martedì 11 dicembre 2007

Declare Independence. Michel Gondry's new video for Bjork.

To watch the most beautiful ads by Michel Gondry go here.
"French Academy Award-winning director Michel Gondry continues his rich music video history with Björk, with the Icelandic singer's epic anthem, 'Declare Independence.' Inspired by Björk's electricifying live show, the video was filmed in Long Island City, NY... " read more at Spinner.com.


The making of


Don't miss the first video of Paul Gondry, 16-year-old son of Michel. He has made his first music video for the Willowz. Click here to see "Take A Look Around".

lunedì 10 dicembre 2007

Freixenet - The Key to Reserva. Scorsese is Hitchcock.

More info @ www.scorsesefilms.com and www.scorsesefilmfreixenet.com.
"Martin Scorsese finge di trovare una sceneggiatura inedita di Alfred Hitchcock in un vecchio archivio di cinema e interpretando questo soggetto gira un superspot di nove minuti per uno spumante catalano, prodotto dalla casa Freixnet." Leggi tutto l'articolo di Gabriele Di Matteo tratto dal sito de "La Repubblica" qui.

Agency: JWT Spain - Executive Creative Director: Alex Martínez - Creative Directors: Rory Lambert & Carles Puig - Production Companies: RSA Films - Director: Martin Scorsese - Producers: Jules Daly, Marjie Abrahams, Emma Tillinger - Executive Producers (for Ovideo - Spain): Quique Camín, Tito Coca, Aitana R. Coca - DP: Harris Savides - Additional Photography: Ellen Kuras - Creative Consultant: Ted Griffin - Line Producer: Linda Masse - First Assistant Director: Joseph Reidy - Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker - Visual Effects Supervisor: Rob Legato - Casting: Ellen Lewis - Music: Bernard Herrmann from "North By Northwest" Licensed By Warner Brothers Entertainment c 1959 By EMI April Music Inc/Primary Wave Songs. Licensed By EMI Publishing Spain

mercoledì 5 dicembre 2007

Ads of the week. Orange - IKEA - Thorntons - Samsung - Olympus - Fathead - D&AD - Speechless - Greenpeace - Discovery Channel EMEA - Skoda.

Orange - Toys For Grown Ups

Agency: Wam (la société de production audio-visuelle du groupe Publicis), Paris - Creative Director: Olivier Altmann - Creatives: Fréderic Royer/Olivier Camensuli - Head of Tv: Pierre Marcus - Agency Producer: Muriel Allegrini - Production Company: Wanda Productions, Paris - Director: Philippe Andre - Producer Patrick Barbier - Line Producer Romain Cavagnac - Post production: Buf, Paris

IKEA - Crazy

Agency: La Chose, Paris - Creative Director: Pascal Gregoire - Art Director: Guillaume Rebbot - Copywriter: Benjamin Parent, Julien Bredontiot - Agency Producer: Camille Petrilli - Production Company: Les Telecreateurs - Executive Producer: Arno Moria - Producer: Aurelie Bruneau - Director: David Horowitz - Director of Photography: Jo Eken Torp - Editorial Company: Home Digital Pictures - Editor: Eric Jacquemin

Thorntons - Stuck

Agency: Shop - Agency Producer: Diane Croll - Creative Director: Tom Ewart; Dave Sullivan - Creative: Tom Ewart; Dave Sullivan - Director: Harmony Korine - Production: 2am Films - Producer: Candice Chubb - Director of Photography: Alwin Kuchler - Post Production: The Mill - Editor: Leo Scott

Samsung - How We Met

Agency: The Viral Factory, London/Cheil Worldwide - Creative: The Viral Factory - Production Company: The Viral Factory - Director: Jake Lunt, The Viral Factory - Producer: Patrick Duguid - Editor: Jamie Foord - Animator: Pat Beirne, Spy Pictures - Animator's Assistant: Emily Woodburn - Online Audio Mix: Dave Ball, Marmalade - Song: 'Goddamn', Son of Dave, Kartel

Olympus - Toddler

Agency: The Red Brick Road, London - Creative Director: Justin Tindall - Agency Producer: Karli James - Production Company: Blink Productions, London - Producer: Matt Fone - Director: Dougal WIlson - DOP: Nanu Segal - Post Production House: The Moving Picture Company, London - Offline Editor: Joe Guest @ Final Cut - Flame Operator: Pete Rypstra - Telecine Operator: John Clement

