There's chickens, black light grossness and an cornical math notes in Capital C's latest for Toshiba directed by Aleysa Young of Untitled Films and edited by Marco Pazzano, Panic & Bob. Capital C has tapped into dorm life to launch a new online ad campaign for Toshiba laptops, desktops and tablets.
Consisting of 3 videos, display ads and a Facebook contest, the campaign is aimed at young adults that are outfitting themselves for the upcoming year. The videos show the utility of Toshiba products and how they make campus life easier. In one commercial, for example, it shows how Toshiba’s All-in-One desktop with gesture control can come to the rescue when you’ve been plastic wrapped to your bed in a dorm room filled with live chickens.

“We wanted to showcase the innovative features of Toshiba products in a way that would really resonate with our audience,” says Sherry Lyons, VP Corporate and Marketing Communications at Toshiba of Canada Limited. “Humour is great way to educate and entertain viewers at the same time.”

Another video finds two students checking out their new dorm room CSI-style with a USB-powered black light — promoting the Toshiba Satellite P-series laptop’s ability to power and charge USB devices even when the laptop is closed.

The final commercial shows how the Toshiba Excite Write tablet has the ability to convert handwriting and drawings into notes you can save and share when one student inadvertently sends his roommate a sketch of him posing heroically as a muscular centaur.

“We really tried to capture insights about life on campus. Like how disgusting a dorm could actually be or how well do you really know the guy you’re rooming with,” comments Gary Watson, Executive Creative Director, Capital C. “We focused on the product itself and built storylines around those features. It just so happened that they inspired some fun thinking.”

The videos were directed by Aleysa Young of Untitled Films and edited by Marco Pazzano of Panic & Bob, both who were chosen for their experience working on youth-oriented brands with a comedic slant.

Complementing the online videos is a Facebook contest where people can not only win the Toshiba products featured in the videos but gag gifts inspired by the campaign. “We really wanted to make sure the social initiative felt like it was coming from the same place, with the same sensibility,” adds Gary Watson. “So, not only can you win the products in the ads, you can also win a USB-powered black light and rubber chickens.”

Credits:
Client: Toshiba of Canada Limited
Campaign: Back to School
Spot Titles: "Chicken Prank", "Black Light", "Math Notes"

Agency: Capital C, Toronto
Executive Creative Director: Gary Watson
Art Directors: Gary Watson, Stephen Sandian (Black Light)
Writers: Gary Watson, Kurtis Martin (Black Light)
Agency Producers: Margaret Callaghan, Shireen Shah
Account Service: Jason West, Martha Bushell, Will Dell
Production Company: Untitled Films, Toronto
Director: Aleysa Young
Executive Producer: Estelle Weir
Producer: Robbie McNamara
Cinematographer: Bobby Shore
Editing: Panic & Bob, Toronto
Editor: Marco Pazzano
Casting: Stephen Mann Casting
Online: Crush
via: Shannon Stephaniuk @ Glossy

Adidas and creative Adam Fish of Iris capture the genius of FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi by dressing him in a bespoke LED suit and capturing his skills at 1,000 frames per second.

The New Speed of Light captures the footballing genius of Leo Messi like you've never seen before. Exploring the moves that make him the best in the world in intricate detail through the use of light.

The film captures and analyzes Leo's movement, to reveal the secret of his movement on the pitch as well as highlight the light in motion design of the new adizero F50 Messi boot he'll wear for the first part of the season. To do this, Leo wore a custom-made LED suit and hood, with hundreds of individual LED's sewn by hand in to adidas TechFit gear. As well as 'hacked' adizero F50 Messi boots rigged with the three stripes in LED and a bespoke, moulded LED football. He was then filmed at 1000 frames per second using a Phantom camera and the resulting footage treated using a specially developed visual effects technique — creating a beautiful echo effect and a concert visual aesthetic set to a fitting electro/dance track by Congorock.

Credits:
Developed by Iris and ML Studio
Director: Marcus Lyall
Creative: Adam Fish
Shot on location in Barcelona, Spain.

Direct Mail Campaign: First Western Trust – Turn on the Light

A lot of retirement plan providers bury their fees inside the 401k plans they prepare — which often means you earn less on your investment and they earn more. It’s a hidden secret they don’t want you to unveil. But that’s exactly what we did for business owners who First Western Trust wanted to target.

More than just telling the story that First Western doesn’t have concealed fees like the other guys, it was mandatory to do it memorably. Upon first interaction, the direct mail piece we created features only four visible words: “Turn on the light.” Shining the black light included with the piece on the page reveals the rest of the once-invisible text — and exposes the whole story about this all-too-common hidden practice, as well as the answer to avoiding it: by partnering with First Western.

