Yes I know I'm more than two months late but I hate to leave things not done.
Here is an incomplete list of the agency Xmas cards we were sent this year. Some are good and some great.
I stole a couple from a CommArts article found here.
I can't get enough of the one for Framestore. It's just rocks along and is beautiful to watch over and over.
Note: Although the last one Santasm isn't from an agency or a production house I just thought it was so weird it had to be included. It was created by the two directors (featured in the clip) for their friends.
Rather than jump on the Youtube train, Turner has created their own video portal concentrating on funny video content called Super Deluxe. What makes this standout is the quality of the content and the fact it's exclusive on the site. A notable contributor is FarkTV which is the video versin of the popular site Fark.com.
Sure they have all the other "community" boxes ticked but it’s the content that makes the site what it is. Check it out it's worth a look.
Here's my fav video series for the moment, Professor Brothers.
Another newcomer to the internet channel trend is Bud.TV. The content ranges from new and old Bud TVC's, exclusive promo-sodes (their word not mine) of TV shows and short comedy videos. It’s not as polished at as thought out as Super Deluxe but it's early days and it looks like they are expanding their offering soon.
The next offering is the Spike Jonze directed Vice TV or VBS.TV I don't think I need to say more than Spike Jonze. The guy's a freaking genius so let's see how this goes as Vice already has the street cred behind it.
Add these channels to MTV Overdrive and Youtube and you never have to watch real TV again.
Just in time for Valentines is Eddy's site for Love Voodoo. There's videos, tips, ecards and a whole bunch of other goodies. I think this is to promote the new Swatch watch? which would explain this page on the site.
The videos are funny but not that interesting considering the kiddies would rather watch more elaborate videos like Quicksilver's Dynamite Surfing viral.
I haven't seenthat many Valentines promotions this year. Maybe I'm just not looking in the right places. If you've seen a good one send it to us.
We (Soap Creative) just launched one of the largest sites we have ever done. Frubalia. Well Rollups.com.au actually.
The site introduces kids to the Frubas and the world of Frubalia. Uncle Toby's Roll-Ups have now been fully rebranded with the Frubalia characters on them.
The TVC's by Singletons are running now across all the kids shows. Too bad they omiited the Rollups URL or they might actually help drive people to the site :) They've veen disabled embedding and commenting on Youtube for the ads. Oh dear.
Bannerblog is happy to announce that Tangozebra will sponsor the site for 2007.
This support is essential in maintaining the site and Tangozebra, as Europe's leading digital marketing technology provider, will ensure we are always kept stocked with fresh creative.
The transition over will take place in the next few weeks with Martin Pavey from TZ joining the editorial team.
Twenty-six of the top creative directors in the field of interactive advertising have been chosen to judge the One Show Interactive awards, a prestigious international competition now in its tenth year.
The jury, hailing from 15 countries, will meet in New York to choose the winners of the coveted 2007 One Show Interactive awards from March 11-17. Winners will be announced on May 11 at an awards ceremony held during the One Show Festival in New York City.
Judges for this year’s One Show Interactive competition are:
The BBC have finally allowed non UK users to see the latest Preloaded & BBC production titled CDX.
It's quite tough to pull these types of games off (many have tried) and this is a great example of how to do it properly. I just wish I had more free time to waste away exploring these games. The attention to detail is amazing, the whole package is faultless.
I'm not sure of the reason behind it's creation other than to promote BBC's history coverage.
We all remember Pjorto. The award winning site for Nokia which had a man in a musical suit. Well far far have decided to do a sequal to the site and added DJ Effex to the mix to create Pjorto vs DJ Effex.
Sadly much of what made Pjorto stand out has been removed from this version. The users interaction is now just a matter of picking left or right to make a mix. Maybe it's just me but sequals to sucessful promotions seem like an easy way out and is never as good as the original, kinda like CSI Miami.
