
Executive Creative Director: Luciana Cani
Copywriter: Steve Colmar / Pedro Pinho
Art Director: Thiago Cruz / Leonardo Pinheiro
Illustration: Bruna Guerreiro / Silvia Rodrigues / Sara Louise Tucker / Mariana, a miserável / Fabio Santos / Douglas Cardoso
Account Director: Tiago Reis
Social Media: Vasco Mendonça / Joana Duarte
Production Director - Agency: Cristina Almeida
Production Company: Stopline
Executive Producer: Francisco Saalfeld 
Financial Controller: Nuno Fonte
Line Producer: Inês Marques
Director: Pedro Varela 
Creative Assistant Director: Nuno Noivo 
Cinematography: Ricardo Prates 
Post-production Supervisor: Ricardo Montez
Post-production Company: Illusion 
Audio Post-production: Dizplay
Sound designer: João Rola
Voice Over: Marcantónio del Carlo
Original Soundtrack: Xavier Capellas
Additional Footage: VMI/Corbis

Expensive campaign of the week. Samsung Smart TV.

Client: Samsung
Agency: CHI & Partners, London

Spot: "King of TV City"
Executive Creative Director: Jonathan Burley
Art Director: Alexei Berwitz
Copywriter: Rob Webster
Planners: Anthony Cox, Oli Egan
Agency Producer: Alex Nicholson
Account Handlers: Christian Hinchcliffe, Ana Saffer
Media Agency: Starcom
Media Planner: Erica Chen
Director: Adam Berg
Production Company: Stink
Production Company Executive Producer: Blake Powell
Production Company Producer: Ben Croker
Production Company Manager: Christabelle Stone
Director of Photography: Mattias Montero
Visual Effects: MPC
Visual Effects Producer: Chris Allen
Visual Effects Supervisor: Franck Lambertz
Grade: Mark Gethin
Audio Postproduction: Jungle Studios
Editor: Paul Hardcastle (Trim)

Spot: "Charge"
Creative Directors: Jonathan Burley, Rick Brim
Art Director: Jay Phillips
Copywriter: Neil Clarke
Planners: Anthony Cox, Oli Egan
Agency Producer: Caroline Angell
Account Handlers: Christian Hinchcliffe, Ryan Colet
Media Agency: Starcom
Media Planner: Erica Chen
Director: Romain Gavras
Production Company: Somesuch&co
Production Company Executive Producer: Tim Nash
Director of Photography: Benoit Debie
Visual Effects: MPC
Visual Effects Producer: Ian Luxford
Visual Effects Supervisor: Rob Walker
Grade: Aline Sinquin
Audio Postproduction: Sam Ashwell @ 750mph
Editor: Jono Griffith @ Hagon

Sport ad of the day. Gatorade Commercial -- Fixation | KD + DWade.

Client: Gatorade

Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day
Chief Creative Officer: John Norman
Global Group Creative Director: Brent Anderson
Global Creative Director: Jayanta Jenkins
Associate Creative Director/Writer: Gustavo Sarkis
Associate Creative Director/Art Director: Renato Fernandez
Associate Creative Director/Art Director: Guto Araki

Executive Producer: Sarah Patterson
Producer: Katie Lambrecht
Assistant Producer: Garrison Askew
Executive Project Manager: Karen Thomas

Managing Director: Nick Drake
Group Account Director: Blake Crosbie
Global Account Director: Caroline Britt
Management Supervisor: Magdalena Huber
Global Management Supervisor: Chris Crockett
Account Supervisor: Kyle Webster
Global Account Supervisor: Catherine Fishback
Account Executive: Robyn Baker
Sports Marketing: Lexi Vonderlieth
Sports Marketing: Brynn Cameron

Group Planning Director: Scott MacMaster
Planning Director: Martin Ramos
Planner: Rebecca Harris
Junior Planner: Katie Acosta
Junior Planner: Matt Bataclan

Director of Business Affairs: Linda Daubson
Senior Business Affairs Manager: KK Davis
Talent Payment Manager: Vanessa Aniles
Traffic Manager: Jerry Neill