Fathead - Nascar

Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, New York - Executive Creative Directors: Todd Waterbury/Kevin Proudfoot - Creative Directors: Derek Barnes/John Parker/Adam Alshin - Art Directors: John Parker/Sean Labounty - Copywriter: Adam Alshin - Head of Production: Gary Krieg - Broadcast Producer: Temma Shoaf - Production Co.: SMUGGLER - Director: Jun Diaz - Director of Photography: Richard Henkels - Executive Producer: Brian Carmody/Patrick Milling-Smith - Production Designer: Callum MacLachlan - Editorial Co.: PS260 - Editor: Maury Loeb - Editorial Assistant: Jenna Warnecke - Executive Producer: Zarina Mak - Transfer Co.: THE MILL - Colorist: Damien Van Der Cruyssen - Post/VFX Co.: THE MILL - Executive Producer: Dan Roberts - VFX Supervisor: Alex Arce - Flame Artist: Gavin Wellsman - Flame Assistant: Gigi Ng - VFX Producer: Jo Arghiris - Music Production Co.: Robot Repair - Artist/Composer: Kael Alden - Sound Production Co.: Sound Lounge - Sound Mixer: Phillip Loebarent

D&AD - Sagmeister (legendary graphic designer)
www.sagmeister.com
Watch also the interview with David Droga.

Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, London - Copywriter: Paul Domenet - Art Director: Brian Connolly - Producers: Toby Clifton/Lexy Stingl - Animators: Camila Carlow and Krzysztof Bierski

Speechless
To watch all the videos go to the website or to the Youtube Channel. For more information about "Speechless campaign" and the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike, click here.

Director: George Hickenlooper - Creative: Director/Writer George Hickenlooper, Writer Alan Sereboff - Directed & Produced by George Hickenlooper - Produced by Alan Sereboff - Edited & Produced by Kamala Lopez - Music: Anthony Marinelli - Recorded & Mixed by Clint Bennett - Assistant Engineer: Beau Bonetti - Sound Design & Audio Post: Music Forever - Technical Advisor - Joel Marshall

Greenpeace - Sunshine
"If you think the sun shines out of your arse, try using an energy saving lightbulb instead". Info here. Another example of "assvertising" here (webcargo.com).

Agency: Escape Partners - Production: Park Village London - Director: Sven Harding

Discovery Channel EMEA - Footprint

Agency: Discovery Channel EMEA - Creative Director: James Gilbey - Producer: Bruce Meier - Production Company: Jellyfish Pictures, London - Written, Directed, Edited: Matt Lambert - Visual Effects: Jellyfish Pictures - VFX Producer: Stefano Salvini - Technical Director/Lead 3D: Matt Chandler - Lead 2D: Fabio Zavetti - Score & Sound Design: Ben 'HECQ' Boysen

Skoda Praktik - Crash test.

Advertising Agency: DDB, Stockholm, Sweden - Creative Director: Andreas Dahlqvist - Art Director: Lennart Claesson - Copywriters: Martin Lundgren, Magnus Jakobsson - Directors: Lennart Claesson, Martin Lundgren, Gösta Reiland - Producer: Cattis Håkansson - Account Director: Pelle Josephsson

martedì 4 dicembre 2007

Ladies and gentlemen, Tor Myhren, the Creative Director of Grey NYC.

"No more skyline views and cushy offices for Grey NYC's creative department. Creative Director Tor Myhren gets them ready for the move to CubicleLand on the second floor."

venerdì 30 novembre 2007

Ads of the week. Mini Clubman - Blockbuster - Ford - Das - Volkswagen - Flybuys - Beringer - Pilot - WWF - Nintendo DS - No More Landmines.

Mini Clubman - Pinball

Agency: Butler Shine Stern & Partners - Agency Producer: Alex Lind - Creative Director: John Butler - Creative: Mike Hughes; Steve Mapp - Director: Happy - Production: Smuggler - Producer: Brian Carmody; Patrick Milling-Smith - Director of Photography: Martin Ruhe - Editor: MacKenzie Cutler

Blockbuster - Christmas
35 film references in this spot. Catch them all.

Agency: DDB, Toronto - VP Creative Director: Andrew Simon - Copywriter: Shane Ogilvie - Junior Producer: Marie-Pierre Toure - Production Company: Spy Films, Toronto - Director: Jeff Labbe - DP:Glen Keenan - Producer: Peter Oad - Executive Producers: Luc Frappier, Stephanie Hickman - Editor: Griff Henderson @ School

Ford Argentina - Escola

Agency: JWT Argentina - Creative Directors: Javier Mentasti, Christian Camean - Copywirters: Javier Mentasti, Christian Camean - Art Directors: Javier Mentasti, Christian Camean - Agency Producer: Screenplay Producciones - Production Company: Rebolucion, Buenos Aires - Director: Armando Bo - Executive Producer: Patricio Alvarez Casado - DP: Kino Gonzalez - Art Director: Eleonora Margiota - Editor: Patricio Pena - Transfer: Metrovision - Postproduction: Metrovision - Sound: No Problem

Das - Conflicts
The Director's cut.

