I think that there are many creative people in Hollywood…especially those who work in the movie industry. What impresses me most is when they make a sequel to a movie. I remember when I was a kid waiting in line to see Rocky II. I had so many questions. “Would Rocky be a boxer in this movie too?” “Would Rocky have another important boxing match that he needed to win?” Sequels are awesome. Another super creative thing they do in Hollywood is to use characters from different sequels and pit them against each other in battle. I really liked Alien Versus Predator. Freddie Versus Jason was also excellent and creative. If I made a movie, I would take it one step further. I would make a sequel that had the name of another sequel in the title. It would be called E.T-2. The only thing I need to figure out now is how to pit a gentle homesick alien against a robotic killing machine sent back from the future.”
MINNEAPOLIS (NYTimes.com) — Many of the best-known agencies in Minnesota are rewriting a line uttered by the self-help guru Stuart Smalley — a k a their new United States senator, Al Franken — and declaring, “We’re good enough, we’re smart enough, and doggone it, people ought to like us.”
The agencies are setting aside their usual rivalries to join forces for the promotion of the state’s biggest city, Minneapolis, as a place for anyone in advertising to work and live. The centerpiece of the effort — to be called MinneADpolis, the City of Advertising — is a Web site scheduled to start this week (minneadpolis.com).
“Honestly, you get sick of seeing all the work handed to New York and the coasts,” said Keith Wolf, partner and chief creative officer at Modern Climate, the new name as of Monday for the digital agency previously known as Wolfmotell.
More congratulations are in order for our friends at Barrie D’Rozario and Murphy: BD’M was one of only two U.S. agencies to win the highly coveted Gold Lion at this year’s Cannes festival. BD’M’s “Video Art Piece,” an edgy, 30 minute long video installation to help promote Chambers Hotel was awarded a Gold Lion in Film. Additionally, “Video Art Piece” will tour the U.S. as a part of an event sponsored by AICP and MOMA and will become a part of MOMA’s permanent collection. Read more about the project here.
Title: CHAMBERS VIDEO ART PIECE
Advertiser/Client: CHAMBERS HOTEL
Product/Service: CHAMBERS HOTEL
Entrant Company: BARRIE D’ROZARIO MURPHY Minneapolis, USA
Advertising Agency: BARRIE D’ROZARIO MURPHY Minneapolis, USA
Executive Creative Director: Stuart D’Rozario/Bob Barrie
Copywriter: Stuart D’Rozario
Agency Producer: Jack Steinmann
Production Company: NYDRLE Hollywood, USA
Director: Peter Nydrle
Producer: Adele Amos
Editor: Jonathan Del Gatto, Butcher Edit
Art Director: Bob Barrie/Brian Lambert
Other Credits: Executive Producer: Garner Kinmond
Congratulations to Pixel Farm’s Oscar Oboza and Publicis In The West for bringing home a Silver Lion at Cannes 2009. Oscar was the colorist on Washington State Lottery’s “Birds” spot, which was awarded a Silver Lion in Film.
Title: Birds
Air Date: June 2, 2008
Client: Washington Lottery
Agency: Publicis in the West, Seattle
Executive Producer: Derek Ruddy
Creative Director: Dan Fietsam
Art Director: Scott Rasmussen
Copywriter: Jeff Siegel
Production Company: Sticks+Stones Studios, Los Angeles
Director: Jerry Brown
Executive Producer: Marlon Staggs
Producer: Gabrielle Yuro
Head of Production: Jason Dennis
Director of Photography: Tom Olgeirrson
Post-Production: Fischer Edit, Minneapolis
Editor: Lindy Wilson
VFX Supervisor/FLAME Artist: Jake Parker
Editorial & VFX Producer: Bill Rogina
Film Transfer: Pixel Farm, Minneapolis
Colorist: Oscar Oboza
Music: Music Forever
Composer: Rob Simonsen
Music Produced by Anthony Marinelli
The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival is the world’s only truly global meeting place for professionals in the communications industry who want to keep ahead of the curve. During seven days in June, thousands of delegates from 90 countries gather in Cannes to listen to speakers such as Sir Martin Sorrell, Bob Greenberg, Kofi Annan, Steve Ballmer, Biz Stone, Maurice Lévy, Bob Geldof, Mark Tutssel, Tham Khai Meng and hundreds of others, whilst around 250 jury menbers judge over 22,000 pieces of the most creative advertising from across the world. All the entries are available to view for delegates in exhibitions, kiosks and in screenings.
MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — If you haven’t visited the creative-advertising hamlet of Minneapolis in recent years, you might not recognize it.
The powerhouses Fallon, Martin Williams, Campbell Mithun and Carmichael Lynch are still there, but some are dramatically smaller. Boutiques run by their former executives now work on brands such as Apple, Nordstrom, General Mills and Target. The city’s largest agency works primarily outside of traditional media, skipping TV altogether. And a handful of younger shops with names such as Periscope and Olson that combine digital specialties with quirky offerings in design, packaging and even “social anthropology” are on the verge of lapping long-established, holding-company-backed agency brands in revenue.