2008 Commercials

AT&T Mother’s Day Ad (2008)

Watching this AT&T Mother’s Day ad is so refreshing and fun. I could actually watch this video over and over again without boring me.
The concept for this ad is very contemporary with the use of beautiful flowers and colorful cell phones to convey the Mother’s Day message. The interplay of fine graphics, stunning colors, and [...]

Nomis “Damn Boots” TV Commercial – Cannes Lions 2008 Gold Winner

Credits:
Agency: Johannes Leonardo
Creative Director: Johannes Leonardo
Art Director: Johannes Leonardo
Copywriter: Johannes Leonardo
Agency Producer: Matthew Mattingly
Production Company: Nexus
Director: Woof Wan-Bau
Executive Producer: Chris O?Reilly,
Charlotte Bavasso
Producer: Isobel Conroy
Director of Photography: Philipp Blaubach
VFX Company: Framestore, London
Post Production: The Mill
Music/Sound Design: Amber Music
Composer: Will Bates,
Phil Mossman
Executive Creative Director (Music): Michelle Curran
Damn good, damn boots. In a Jerry Maguire fashion, this ad [...]

Coca-Cola Bird’s Nest – Commercial Olympics 2008

Cute animated birds in a colourful fashion make this advertisement lively. Not to mention the engaging upbeat music that goes with it. But to put logic in an otherwise irrational set of flickering adverts, I don’t think birds go for plastic straw in building their nests, Straw (at least what I think of) is the [...]

Bridgestone Tire’s Squirrel vs. Car Super Bowl 2008 Ad

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Oh that isn’t a nice opening sentence for this review, but that surely caught the viewers attention on this Bridgestone Tire TV Ad. The element of surprise was there—a squirrel in the middle of the street screams after seeing a fast car approaching towards him. And a raccoon, an owl, a bunny, a mouse, [...]

Top 10 Most Recalled Ads in Super Bowl 2008

Here are the ten most-recalled TV commercials that were launched during the Super Bowl 2008. The survey was conducted by IAG Research. Please click the links to watch the commercials and read my reviews.
1. Using pigeons on shipping instead of FedEx

2. Budweiser with Thunder and his best bud dalmatian
3. eTrade baby [...]

FedEx Pigeons, 1st Most-Recalled 2008 Super Bowl Ad

Yeah, the pigeons are on the first spot in IAG Top 10 Most-Recalled 2008 Super Bowl Ads. A company is shipping their products through extraordinary pigeons (or the carriers), pigeons that are equipped with GPS and night-vision. Unfortunately, his boss get disappointed on how the big pigeons are shipping their big products.
Well the message is, [...]

Budweiser Horse, 2nd Most-Recalled Super Bowl Ad

So earning the 2nd spot on IAG Top 10 Most-Recalled 2008 Super Bowl Ad is Thunder Hank, with his bud Dalmatian dog. How touchy… Despite their differences—a dog and a horse—they were best friends.
Thunder Hank almost got the job to become one of the main Budweiser horses, unfortunately, his boss changed his mind and his best [...]

Doritos Mouse Trap, 4th Most-Recalled 2008 Super Bowl Ad

In IAG Top 10 Most-Recalled 2008 Super Bowl Ads, this Doritos commercial featuring a guy trapping a mouse is on the 4th spot. Who’s attention wouldn’t be triggered, when you hear an opera-like background music and see a guy in suit holding a Doritos!? Then this guy is putting a piece of Doritos on a [...]

Bud Light Breathe Fire, 5th Most-Recalled 2008 Super Bowl Ad

In IAG Top 10 Most-Recalled 2008 Super Bowl Ads, this version of Bud Light commercial is on the 5th spot. “Bud Light is brewed to give you everything you want in a beer: never-ending refreshment, superior drinkability…. and now the ability to breathe fire.”
I remember what my Advertising professor told the class, that in the [...]

E*TRADE Baby Bought Stock – 3rd Most-Recalled 2008 Super Bowl Ads

In IAG Top 10 Most-Recalled 2008 Super Bowl Ads, this E*TRADE Ad featuring a talking baby was on the 3rd spot. The Ad perfectly expressed the company’s “tireless effort to challenge the old ways of doing business” by showing it is easy to buy stocks online since a baby can do it. With [...]