Credits:
Client: First Western Financial, Inc.
Campaign Title: Turn On the Light
Execution Title: Direct Mail
Agency: LRXD, Denver
Creative Directors: Kelly Reedy, Eric Kiker
Associate Creative Director: Jamie Reedy
Art Director: Kent Ervin
Copywriter: Jamie Reedy
Account Director: Mikell Beechinor

Visual effects and animation studio, Light of Day (www.lightofday.tv) recently teamed up with John Varvatos to create a commercial featuring a six-fingered hand to promote their new fragrance, John Varvatos Star USA. The commercial idea stemmed from the fragrance's tagline, "The New Fragrance For Your Sixth Sense."

The TV spot features a shot of fingers on a man's hand counting along with rock music in the background. The hand proceeds to put up a peace sign and the new fragrance's packaging is shown. As realistic as the hand appears it has one more finger than usual, allowing it to count up to six. The hand and its movements are so realistic that one may not immediately notice anything out of the ordinary the first time watching it.

This attention grabbing idea was originally displayed in a print ad of the hand holding up a peace sign. Using those ads as a reference, the Light of Day visual effects team was able to turn the 2D idea into a realistic and natural looking moving hand.

"A dexterous six-fingered hand doesn't really exist in nature, so the challenge was creating a six-fingered hand that seamlessly looked real and moved in a believable way," said Dino Tsaousis, a flame artist for Light of Day who did the compositing and finishing work for the Varvatos commercial. "We had to play around with the palm and fingers to make it look anatomically correct as far as how the muscles moved."

Tsaousis explained further that he even used his own hand as a reference when trying to determine natural muscle movements of the hand.

"Between the finger, the palm, and the way the muscles move, there was about three or four different pieces that I stitched together to create the hand," Tsaousis said. "After that I had to rebuild the background and do some re-lighting for the feeling the client was looking for."

From a technical standpoint, Autodesk Lustre was used for the coloring and Flame was used for the compositing and finishing.

The new Audi R8, Go light. Go agile. TV commercial entitled "Colors".

Audi incorporates the Audi ultra lightweight technology in the new Audi R8. Technology that enables lighter and therefore more agile driving.
The high number of components made of carbon and ceramic in relevant areas of the vehicle give this sports car an even more dynamic character.
Each and every one of these elements define and make up the claim of the launch campaign of this sporty model: "Go light. Go agile."
In this line of communication, the TV spot revolves around this concept. The story is set in a spectacular vault with a large glass platform. In this setting, a sequence of colors is reproduced illuminating various areas of the stage. The new Audi R8 has to follow it with the greatest possible agility and speed.
The driver of the vehicle drives in sporty fashion over the checkerboard and successfully completes the series of colors. As a final twist, the driver gets out of the new Audi R8 and breaks the glass surface. The spot manages to convey the campaign concept "Go light. Go agile." with a spectacular performance of the new Audi R8. It communicates the result of the Audi ultra lightweight construction technology while showing all the sportiness of the new Audi R8.

Credits:
Advertising Agency: DDB, Barcelona, Spain
General Creative Director: José María Roca de Vinyals
Executive Creative Director: Fernando Barbella
Creative Directors: Alejandro Arriagada, Jaume Badia
Art Director: Fernando Alcazar
Art Director: Javier Rodriguez
Copywriter: Xavi Gimeno
Agency Producer: Vicky Moñino
Production Company: Agosto
Director: Nacho Gayan
Producer: Toni Moreno
Director of Photography: Patrick Duroux
Editor: Dani Arbonés
Post Production: Big Lazy Robot / Metropolitana
Post producer: Daniela Borges
Sound: Imasblue (Alex Perez)
Music: La Crem (Ramón Martinez)

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Trafalgar Square, London. 23 January 2012. 6.51am. A spectacular sun created by art collective Greyworld as part of Tropicana's Brighter Mornings campaign brightens up Trafalgar Square.

The Trafalgar Sun which took six months to create is 30,000 times bigger than a football, has a surface area of 200m2 and weighs over 2,500kgs. Its internal light source produces 4-million lumens of light, the equivalent of 60,000 light bulbs, making the artwork visible from space.

The Montreal Canadiens, the most celebrated team in hockey history, has one of the most passionate and diehard followings in the NHL. So during this year’s Stanley Cup run, Coors Light teamed up with MEC Canada and DraftFCB Montreal to create an interactive outdoor experience called "L’action sur la glace” or “The Action’s On The Ice”, bringing the fans even closer to the action.

