Who wants to make an ad? SFBig is having a competition that will coincide with the Big’s annual Ad-tech SF Party to see who can create a the best ad for five products by five major companies. The second annual User Generated Ad Show will be hosted by the Bay Area Interactive Group and the Academy of the Art University on April 24th at 6:00pm.
The contest is open to anyone and there is a Best of Show Prize - $500, BIG Brand Category - $250, and the Open Category -$250. All you have to do is upload a advertising video. Videos can be any length and can be in the .mov or .wma format. You can submit advertisements for the five brands that are listed who are in association with the BIG Agency or you can submit any other brand in the Open Category.
Videos will be uploaded between April 16th and April 20th. So get you video cameras ready and how them what you got.
Note from BIG: The contest is for entertainment purpose and those submitted will not be publicly displayed outside the contest.
I stummbled upon this webpage and was really interested into what and who made up the comp
any. It’s a french company and I believe a special effects creator. But unfortunately I wasn’t able to find out much except form this excerpt from the cache of a web page with the heading “SCHOOL OF VISUAL EFFECTS AND 3D ANIMATION MOVIE”. The website I’m referring to is called def2shoot. Here is what it said:
“DEF2SHOOT was founded in 2002 by four very experienced members of the digital community.
In less than three years, DEF2SHOOT has become a key player of the french visual effect and CGI industry.
The company is now working with some of the leading production houses, delivering high class visual effects for live action movies and commercials, as well as full CG services for TV animated series.”
The site is worth checking out.
This next site is actually a online magazine. It’s called Spartan Dog Magazine. I showcased it because their work is outstanding. Also not only is it a magazine but they have and are in the process of putting their work in a book and on DVD.
2007 appears to be a big year for the Spatan Dog Magazine because that’s the year their having their exhibition as well as the release of the DVD.
I am a fan of daring art and there may be those who may have a distaste for it. But when someone does good work, if you like what they are representing or not, I think as an artist and one who is interested enough to see the work, you should be respectful enough to look at the work in itself. This is not to say you shouldn’t have an opinion on the context, but I believe you can separate the two. Look at the time and creativity that was put in it. Well, I did that with Spartan Dog Magazine and I give top kudos.
The thumbnails alone are awesome.
Automobile ads have become the new place for musician to get there music heard. This makes the commercial much more appealing to the viewer. You find yourself humming it in school, work, while you’re cleaning, everywhere and you’re not alone. But I have heard many people who are trying to explain the song not remember what automobile commercial it came from, only remembering the song. Well I have found two commercials. I’m not sure if they are just Internet ads or if they have been on television as well but they are totally awesome. They use the same concept of mechanics but yet they are different in pace.
The first commercial is a Honda ad called “Clog” and it’s about two minutes. Take the time and check it out. It starts up once you click on the link. As you watch it, you will find yourself more impressed by the ad then the music.
The next commercial is a Citroen C4 ad. A friend of mine, Rod, emailed this to me. I’m not familiar with the car, it’s possible it may be more popular in Europe and you will need Quicktime to play it. But the ad is so cool. You might even find yourself trying to learn a move or two. Oh yeah, and there’s good music.