Agency: Only Amsterdam - Creatives: Alies Vinkerborg and Mattis Winter - Agency Producer: Hein Scheffer - Production company: Agent Zoo, Sweden - Director: Filip Nilsson - DP: Carl Nilsson - Producer: Kalle Wettre - Ex Producer: Martin Bardrum

Volkswagen Touran - Park Assist

Agency: DDB - Creative Director: Vicky Gitto - Art Director: Francesco Guerrera - Copywriter: Nicola Lampugnani - Music: Supercar theme by Barry Gray

Flybuys - Dreams

Agency: Clemenger BBDO, Wellington - Creatives: Mark Harricks (Creative Director) - Mark Harricks (Creative) - Paul Nagy (Creative) - Marty Collins (Agency Producer) - Claris Harvey (Producer) - Director: Gaysorn Thavat - Prod: Robbers Dog - D.O.P: Ginny Loane - VFX artist: Stefan Coory - VFX producer: Sonali de Silva - Post: Oktobor Auckland - Illustrator: John Chapman-Smith

Beringer - Vineyard

Agency: Publicis & Hal Riney, San Francisco - Chief Creative Officer: Roger Camp - SVP, Director of Integrated Production: David Verhoef - Agency Art Director: Rich North - Agency Copywriter: Adam Koppel - Agency Producer: Sara Krider - Production Company: Paranoid US - Director: Olivier Gondry - Executive Producers: Phillip Detchmendy & Claude Letessier - Head of Production: Cathleen O'Conor - Line Producer: Richard Berman - Director of Photography: Neil Shapiro - Animators: Len Burge, Mike Mayfield, Ben Zelkowitz, Sam Winkler, Emile Gondry - Paper Artist: Su Blackwell - Visual Effects Company: Paranoid US - Editor/Visual Effects Lead Artist: Olivier Gondry - Additional Editor: Michael Moretti - Producer:Christine Schneider - Music: Mophonics - Composer: Brad Breeck - Mix: Eleven Sound - Mixer: Jeff Fuller - Online: Buf - Flame Artist: Thibault Debadeye - Producer: Vanessa Fourgeaud

Pilot - History of Light

Agency: Grey , Barcelona - Executive Creative Director: Jürgen Krieger - Creative Director: Jose Miguel Tortajada - Copywriter: Carla Olaortúa - Art Directors: Dani Páez/Saül Serradesanferm - Agency Producer: Minerva Liste - Production Company: Arena Shots, Barcelona - Producer: Ángeles González - Director: Joan Gil - Animation Company: Arena Shots, Barcelona - Sound Design Company: Sonodigi, Madrid

WWF - Money
The making of.

DM9DDB

Nintendo DS Jam Sessions - Aunt
Watch also Cake.

Agency: Colenso BBDO - Agency Producer: Jonathan Gerard - Creative Director: Richard Maddocks - Creative: Jonathan McMahon - Director: Sam Peacocke - Production: Robber's Dog Films - Producer: Claire Thomson - Director of Photography: Ginny Loane - Post Production: Images & Sound - Editor: Sam Peacocke - Music: Liquid, Auckland

No More Landmines - Dangerous Ground
Downloaded at www.dangerousground.org.
Wonderful. The creative trick recalls Nike - Going to school. You can watch it here.

Agency: CHI & Partners - Agency Producer: Anthony Falco - Creative Director: Micky Tudor - Director: Andy McLeod - Production: Rattling Stick - Producer: Kirsty Burns - Director of Photography: Stuart Graham - Post Production: Big Buoy - Editor: Andy McGraw

venerdì 23 novembre 2007

Ads of the week. Jeep - Playstation 3 - Pine Sol - Orangina - VW - Eurostar - Axe - JC Penney - Samsung - IKEA - NBA.

Jeep - City Safari

Agency: Cutwater - Executive Creative Director: Chuck McBride - Group Creative Director: Joe Kayser - Art Director: Kevin Jordan, Dan Kenneally - Copywriter: Marty Senn, Eric Boyd - Agency Producer: Mai Huynh - Agency Executive Producer: Jennifer Golub - Production Company: Caviar Productions - Director: Raf Wathion - Director of Photography: Patrick Otto - Executive Producer: Michael Sagol - Post Production: Umlaut - Editor: Nathan Petty - Post Producer: Gina LoCurcio - VFX: Nozon - VFX Supervisor/Compositing: James Vanderhaeghen - 3D Artist: Mike De Coninck - VFX Producer: Linda Van Zeebroeck - Mix: One Union - Music Company: Squeak E. Clean Productions - Composer: Jason Murgo - Sound Designer: Steve McCarty - Music Artist: Union Singers - Song: Hop Scotch

PlayStation 3 - Meet the Entertainers

Agency: TBWA London - Agency Producer: Emma Rookledge - Creative Director: Al Young - Creative: Julia Taylor - Director: Noam Murro - Production: Biscuit @ Independent - Post Production: The Mill - Editor: Rick Russell

Pine Sol - Shame

Agency: Dieste Harmel & Partners, San Francisco - Executive Creative Director: Carlos Tourne - Senior Creative Director: Raymundo Valdez - Senior Copywriter: Alex Toedtli - Art Director: Eduardo Cintron - Executive Agency Producer: John Costello - Production Company: Landia - Director: Andy Fogwill - Editor: Red Car - Music/Sound Design: The Listening Chair, Dallas - Composer: Brian Flores

Orangina - Naturally Juicy
Fred & Farid tornano on-air con una campagna che per dovere di cronaca vi devo presentare, ma che credo non sia all'altezza del loro estro creativo.

