VW Channel 4 Documentary Bumpers

August 2, 2009

Here’s an excellent series of bumpers from VW to support the brand’s on-going sponsorship of Channel 4’s documentaries.

Can’t remember when I last laughed out loud at a sponsorship bumper. The TDI/rocket and TSI/football are personal favourites…
There’s a good write-up at David Reviews (also the original source of this video clip).

Cannes Lions 2009 - My Personal Top 10 Film Picks

June 30, 2009

So now that the judges have packed up their clipboards for another year, the dust has settled and the hangovers have subsided, here’s my personal selection of top 10 films from Cannes 2009…
1. Philips: Carousel - Tribal DDB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Hard to dispute the Grand Prix winner which I discussed in one of my earlier posts.

2. James Boag [...]

Thinkbox on the Box

June 14, 2009

I was intrigued by this new TV ad for Thinkbox.

I think it’s probably the first TV ad I’ve seen about TV ads (at least, it’s the first I noticed and the first that I can remember, which is always a good start). It does a nice job of highlighting the potency and endurance of certain campaigns (and [...]