Outside of Montreal’s Bell Centre, the home of the Habs, Thinkingbox digital production company built a custom 240 square foot ‘shooter’ platform where fans were able to take their best and hardest “slap shot”. Each time, the strength and speed of the shot would trigger a specific 3D animation that appeared on a 45’ HD LED video wall. For example, if the puck was hit hard enough to score a goal, an animation showing the ice shattering as well as a 3D modeled representation of Bell Centre and the Montreal Canadiens’ locker room would appear. Everything was done to recreate and simulate the experience of scoring a goal for the average fan.

The activation included a custom iPad application that controlled the flow of the event. It was synced with social sharing technologies so players could publish their experience on their respective networks. The platform included a puck track containing IR sensors and micro-controllers that converted fans’ shots from microseconds to km/h.

Credits:
Project: "L’action sur la glace” — “The Action’s On The Ice”
Client: Molson
Brand: Coors Light
Marketing Manager: Sonia Palazzo
Senior Marketing Manager: Véronique Simard

Creative Agency: Draftfcb Montréal
Digital Production Company: Thinkingbox
Media Company: MEC

On Wednesday 28th November 2012, exactly one year after lighting up Millbank Tower (see last year's HERE), deadmau5 returned to London for another audiovisual spectacular, "This Is Lumia".

With the latest smartphones featuring the best low-light imaging as well as the unique Nokia Music app (with exclusive deadmau5 playlist), it was the perfect way to celebrate the launch of the Nokia Lumia 920 & Lumia 820, the new range of Nokia Lumia Smartphones.

The intimate crowd at Flat Iron Square in Southwark was treated to an array of light, a few surprises and of course a flawless set from the inimitable deadmau5!

Every facet of the square was rigged with specially developed software so that it would appear as if the square was being 'played' like a musical instrument.

From the pulsating traffic cones to the flashing dustbins, the giant mirror balls to deadmau5 himself, make sure you don't miss a beat by catching all the highlights of this incredible music show event here.

On Monday, November 19th, 2012, Saks Fifth Avenue unveiled their new iconic holiday 3D light show to NYC and the world.
The 3D light show is bigger and even more spectacular for 2012, and runs every night from 5pm — 10pm for the entire holiday season (6 weeks). Using the facade of the store as the canvas, the show tells a festive tale of snowflakes, ice skaters and the perfect holiday gift — the larger than life Saks Yeti. Happy Holidays.
Credits:
Agency: Iris Worldwide

To welcome Robert Griffin III to Washington, D.C., The Redskins and to celebrate his preseason NFL home opener, adidas is lighting up the names of thousands of passionate football fans on a massive, moving projection of the Redskins quarterback displayed across the Newseum's 74-foot-high marble First Amendment tablet, down the street from the White House.

Fans who joined the conversation on the adidas Football facebook page and shared what "light" gets them on the field will see their name light up within the projected moving image of the Heisman Trophy winner two nights before his Redskins home debut. Three projectors were used to display the 74-foot image of RGIII in action with the lightest football cleats in the game—the adizero 5 Star Mid.

Credits:
Ad Agency: Mullen

Keystone Light spokesman Kieth Stone explains how to use a "man bag" in the newest TV commercial Keystone.

Smooth Musings with Kieth Stone "If your going to carry a man bag, make sure it's more man than bag. Like a 100% to 0% man to bag ratio, and that's it no bigger than the size of a wallet or a money clip...that it fits in your pocket like a wallet or a money clip. That it's a wallet or a money clip". Get it gentlemen?

Credits:
Client: Keystone Light / MillerCoors
Spot Title: Man Bag
Air Date: June 2012
Agency: Saatchi NY
Chief Creative Officer: Conway Williamson
Creative Director: Justin Ebert, Alex Lea, Ian Falcon
Associate Creative Director: Ron Villacarillo
Senior Art Director: Jacqueline Mellow
Senior Copywriter Mike Maher
Art Director: Taylor Lucas Junior
Producer: Ian Kelly
Production Co.: Tool
Director: JJ Adler
EPs: Brian Latt, Oliver Fuselier, Dustin Callif

More than 300 astonishing objects made from gold and other precious materials are presented in the major exhibition “Beyond El Dorado. Power and gold in ancient Colombia”, held by the British Museum in conjunction with the Museo del Oro, Bogotá. The exhibition opens on October 17, 2013 and will run through March 23, 2014.

