Trailer Park Video Games releases their new creations/visual identities for Warner Bros. new video game Batman, Arkhan City. The new images feature Batman, Catwoman, and the Joker, as well others characters.
Credits:
Agency: Trailer Park Video Games
Client: Warner Bros. Batman Arkham City
Hockey fan and commercial director (in that order), Steve Chase, is one of the three hockey fanatics behind the trending hockey boycott viral "Just Drop It." Frustrated by the recent lockout and the threat of more games on the chopping block, Chase along with fellow hockey buddies Christian Lalonde (a former pro player) and Mike Devlin (Creative Director/EVP of DraftFCB in NY), came up with the concept of making a simple video asking fans to boycott the NHL.
What was once just an idea between friends is becoming an overnight international success. The grass-root campaign called "Just Drop It," asks hockey fans to take a pledge and boycott one NHL game for every one game the league takes away after Dec 21. The boycott goes beyond game attendance and urges fans not to purchase any merchandising or watch televised games.
Media in the US and Canada have already shown their support by posting the video on
their web pages and airing interviews with Chase. Hockey is in Chase's blood. An avid player and supporter of the minor league teams as well, Chase directed a campaign for hockey team Allen Americans. See the all the Allen Americans spots here.
Team owner and NHL superstar Steve Duchesne approached Chase to create and direct the work. The resultant commercials masterfully underline how hockey players possess a passion for the game like no other. Recently quoted as "welcoming the challenge of creating ads in the digital culture," Chase wasted no time and let his passion and conscience drive him.
Just Drop It's Statement: Visit their Facebook Fan page to join the cause. [link]
The NHL and the players union have once again insulted the very people who pay their salaries. We the fans have the power to make them listen by taking the Just Drop It pledge. For every game they cancel after December 21st, we will boycott an equal number of games. They cancel 10, we boycott 10. No tickets, no TV, no merchandise. If you want to be heard go to our Facebook page and "like" us to pledge. You can also post your own pledge video. Make them JUST DROP IT!
In recent years, the zombie population has multiplied on a global scale. Zombies now make up a significant part of society, starring in countless video games, movies and popular television shows. Though they love to feast on human flesh, we havewhole-heartedly embraced the zombie community, turning them into a culturalphenomenon.
Recognizing a massive opportunity in the marketplace for a dating service that catered to zombie singles, Noise developed ZombieConnect, the first official mobile dating app for the walking dead- available on iTunes, and coming soon to Android.
Not a zombie? Zombie Connect allows everyday people to zombify themselves, browse profiles of fellow flesh-eaters and connect via Facebook.
Whether you’re looking for long-term love, a casual date or just someone to eat brains with, Zombie Connect is the perfect platform for bringing decomposing corpses together. Testimonials are pouring in fromzombies like Gorey Gretta, who used Zombie Connect to meet her now husband Bloody Barry. As they celebrate their first wedding anniversary she could not be happier, explaining:
“Eeeeeiiiibllllaaaaaahhh! Baahhh! Baaahhh! Fhhhpphhhh, ddaamumumum- kebbbblluuh, fluuh, fluuh. Kaaaaaahh!!!” — Gretta
You can get the Zombie Connect app for free at the iTunes App store. Get it Here.
With so many zombie-related cultural festivities coming up this month (Halloween), there’s no better time for you to find your slowly rotting soul mate.
Credits:
Creative Ad Agency: Noise, Vancouver, BC. www.noisedigital.com
RBC creates a heartfelt spot promoting the game of hockey, the true game not the NHL. As long as there are kids across the country playing the game they love, hockey never stops.
The online video and recent grassroots action around the Stanley Cup (there's a movement to get the cup to be awarded to a community team this year) underscores that as long as kids are on the ice, there's hockey. The game doesn't stop.
The ad profiles a team of 7-year-old kids as they lace up their skates, tape their sticks, get tips from their coach and take to the ice.
It's an emotional video that gets kids (and grown-ups) stoked about community games and the Juniors and reminds us what hockey is really about. In the absence of NHL hockey, I think we should all work to make this a record year for attendance at community games. Support RBC Play Hockey on their FaceBook page here.
