Red Riding, superb art direction
Posted: March 7, 2009 Filed under: Creative comment, Simon's random blogs | Tags: Channel 4, Red Riding, Simon says..., YouTube 1 Comment »
Red Riding on Channel 4: a brilliantly produced British screen project directed by Andrew Eaton, writer Tony Grisoni and directors Julian Jarrold, James Marsh and Anand Tucker
Did you watch Red Riding on Channel 4 on Thursday 5th March 2009? If so, you were one of the 2.5 million lucky people to witness one of the greatest pieces of TV filming in a very long time. If the storyline didn’t grip you, then the quality of the art direction should have had you on the edge of your seats. From one scene to the next, I was gripped by the composition, lighting and filming of show. In a TV world of soaps and reality TV Red Riding delivers proof that there is such thing as great British TV drama.
The Channel 4 trailer below provides a few minutes of insight into the first drama of the trilogy. My advice to you is do not miss the next two episodes…
For a full review see James Walton’s piece in The Telegraph and Channel 4′s website.
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Viral Heineken advert
Posted: January 16, 2009 Filed under: Brands and Brand Design, Marketing and Advertising | Tags: Advertising, Simon says..., YouTube Leave a comment »
Quite superb, this Heineken ad completely hits the spot
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The Virgin brand, 25 years on…
Posted: January 16, 2009 Filed under: Brands and Brand Design, Marketing and Advertising | Tags: Advertising, Brand design, Simon says..., Virgin, YouTube Leave a comment »
Virgin – still using long legs and lipstick to flog airline seats… outdated, sexist advertising?
Creative review writes “What are we supposed to take from this? Surely Virgin has something more interesting to say about itself than ‘fly with us because we’ve got the most shaggable stewardesses’.”
Well, I think it’s a fabulous look back at attitudes and ad style from the 80s. Every cliché in the books has been used in this Y&R ad. It is awkward, it is sexist – and that strapline – ‘Still Red Hot’ at the end, is just awful! It’s brilliant, for all the wrong reasons.
Enjoy.
With thanks to the guys at Creative Review for the lead.
Creatives do their bit for Red Nose Day 2009
Posted: March 27, 2009 | Author: Simon Verrall | Filed under: Creative comment, Marketing and Advertising, Simon's random blogs | Tags: Simon says..., Marketing, Advertising, YouTube, In the news | Leave a comment »A few familiar faces from the world of advertising join forces for Red Nose Day 2009
Thanks to Jonny Read (“it’s amazing what gets produced when people pull together for a cause”) for alerting me to this one.
It’s superb, had me in stitches.
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