Agency: FFL, PARIS - Executive Creative Directors: Fred & Farid - Creatives: Michael Zonnenberg, Joseph Dubruque, Nicolas Lautier, Baptiste Clinet - Agency Producer: Robin Accard - Production Company: Stink, London; Psyop, New York - Directors: Todd Mueller, Kylie Matulick - Executive Producers: Daniel Bergman, Sylvaine Mella, - Producers: Richard Fenton, Mariya Shikher - Animation director: Nicholas Weigel - Additional Design: David Chontos - Editing Company: Trim Editing - Editor: Paul Hardcastle - Post Production: The Mill - Telecine: Jamie Wilkinson - Music: Amber Music - Composer/Arrangers: Colin Smith and Simon Elms - Sound designer: Bill Chesley

VW BlueMotion Polo - Bags

Agency: DDB, London - Creatives: Graeme Hall and Noah Regan - Agency Producer: Lucy Westmore - Production Company: Independent Films, London - Director: Daniel Levi
Producer: Dominic Freeman - DP: Stephen Blackman - Editor: Dominic Leung - Post Production: Glassworks

Eurostar - St Pancras

Agency: Fallon, London - Executive Creative Director: Richard Flintham - Agency Producer Lalou Dammond - Production Company: Gorgeous Enterprises, London - Director: Joaquin Baca-Asay - Producer Lalou Dammond - Line Producer: Michaela Johnson - Director of Photography: Joaquin Baca-Asay - Editor/Company: John Smith @ The Whitehouse - Post production: The Mill, London - Music: Philip Glass

Axe - Ode To Axe

Agency: BBH, New York - Executive Creative Director: Kevin Roddy - Creative Director: Pelle Sjoenell, Calle Sjoenell - Creative: Adam Reeves, Molly Sheahan - Broadcast Head of Production: Bruce Wellington - Associate Broadcast Producer: Chad Utsch - Production Company: Humble - Director: Peter Rosch - Executive Producer: Eric Berkowitz - Producer: Kristin Tomborello - Editor: Mark Block - Music Company: JSM - Executive Producer (Music): Joel Simon, - Marc Algranti - Composer: Jason Gleed, John Sneider - Engineer: Hoover Le

JC Penney - Wake Up

Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, New York - Chief Creative Officer: Tony Granger - Creative Director: Kerry Keenan - Art Director: Menno Kluin, Michael Schachtner - Copywriter: Julia Nuemann - Agency Producer: Zamile Vilakazi - Executive Agency Producer: Colin Pearsall - Production Company: Epoch Films - Director: Mike Long - Director of Photography: Stephen Blackman - Executive Producer: Jerry Solomon - Line Producer: Pat Harris - Editor: Joe Guest - Editorial Company: Final Cut - Sound Design/Mix: Teressa Tate - Telecine: The Mill, New York - Colorist: Fergus McCall - Music Company: Siblings - Music Producer: Ryan Fitch

Samsung - Ant Fight Club

Agency: Digitas - VP/ACD: Brian Connaughton - Senior Copywriter: Christine Aliferis - Art Director: Jarrett Kertesz - Senior Motion Media Producer: Gregory Jenkins - Production Company: Humble TV - Director: Peter Rosch & John Hobbs - Director of Photography: Aaron Phillips - Executive Producer: Eric Berkowitz - Producer: Jack Roberts, Kristin Tomborello - CGI Production Company: Inner City Collective

IKEA - Living Room

Agency: SCPF, Barcelona - Creative Director: David Caballero - Agency Producer: Mónica Orviz - Production Company: Lee Films - Producer: Nicolás Caicoya

NBA - Jerseys
La campagna ha tre precedenti.

Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners - Creative Director: Ari Weiss,
Jamie Barrett - Associate Creative Director: Stefan Copiz - Art Director: Matthew Woodhams-Roberts - Copywriter: James Bray - Production Company: Biscuit Filmworks - Director: Aaron Ruell - Director of Photography: Joe Zizzo - Producer: Michael Damiani - Executive Producer: Shawn Lacy - Editorial Company: HutchCo Technologies - Editor: Jim Hutchins - VFX Company: The Mill, Los Angeles