Sony Bravia....Spoof

In response to Calebs's post with the new Sony bravia adverts, I found this spoof advert for the paint firework display ....Although a joke, it still makes people stop and watch therefore more advertising for the Sony brand even thought they are mocking the advert.

The Shining

Possibly the scariest film I have ever seen. Most trailers nowadays tell you about the film in the short 30 second trailer...in this case , The shining's trailer is brilliant...the genre of the film is being announced but the actual storyline is not to be seen... It keeps the viewer in suspense and is wanting you to continue watching, therefore make you see the fim. The simple straight on camera angle makes the set more powerful and you cannot see anything else, leaves the viewer wandering what is next, what is behind. It is a very different trailer for a scary film compared to todays films.

Food Tray

While in an Marks and Spencers Cafe, I noticed the new design they had put on their food tray...A generous topping of chocolate powder but in a decorative design....this is probably trying to re-create the topping of cocoa powder on a cappacino. This also reminds me of the BBC 2 adverts, using the '2' as a template. I really like the style as it fits in with the cafes surroundings and its overall design.

Is there more to life than this?

Alpha Course Advert

Britain’s first television commercial for Christianity.
The advertisement, for an introductory course on Christianity known as the Alpha Course.The advert, which depicts human life as a conveyor belt from birth to death, has already made its debut on 2,200 cinema screens across the country. It is due to be shown 58 times on the E4 and E4+1 channels. It will also appear on advertising screens in more than 400 bars across the country and on 550 buses in London and Birmingham.

The Times said 'The Alpha Course, a 15-session course for those who are not established churchgoers, started in Brompton, London, in 1977. Courses now run in churches of every Christian denomination in 159 countries and have had about 10 million participants. There are 7,000 churches in Britain running the course.'

The 60-second advert is based on Factory, an animated film by Alastair Duckworth, 24, a graphic designer and Alpha supporter. It features faceless stick people being dragged through life – school, university,marriage, house, car, children, wheelchair, coffin – by the metal claws of a machine before asking: “Is there more to life than this?” The purpose of the advertisement is to raise Alpha’s profile so that more people know what it’s all about. Explaining the meaning of life is the point.”

I suppose it does put a fresh modern edge on religion but I am not quite sure if it is actually mocking religion? Have they taken it too far?

Only great minds can read this!

Only great minds can read this
This is weird, but interesting!

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Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
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FORWARD ONLY IF YOU CAN READ IT

M&S new display stands

I came across quite an unusual display in Marks and Spencers...The fashion is going back to the 1940's, structured suits and fitted outfits. They have incoporated the style of fashion with the display stands...Making it into a train station, areas with signs, bringing props within their displays. I feel that it really sets the scene and get more shoppers involved.

Hungry for Chocolate?

A mastodontic installation in Toronto, Canada. This was for Cadbury Chocolate. I think that this is excellent execution!
It makes me hungry just looking at it!
How very different compared to the new gorilla drumming advert.

Ikea...Welcome to the independent republic or your home.

Agency: SCPF, Barcelona
Creative Directors: Carlitos / Patricia Lujan / Toni Segarra
Copywriter: Carlitos / Fernando Rubin
Photographer: Inocuo
Illustrator: Inocuo

IKEA is a privately-owned, international, low-cost home products retailer that sells modern, utilitarian design furniture, much of which is assembled by the consumer. I really like the style of these Ikea adverts. Ikea always like to be a little different in their promotional campaigns. They always like to be a little controversial.

Nick Sharratt...Illustrations

Nick Sharratt was born in London in 1962 and trained in graphic design at St. Martin's School of Art. He takes his inspiration from the pop and graphic art of the 1960s, which he experienced as a child. He loves to use vibrant colours and bold patterns in his pictures, but, he says, "the most important element of my work is always the humour." He likes experimenting with different media and you'll find watercolour, liquid acrylics, charcoal, ink, animation cell paint and photographs in his work.




His work is split between illustrating for other writers, most notably Jacqueline Wilson, and producing his own picture books for a younger audience.

I really like his style as it is simple but also relates to the target audience...It sums up the style of the book in the pictures.

Vogue...Now and Then

Vogue was founded as a fashion society magazine in 1892, but today there are different editions of Vogue published around the world. Revered for its editorial excellence and its visual panache, the magazine has long functioned as a bible for anyone worshiping at the altar of luxury, celebrity and style.


Now and Then
Vogue was described by book critic Caroline Weber in The New York Times in December 2006 as "the world's most influential fashion magazine":

I love looking a the photography in vogue as I think the images reflect the elegance of the magazine and show fashion at its best.