MetaFilter posts tagged with advert

Want to change the world? There's nothing to it.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:15:08 -0800

This YouTube video seems to break my browser. Does it play alright for anyone else?

Land on your own moon

fearfulsymmetry — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:04:48 -0800

Ok, it's an advert but it's a 'directed by Chris Cunningham' advert... Information on the making of here. (David Lynch also recently did an advert for Gucci) Mirrorball - A Channel4 television series on music video directors - Chris Cunningham episode (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Unfortunately the sound is a bit out of synch. Videos 'Personally' - 12 Rounds 'Come To Daddy' - Aphex Twin 'Flex' - Aphex Twin 'Monkey Drummer' - Aphex Twin 'Rubber Johnny' - Aphex Twin 'Windowlicker' - Aphex Twin 'Second Bad Vilbel' - Autechre 'Back With The Killer Again' - The Auteurs 'Light Aircraft on Fire' - The Auteurs 'All Is Full of Love' - Björk 'No More Talk' - Dubstar 'Tranquillizer' - Geneva 'Sheena Is A Parasite' - The Horrors 'The Next Big Thing' - Jesus Jones 'Something To Say' - Jocasta 'Afrika Shox' - Leftfield and Afrika Bambaataa 'Frozen' - Madonna '36 Degrees' - Placebo 'Only You' - Portishead 'Come On My Selector' - Squarepusher Advertisements BMW ITV - Sport Is Free Levi's - Photocopier, 'Up And Down' Nissan - 'Statistics' NUS 'Fetish' Orange PlayStation 'Mental Wealth' PSP Telecom Italia 'Quiet' XFM 'Clip Clop' Live at electraglide2005 Directors File, Wikipedia, previously Cunningham portal Some of this is NSFW.

Adobecards

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:13:20 -0800

Adobecards - an aesthetic Flash-based advertisement for a new Adobe product

"I can name that tune in 300 yards..."

maudlin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:10:53 -0800

"I can name that tune in 300 yards ..." Not for much longer, though. Honda prepared for an upcoming commercial by cutting grooves in a road in Lancaster, California. These grooves, if driven over at just the right speed and in just the right car (one guess!) should play something resembling the William Tell Overture. But once filming was done (and I'm sure the commerical will be as impeccably produced and successful as Honda's other ads), locals and tourists were left with the driver's equivalent of that huge floor keyboard in Big, with some drivers lining up to play over and over again. Result? The city will pave over the road today. But hey, we'll always have Anyang. And Japan (previously). And Denmark.

Adverts Made In Scotland From Girders

fearfulsymmetry — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:54:19 -0800

Take Britain’s favourite poem and add it to Scotland’s other national drink and here’s the result (mildly NSFW). From the Leith Agency, also responsible for ‘Goth Holiday’ and ‘Snowman’. And here's some other classics from the past. (Previously)

One Gorilla Drumming

fearfulsymmetry — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:57:05 -0800

It's an advert for chocolate. It's a man in a gorilla suit drumming to a track by Philip Collins Ltd. It's been very popular. It's won awards. It's been spoofed. And it's been mashed-up... some bad (Metalica (sic), ACDC, Guns and Roses), some good (Bonnie Tyler, Subsource, A Skillz, Bon Jovi, Deep Purple, Nirvana) and some utterly sublime ('Enders, Bodyrockers, Cameo). But great adverts don't always equal great sales. Bonus: Monkey Drummer. (Previously)

Straight outta NeiMeng

Abiezer — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:42:18 -0800

China is famed for its many inventions: gunpowder, paper, printing; some even claim golf and football. Who knew that the origins of hip-hop lie in the vast northern wastes of the Celestial Empire too?

Drug Ads: vintage, spanish, japanese

MetaMonkey — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:57:06 -0800

Vintage Drug Ads, Spanish Drug Ads, Japanese Psychiatric Drug Ads

watch out for flying watermelons

christy — Thu, 25 May 2006 15:28:08 -0800

TANGO'D! remember that awesome sony advert with all the bouncy balls in san francisco? well british drink firm tango have made an great parody of it. however, the residents of swansea north, where the ad was filmed, are not too happy. beautiful music provided by josé gonzalez (review) . [via]

Vroom vroom

Mwongozi — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 15:56:18 -0800

Honda's last TV ad was a treat for Rube Goldberg fans everywhere. Their latest (9.4MB zipped H.264 video) is an excellent demonstration of the human voice as an instrument.

Ethics Filter

alms — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 13:35:36 -0800

Richard Clarke asks MoveOn to remove his name and recordings of his voice from their new advert. MoveOn refuses.

SandeepKrishnamurthy — Mon, 16 Sep 2002 08:19:32 -0800

Few Advertisers Use Pop-Ups (or do they?) "Though they seem to be everywhere on the Internet, pop-up advertisements are used by less than 10 percent of all companies that advertise online, according to a report from Nielsen//NetRatings." Do you buy this? Is this industry propaganda or a true description of what is out there? The sites I visit regularly all seem to have pop-ups (e.g. nytimes, espn, slate, theatlantic.com). For the last 1 month or so, ESPN seems to launch two pop-ups when I first visit them, in fact. What has your experience been?

eas98 — Thu, 06 Jun 2002 08:04:17 -0800

This ad was banned in the UK. Did anyone see it? Sounds cool to me. In a time when advertisers are struggling to capture people's attention and dull advertising reigns supreme, why haven't we gotten over this fear of offending those with 'delicate' sensibilities?