This new campaign from Virgin America centres on showing people how mundane, and awful it is to fly a “blah” airline, by depicting the experience of a flight from take off to landing. The is the real length of the flight so if you have a spare 5hours, 45minute you can watch the full film below..
Work by Agency: Eleven, Inc.
Very clever billboard ad from KitKat
JWT, London recently created a smart way to show off KitKat’s famous tagline, “Have a break. Have a KitKat.” Likely an awards entry, but still very clever thinking.
Sarah Silverman gets a sex change to help Close the women’s wage Gap
Comedian Sarah Silverman goes to drastic measures to avoid the wage gap.
In this entertaining PSA for The National Women’s Law Center Sarah discusses the male/female wage gap (women in the USA earn on average 78c on the $1 compared to men),
The ad aims to crowd fund the wage gap, and give the proceeds to the National Women’s Law Center, who fight for fair legislation around equal pay. To help working women close the gap, go to http://www.equalpaybackproject.com.
Work by Droga5, New York.
VW create a game of Tag using Twitter and real cars
To launch the new VW Polo in South Africa they created a game of tag using twitter and a bunch of the New Polo cars.
For 6 days people could spot the new Polo around a specified route, tag it on twitter, and drive it, right there and then. The person who drove it for the longest, without being tagged, won the new Polo. Work by Ogilvy Cape Town.
p.s I may be a little biased in likening this as I work there.
New GoPro ad films the adventure of life
GoPro gave a bunch of people around the world their new Hero4 cameras and made this pretty wonderful ad from the footage.
So far it’s gained over 8 million views on YouTube alone with no paid media drive….not bad. The music is “Run Boy Run” performed by Woodkid.
The ad was edited in house by GoPro Original Productions. Hat Tip Dean Paradise
BBC music launches with a huge star studded Beach Boys song remake
BBC Music launched yesterday with an obscene variety of musical stars, all performing The Beach Boys’ masterpiece “God Only Knows”. The track took a year to put together, and features over 30 famous artists, such as Dave Grohl, Lorde, Pharrell Williams, Florence Welch, and Stevie Wonder, to name but a few. The ad below helped launch the new division by playing across all the BBC channels at 8pm yesterday.
You can watch the behind the scenes at http://youtu.be/vp5bVdXOLs4, and see who’s who in the video at http://bbc.in/1vUMGLp.
Mr Bean stars in new Snickers ad
In the latest Snickers ad they have enlisted the help of Mr Bean to demonstrates that you’re not yourself when you’re hungry.
Below is the main spot and 2 additional ads also featuring Bean.
Enjoy the entertainment. Work by AMV BBDO, London.
Ouija movie promotion scares the crap out of people
New horror movie, Ouija, turned to the tried and tested method of scarevertising to frighten the crap out of some unsuspecting people.
The actor that plays the Ouija Psychic has a unique ability: she can pop her eyes out at any time. A remote controlled planchette and a dead person breaking through the floor were added to complete the experience. As usual hidden cameras captured the scared reactions of the unlucky victims. Work by Thinkmodo, USA
Strongbow says its cider is best enjoyed with a slow mo horse
Strongbow cider’s new ad tells people it’s best enjoyed with ice, on a beach, with your very own slow motion horse…..called Brian.
Simple and pretty funny, the ad was put together by Droga5, New York. Enjoy.
Jerry Seinfeld Gives a hilarious anti-advertising speech at the Clio Awards
Jerry Seinfeld gave a hilarious speech on advertising at last weeks 55th Clio Awards in New York. Some of the highlights included “I love advertising because I love lying,” and “Spending your life trying to dupe innocent people out of hard-won earnings to buy useless, low-quality, misrepresented items and services is an excellent use of your energy.”
Watch the full speech below for a good chuckle.
Jerry was accepting an honorary award for his acting in ads most recently for car brand Acura.