Creative Criminals

Land Rover has launched a new set of TV Ads – ClayNation – featuring a clay actor called Clay Mason. In this video the interview with ‘Clay Mason’ is stitched in front of the advert. It must have been a lot of work to make this advert, clay animation is never easy to make.
However, this agency from London has done a great job!

This is not really how you would imagine a soft-drink making promotion, but hey, this is 2010 right? Orangina and the french agency Fred & Farid made several parodies of other ad categories; mouthwash, deodorant, cleaning products, skin care and so on.. All because the new Orangina has no colorants nor artificial flavors!
Pretty weird but infectious compilation!

Pilot, the Japanese pen manufacturer based in Tokyopromoted its new pen ‘Frixion’ by making this following animation spot. The idea behind it lays in the evolution of mankind.
“Millions of years ago we have been created as a simple black point, evolved over fish, reptilian and other species into modern men. But nowadays, advanced technologies make us loose our way. We only sit around looking in a digital screen, getting fat and useless.”

Speedy Gonzalez, the animated cartoon Mouse from the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes, came all the way from Mexico to the United Kingdom to promote the broadband of Virgin Media. And yes, what else than the speed of the internet would Speedy be emphasizing..
Not only this TV-spot was created for Virgin media but also a billboard out of cheese..
Check it out after the jump!

CG artist Max Luère made this three-minute short film telling the story of the life of Alex Droner. His complete story is seen through his Facebook profile. It’s amazing how you can tell a story just by using the Facebook live feed.

To launch the Nokia N8, advertising agency W+K London created a series of videos demonstrating a range of madness actually achievable with the device and Nokia technology.

The theme is “It’s not technology, it’s what you do with it,” and the campaign shows several eye-popping feats executed using inventive hacks of Nokia tech. Among them, a hamster-wheel-powered phone charger and Dot, a film featuring a 9mm character and shot on the N8.

Music Band Gorillaz launched Microsoft’s Beta version of Internet Explorer 9. Murdoc from Gorillaz presents the new IE version in this animated video. Part of it takes place on Plastic Beach, which is the name of their new album.

This is an amusing animation spot for V Energy Drink, an energy drink brand produced mainly in New Zealand and Australia.
Strange things can happen when you drink V Energy Drink…

SBS Australia brings light to the dark masses in this animation video to promote their film offering. The 60-second spot will be shown on screens in the independent Palace Cinema chain and will also be aired on the public service broadcaster’s channels.

This commercial has been made by, Ruf Lanz Werbeagentur AG. It shows money bills, evoluting into all kind of animals. They refer to their bank as an institution which keeps on growing. In the end the money bill changes into a man, showing their capability as a bank.
It reminds us of the commercial made by Bontrust, who also had more or less the same idea, altough the ending is uncomparable