Sony Bravia Advert

A really nice addition to the 'colour like no other campaign'. This ad uses stop-motion to stunning effect. Enjoy!

BBC Radio Scotland: Tartan Toyboys (1995)

I found this short motion piece using typographic imagery influenced by a radio conversation soundbites after looking at Callum Barker's Blog on Type in Motion. The motion piece was developed by Barnbook and can be fond on their website. The theme of the convesation is about male strippers (women talking about a strip show they are going to watch called The Tartan Toyboys). The visual style is heavily influenced by postitute cards found in telephone booths. The animation is cut to the conversation and is a collection of stills with elements of the conversation appearing in the chosen type styles creating a punchy aesthetic as well as suggesting an almost 'found' look to the images - taking typography out of context to link in with the soundtrack.

Philips RobotSkin TV commercial

I don't really like razor commercials but this one seems to be breaking some of the boundaries set by its predecessors. Rather than having the female draped over a well built male this advert shows a much more intimate relationship with the feminine aspect actually being a robot (suggesting machinery and masculinity).

With imagery very similar to Bjork and Chris Cunningham's work this advert takes a refreshing break from conventional razor commercials.

Sky Movies Advert

I found this advert on the Creative Review Blog. It is an advert for Sky about the joy of not having adverts during their films. The advert was filmed in the city of São Paulo, which is currently banned billboard advertising after a “Clean City” directive from the city’s mayor, Gilberto Kassab, which banned all outdoor advertising, including shopfronts.

The resulting advert is a nicley filmed piece depicting the absense of advertising in the city. It isn't actually that wierd to comprehend the absense of billboard advertising because we live in an age now where we are bombarded with so much advertising that we almost ignore they are there anyway / show very little interest in the fact they are there.