Production Company: MJZ
Director: Rupert Sanders
President: David Zander
Executive Producer: Kate Leahy
Producer: Laurie Boccaccio

Editorial: Rock Paper Scissors
Executive Producer: CL Weaver
Head of Production: Angela Dorian
Editor: Kirk Baxter

Post EFX: The Moving Picture Company
Executive Producer: Asher Edwards
Producer: Juliet Thierney
Supervisor: Paul O'Shea

Music: Amber Music
Original Composition
Composer: Eugene Cho
Executive Producer: Michelle Curran

Sound Studio: Lime Studios
Mixer: Rohan Young
Executive Producer: Jessica Locke

Sound Design: Barking Owl

Unconventional campaign of the day. Recalling 1993.

Step back twenty years into New York City's past. Call 1-855-FOR-1993 from any NYC pay phone to hear what was happening on that block in 1993. Visit recalling1993.com for more information.

Client: New Museum
Campaign: "Recalling 1993"
Agency: Droga5, New York
Creative Chairman: David Droga
Executive Creative Directors: Ted Royer, Nik Studzinski
Associate Creative Directors: Ray Del Savio, Jerry Hoak
Copywriters: Colin Lord, Bryan Wolff
Art Directors: Jen Lu, Daniel Sumarna
Head of Integrated Production: Sally-Ann Dale
Executive Producer: Scott Chinn
Executive Interactive Producer: Lindsey Slaby
Producer: Jennifer McKenzie
Production Assistant: Goldie Robbens
Technical Director: David Justus
Creative Technology Lead: Fran Devinney
User Experience Director: Kathrin Hoffman
User Experience Designer: Eileen Tang
Associate Digital Producer: Ian Graetzer
Senior Print Producer: Jeannie O'Toole
Print Production Assistant: Annick Thomas
Brand Strategist: Matthew Gardner
Strategy Intern: P.J. Mongell
Researchers: Amelia Barry, Sarah Gancher, Bo Jacober
Group Account Director: Olivia Legere
Account Director: Caitlin Chandler
Account Manager: Louisa Cronan

Free Pussy Riot Blitz on Red Square!

On the first anniversary of the Pussy Riot concert in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Berlin based Lingerie label blush supports the free pussy riot movement with a sexy protest march through icy Moscow (-15° C). Support Freepussyriot.org!
Music by Peaches and Simonne Jones, Production: Glassfilm, Director: Petro Teodoro, DoP: Christian Aeby, Concept: glow-berlin.de

Funny social ad of the day. Social Farter - anti smoking campaign.

If you only fart with friends, you're not a farter. You're just a social farter and that makes it OK.
https://www.facebook.com/quitthedenial

Short film of the day. IBM - Solutions for An Aging Population.

via www.adweek.com

In Bolzano, Italy, almost a quarter of the population is over the age of 65. In fact, Italy, along with Japan, has one of the oldest populations in the world. As a result, Bolzano currently spends close to half of their social services budget on services for the elderly. This includes assisted living facilities where they receive around the clock care. But assisted living facilities can cost a city and the people who stay there vast amounts of money that, within these economic conditions, municipalities and families just don't have. The solution: keep them in their homes where they are comfortable. IBM's Smarter Cities team partnered with the city to outfit a small group of elderly residents' homes with sensors which would in turn report data back to a central database closely monitored by the city. From there, the city could dispatch a care worker to visit the home. By allowing Bolzano to keep the number of their staff members the same, the program stabilizes the city's costs while simultaneously allowing it to care for its growing elderly population.

