As it turns out, many of the Superbowl XLVI ads were directed by filmmakers. Slashfilm.com does a great job of highlighting them along with embedded Youtubes of the ads themselves. Here are a few of them, check out Slashfilm.com for the rest. You can also go to NFL’s Superbowl XLVI Commercials page to see them […]
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100 Greatest TV Spots of All Time – Wednesday, November 16 at 7:00 pm in Wechsler Theater
100 Greatest TV Spots of All TimeWednesday, November 16, 7:00 p.m., Wechsler TheaterJoin us for a seven-decade romp through the history of broadcast advertising, featuring compelling ads from VW, FedEx, E*Trade, Budweiser, and more in an interactive presentation by Drew Babbs, a creative director and real-life mad man who will be teaching political advertising for […]
Continue readingWONK TV Ad Stars AU Talent
American University, “All The Wonks Are Talking” from American University on Vimeo. Some or all of the sound effects used in this ad came from Media Services’ sound effects collections. You see her in a bus shelter, juggling a landline, cell, iPad, and digital camera — the Connected WONK. There he is in the metro […]
Continue readingAdViews: A digital archive of vintage television commercials
Quoted from the AdViews site:“AdViews is a digital archive of thousands of vintage television commercials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s. These commercials were created or collected by the ad agency Benton & Bowles or its successor, D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B). Founded in 1929, Benton & Bowles was a New York advertising […]
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