Monday, August 24, 2009 at 09:04PM This anti-smoking ad / public service announcement has been around for two years, but it still kicks butt. It turns an old notion - the Marlboro Man - and stereotypical singing cowboy on its tail. It's the kind of ad that plays and lives a room silent. The lyrics, the voicebox sounds, the reactions, it's all remarkable. This ad is TOP DRAWER.
Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:58PM Here's a feel good cat story. These cats sure like to wrestle.
Big cats, lion tamer, lions, meow, news story in Great TV Monday, August 10, 2009 at 05:07PM Great music from the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles. All part of a great group called Playing for Change. The featured player is Grandpa Elliott who has been playing on his corner in New Orleans at Toulouse and Royal for many moons. This guy knows how to rock! Those are some styling harmonic blues.
Monday, August 10, 2009 at 04:40PM Medecins Sans Frontieres (that's french for Doctors Without Borders) serves up an incredibly powerful new commercial using one simple locked off image of a hut in Africa. But listen to the piece and read the subtitles and you'll see the power of simplicty at work. Simple, albeit horrible stories like this one. Nothing fancy here, but the starkness of that hut and the lives of the children who you can hear, but not see, drive home the plight of all children that MSF helps in countries across the globe.
This spot is not for the feint hearted... the title cards tell a harrowing tale along with the raspy whines of the child. the rattling of machine guns and the explosions of bombs in the distance. It's compelling storytelling, plain and simple, which gets your attention.
Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 01:06PM Amusing commercial although I had to rewind and replay a few times to get it. Expressions on the 'watchers' are pretty good. I would have used a few more close-up cutaway shots to drive the point home. It's not until almost the end of the spot that it becomes somewhat clear what's going on.