Client: IBM
Vice President, Brand Expression, Global Advertising: Ann Rubin
Marketing Manager: Cecilia Correa
Advertising Lead: Cindi Ellis

Agency: Ogilvy & Mather
Executive Group Director: Kim Duffy
Neo@Ogilvy Global Managing Director: Patty Sachs
Neo@Ogilvy Media Planner: Katherine Moore

Agency: OgilvyEntertainment
President: Doug Scott
Producer: Jamie Schutz
Creative Director: Otto Bell
Account Director: Scott Vogelsong

Thin Place Pictures
Director: Lily Henderson
Director of Photography: Ed David

StudioNow
Producer: Lindsay Frail
Account Manager: Amy Ferguson
Assistant Director: Giuseppe Zito
Gaffer: Kristian De Martis
Audio Tech: Eva Lageder
Assistant Camera: Daniele Serio
Production Manager: Matteo Stefani

Self promo of the day. mOcean March Madness: Trick Shots - Tosh.O Challenge.

More info here

Julie Pittman - for her help in writing nicknames and overall support
Andrew Wright – for letting the guys use the Go Pro
Cassie Tregellas – for shooting the intros
Wesley Nisbett – obviously for cutting the hell outta the damn thing
Katie Onuma  – for making awesome graphics
Sanaz Lavaedian – for helping the boys find and then license the music

Why is culture important (for brands).

More info here

"Culture is the stuff of life. It's the world around us and what we do within it. The best brands embrace this. They don't just react to the world, they interact with it and change it. They draw their meaning from culture as its shifts. Discover how we mine meaning in cultural and measure a brand's vibrancy within it at www.culturaltraction.com"

Digital campaign of the day. E.ON Sweden's Largest Energy Experiment.

via Contagious

More info here.

Ad of the day. Spotify For Music - by Droga5.

More info about the campaign here

Spotify - For Music (Extended Version)

Spotify - Her Song

Spotify - Getting Weird

https://www.spotify.com/us/for-music/

Client: Spotify
Vp, Global Marketing & Partnerships Erin Clift
Director Of Business Marketing Hayeon Kim
Creative Director Rich Frankel
Head of Video Johannes Ring
Agency Droga5, New York
Creative Chairman David Droga
Group Creative Director Neil Heymann
Creative Director Graham Douglas
Lead Copywriter Spencer Lavallee
Creative Mutant Kenny Kim
Head of Integrated Production Sally-Ann Dale
Head of Broadcast Production Ben Davies
Head of Digital Strategy Chet Gulland
Senior Digital Strategist Dan Neumann
Brand Strategist Matthew Gardner
Communications Strategy Director Colleen Leddy
Group Account Director Tenny Pearson
Account Director Matthew Hennell
Executive Interactive Producer Lindsey Slaby
Digital Producer Justin Durazzo
UX Designer Eileen Tang
Creative Technical Lead Fran Devinney
Designer Ryan Hoelting
Senior Art Producer Julia Menassa
Print Production Manager Kim Williams
Retoucher Travis Commeau
Broadcast Production Company Park Pictures
Director Seb Edwards
DOP Hoyte Van Hoytema
Partner / Executive Producer Jackie Kelman
Executive Producer Justin Pollock
Producer Caroline Kousidonis
Broadcast Editorial Trim Edit / Cosmo Street Editorial
Editor Tom Lindsay
Assistant Editor Mark Potter
Executive Producer Maura Woodward
Producer Heather Richardson
Broadcast Post Production The Mill New York
Head Of Production Sean Costelloe
Producer Lily Tilton
Colorist Fergus Mccall
Lead Flame Artists Westley Sarokin / Nathan Kane
CG Lead Wyatt Savarese / Vince Baertsoen
Broadcast Music Tonic Music Ltd
'For Music' Guy Wood / Jo Wills
'Her Song' / 'Getting Weird' Peter Broderick
Music Producer Susan Stone
Broadcast Lead Sound Studio & Wave Studios London
Sound Design
'For Music'
Sound Designer & Mixer Jack Sedgwick
'Her Song' / 'Getting Weird'
Sound Designer & Mixer Joe Mount
Broadcast V/O Sound Studio Sonic Union
Sound Engineer Steve Rosen / David Papa
Photography
'Kiss' Marcus Haney
'Getting Weird' / 'Subway' RJ Shaunessy
Interactive Production Companies My My Star, Squarewave
Print Production Company Portfolio One
Stylist Imogene Barron
Set Design Abraham Latham