Time for change?

I'm not a big fan of people remaking ads but this one is quite well done.



Courtesy of the Barbour

Be prepared!

I've been a bit busy lately so I haven't had as much time to update the blog as I would've wanted. But if I wasn't then I probably wouldn't have had the idea to write this post in the first place.

Any way, the post is about being prepared for meetings and spending the time justifying you ideas, people in the industry will know at least one account manager/director which asks every question under the sun about your idea. This isn't a bad he/she is just covering all the bases that the client may query.

If you're not prepared to do this then go and become an artist, then you don't need to justify anything apart from to yourself.

I found that coming up with rationales for ideas is a bit of a pain on paper but in a conversational scenario it's a lot easier. Obviously a lot of us tend to choose visual or copy routes based on gut feeling but "I think it looks/sounds good" just isn't going to fly with some clients.

I think what I am getting at is look for the deeper meaning in why you came up with the idea. You know it's great now figure out why (colour, tone, target, etc.), this is what will give your accounts team the confidence to sell your idea if you can't sell it yourself.

what?!

Has Fallon lost the point.

The latest spot for Bravia incorporates the bond theme.



What do you think?

A night at the AdEater - Verdict

So what's my view on last night?

Well very mixed, it started out OK, the opening acts were a bit weird and unnecessary I thought but still a little entertaining.

In all I thought the format was good but it was let down by by a couple of idiots throwing stuff at the screen and blowing party whistles. I expected it to be a bit more of a serious event celebrating the best our industry had to offer but it ended up being a complete joke.

It reminded me of being at a children's party with no organiser. It didn't help that the opening act encouraged people to be rowdy.

The whole event was a farce, I wont be attending another.

Not the best ad placement ever.

This poster was spotted in Stockwell station a few days ago, it promotes the movie "Righteous kill" with the strap line "there's nothing wrong with a little shooting as long as the right people gets shot".

Not the smartest placement considering the Jean Charles de Menezes incident at the tube station.

W+K WTF!!!!!!!

I don't know why I'm so annoyed when I watch this ad, may be it's because I expected more from the likes of W+K.



What the hell were they thinking!

The wonders of tilt shift photography

I don't know an awful lot about tilt shift to be honest but I know it looks cool, below is a time lapse video of the effect, thanks to GalvoGalvo for the link.

Bathtub III from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

It's fun right? After having watched that video I looked in to how I could achieve the same type of thing but with out a tilt shift lens then low and behold I get an email with an answer.

So with out further a do, here is my photoshop attempt at tilt shift.

Thanks to Simone for being psychic. Click here to have a look at the guide.