In ancient Colombia gold was used to fashion some of the most visually dramatic and sophisticated works of art found anywhere in the Americas before European contact. This exhibition will feature over 300 exquisite objects drawn from the Museo del Oro in Bogotá, one of the best and most extensive collections of Pre-Hispanic gold in the world, as well as from the British Museum’s own unique collections. Through these exceptional objects the exhibition will explore the complex network of societies in ancient Colombia – a hidden world of distinct and vibrant cultures spanning 1600 BC to AD 1700 – with particular focus on the Muisca, Quimbaya, Calima, Tairona, Tolima and Zenú chiefdoms. This important but little understood subject will be explored in this unique exhibition following on from shows in Room 35 such as Ice Age art: arrival of the modern mind, Grayson Perry: Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman, Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World and Kingdom of Ife: sculptures from West Africa in shining a light on world cultures through their craftsmanship.

Although gold was not valued as currency in pre-Hispanic Colombia, it had great symbolic meaning. It was one way the elite could publicly assert their rank and semi-divine status, both in life and in death. The remarkable objects displayed across the exhibition reveal glimpses of these cultures’ spiritual lives including engagement with animal spirits though the use of gold objects, music, dancing, sunlight and hallucinogenic substances that all lead to a physical and spiritual transformation enabling communication with the supernatural. Animal iconography is used to express this transformation in powerful pieces demonstrating a wide range of imaginative works of art, showcasing avian pectorals, necklaces with feline claws or representations of men transforming into spectacular bats though the use of profuse body adornment.

The exhibition will further explore the sophisticated gold working techniques, including the use of tumbaga, an alloy composed of gold and copper, used in the crafting the most spectacular masterworks of ancient Colombia. Extraordinary poporos (lime powder containers) showcase the technical skills achieved both in the casting and hammering techniques of metals by ancient Colombian artists. Other fascinating objects will include an exceptional painted Muisca textile and one of the few San Agustín stone sculptures held outside Colombia. Those, together with spectacular large scale gold masks and other materials were part of the objects that accompanied funerary rituals in ancient Colombia.

Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum said “Ancient Colombia has long represented a great fascination to the outside world and yet there is very little understood about these unique and varied cultures. As part of the Museum’s series of exhibitions that shine a light on little known and complex ancient societies this exhibition will give our visitors a glimpse into these fascinating cultures of pre-hispanic South America and a chance to explore the legend of El Dorado through these stunning objects.”

“American Airlines and American Airlines Cargo are thrilled to be partnering with the British Museum on Beyond El Dorado: power and gold in ancient Colombia.” said Tristan Koch, Managing Director of Cargo Sales for EMEA – American Airlines. “American Airlines is a supporter of the arts in many cities that we serve around the world and it’s exciting to be linking the two destinations of Bogotá, Colombia and London by transporting precious passengers and cargo between them.”

Source: The British Museum [August 04, 2013]

Oscar winner Adrien Brody narrates a powerful new video that sheds light onto the turmoil faced by great apes used by the entertainment industry for Peta's latest ad campaign.

A behind-the-scenes look at '98% Human', the powerful video created by BBDO that sheds light onto the turmoil faced by great apes used by the entertainment industry.

Just as the world finished watching the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Procter & Gamble and Gillette staged an unforgettable event to wish Team USA a great start to The Olympics. The event was a spectacle of light and water featuring 60-foot holograms of Team USA athletes Tyson Gay launching off the blocks and Ryan Lochte diving into historic Boston Harbor. Set to the music of M83 "Steve McQueen", the event officially launched Gillette's global 'Get Started' campaign.

Part science, part nature and part digital art, Gillette created a series of projected light displays on buildings throughout Boston culminating in a massive water show. The event used half a dozen projectors to display video images of Ryan Lochte and Tyson Gay in action on two massive screens of particulate water vapor sprayed above the surface of the water adjacent to Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group is trying to reach Latinos through music they love. For example, Tiësto isn’t Hispanic, but our research found that he’s by far the most popular electronic dance music artist among our Latino audiences.

The spot was shot in a hillside village in Valparaiso, Chile, in part because the setting spoke to many Latinos’ memories of visiting their families. Our crew completely rewired the village to light up in the ad, and built a performance space that it later donated to the village as a park. They slept in the streets and used the bathrooms in the villagers’ homes.

When Chileans heard about about the concert Tiësto was giving, they came from all over Valparaiso to hear him. He played for three consecutive nights from dusk to dawn, performing even when the cameras weren’t rolling.

