01 Dec 2005
The United Nations' World Food Programme is using a TV campaign to expose the fact that more than 850m people go hungry in the world, even though we produce more than we can eat. Leagas Delaney has produced three commercials. The first, entitled "no food diet", features a woman collecting stones that she ...
30 Nov 2005
To mark the launch of the Motorola PEBL handset, 180 Amsterdam has developed a TV campaign, directed by David Fincher, the man behind 'Fight Club' and 'Se7en'. Compressing millions of years into 30 seconds, the TV spot depicts the development of the smooth, pebble-shaped phone over time. The ad follows ...
24 Nov 2005
Thorntons is taking a radically different approach to its advertising in a new animated campaign with a darkly humorous flavour. The ad, created by Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy, plugs Thorntons' Christmas offer -- spend 15 and receive a free box of chocolates. Directed by Ruairi Robinson ...
16 Nov 2005
Saatchi Saatchi Canada is behind a hard-hitting drink driving campaign on behalf of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. In the TV ad "prisoner", the viewer is taken on a short journey from the comfort ...
of a life behind bars. In a second TV ad, a young wheelchair-bound man is shown watching his former ...
16 Nov 2005
Bartle Bogle Hegarty has developed a TV ad that kick-starts a major Christmas campaign for Vodafone's 3G offering. The ad is a continuation of BBH's "Make the most of now" idea. It starts with a young girl walking through a snowy forest. She is joined by an eclectic range of people, from musicians ...
16 Nov 2005
Tesco is using the simplistic style and humour of its current advertising campaign in an attempt to repeat the successful sales performance it saw last Christmas. The new ads, by Lowe London, use Tesco's now distinctive style and feature products on sale in its stores with amusing narratives by celebrity ...
09 Nov 2005
Sony Walkman is taking on the iPod with a TV and print campaign from Fallon. The campaign works on the premise that music is addictive and its Walkman is the best way to feed the habit. Directed by the Channel 4 network creative director Brett Foraker through RSA, the TV ad opens on what looks like a small ...
31 Oct 2005
Citibank has launched four TV spots created by Fallon/Minneapolis to be broadcast exclusively at US colleges and universities on MtvU. The spots are titled "poet", "lefty", "slap" and "degrees" and feature a witty talking hand and specially composed music, including a human bead-box. In the "poet ...
25 Oct 2005
TV brand, Bravia....The new technology behind the product means that the TVs using it will have brilliant, clear picture quality, something the advertising campaign centres around. Using and bringing to life the line "Colour like no other", the TV work features thousands of multi-coloured balls being unleashed ...
25 Oct 2005
Lowe London has created its first campaign for The British Heart Foundation since winning the account in July. Directed by Frank Budgen, the ads depict the frightening fact that every cigarette you smoke is damaging the health of your heart. The spots are set to the Frank Sinatra's version of 'Under ...