Sigur Rós, Icelandic music group, put their 2005 song, ‘Glósóli’ into music video form with the help of fellow Icelanders Stefán Arni & Siggi Kinski. When I first heard the title, Glósóli, I immediately thought of the word, “glossolalia”, a word meaning ’speaking in tongues’. But this is Icelandic, pronounced “glow-soul-ih”, meaning Glowing Sun.
The video [...]
Tourism Australia has worked with M&C Saatchi to create an ‘in-your-face’ challenge to come and experience the unique environment only available down under.
A punter in a remote outback pub stands at the bar and says, “We’ve bought you a beer” and turns to face the smiling female bartender.
A camel train is silhouetted by the Australian [...]
Coca Cola celebrated their sponsorship of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics with a television commercial, “Ice Dance”, shown on screens in USA, Italy, Austria and Finland.
A Coca-Cola delivery trucks rolls up on an icy city street. As the driver rolls up the door of his truck, the music starts and people enter the spirit of [...]
Heineken have launched an effects-laden television commercial featuring a man who finds himself in the 1920s. Despite all the changes around him, the beer’s still the same.
The commercial begins with the drinker’s nightmare - an empty six pack in the fridge. He jumps in a taxi to head to the local pub. As he travels [...]
Tourism Victoria promoted the Yarra Valley in 2004 with a catchy television advertisement, “Hide And Seek” using the song, “Run Rabbit Run”. The ad has been brought out of storage to be played during the Commonwealth Games being held in Melbourne.
A young holidaying couple hear a knock on their door. It’s their host coming with [...]
A man taking his rubbish out knocks his head on the garage door, again and again. Another man sitting at the bus stop starts to flail his brief case around with involuntary movements. In an office a clerk whizzes through his paperwork. In the suburbs a man is on a ride-on lawn mower, out of [...]
Tooheys New relaunched their brand today online with a larger than life television “For the love of beer” advertisement, ‘Catapult’. Billboards have been seeding curiosity over the last month, leading members of the public to register their email address at www.fortheloveof.com.au.
Today the ad has gone viral in Vividas format at www.fortheloveofbeer.com.au. The TV ad will [...]
Michael Hill Jeweller has been showing its ‘14’ television commercial on Queensland screens again in the lead up to Valentine’s Day. Released in 2005, the ad features a young teenager eagerly counting the days until her fourteenth birthday when she has her ears pierced. It’s a touching celebration of teenage rites of passage.
The spot opens [...]
Ameriquest won the admiration of the Super Bowl viewers again this year with a new set of television advertisements featuring the “Don’t Judge Too Quickly” theme. TiVo reported that two Ameriquest spots were the most replayed commercials during Sunday night’s Super Bowl XL coverage on ABC. The American mortgage company are positioning themselves as the [...]
Kanye West has attracted a lot of media attention recently, with his appearance on the front cover of Rolling Stone wearing a crown of thorns in an obvious reference to the Passion of the Christ. In this post I’ll be looking at the three music videos made for Kanye’s third single, “Jesus Walks”, released in [...]
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