Creative Credits:
Advertising Agency: Deutsch LA
Chief Creative Officer: Pete Favat
Executive Creative Director: Brett Craig
Integrated Creative Director: Xavier Teo
ACD, Art Director: Erick Mangali
ACD, Copywriter: Ryan Lehr
Copywriter: Armando Samuels
Director of Integrated Production: Vic Palumbo
VP/Executive Producer: Lisa K. Johnson
Senior Business Affairs Manager: Jill Durand
Production Company: Smuggler, Los Angeles, California
Editorial Company: Union Editorial / Circus, Santa Monica, CA
Post: The Mill, Santa Monica, CA
Music: Tiesto ft. Iconopop “All It Takes (Let’s Go)”

Meet Sully, the sheep who has broken free of the herd to become the new face of Corona Light. Sully is the star of four new ads in the "Ditch The Herd" campaign which includes his breaking free commercial above and three: 15 second bizarre yet wildly amusing ads below: "Hunting" — Sully saves his friend Ed the deer, in "Guitar" he just might win the girl and finally in the "Game Day" ad we see that a high fiv'in sheep isn't always a good thing.

Credits:
Ad Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.

Hey Toronto if the heat is getting to you maybe this Coors Light Canada spot for it's new Iced T might help, Ice. Pour. Garnish. Over ice with a slice.

Audi, the luxury automaker goes to a lot of trouble to explain just 1 millimeter of their LED rear light, see if you can keep up to all the techno stuff they detail for you.

The 2012 Audi A1 commercial celebrates the Audi perfection by showing all the efforts Audi puts in just one millimeter of a LED rear light. But this is just one millimeter. One Audi millimeter.

Credits:
Advertising Agency: Fred & Farid, France
Creative directors / Copywriters: Fred & Farid
Art directors: Julien-Pierre Mallet, Volker Gehr
Brand supervisors: Marc-Andreas Brinkmann, David Dargaud, Fabien Neel
Agency supervisors: Daniel Dormeyer, Buu Tran, Bénédicte Muller, Caroline Beneteau
Agency producer: Karim Naceur
Agency post producer: Sandrine De Monte
Director: Mehdi Norowzian
Production: RSA London
Producer: Lisa Joseph
Music: Arnaud Astruc, Benjamin Fournier-Bidoz

More Audi ads making the rounds, Audi's "Return to Snake River Canyon" to relive the original Evil Knievel jump has not gone over to well with viewers, I believe viewers are giving it a "Blue Balls" rating, see for yourself below.

On a positive, one the greatest Audi ads was the "Progress Is Beautiful" spot which aired back in 2008, see it HERE.

“This year’s campaign takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to communicate that Jewish people have a long-standing reputation for making great films in Hollywood and beyond,” says Helen Zukerman, executive director, TJFF. “TJFF is an authentic cultural experience that celebrates Jewish culture by screening outstanding films, documentaries and shorts from around the world, and showcases quality films that aren’t shown anywhere else.”

“TJFF is largely perceived to be a religious festival – featuring movies heavy on Jewish content and light on action, drama, suspense and laughs,” says David Ross, creative director, DDB Canada. “To expand our reach to include a younger Jewish and non-Jewish demographic, we set out to demonstrate that people are already fans of movies that feature Jewish contribution, they just might not be aware of it.”

Cue the new online tool "J-Dar" and now we can have some fun testing just how Jewish some of favorite films are. Test you're J-DAR HERE and for more about the 21st Toronto Jewish Film Festival HERE.

Credits:
Brief: The Toronto Jewish Film Festival needed to broaden its reach and increase ticket sales. Our challenge was that TJFF was largely perceived to be a religious film festival, featuring movies heavy on Jewish content and light on action, drama, suspense and laughs — a belief that couldn't be further from the truth. We set out to correct this perception by proving to people that while they may not know it, they’re already fans of Jewish movies.

Description: We created a fun online tool called J-DAR. It calculates how Jewish your favourite Hollywood movies are. All J-DAR results are accompanied by contextualized TJFF film recommendations and a link to purchase festival tickets.

Creative Ad Agency: DDB Canada/Tribal, Toronto
Executive Creative Director: Denise Rossetto, Todd Mackie
Creative Director: David Ross, David Horovitch, Paul Wallace
Writer: David Ross, David Horovitch
Art Director: Jake Bundock, Paul Wallace
Designers: Jake Bundock, Devon Williamson
Developers: Gar Liu, Brendyn Zachary
Director of Technology: Joe Dee
Information Architects: Dale McRae, Daniel Wiseman
Digital Production Managers: Chris Webden, Cathy Kim
Account Team (names & titles): Melanie Johnston (SVP, Managing Director), Leigh Farlow (Sr. Account Executive)
Strategy: Parker Mason, Sandra Moretti
Online Analyst: Kevin McHugh
Audio House: Keen Music