Stichting Geheim Geweld, the Hidden Violence Foundation in the Netherlands, has a print advertising campaign, challenging readers to do something about the violence that children are being subjected to in secret. The message in these advertisements: “If you see something say something”. The web site: www.hiddenviolence.nl. The papers demonstrate the lasting impact has on [...]
Coca Cola in Turkey (Coca-Cola Meşrubat Pazarlama ve Danışmanlık Hizmetleri A.Ş) has commissioned a short film featuring two comedians, Wayne Gordon and Eric Lazayres with a large cast of extras telling a sexually charged nine minute story with French dialogue.
Schweppes makes an appearance as the two main protagonists begin their conversation. The rest is just [...]
3 Musketeers Mint, a Masterfood confectionery, is presented in a fantasy context in Fairytale, a television commercial.
The fairy tale format plays with the concept of light - with a woman in princess gown chasing flying lights through a dark forest. She finds the chocolate bar in a glowing light nestled in a mint plant.
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Underoath, Christian metalcore band from Tampa, Florida, produced an Grammy-nominated music video for their 2006 single, Writing On The Walls. The band, signed with Tooth & Nail/Solid State Records, managed to gain popularity largely through touring and online sites such as MySpace and PureVolume.
The music video explores the cramped and limited lives of a boy [...]
Kevin Rudd in October 2007 outlined the Labor vision for Australia’s future. Heading into 2008 Australia is now in ‘taste and see’ mode. At some point the country will need to move into ‘make it happen’ mode.
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Kevin Rudd:
This year I’ve been talking to people all [...]
Water Safety New Zealand and the New Zealand Coast Guard worked together to present a water safety message featuring a young girl and her toys. The ad shows the schoolgirl entering her brother’s messy room to discover that her brother has decapitated her doll. It’s time for revenge! She grabs Action Man off the shelf [...]
The Office of Road Safety, Western Australia, has launched a set of print advertisements making the connection between alcohol-induced errors of judgment and vehicle accidents. We’re introduced to the guy whose face is puffed up due to ordering prawns under the influence of alcohol. The guy who tripped on the dance floor, too drunk to [...]
Rudy Giulani has released a video outlining his response to terrorism, a message uncannily on target for the horror recently unleashed by Al Qaeda in Pakistan.
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“Right before September 11 and months before I had read this book about the greatest generation written by Tom Brokaw. [...]
300,000 child soldiers dream of simply being children. That’s the message in this chilling campaign from Amnesty International. Child soldiers are shown playing by a public hanging, using human bones in a game and playing soccer with a human skull.
Around the world, children are singled out for recruitment by both armed forces and armed opposition [...]
A fireworks safety advertising campaign in the Netherlands has ignited conversation over the line between humour and insensitivity relating to terrorism, religion and ethnicity. The viral campaign for stichting Consument en Veiligheid (Consumer Safety) shows members of The Liberation Army Against Freedom (LAAF), a fictitious Islamic terrorist organisation in Tajikistan, discovering how similar fireworks are [...]
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