Credits:
Advertising Agency: Entrinsic, Canada
Executive Creative Director: Anthony Wolch
Copywriter: Kyle Carpenter
Production Company: Clarke Stanley
Director: Adam Massey
Post House Editor: Married To Giants http://www.marriedtogiants.com/
Editor: Monica Remba
Music Supervision: Vapor Music
This 45 second film debuted on 12 in-arena screens and projected on the court before player introductions at Nets season opener on November 3, and will be shown at home games throughout the season and used in other promotional capacities.
Three important elements came into play with the film. Not only would it be debuted before the team’s season opener, but the game also marked the first game of the high-visibility Brooklyn franchise and the initial game at the NBA’s newest arena, the Barclays Center.
The Famous Group, who have worked with the Nets since 1997, developed the theme “Arrival in Brooklyn” and conducted a live action shoot portraying Nets players in and around the new arena. Stars such as Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Gerald Wallace and Kris Humphries, are shown arriving by taxi, subway and sidewalk, intercut with shots of uniformed players inside the Barclays Center.
The film adheres to the Nets‘ iconic black & white branding, shot entirely in b&w and featuring players dressed in white shirts and black suits and ties. The film’s feel is reflected in the score, an original hip-hop track composed and performed by John Forté entitled “Brooklyn.”
“We wanted an idea that was as big and grand as the Barclays Center, and fresh and cool as Brooklyn,” said Andrew Isaacson, executive producer, The Famous Group. “This film captures that attitude.”
Credits:
Client: Brooklyn Nets
Project: “Arrival to Brooklyn” in-arena game day open
Production Company: The Famous Group, LA/NY
The Famous Group
Directors – Jesse Austin and Hemu Karadkar
Executive Producer – Andrew Isaacson
Producer – Will Hyde
Art Director – Jesse Austin
Editors – Steve Davis and Jaron Halmy
Production Coordinator – Brandon Grabowski
Animator – Luis Gonzalez
Animator – Rachel Arnold
Animator – John Dougherty
Line Producer — Jennifer Pearlman
Production Supervisor – Jessica O'Brien
Director of Photography – Connor O'Brien
Music: “Brooklyn – Something to Lean On” – John Forté
Brooklyn Nets
Senior VP, Event Marketing & Community Relations — Petra Pope
Director, Game Presentation — Paul Kamras
Video Manager — Rich Mallon
Video Coordinator – Paul Connors
To show their support for baseball, a quintessential summer activity often associated with chowing down on hot dogs, Schneiders surprised little league baseball players with the opportunity to experience an MLB-like game night. Filling the stands full of spectators, offering play-by-play commentary and having Blue Jays mascot Ace cheering on the teams, the young players were given a true taste of what it is like to play in the big leagues.
The video, which has garnered over one million views, aired before games at the Rogers Centre for the past week. The two teams were also given the opportunity to stand on the field during the national anthems at Sunday’s Jays game, which was also the celebration Canada Baseball Day.
Creative Credits:
Agency: Traffik, Toronto, Canada
ECD: Cam Boyd, Troy McGuinness
Art Director: Phil Smith
Copywriter: Sarah Deziel
Producer: Rea Kelly
Production, Editorial & Online –Studio M
Executive Producer – Mike Mills
Director / DP – TJ Derry
Line Producer – Jonny Pottins
Video Editor – Navin Ramaswaran
Colour Correct – AJ McLauchlin, Redlab
Audio Mix & Design – Eggplant
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.
Excited about the Olympics yet? Thanks to Talk Sport Magazine here's a five minute video montage of the some the sexiest and most attractive women athletes competing at the games. Just a few of the female athletes featured include: Nastia Liukin, gymnastics; Jessica Ennis, heptathlon; Federica Pellegrini, swimming; Daniela Hantuchova, tennis; Hope Solo, football; Stephanie Rice, swimming; Francesca Piccinini, Volleyball; Laure Manaudou, swimming; Jaqueline Carvalho, volleyball; Logan Tom, volleyball; Kim Glass, Volleyball; Jenna Randall, synchronized swimming; and Nicole Reinhardt, canoe sprint.
Ladies not to worry, I found a little something for you too, below is the Great Britain Olympic Men's Field Hockey Team, click to enjoy a full screen.
